US 12,433,401 B2
Joining system for furniture
Bobby Markovski, Helsingborg (SE); and Magnus Persson, Helsingborg (SE)
Assigned to VILOX SYSTEMS AB, Helsingborg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/785,296
Filed by VILOX SYSTEMS AB, Helsingborg (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/051192
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/126048, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1951500-6 (SE), filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346120 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 47/04 (2006.01); A47B 96/20 (2006.01); B27C 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 47/042 (2013.01) [A47B 96/20 (2013.01); B27C 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 12/46 (2013.01); A47B 2210/092 (2013.01); A47B 2230/0096 (2013.01); A47B 2230/06 (2013.01); F16B 2012/463 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joining system for furniture, the joining system comprising:
a first furniture element,
a second furniture element and
a joining element having a first surface and a second surface on substantially opposite sides of the joining element, wherein the first furniture element is connected to the second furniture element for forming a furniture portion and wherein:
the first furniture element comprises a female coupling recess for receiving the joining element,
the second furniture element comprises a connection portion for connecting the second furniture element to the joining element, and
the joining element comprises a male coupling portion for connecting the joining element to the female coupling recess and a connection portion for connecting the joining element to the second furniture element, wherein:
the female coupling recess comprises:
a first stabilizing portion,
a second stabilizing portion, and
a protrusion protruding from a surface comprising the second stabilizing portion, and wherein the male coupling portion comprises:
a first engaging portion formed in the first surface and configured to engage the first stabilizing portion of the female coupling recess,
a second engaging portion formed in the second surface and configured to engage the second stabilizing portion of the female coupling recess, and
a recess formed in the second surface and configured to receive the protrusion of the female coupling recess, wherein the second engaging portion is positioned further from an end portion of the male coupling portion than the recess, and wherein
the joining element has a width between the first and second surfaces in an area of the second engaging portion, and wherein an increase in the width causes the first engaging portion to press harder on the first stabilizing portion, when the male coupling portion is inserted into the female coupling recess, which causes the male coupling portion to bend in a direction away from the first stabilizing portion to compensate for the increased width.