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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H., Hochst, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
402297 ; 403230 ; 4034091 ; 3123484 ; 312111 ; 312140 ;
Abstract
A furniture fitting for connecting parts of an article of furniture includes a dowel to be inserted into a hole in one furniture part and an expansion member movable relative to the dowel between a relaxed position, enabling the dowel to be inserted into the hole, and an expanded position, enabling the dowel to be locked in the hole. A holding member is mounted with respect to the expansion member for rotatable movement relative to the dowel to actuate the expansion member to move to or from the expanded position thereof upon such rotatable movement relative to the dowel. The holding member is to be connected to another furniture part.