Corner construction

Claim 2

A corner construction for furniture and the like comprising a tubular upright having a side wall and a bore open at its normally upper end, a first frame bar, a second frame bar, cooperative means provided on said first and second frame bars for interengaging same in an intersecting zone wherein the longitudinal axes of said bars are in perpendicular relationship, said intersecting zone being spaced from the adjacent ends of said bars, the said adjacent end of each bar abutting against the inner face of the upright side wall, and means fixedly engaging each of said bars at their said adjacent ends to the upright side wall with the points of engagement being spaced apart through an angle of approximately 90*.

Claim 3

A corner construction for furniture and the like comprising a tubular upright having a side wall and a bore open at its normally upper end, a first frame bar, a second frame bar, cooperative means provided on said first and second frame bars for interengaging same in an intersecting zone wherein the longitudinal axes of said bars are in perpendicular relationship, said intersecting zone being spaced from the adjacent ends of said bars, the said adjacent end of each bar abutting against the inner face of the upright side wall, and means fixedly engaging each of said bars at their said adjacent ends to the upright side wall with the points of engagement being spaced apart through an angle of approximately 90*.

Claim 4

A corner construction for furniture and the like comprising a tubular upright having a side wall and a bore open at its normally upper end, a first frame bar, a second frame bar, cooperative means provided on said first and second frame bars for interengaging same in an intersecting zone wherein the longitudinal axes of said bars are in perpendicular relationship, said intersecting zone being spaced from the adjacent ends of said bars, the said adjacent end of each bar abutting against the inner face of the upright side wall, and means fixedly engaging each of said bars at their said adjacent ends to the upright side wall with the points of engagement being spaced apart through an angle of approximately 90*.

Claim 5

A corner construction as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by means provided on said upright supportedly engaging said first and second frame bars in their portions on the side of said intersecting zone remote from the aforesaid adjacent ends thereof.

Claim 6

A corner construction as defined in claim 2 and further characterized by said means provided on said upright supportedly engaging said first and second bars comprising upwardly opening recesses with there being an intervening side wall portion between said recesses, said intervening side wall portion having an upper edge spaced downwardly fRom the upper end of said upright.

Claim 7

A corner construction as defined in claim 3 and further characterized by said upright recesses being spaced apart at an angle of approximately 90*.

Claim 8

A corner construction as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said interengaging means comprising said first frame bar having a downwardly opening slot, said second frame bar having an upwardly opening slot, and with said frame bar slots being received one within the other, constituting the intersecting zone.

Claim 9

A corner construction as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said means fixedly engaging each of said bars to the upright comprising fastener elements, there being registering openings in the side wall of said upright and the adjacent ends of said bars receiving said fastener elements.

Claim 10

A corner construction as defined in claim 6 and further characterized by said recesses in said first and second bars having a depth equivalent to substantially one-half the height of said bars.

Claim 11

A corner construction as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said upright being of annular cross-section.

Claim 12

A corner construction as defined in claim 8 and further characterized by said upright recesses being circumferentially spaced apart.

Claim 13

A corner construction as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said tubular upright being polygonal in cross-section.

Claim 14

A corner construction as defined in claim 10 and further characterized by said tubular upright being square in cross-section.

Claim 15

A corner construction as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by each of said bars at the end faces of their said adjacent ends abutting against the confronting portion of the side wall of said bore having transversely spaced-apart aligned openings, a nut-forming member receivable within said openings for extension transversely of the related frame bar, and said means fixedly engaging each of said bars comprising fastener elements, there being registering openings in the side wall of said upright aligned with said nut-forming member for receiving said fastener elements.

Claim 16

A corner construction for furniture and the like comprising a tubular upright having a bore open at its normally upper end, a first frame bar, a second frame bar, means interengaging said first and second frame bars within a zone proximate, but spaced from, one of the corresponding ends of said bars maintaining said bars in axially intersecting relationship, said interengaging means comprising said first frame bar having a downwardly opening slot, said second frame bar having an upwardly opening slot, with said frame bar slots being received one within the other, means provided on said upright engaging said first and second bars in their portions on the side of said interengaging zone remote from said one of the corresponding ends thereof, said means comprising upwardly opening spaced apart slots on said upright, the cross section of said upright bore being greater than the distance between said interengaging zone and the proximate one of the corresponding ends of said bars whereby with said bars received within said upright slots, said interengaging zone will be located within the bore of said upright, said one of the corresponding ends of said bars abutting in their end faces against the confronting portion of the wall of said bore, means securing each of said bars at their said ends to said upright, said means securing said bars comprising fastener elements, there being registering openings in the side wall of said upright and the abutting ends of said bars receiving said fastener elements.

Claim 17

A corner construction for furniture and the like comprising a tubular upright having a bore open at its normally upper end, a first frame bar, a second frame bar, means interengaging said first and second frame bars within a zone proximate, but spaced from, one of the corresponding ends of said bars maintaining said bars in axially intersecting relationship, said interengaging means comprising said first frame bar having a downwardly opening slot, said second frame bar having an upwardly opening slot, with said frame bar slots being received one within the other, means provided on said upright engaging said first and second bars in their portions on the side of said interengaging zone remote from said one of the corresponding ends thereof, said means comprising upwardly opening spaced apart slots on said upright, the cross section of said upright bore being greater than the distance between said interengaging zone and the proximate one of the corresponding ends of said bars whereby with said bars received within said upright slots, said interengaging zone will be located within the bore of said upright, said one of the corresponding ends of said bars abutting in their end faces against the confronting portion of the wall of said bore, means securing each of said bars at their said ends to said upright, said means securing said bars comprising fastener elements, there being registering openings in the side wall of said upright and the abutting ends of said bars receiving said fastener elements.

Claim 18

A corner construction as defined in claim 13 and further characterized by said slots in said first and second bars having a depth equivalent to substantially one-half the height of said bars.