Patent ID: 6938966

Claim:
In a cabinet assembly wherein a plurality of elevated cabinets are interconnected by a connector mechanism that connects abutting vertical sidewalls of adjacent cabinets, the improvement wherein the connector mechanism comprises: interfitting male and female connector elements releasibly mounted in opposed connector openings in the sidewalls of adjacent cabinets, the connector openings comprising recesses in the sidewalls, with locking slots extending laterally outwardly from peripheral edges of inner portions of the recesses, the slots being spaced between and separated from front and back surfaces of the sidewalls; each connector element including a body having a plurality of angularly spaced tabs extending radially therefrom, the body and the tabs being axially movable into and out of one of the recesses in the sidewall when the connector element is angularly oriented in a released position, the tabs fitting in the locking slots and locking the connector element from axial movement out of the connector opening when the connector element is rotated to a locked position, the female connector element having an outer surface with a keyhole opening therein, the keyhole opening having an enlarged opening at one end connected to a narrower width slot at an opposite end, the male connector element having a projection extending outwardly from an outer surface of the male connector, the projection comprising an enlarged head on a narrower shaft, the head being smaller than the enlarged opening of the keyhole slot but larger than the slot, the shaft being smaller than the slot, such that the male connector element is locked in the female connector element by inserting the head of the projection through the enlarged opening of the keyhole opening and sliding the shaft of the projection into the narrower slot of the keyhole opening.