公开(公告)号：US20100202852A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-12

申请号：US12322831

申请日：2009-02-09

申请人： Steven T. Krause ,  Thomas B. Hazzard ,  Kurt A. Berlin

发明人： Steven T. Krause ,  Thomas B. Hazzard ,  Kurt A. Berlin

IPC分类号： F16B39/30 ,  A47B47/04

CPC分类号： F16B12/2027 ,  F16B12/22 ,  F16B2012/209

摘要： A coupler to be embedded in a first (e.g., flat) panel and an insert to be embedded in a second (e.g., flat) panel to be joined to the first panel during the assembly of an article, for example, of furniture. The coupler includes a coupler body, a cam bolt rotatable within the coupler body, a cam head carried by and rotatable with the cam bolt, and a lever extending from the cam bolt to a location outside the coupler body at which to receive a rotational pushing force. The insert has a hollow interior, a closed leading end extending laterally across the hollow interior, and a window formed in the closed leading end and communicating with the hollow interior. The cam head of the coupler is moved through the window in the closed leading end of the insert. A rotational force applied to the lever causes the cam bolt to rotate within the coupler body, which rotation is imparted to the cam head. The cam head is correspondingly rotated at the hollow interior of the insert so as to move out of alignment with the window in the closed leading end thereof to be relocated below the closed leading end. Accordingly, the coupler and the insert are connected in mating interlocking engagement with one another, whereby the first and second panels will be joined to one another without the use of tools or additional hardware fasteners.

摘要翻译： 嵌入在第一（例如，扁平）面板中的耦合器和待装入第二（例如，平坦的）面板中以在物品例如家具组装期间与第一面板接合的插入件。 耦合器包括耦合器主体，可在耦合器主体内旋转的凸轮螺栓，由凸轮螺栓承载并随其旋转的凸轮头，以及从凸轮螺栓延伸到联接器主体外部的位置的杆，在该位置处接收旋转推动 力。 插入件具有中空的内部，横向穿过中空的内部延伸的封闭的前端以及形成在封闭的前端中并与中空的内部连通的窗。 联接器的凸轮头移动通过插入件的封闭前端中的窗口。 施加到杠杆的旋转力使得凸轮螺栓在联接器主体内旋转，该旋转被赋予到凸轮头。 凸轮头相应地在插入件的中空内部旋转，以便在其封闭的前端中与窗口不对准地移动，以被重新定位在封闭的前端下方。 因此，联接器和插入件彼此配合地互锁接合地连接，由此第一和第二面板将彼此连接，而不使用工具或附加的硬件紧固件。