公开(公告)号：US06202266B1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-20

申请号：US09348934

申请日：1999-07-07

申请人： David J. Van den Branden ,  Paul C. Evans ,  Michael D. McCoy ,  Dale E. Fahnstrom ,  Burt F. Mendelson ,  Lawrence J. Pomerleau ,  Charles Dresner ,  Kelly Whittier ,  Christopher V. Conley ,  Scott A. Ternovits ,  Maureen A. O'Connor

发明人： David J. Van den Branden ,  Paul C. Evans ,  Michael D. McCoy ,  Dale E. Fahnstrom ,  Burt F. Mendelson ,  Lawrence J. Pomerleau ,  Charles Dresner ,  Kelly Whittier ,  Christopher V. Conley ,  Scott A. Ternovits ,  Maureen A. O'Connor

IPC分类号： A44B2100

CPC分类号： F16B2/10 ,  A47B96/06 ,  A47B97/00 ,  B25B5/10 ,  B25B5/163 ,  F16M13/022 ,  F16M2200/022 ,  Y10T24/2175 ,  Y10T24/44444 ,  Y10T24/44504 ,  Y10T24/44974

摘要： A versatile user-adjustable clamp for clamping accessories to the panels of ready-to-assemble furniture articles, and other surfaces such as countertops, has a main body member, a jaw member, and a knob. The main body member has a substantially spool-shaped section with accessory interface means at opposing ends thereof, and a rectangular section that projects tangentially from the spool-shaped section. The spool-shaped section of the main body member telescopingly receives the jaw member, and has a knob-receiving aperture. The knob is rotatably secured within the knob aperture and provides a means for actuating the telescopic movement of the jaw member relative to the main clamp body. The jaw member includes a flat surface interface that is oriented parallel to the rectangular section of the main clamp body, and has a separate accessory interface means therein. This separate accessory interface means can include a snap-lock feature, allowing users to confirm that the clamp is securely fastened to an associated accessory. The clamp can be used as a hinge when rotatably mounted to a pair of hinge-halves that comprise a further accessory interface means, using the first two accessory interface means.

摘要翻译： 用于将配件紧固到即将装配的家具制品的面板以及其它表面（例如台面）的通用用户可调夹具具有主体构件，钳口构件和旋钮。 主体构件具有基本上为卷轴状的部分，在其相对端部具有附件接口装置，以及从卷轴形部分切向突出的矩形部分。 主体构件的卷轴状部分可伸缩地容纳钳口构件，并且具有旋钮接收孔。 旋钮可旋转地固定在旋钮孔内，并提供用于致动夹爪构件相对于主夹具本体的伸缩运动的装置。 钳口构件包括平行于主夹具主体的矩形部分定向的平面接口，并且在其中具有单独的附件接口装置。 该单独的附件接口装置可以包括卡扣锁定功能，允许用户确认夹具牢固地固定在相关附件上。 当可旋转地安装到一对铰链半部时，夹具可以用作铰链，其包括使用前两个附件接口装置的另外的附件接口装置。