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Patent
E - Fixed Constructions
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E04B 2/00 (2006.01) A47B 57/40 (2006.01) A47B 96/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2147773
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.
Brunsink Mark A.
Glashouwer Paul A.
Mccarthy Michael T.
Miedema Wayne
Haworth Inc.
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
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