Kit assembly for constructing an article of furniture

摘要

A kit assembly for constructing an article of furniture and including a first plurality of vertically extending and elongate supports which are arranged in spaced apart fashion and a second plurality of horizontally extending and elongate cross members. Opposite ends of the elongate cross members are received within appropriately formed apertures in the vertically extending supports and additional apertures extend in cross wise and communicating fashion through the vertical supports as well as the inserted and aligning ends of the cross members. Bolt fasteners are inserted through the additional and cross wise extending apertures in both the selected vertical supports and cross members and an intermediate portion of each fastener includes an annular and outwardly angled step which, upon insertion of the bolt fastener, corresponds both in axial placement and annular dimension to an inward and angularly extending ledge of a spool shaped aperture in the cross member. A nut and washer arrangement threadably engages an oppositely projecting end of the selected bolt fastener and the nut is rotated in a tightening direction so as to generate angularly directed contact forces between the annular steps of the fastener and the spool shaped aperture and so that the cross member is fixedly secured to the vertical support.