Attachment fixture, cabinet stand, and article attachment method

Abstract

An article attachment method for attaching a stand that includes at least one through-hole, to a cabinet that includes at least one groove, is provided. The stand is attached to the cabinet by aligning the grooves in the cabinet with the through-holes in the stand, inserting attachment fixtures through the through-holes, positioning the minor axis parts of attachment parts in the attachment fixtures so as to face the side walls of grooves on the cabinet, rotating the attachment fixtures by a prescribed angle in one direction, and positioning the major axis parts of the attachment parts so as to face the side walls of grooves.

1 . An attachment fixture comprising: 
 a head part; and    an attachment part extending longitudinally from said head part;    wherein the attachment part includes a major axis part having a major axis along a first direction and a minor axis part having a minor axis along a second direction, said first and second directions being contained in the plane that is perpendicular to said longitudinal direction.    
     
     
         2 . An attachment fixture as described in  claim 1 , further comprising a screw thread formed on said major axis part.  
     
     
         3 . A cabinet stand for supporting a cabinet that has at least one groove defined between sidewalls, said cabinet stand comprising: 
 a stand main body having at least one through-hole; and    an attachment fixture adapted for attaching said stand main body to a cabinet by insertion through said through-hole and rotation in one direction; said attachment fixture further comprising a head part that has a portion larger than the diameter of said through-hole and an attachment part that extends from said head part in the direction of the rotation axis and is adapted for passage through said through-hole;    wherein the attachment part includes a major axis part having a major axis along a first direction and a minor axis part having a minor axis along a second direction, said first and second directions being contained in the plane that is perpendicular to said longitudinal direction; and further    wherein said major axis is longer than the distance between the side walls in said cabinet groove, and said minor axis is shorter than the distance between said side walls.    
     
     
         4 . A cabinet stand as described in  claim 3 , wherein said head part on the attachment fixture has a shape that extends along the first direction of said two directions.  
     
     
         5 . A cabinet stand as described in  claim 3 , further comprising a thread ridge formed on said major axis part.  
     
     
         6 . A cabinet stand as described in  claim 5 , further comprising stoppers provided on said stand main body for restricting said attachment fixture to a prescribed range of rotation.  
     
     
         7 . An article attachment method for attaching a first article that includes at least one through-hole to a second article that has at least one groove bounded by sidewalls, said method comprising the steps of: 
 aligning said at least one through-hole with said at least one groove;    inserting at least one attachment fixture through said through-hole, said attachment fixture having a minor axis part and a major axis part;    positioning the minor axis part of the attachment fixture so as to face the sidewalls of the at least one groove; and    rotating said at least one attachment fixture by a prescribed angle in one direction to position the major axis parts of said attachment fixture so as to face said groove sidewalls, thereby to attach said first article to said second article.    
     
     
         8 . An electronic apparatus comprising an apparatus main body, a cabinet in which the apparatus main body is housed, and a cabinet stand for installing the cabinet, 
 wherein the cabinet includes at least one groove; and    wherein the cabinet stand comprises a stand main body including at least one through-hole, and an attachment fixture for attaching the stand main body to the cabinet by inserting the attachment fixture through said through-hole of the stand main body and rotating said attachment fixture; and further    wherein the attachment fixture comprises a head part including a portion that is larger than the diameter of said through-hole, and an attachment part extending longitudinally from said head part and being sized so as to go through said through-hole; and also    wherein the attachment part includes a major axis part having a major axis along a first direction and a minor axis part having a minor axis along a second direction, said first and second directions being contained in the plane that is perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, said major axis being longer than the distance between the side walls in said cabinet groove, and said minor axis being shorter than the distance between said side walls.