公开(公告)号：US5494246A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-27

申请号：US261495

申请日：1994-06-17

申请人： Michael T. McCarthy ,  Wayne Miedema ,  Paul A. Glashouwer ,  Mark A. Brunsink

发明人： Michael T. McCarthy ,  Wayne Miedema ,  Paul A. Glashouwer ,  Mark A. Brunsink

IPC分类号： A47B57/40 ,  A47B96/06

CPC分类号： A47B96/06 ,  A47B57/40 ,  A47B57/408

摘要： A one-piece non-load bearing passive locking member for releasably securing an end panel assembly to a slotted upright. The locking member includes a base part having an aperture extending therethrough. A spring part is formed in a first end edge of the base part for urging the locking member into locking engagement with a slot of the upright, and a locking tab is formed in a second end edge of the base part opposite the first end edge for lockingly engaging with the slot. A hollow guide part extends transversely from the base part and has a cantilevered arm extending transversely within the hollow guide part from a wall of the guide part, and a planar spring compression limiting part extends at least partially over the spring part from the wall of the guide part. A retaining pin extends longitudinally through the hollow guide part and from a free end of the arm in a direction transverse to the base part. The retaining pin has a free end extending beyond the base part to lockingly retain the locking member within a T-shaped slot of an end panel forming a part of a furniture component.

摘要翻译： 一体式无负载的被动锁定构件，用于将端板组件可释放地固定到开槽的立柱上。 锁定构件包括具有延伸穿过其中的孔的基部。 弹簧部分形成在基部的第一端边缘中，用于推动锁定件与立柱的槽锁定接合，并且在底座部分的与第一端边缘相对的第二端边缘中形成锁定突出部， 与插槽锁定接合。 空心引导部分从基部横向延伸并且具有从引导部分的壁在中空引导部分内横向延伸的悬臂，并且平面弹簧压缩限制部分至少部分地从弹簧部分延伸到 指导部分。 保持销沿垂直于基部的方向纵向延伸穿过中空引导部分并且从臂的自由端延伸。 保持销具有延伸超过基部的自由端，以将锁定构件锁定在将构成家具部件的一部分的端板的T形槽内。