Abstract: Several rattan furniture joints are disclosed, one comprising a T-shaped connection for two rattan poles, a second joint having the poles parallel and alongside one another, and the third joint having the poles connected end-to-end. In each of these three types of joint two internally threaded plastic inserts are pinned in aligned openings in the poles, and a threaded male stud or shank member is provided to connect the two poles. The method provides for rotating one plastic insert with respect to the other to facilitate the assembly of the parts, and this assembly step can be achieved by providing a slotted head on at least the rotatable insert, or merely by virtue of the fact that one pole can be rotated with respect to the other during assembly.

Abstract: A joint for fabricating rattan furniture particularly joining two rattan poles to form a T-shaped connection which includes forming a saddle at the end of one pole, forming an axial hole in said one pole, locating an internally screw-threaded sleeve in the hole, fixing the sleeve in the hole by passing a pin through the pole and the sleeve, passing a bolt through a diametrically disposed hole in the other pole and screwing the bolt into the sleeve to seat the other pole on the saddle.