PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING FURNITURE CORNER JOINTS

摘要

A method of assembling furniture corner joints between framing members, such as rails or boards set at angles to each other. The corner joint is secured by connector plates, each of which has end positions set at right angles to each other corresponding with the angle of the framing members and having integral one-piece teeth struck from the body of the plate normal to the plane of the respective end position. The teeth are of uniform length and are spaced apart in areas adjacent the end portions of the plate, leaving a smooth inner face on the connector plate in the area where the framing members would be brought together to form the joint. The method is in two steps, one of which causes the teeth on one end of the plate to penetrate the face of the framing members and thereafter the opposite angular portion of the plate is moved relatively toward the second framing member to cause the teeth thereof to enter the framing member. In each step the teeth, which are of uniform length, enter the adjacent face of the framing member in straight lines. These steps enable a plurality of corner joints of one article of furniture to be assembled and secured in one operation by successive steps.