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Connecting device for detachably maintaining flat structures perpendicular to each other

US4518278A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1983
Grant dateMay 21, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/46
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A connecting device for detachable connection of two perpendicularly positioned panels, such as furniture panels, by means of a grooved fastener bolt fastened in the first panel and a tightening bolt rotatably mounted in a blind bore of the second panel. The tightening bolt is mounted in a first blind bore in the second panel and the fastener bolt is adapted to be inserted into a second blind bore in the second panel perpendicular to the first bore. The tightening bolt is in operative engagement with the head of the fastener bolt in such a manner that as the tightening bolt is rotated the fastener bolt is pulled into the second blind bore firmly joining the two panels.

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