Knock-down furniture bracket

Abstract

The invention provides a knock-down furniture bracket assembly which includes a mounting bracket and a slide bracket, both of which are tapered and are configured to slidably mate with one another. The mounting bracket attaches to a base of a piece of seating furniture and the slide bracket attaches to a back of the piece of seating furniture. The mounting bracket has a slot provided therethrough and the slide bracket has a dimple extending outwardly thereof. Upon sliding the slide bracket onto the mounting bracket, the dimple engages the slot in the mounting bracket to prevent movement of the slide bracket relative to the mounting bracket. The dimple can be disengaged from the slot upon an application of a predetermined force.

The invention is claimed as follows:  
     
         1 . A knock-down item of seating furniture comprising: 
 a seating base;    a seating back; and    a bracket assembly having a mounting bracket and a slide bracket, said mounting bracket being attached to one of said seating base or said seating back, said slide bracket being attached to said other one of said seating base and said seating back, said mounting bracket having a slot extending therethrough, said slide bracket having integral means for engaging said slot of said mounting bracket for locking said slide bracket to said mounting bracket in a selectively releasable manner.    
     
     
         2 . The knock-down item of seating furniture as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said mounting bracket is tapered and wherein said slide bracket is matingly tapered.  
     
     
         3 . The knock-down item of seating furniture as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said integral engaging means comprises at least one suitably shaped dimple protruding from said slide bracket.  
     
     
         4 . A bracket assembly for use in removably connecting a back to a base of an item of seating furniture, said bracket assembly comprising: 
 a mounting bracket configured to be attached to one of the back or base of the item of seating furniture; and    a slide bracket configured to be attached to the other one of the back or base of the item of seating furniture, one of said mounting bracket or said slide bracket having a slot provided therethrough and the other of said mounting bracket or said slide bracket having integrally formed means for engaging said slot.    
     
     
         5 . A bracket assembly as defined in  claim 4 , wherein said integrally formed engaging means comprises at least one suitably shaped dimple.  
     
     
         6 . A bracket assembly as defined in  claim 4 , wherein said mounting bracket has a lower portion and an upstanding portion, said lower portion being configured to be attached to one of the back or base of the item of seating furniture, said upstanding portion having said slot provided therethrough or said integrally formed means for engaging said slot.  
     
     
         7 . A bracket assembly as defined in  claim 4 , wherein said mounting bracket is tapered and wherein said slide bracket is matingly tapered.  
     
     
         8 . A slide bracket for use in connection with a mounting bracket to form a knock-down furniture bracket assembly, the bracket assembly capable of removably connecting a back to a base of an item of seating furniture, the mounting bracket having a slot provided therethrough, said slide bracket comprising: 
 a web portion having an outer surface and an inner surface; and    means for engaging the slot of the mounting bracket, said engaging means being integrally formed with said web portion.    
     
     
         9 . A slide bracket as defined in  claim 8 , wherein said engaging means comprises at least one suitably shaped dimple protruding from said outer surface of said web portion.  
     
     
         10 . A slide bracket as defined in  claim 8 , further including flanges extending outwardly from said web portion and an inwardly turned lip attached to each of said flanges to define a slot between each said inwardly turned lip and said outer surface of said slide bracket, the mounting bracket capable of being received within said slots when said slide bracket is slid over the mounting bracket.