Cam assembly with interlocking parts for furniture
View Patent ↗A mechanism and method for assembling a base to a piece of furniture is provided with at least two cams having complimentary interlock mechanisms constructed and arranged to interlock one to another.
1. A mechanism for assembling and connecting a furniture base to a furniture box, comprising:
a first cam piece with a first side and a second side, and at least one first positioning element as part of the first cam piece, said first cam piece configured with at least one first cam interlock;
a second cam piece with a first side and a second side, and at least one second positioning element as part of the second cam piece, said second cam piece configured with at least one second cam interlock;
wherein when said first said cam piece is moved toward said second cam piece in a connection direction, with said at least one first positioning element and said a least one second positioning element aligned to engage each other, said first cam interlock and said second cam interlock are aligned to mate and interlock.
2. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said first cam piece comprises two or more first cam elements.
3. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said second cam piece comprises two or more second cam elements.
4. The mechanism of claim 1 , said at least one first positioning element comprising a hole, slot, or channel adapted to receive said second positioning element.
5. The mechanism of claim 1 , said at least one second positioning element comprising a hole, slot, or channel adapted to receive said first positioning element.
6. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said at least one first positioning element extends from the first cam piece.
7. The mechanism of claim 6 , wherein said at least one first positioning element extends from the first side or second side of the first cam piece.
8. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said at least one second positioning element extends from the first side or second side of the first cam piece.
9. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said at least one second positioning element extends from the first side or second side of the second cam piece.
10. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said first cam piece is seated on a furniture base, and said second cam piece is affixed in a fixed position to a furniture box or a mechanism attached to said furniture box.
11. The mechanism of claim 10 , wherein said furniture base is selected from a group consisting of a recliner base, a rocker base, a glider base, a swivel base, a swivel rocker base, a swivel glider base, a twin sleeper base, a full sleeper base, a queen sleeper base, and a king sleeper base.
12. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said second cam piece is seated on a furniture base, and said first cam piece is affixed in a fixed position to a furniture box or a mechanism attached to said furniture box.
13. The mechanism of claim 12 , wherein said furniture base is selected from a group consisting of a recliner base, a rocker base, a glider base, a swivel base, a swivel rocker base, a swivel glider base, a twin sleeper base, a full sleeper base, a queen sleeper base, and a king sleeper base.
14. The mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said first cam piece and second cam piece are disengageable.