Releasable connector for connecting structural elements in buildings, furniture and other articles

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VERTICAL POST THAT INCLUDES A FIRST VERTICALLY EXTENDING, RIGID, STRAIGHT, RIGHT ANGLE STRIP HAVING A PAIR OF ADJOINING SIDES AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO EACH OTHER HAVING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FREE EDGES REMOTE FROM THEIR JUNCTURE AND WHICH STRIP TERMINATES AT THE UPPER END OF SAID POST IN A FREE UPPER END EDGE, THE SIDE OF SAID STRIP BETWEEN LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING EDGES BEING OPEN: (A) A PLATE INTEGRAL WITH SAID STRIP EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY ACROSS THE OPEN SIDE OF SAID STRIP AT A POINT SPACED BELOW THE UPPER FREE END EDGE OF SAID STRIP; (B) A SECOND STRAIGHT, VERTICAL, RIGHT ANGLE STRIP IN A POSITION WITHIN SAID FIRST RIGHT ANGLE STRIP BETWEEN SAID PLATE AND THE SIDES OF SAID FIRST RIGHT ANGLE STRIP; (C) SAID SECOND STRIP BEING VERTICALLY MOVABLE UPWARDLY FROM SAID POSITION AND OUT OF SAID FIRST STRIP; (D) RIGID MEANS ON SAID SECOND STRIP IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PLATE SUPPORTING SAID SECOND STRIP AND SAID RIGID MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED STATIONARY POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST STRIP; (E) SAID RIGID MEANS ON SAID SECOND STRIP BEING AN ELONGATED STRUCTURAL MEMBER EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST STRIP.