Patent ID: 8915668

Claim:
A connection assembly for a frame structure, comprising: a generally flat plate, the plate being defined by an inner face lying in a plane, an outer face and a first pair of bolt-receiving bores therethrough, the pair of bolt-receiving bores extending between the inner face and the outer face along bore axes at acute angles to the outer face; a first lip extending from the inner face of the plate along a first axis; a second lip extending from the inner face of the plate along a second axis generally perpendicular to the second axis; a first pair of bolts extending through the first pair of bolt-receiving bores in the plate; a first elongated frame member having a surface with a slot extending therein; a second elongated frame member having a surface with a slot extending therein; a first nut receivable in the slot in the first elongated frame member and including a bolt-receiving bore therein, the bolt-receiving bore adapted for receiving a first bolt of the first pair of bolts in a mating relationship; and a second nut receivable in the slot in the second elongated frame member and including a bolt-receiving bore therein, the bolt-receiving bore in the second nut adapted for receiving a second bolt of the first pair of bolts in a mating relationship; wherein the first pair of bolt-receiving bores includes a first bolt-receiving bore extending along a first bore axis lying in a first plane and a second bolt-receiving bore extending along a second bore axis lying in a second plane, the first and second planes intersecting.