Apparatus for holding boards in the making of furniture

Claim 1

An apparatus for holding a first rectangular board perpendicular to a second rectangular board, each of said boards having at least one end squared with the midpoint of a tapered slot formed at the longitudinal center of the thickness of the board and extending substantially the width of the board, said apparatus comprising: a corner member having: (a) a first flat edge substantially corresponding in dimension to the width and thickness of the square edge of said first board, said first edge having an elongated tapered protrusion extending outwardly, said protrusion having its longitudinal center slightly offset from the midpoint of the thickness of said edge and extending substantially, but slightly less than the entire width of said edge, said protrusion being configured to fully mate with the tapered slot of said first board, said offset causing said first board to extend beyond said first flat edge a predetermined amount. (b) a second flat edge located at a predetermined orientation from said first flat edge substantially corresponding in dimension to the width and thickness of the squared edge of said second board, said second edge having an elongated tapered protrusion extending outwardly, the aforesaid protrusion having its longitudinal center slightly offset from the midpoint of the thickness of said edge and extending substantially, but slightly less than the entire width of said edge, the aforesaid protrusion being configured to fully mate with the tapered slot of said second board, the aforesaid offset causing said second board to extend beyond said second flat edge said predetermined amount; (c) a first exterior surface extending between the farthest ends of said first and second flat edges, and (d) a second exterior surface extending between the nearest ends of said first and second flat edges glue applied to said first flat edge and extending tapered protrusion for bonding said first flat edge and protrusion to said squared end and tapered slot of said first board member, and glue applied to said second flat edge and extending tapered protrusion for bonding said second flat edge and protrusion to said squared end and tapered slot of said second board member.

Claim 2

An apparatus for holding a first rectangular board perpendicular to a second rectangular board, each of said boards having at least one end squared with the midpoint of a tapered slot formed at the longitudinal center of the thickness of the board and extending substantially the width of the board, said apparatus comprising: a corner member having: (a) a first flat edge substantially corresponding in dimension to the width and thickness of the square edge of said first board, said first edge having an elongated tapered protrusion extending outwardly, said protrusion having its longitudinal center slightly offset from the midpoint of the thickness of said edge and extending substantially, but slightly less than the entire width of said edge, said protrusion being configured to fully mate with the tapered slot of said first board, said offset causing said first board to extend beyond said first flat edge a predetermined amount. (b) a second flat edge located at a predetermined orientation from said first flat edge substantially corresponding in dimension to the width and thickness of the squared edge of said second board, said second edge having an elongated tapered protrusion extending outwardly, the aforesaid protrusion having its longitudinal center slightly offset from the midpoint of the thickness of said edge and extending substantially, but slightly less than the entire width of said edge, the aforesaid protrusion being configured to fully mate with the tapered slot of said second board, the aforesaid offset causing said second board to extend beyond said second flat edge said predetermined amount; (c) a first exterior surface extending between the farthest ends of said first and second flat edges, and (d) a second exterior surface extending between the nearest ends of said first and second flat edges glue applied to said first flat edge and extending tapered protrusion for bonding said first flat edge and protrusion to said squared end and tapered slot of said first board member, and glue applied to said second flat edge and extending tapered protrusion for bonding said second flat edge and protrusion to said squared end and tapered slot of said second board member.

Claim 3

An apparatus for holding a first rectangular board member in a predetermined orientation to a second board member, each of said first and second board members having at least one end squared with the midpoint of a tapered slot formed at the longitudinal center of the thickness of the board and extending centered but slightly less than the width of the board, said apparatus comprising: an elongated corner member having: (a) an angled exterior surface, (b) a horizontal extension on the upper end of said angled surface of said corner member having an exterior horizontal surface integral with said angled exterior surface, (c) a vertical side to said corner member extending downwardly from said exterior horizontal surface, (d) an outwardly horizontally extending tapered protrusion extending the length of said corner member and oriented on a line slightly offset toward said angled exterior surface from the midpoint of said vertical side, (e) a vertical extension on the lower end of said angled surface having a exterior vertical surface integral with said angled exterior surface, (f) a horizontal side to said corner member extending toward said vertical side, (g) an outwardly vertically extending downward tapered protrusion extending the length of said corner member and oriented on a line slightly offset toward said angled exterior surface from the midpoint of said horizontal side, (h) an angled exterior glue applied to said vertical tapered protrusion and to said horizontal side for binding said vertical tapered protrusion to the interior surface of said tapered slot of said second member and for binding said end of said second member to said vertical side.

Claim 4

An apparatus for holding a first rectangular board member in a predetermined orientation to a second board member, each of said first and second board members having at least one end squared with the midpoint of a tapered slot formed at the longitudinal center of the thickness of the board and extending centered but slightly less than the width of the board, said apparatus comprising: an elongated corner member having: (a) an angled exterior surface, (b) a horizontal extension on the upper end of said angled surface of said corner member having an exterior horizontal surface integral with said angled exterior surface, (c) a vertical side to said corner member extending downwardly from said exterior horizontal surface, (d) an outwardly horizontally extending tapered protrusion extending the length of said corner member and oriented on a line slightly offset toward said angled exterior surface from the midpoint of said vertical side, (e) a vertical extension on the lower end of said angled surface having a exterior vertical surface integral with said angled exterior surface, (f) a horizontal side to said corner member extending toward said vertical side, (g) an outwardly vertically extending downward tapered protrusion extending the length of said corner member and oriented on a line slightly offset toward said angled exterior surface from the midpoint of said horizontal side, (h) an angled exterior glue applied to said vertical tapered protrusion and to said horizontal side for binding said vertical tapered protrusion to the interior surface of said tapered slot of said second member and for binding said end of said second member to said vertical side.