Connector assemblies for furniture parts, furniture embodying such connector assemblies and methods of constructing such furniture

摘要

The disclosure relates to a connector assembly for connecting components (2,4,6,8) of knockdown furniture includes two connector blocks (14, 16) which are rigidly mountable on the furniture components, and a tapered pin (18) which interconnects the two connector blocks. Each connector block includes parallel tongues (22, 24, 26; 54, 56, 58) which are rigidly supported on a base plate (20; 52) in spaced apart relation. The tongues of each connector block are positioned in the spaces (28,30) between the tongues of the other connector block. Each tongue has a tapered pin-receiving opening (32, 34 36; 60, 62, 64) which is aligned with the openings of the other tongues. The transverse dimensions of these openings decrease progressively from one tongue to another. The tapered pin extends through the pin-receiving openings and it frictionally engages the tongues with sufficient friction to prevent movement of the tapered pin relative to both connector blocks. The tongues of each connector block (14;16) have edges (82;92) which abut the base (52;20) of the other connector block and are shaped to prevent relative pivoting movement between the connector blocks.