Present embodiments relate to furniture joinery. More particularly, present embodiments relate to a slide rail, slide block construction for joining furniture structural components.

Panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising a separate and flexible tongue allowing connection with a snap action. An outer edge part of the separate flexible tongue comprises a guiding protrusion that facilitates easy disassembly of the panels and that is deformed during locking and/or unlocking.

A method of assembling first and second furniture elements, the first furniture element including a groove defined between first and second opposed side surfaces, the second furniture element including a tongue defining first and second opposed tongue surfaces, wherein the method includes (a) inserting the tongue into the groove so as to establish contact between the second tongue surface and the second side surface, the first side surface and the first tongue surface thereby defining an elongated compartment; (b) providing a furniture locking element having (i) an elastic base portion having first and second side walls forming a trough; and (ii) a stiff insertion portion configured for insertion into the trough; (c) inserting the base portion into the elongated compartment, forcing the second tongue surface toward the second side surface; and (d) inserting the insertion portion into the trough, forcing the first and second side walls away from each other.

A joint for assembling two furniture parts to each other. A first furniture part has a male part for co-operation with a female part of a second furniture part. Each of the male and female parts has a number of grooves. At assembly the male part is moved along the female part via co-operation between the grooves of the male and female part, respectively. The co-operating male and female parts have an insertion position and an end position, in which end position the furniture parts are assembled to each other. The grooves of one of the female and male parts are compressed during movement from the insertion position to the end position. The grooves of the pair of co-operating female part and male part are such that the furniture parts are pressed toward each other when the male part is moved along the female part.

A piece of furniture, comprising a first and second furniture part, which are coupled to each other at an angle by means of mechanical coupling means. A female part is made as an oblong slot in the second furniture part with an insertion opening for introducing a male part. When coupling the first furniture part and the second furniture part to each other, the male part is brought from an insertion position in the insertion opening to an end position in the female part by moving the male part and the female part along each other. The male part is situated on a narrow end of the first furniture part and is positioned with its center line between the central plane of the first furniture part and the inner side of the first furniture part. The slot is realized in the inwardly directed flat side of the second furniture part.

A composed element, such as a piece of furniture, wherein the composed element comprises at least a rear wall, as well as a number of constructional parts forming a whole in which the rear wall has to be provided. The rear wall forms the rear side of the composed element and includes one or more rear wall parts. The composed element comprises seats for installing at least one of the rear wall parts, which are configured such that the rear wall part can be slid into the seats starting from the rear side of the composed element from a position differing from the final plane in which the rear wall part will be situated in the final condition.

A connector for joining furniture panels, including a main body configured to be inserted into a recess located adjacent an edge of a first furniture panel, the main body including a tenon head extending outwardly from the main body and extending beyond the edge of the first furniture panel, wherein the tenon head is configured to be inserted into an aperture of a second furniture panel, thereby joining the first and second furniture panels, a cavity within the main body, and a rod rotatably disposed within the cavity, wherein the rod comprises a distal end extended to the tenon head, and a handle which is flappable to rotate the rod between a locking configuration where the distal end expands the tenon head to firmly engage the aperture and an unlock configuration where the tenon head remains unexpanded.

A composed element, such as a piece of furniture, wherein the composed element comprises at least a rear wall, as well as a number of constructional parts forming a whole in which the rear wall has to be provided. The rear wall forms the rear side of the composed element and includes one or more rear wall parts. The composed element comprises seats for installing at least one of the rear wall parts, which are configured such that the rear wall part can be slid into the seats starting from the rear side of the composed element from a position differing from the final plane in which the rear wall part will be situated in the final condition.

A piece of furniture, comprising a first and second furniture part, which are coupled to each other at an angle by means of mechanical coupling means. A female part is made as an oblong slot in the second furniture part with an insertion opening for introducing a male part. When coupling the first furniture part and the second furniture part to each other, the male part is brought from an insertion position in the insertion opening to an end position in the female part by moving the male part and the female part along each other. The male part is situated on a narrow end of the first furniture part and is positioned with its center line between the central plane of the first furniture part and the inner side of the first furniture part. The slot is realized in the inwardly directed flat side of the second furniture part.

A set of panels including a first panel and a second panel configured to assume a locked state in which a first main plane of the first panel is arranged at an angle of between 30 and 150 relative to a second main plane of the second panel. A separate tongue arranged in an insertion groove provided in a groove of the first panel is configured to cooperate with a locking portion of the recess provided in the edge section of the second panel for locking the panels in a first direction perpendicular to the first main plane, and the edge section is configured to cooperate with the groove for locking the panels in a second direction parallel to the first main plane. The locking portion is disposed at a locking angle below 45 with respect to the second main plane and/or the first direction.