Abstract: The disclosure relates to a furniture assembly having first and second components joined at right angles. The interior face of one of the components defines a groove which extends parallel to the line of intersection of the components. The groove serves as a "pilot hole" for fasteners which secure one or more brackets to each component. In one embodiment, the bracket includes perpendicular legs. An outwardly extending tongue is defined by one of the legs and is received in the groove. Gussets extend between the legs on opposite sides of the bracket.

Abstract: A joining device for joining panels at right angles to each other comprises an element having a head and a shank secured into one of the panels with the head and part of the shank projecting from an edge thereof. A plug-like body portion or holding member is fitted in a recess in a major surface of the other panel. The plug-like member has an end face exposed to the major panel surface with an opening extending axially therein from the end face to receive and surround the head. An inward projection is located within the opening. A securing member is located within the body portion adjacent the opening, and includes a shoulder-forming portion positioned within the body portion to form a shoulder on the other side of the opening relative to the projection. The distance between the shoulder-forming portion and the projection is less than the diameter of the head.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional locking cover rail corner connection between two component part of a connecting rod fitting which are mounted substantially at a right angle to one another at the closure member or the frame of a window or a door. The longitudinal edges of the cover rail portions of the component parts are braceable against the groove steps of a connecting rod groove in the closure member or frame of the window or door and are fixed within the groove by screws which extend transverse to the planes of the component parts and penetrate into the bottom of the groove. One of the cover rails has a supporting stop which projects inwardly at a right angle from the rail and a pocket beneath the stop having a spacing which corresponds to the thickness of the other cover rail. A bracket as fixed to the inner side of the one cover rail. A hook is fixed to the outer end of the bracket and projects inwardly beyond the supporting stop, the hook having a free end which faces the other cover rail.

Abstract: A device for assembling furniture or the like includes a main case adapted to be mounted on a base panel, a cam rotatably disposed within the main case, and a retaining member. The cam is disposed for eccentric rotation relative to a rotary shaft. The retaining member includes at one end a retaining portion adapted to press a work panel against the base panel, and at the other end an engaging portion for slidably engaging a cylindrical outer surface of the cam. Rotation of the cam causes reciprocal movement of the retaining member, allowing the retaining portion to engage and disengage the work panel for respectively pressing it against the base panel.

Abstract: An instrument for assembling two board-shaped bodies, including an engagement tool adapted to be driven into an opening in one board-shaped body, and a fixing tool adapted to be driven into an opening in the other board-shaped body. The engagement tool includes an annular engagement member having a radially outwardly projecting engagement portion provided with an engagement pawl adjacent the tip thereof, and a rotary cam or eccentric which is rotatably positioned within the annular member to effect radial displacement of the pawl. The engagement tool also includes an annular housing which accommodates therein the annular engagement member, the housing having stops for controlling the rotation of the cam to a predetermined angle, and having an outer peripheral structure which permits it to fixingly engage the one board-shaped body. The fixing tool has an insertion hole into which the engagement portion is inserted, and an engagement pin engaged by the pawl to lock the tools together.

Abstract: A fitting for releasably connecting two plate-shaped furniture parts meeting at a right angle includes a bolt anchorable in a dowel casing in a furniture part and having a head acted upon by an eccentric bushing which is mounted without an axle in the other furniture part. The bolt is anchored in the dowel casing by a disc which is held in the dowel casing for displacement in a plane transverse or vertical to the bolt. The dowel casing has at a side thereof facing the other furniture part an opening which is of greater size than the diameter of the bolt.

Abstract: A joint structure is disclosed for retaining the peripheral edge of a panel member, as is commonly found in sheet metal cabinets and the like. The joint structure includes an elongate member or extrusion having first and second, spaced-apart transverse flanges, the second flange including a base portion and an outer portion extending toward the first flange to form a C-shaped slot between the flanges. The peripheral edge of the panel is located in the C-shaped slot bearing against both flanges, and a threaded fastener is mounted in one of the flanges disposed at an angle to bear against the panel edge portion and urge same into the slot and releasably retain the edge portion therein.

Abstract: A glued-block hanger is intended to support a wooden I-beam joist on a support. A block is secured to the web of the I-beam joist at an end thereof intermediate the top and bottom chords. A bore is formed in the block and end, and extend therethrough at a predetermined position. The hanger includes a top tab and an end plate, wherein the end plate extends the height of the hanger. The top tab is constructed to extend over the top of a support. A pair of opposed flanges extend outward from the end plate and are spaced apart to snugly receive the web of the joist, with the block secured thereto, therein. Each of the flanges includes an opening therein. When the opening is aligned with the bore, the top tab of the hanger is in alignment with the top chord of the joist. A connector extends through the bore and the openings to fasten the joist to the hanger.

Abstract: A connector releasably connects two building elements (6, 7), one (7) of which has an engageable edge (8) and the other (6) has, at the connection end, a cavity (9). In the cavity, a first sleeve (2) of the same cross-sectional shape as the cavity is insertable therein. The sleeve has a longitudinal hole (10) for receiving an elongate clamping member (1) which includes, at its outer end, a hook (18) for engagement with the engageable edge. The part of the clamping member received in the longitudinal hole has a bevelled surface (16) to cooperate with a clamping screw (4) which, when turned, is movable transversely of the clamping member to a position with its tip against the bevelled surface under spring bias between the first sleeve and the clamping member. The bevelled surface (16) is arranged in a transverse recess (15) in the clamping member (1).

Abstract: A self-clamping spline and mortice joint is utilized at each of the corners of a rail and stile door. Mortices in each of the rail and stiles extend to the top or bottom edges of the door and a spline is received in the mortices and is exposed along the top and bottom edges of the door. Screws extend through the spline in opposite directions and into the rail and stile functioning to pull the rail and stile together around the spline. The self-clamping joint requires no external clamping. The self-clamping joint may be used on a plank-type door where the spline is L-shaped with one leg extending into the mortices and the second leg extending horizontally over the door end edges to cover the ends of the vertical grooves in the faces of the door. Weatherstripping on the door frame engages the horizontal leg of the spline and prevents transmission of air and moisture from the outside to the inside through the grooves.

Abstract: Readily assemblable furniture composed of plural, precision sized, covered, panels and a module assembly. The module assembly comprises releasably secureable connector members and a precision sized, covered, support panel having an end surface. At least a first one of the plural panels is secured to the support panel by at least one pair of the connectors consisting of a plug member and a rod-like member. The plug member has a recess in its periphery and is adapted to be disposed within a respective cylindrical bore in the support panel. The rod-like member has a threaded end for securement to the first panel and a oppositely disposed end having a head for disposition within the recess in the plug member. The plug member is rotatable in a first direction about an axis extending through the bore to pull the rod-like member deeply within the recess to tightly secure the first panel to the support panel. Other panels are connected to the support panel and/or to each other utiliziing other pairs of connectors.

Abstract: To join a part having a threaded shaft protruding therefrom with a second part having a bore sized to receive the shaft and an intersecting cavity, a housing is provided which rotatably receives a nut. The nut has a circumferentially extending external gear surface and the housing has two nut actuator receptors communicating with its interior at this gear surface of the nut. The housing with nut is received within the cavity of the second part and the shaft of the first part is inserted into the bore in the second part till the shaft abuts the nut. A nut actuator inserted into one of the nut actuator receptors may then be rotated to thread the shaft into the nut and draw the two parts into abutment.

Abstract: A square butt hollow door frame including upper and lower rail members, and a pair of stile members wherein the inner walls of the stile members are provided at each end with a recess defining inwardly laterally extending flanges adapted to be received in corresponding slots defined through each end of the upper and lower rail members, such that when the respective flanges are received in the respective slots, a locking mechanism is positioned, thereby securing the side members and rail members together to form a door frame.

Abstract: A sealing system for sealing the joints defined by three intersecting structural surfaces such as the top surface of a tub and two adjoining walls includes three generally L-shaped sealing strips and a corner piece for covering the corner where the joints meet and the end portions of the three sealing strips. The sealing strips and corner piece are held in place against the structural surfaces with a suitable adhesive and have flexible lips along their edges which press against the underlying surfaces adjacent the joints to be sealed. The corner piece has three connected walls, each one generally parallel to one of the three structural surfaces which define the joints to be sealed. Two lands project rearwardly from the corner piece, each land projecting toward a respective one of the structural surfaces. Each land defines the minimum distance between the end of one of the sealing strips and the corner, and between them the lands define a space for receiving the third sealing strip.

Abstract: A container to be used notably as building element, comprising assembled wall elements, which are provided with first assembly arrangement which oppose disengaging of the wall elements inwardly of the container. The container further comprises second assembly arrangement for the wall elements which have a resilient force and are so arranged as to connect together the wall elements, the resilient force direction thereof being so designed as to prevent disengaging of the wall elements outwardly of the container.

Abstract: A connecting fixture serves to detachably connect two abutting platelike furniture parts, which preferably extend at right angles to each other. Two fixture elements are secured to respective furniture elements to be connected. The first fixture element has an undercut-defining portion, which may be in the form of a step, a backing edge, or a mushroom-shaped head. The second fixture element has a spring detent lever for releasably engaging the undercut portion and holding the elements together. The safety of the connecting fixture is increased in that it can selectively be locked by rigidly cooperating connecting means. For that purpose a spring which biases the detent lever is held under an initial stress between the detent lever and an abutment portion of the second fixture element. The abutment is movable between a position for engaging and locking the lever in its detent position and a position in which it releases the detent lever to be biased by the spring.

Abstract: An improved plastic dolly is disclosed. The plastic dolly includes a pair of longitudinal side members and a pair of transverse end members coupled by lap joints to form a preferably rectangular frame. The various members are formed of high density polyethylene and are strengthened by ribs. The lap joints are rabbeted to form stronger lap joints. The longitudinal side members are strengthened by disposing a metal bar in a groove at the outside edge of the longitudinal side members, and the transverse end members are strengthened by forming its ribs in a pyramidal or triangular shape toward the center of the transverse end members.

Abstract: In a gate, a stile (20) and rail (21) abut side face to end face and are held together by a bolt passing at right angles through the end face to pull against a plate (25) located in a slot (26). Straps (34,41), see FIGS. 11 and 13, are used to reinforce the hanging and shutting stiles (20,20A) and to carry hanging and latching parts. A latching mechanism, see FIGS. 13 to 16, includes a latching bar (43) that is pivotally connected to the shutting stile (20) towards its middle by a flange (44). A leaf spring (45) urges the bar (43) into a latching position at which, when the gate is shut, the bar (43) is caught behind upper and lower retainers (46) mounted on a shutting gatepost (48). By pulling on a handle (50), the bar (43) can be rocked free of the retainers (46) to permit the gate to be opened. Connector plates ( 31) having sharp tongs are used, see FIGS. 9 and 10, with bolts to connect reinforcing struts (30) to the upper and lower rails (21,21A).

Abstract: The rotating lock of a furniture mounting includes a locking head which engages a clamping part with its inner clamping cam in the mounted state. The rotating lock is inserted in a borehole of a furniture part. The inner clamping cam is provided with toothlike raised portions or recessed portions, and the circumferential surface of the rotating lock is at least partially provided with ribs or raised portions (5) whereby it is ensured that the loosening moment of the furniture mounting is increased in such a way that an unintended loosening is made substantially more difficult or is prevented.

Abstract: A mortise and tenon joint including a set of self-locking plates placed in each of two juxtaposed structural members of a beam system for effectively creating, when the beams are positioned together, a strong self-locking joint between the two beams.

Abstract: A framing system for interconnecting elongated frame members into structurally stable, free-standing frames, building frame modules, lattice-type framework and the like employing novel connectors and associated connector arms.

Abstract: A fitting for connecting two structural components. The fitting includes a locking device mounted on the first structural component and a support device mounted on the second structural component. A rotary member in the support device defines circumferentially extending conical surface against which the front end of the locking device is pressed when the two fitting devices are connected. The force exerted by the front end of the locking device causes the rotary member to be turned. The rotary member has a helical end face which is initially outside of the range of travel of the locking device. Upon turning of the rotary member, the helical end face comes into engagement with a countersurface of the locking device. The resulting connection can only be released by means of a tool. The structural components are pressed tightly together by a further turning of the rotary member.

Abstract: A connecting fitting for detachably connecting two platelike furniture parts, which adjoin and extend preferably at right angles to each other consists of two fitting elements, which are adapted to be secured to respective furniture parts to be connected and one of which has at least one bar-shaped portion which is adapted to be inserted into an opening of the other fitting element until the housings of the fitting elements and/or the furniture parts engage each other, and said one fitting element is adapted to be connected to the other by locking means, which force the fitting elements against each other.

Abstract: A joint for joining two elongate members transversely to each other, comprising a first member, second member, right angle bracket and threaded bolt. The bracket is fixed to the first member and projects from the end face which is to be accommodated within a complementary recess provided on the second member. A transverse hole is provided in the recess extending between opposite side faces of the member, and axially registers with a threaded hole in the end projection of the bracket and a groove in a longitudinal recess on the first member. The bolt clampingly engages the second member to the bracket with the bolt shank further engaging the surfaces of the hole, groove and the terminal end of a protrusion of the bracket. The projection and the recess operate to oppose rotational movement of the first member about its longitudinal axis relative to the second member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a corner connection for furniture, namely for non-metal parts of furniture, containing a rotary eccentric worm and a binding bolt. The head 7 of the bolt 2 enters into a pair of oblique surface portions 6 arranged along a gap-like cutout 5 on the inner side of the sleeve eccentric worm 1, the bottom 6a of which oblique surface portions beginning at the mouth of the cutout 5 essentially on the mantle surface of the worm 1 and ending at the semicircular termination of the cutout 5 essentially on the inner surface of the worm 1.

Abstract: Joint maker for the assembly of two or more pieces of stock about common interconnecting members. The joint maker includes a plurality of configured arms about common interconnecting members for either assembling stock at a right angle, or at other angles with respect to each other, whether there are two or more pieces of stock. The joint maker includes angularly inwardly extending cleats which extend from the arms, and arms extending from a common interconnecting member. Each of the cleats have an inwardly extending member.

Abstract: A drawer is covered by a furniture door which is mounted on the side wall of a piece of furniture. The drawer has a front plate which is fastened to two drawer side walls. Caps which are pushed onto the front ends of the drawer side walls cover the side walls and parts of the front plate. The caps can have holding members for rail members.

Abstract: An elongated structural member is erected with one or more similarly formed members. The ends are formed with a pair of angularly disposed chamfers each at a predetermined angle with the longitudinal axis, and having a tenon projection and a corresponding mortise. The tenon and mortise are disposed relative to each other in a respective one of said chambers, at right angles to each other, such that on joining said elements the tenons of one element fit within the mortise of the other element and the chamfered ends abut each other.

Abstract: A structural member for mounting in a groove formed along a panel of a cabinet. This member has a base with a central dividing wall projecting from its top face and a pair of lateral wings converging, at 45.degree., from the side edges of the base, toward the central wall and terminating short of the central wall. The base, the central wall and the wings define a pair of outwardly open cavities each having a generally right angle trapezoidal contour in cross-section and extending along the base. A securing wall projects from the bottom face of the base and has tangs formed on lateral faces, these tangs being turned toward the bottom face of the base.

Abstract: A metal fitting for a detachable connection between panels, which are at an angle to one another, especially between furniture panels, comprises an approximately cylindrical tension part (3) which is rotatably supported in the recess (2) of a mounting (1). The mounting (1) is attached to one panel and a tension bolt (10), which engages the tension part (3), is attached to the other panel. Recess (2) is provided at its one face (4) with a supporting surface (5) for the purpose of supporting the tension part (3) in the mounting (1). In order to enable the mounting (1) to be manufactured simply and the tension part (3) to be inserted easily into the mounting (1), the other face (13) of the recess (2) is fashioned to be open and has only a nose (14), which rises inwardly above the tension part (3). The tension part (3), in turn, is provided with a longitudinal slot (15) which corresponds to the dimensions of the nose (14).

Abstract: A shelving unit according to the present invention provides a generous span between opposed end frames and a clear lower area to allow the hood portion of a car, for example, to be located below the first shelf. The frame of the unit is preferrably made of rolled steel components of similar cross-section joined together in a manner to reinforce each component. It is preferred that each component be of a generally rectangular shape open on one side to have a "U" shaped channel.

Abstract: A connecting fitting for detachable connection of furniture parts is provided with a spring mounted tongue on one fitting part engageable behind a protrusion on another fitting part and with the tongue being movable by an eccentric bolt with a protruding cam engageable with a protrusion on the tongue to disengage the tongue from the protrusion.

Abstract: Describes a modular display system which includes a plurality of side members and a base portion for each of the side members. A support surface is formed on each of the base portions and a pair of spaced parallel legs are associated with each such side member and project at right angles to its respective support surface providing a channel therebetween. Also provided are a plurality of bracket members, each of which has a portion thereof within the channel of adjacent side members. Fasteners are further provided for maintaining the bracket members within respective channels whereby the side members are interconnected.

Abstract: An improvement in the art of bowstring roof truss construction comprising an altered web pattern in which the diagonal and vertical webs, normally converging at points alternately within the geometric confines of the top chord and the bottom chord, intersect or converge rather at points intermediate between top and bottom chord on massive vertical webs. This system facilitates more head room and walk-through space where a floor is framed into the bottom chord of the truss. This system comprises (1) an arched top chord with intersecting vertical and diagonal webs, (2) displaced intersection points of the diagonal webs onto the massive vertical webs, (3) a suspension assembly to hang the bottom chord using direct bearing and (4) a separate assembly to transmit the longitudinal truss-action forces from the vertical webs to the bottom chord.

Abstract: An interior wall partition trim assembly for providing a decorative trim at the junction of interior wall partitions with each other or with the ceiling or floor structure, comprising molded vinyl channel shaped cap members for placement along the intersection of a wall with a ceiling, at an inside corner, and an outside corner and the intersection of the walls with the floor surface. Integral molded junction members at the corners between inside and outside wall intersections with the floor and ceiling eliminate the requirement for cutting mitered joints between the trim members. Cap members are releasably secured in position by spaced apart retainer plates which are formed plastic members having a planar web portion and opposed standoff flanges which engage resiliently deflectable flanges of the cap members.

Abstract: A gridwork for a suspended ceiling is assembled by a clip having three equally angularly disposed prongs which run parallel to three equally angularly disposed elongated rigid members of the gridwork. One prong has a stepped configuration, where each level abuts against a portion of two of the three intersecting members. One level of this stepped configuration widens into a lip fitting into a flanged or a "u" shaped channel area of one of the members, and which widened area further snaps into this one member for its securement therein. The remaining two prongs of the clip are bolted to its corresponding elongated member.

Abstract: A shelving device wherein a side plate of a shelf is connected to a shelf plate through an insert attached to the side plate and an engagement member attached to the shelf plate. The insert has its portion buried and fixed in the side plate and is formed at one end of its buried portion with a generally trapezoidal receiving portion gradually narrowed upward and on both its sides with sloped faces. The engagement member has its engagement portion adapted to be buried and fixed in the lower face of one end portion of the shelf plate and is formed at one side of its engagement portion with an engagement recess gradually narrowed upward to fit the receiving portion therein and at both the sides of its engagement recess with a dovetail groove having sloped faces closely engaging the sloped faces on the two sides of the receiving portion.

Abstract: A knock-down fitting to hold together two panels at right-angles to one another comprises a body having projections extending from one side and a peg which is received in a bore in the body. One end of the peg and each projection of the body has barb formations to engage holes pre-drilled in the panels.In accordance with the invention the other end of the peg received in the bore is toggle-shaped and has a waist engaged on opposite sides by the arms of a bifurcated clip. By acting on the cam surface provided by the waist the clip draws the peg into the bore in the body but the toggle shape of the inner end of the peg allows a degree of lateral tolerance to compensate for minor inaccuracies in the positioning of the holes in the panels.

Abstract: An improved cabinet assembly for quick and easy assembly into various configurations. The assembly is characterized in one embodiment, by a unique joint where three framework members meet. A vertical post is equipped with vertically spaced slots. A first crossbar has prongs at one end which are snugly received in the slots, and, upon vertical movement of the crossbar, lock the crossbar to the post. A second crossbar joins the first crossbar and vertical post at mutually perpendicular angles, and is equipped with two pins which are snugly received in holes in the post. When both crossbars are in position, a bolt is inserted through the post and into the end of the second crossbar where it is secured. The bolt engages an edge of one of the prongs of the first crossbar, preventing vertical movement of the crossbar to retain it in the locked position. In another embodiment, the assembly is characterized by a drawer slide which has prongs at each end receivable in the facing slots of two parallel vertical posts.

Abstract: Device for assembling a first and a second construction element (4, 5) comprising a tie piece (15) fitted to slide in a recess (11) in the first construction element (4) and having at its end lying outside the said recess (11) at least one rib (18) projecting laterally and one pin (27) installed in a lateral recess (13) of the first element (4) and having an eccentric portion (31) entering a transverse passage (27) in the said tie piece (15), with the second element having a flange (50) that can be clamped between the end rib (18) of the said tie piece (15) and the wall of the said first element (4) when the said pin (27) is rotated in order to hold the said construction elements assembled.Application of this assembly device to the construction of furniture.

Abstract: The invention deals with devices suitable for securely joining the end of a timber to another member. Shallow U-shaped channels are placed on the outside of a support frame which lies along the longitudinal axis of the timber near its end. A frame end forms the end of the support frame and is fastened to the other member.

Abstract: A decorative corner moulding for fastening two furniture panels together at a corner including first and second corner mouldings nailed to the respective furniture panels, a cross-member for securing the panels together, and an insert member with a semi-circular outer flange that covers and conceals the corner moulding.

Abstract: A vertical support member (2, 42) has one or more vertical slots (4, 44) each of which is dimensioned to receive the end of a side rail (6, 50). A portion of a lock member (12, 56) is also received into each slot (4, 44) contiguous to a side rail (6, 50). One end of a rod (18, 58) engages member (12, 56). Rod (18, 58) extends through a horizontal portion of the structure, and its second end is engaged by an adjustable fastener to pull member (2, 42) and the horizontal portion together. In a first embodiment, two perpendicular side rails (6) are received into slots (4), and a diagonal corner brace (8) extends between rails (6). Lock member (12) extends around member (2) between slots (4). A bolt (18) engages a center portion of member (12), extends through member (12) and brace (8), and is fastened by a nut (22). In a second embodiment, one rail (50) is received into a T-shaped slot (44). The lock member is a plate (56) received into the head portion (46) of slot (44).

Abstract: A rack for holding dental impression trays includes a rectangular block having apertures therein to receive the handles or tubes extending from the trays and to cantilever the trays from the rack. A paired arrangement of apertures can accommodate a tray having both a handle and tubes. A base supporting the rack upright has wells therein for holding water which, together with a dome enclosing the rack, provide a moist atmosphere for the impression material, where needed. The rack can be free-standing or wall-mounted. One embodiment of the rack adapted for wall-mounting can be inexpensively manufactured of plastic by extrusion.

Abstract: A substantially rigid structural joint can be assembled from an assembly made up of a pair of separate joinery parts. Each joinery part is preferably in the form of a rigid rectangular-shaped, sheet metal strip. One joinery part has a bracing member connected to and extending outwardly from one of its longitudinal sides in an orthogonal relationship. The bracing member also extends toward and along one of the longitudinal sides of the other joinery part when the latter is placed in an erected condition with the one joinery part. In such condition, they extend in orthogonal relationship to one another and have end portions which form a corner therebetween. Interengagable male and female elements on end portions of the joinery parts adjacent the corner are mated together when the parts are placed in their erected condition.

Abstract: Apparatus for and method of forming any selected one of a plurality of different articles of furniture, such as seating, storage, and sleeping units comprising a plurality of panels each having inner and outer faces terminating in a perimetrical edge, and mechanism for detachably coupling any selected number of panels together in angular relation such that the perimetrical edge of each panel is positioned inwardly of the outer face of an adjacent angularly related panel and the outer face of each panel is positioned outwardly of the perimetrical edge of the adjacent angularly related panel to provide outwardly opening openings adjacent the adjacent perimetrical edges of adjacent panels. One aspect of the invention includes a corner coupling bracket for coupling adjacent angularly related panels to form outwardly opening openings at the adjacent ends of adjacent panels.

Abstract: A technique of construction is disclosed utilizing a plurality of upright posts bored from the top to define a bore that is coaxial with the post, there being cutaway portions entering into the sides of the post and communicating with the coaxial bore. A plurality of beams each has a tongue at both ends, the tongues fitting within the cutaway portions and being secured within the coaxial bore in the respective post. This securing is done with pins which are driven down into detent bores in the ends of the tongues, and the entire coaxial bore and pin and tongue detent structure is hidden by virtue of an overlying cap which is a press-fit into the coaxial bore, defining a flush surface with the top of the post.

Abstract: A corner construction having high strength and resistance to torsional forces for use with hollow elongate tubing members. A first longitudinal member extruded from aluminum includes a pair of parallel planar walls connected by a planar web along one edge and a stepped web along the other edge. A second similar member is provided having a spacing of its walls for slidably receiving the first member therebetween. The stepped web of the second member at a terminal end thereof is cut away to form steps complementary to the stepped web of the first member. A terminal end of the first member is inserted between the walls of the second member to abut its planar web and to cause the stepped web to abut the cut-away steps of the second member. Fastening means is provided for maintaining the first member in its abutting relation with the second member.

Abstract: There is disclosed improved portable furniture generally comprising planar one-piece support members having integral portions adapted to be resiliently disposed and releasably secured in angular relationship to each other allowing for support, said portable furniture returning to its planar configuration when the said members are disengaged to facilitate portability.

Abstract: A fitting for furniture parts includes a dowel casing and a screw or the like. The screw has a head extending into the dowel casing where it is held tight by a locking member. To facilitate the insertion of the screw into the dowel casing conical guide surfaces are provided on the dowel casing.