A double connector for butt-joining two components includes two connector components which can be pushed together as far as a locked assembly position and which each have an spreadable first end portion for inserting into a hole of a component, and a second end portion for spreading the first end portion of the other connector component in each case in the assembly position and at least one locking portion for interlocking the two connector components in the assembly position.

A joining device for parts of furniture and furnishing accessories includes a casing or container body suitable for being inserted in a seat formed in one of the components of the item of furniture to be joined. An expansion bushing externally projects with respect to a first end or front end of said casing or container body and is suitable for engaging with a further seat of a further component of the item of furniture to be joined to the component wherein the casing or container body is inserted. Said joining device includes a cam mechanism for a linear motion of actuation means co-operating in an expansion and retraction deformation movement of the expansion bushing and simultaneous expansion of at least one portion of said casing or container body, with said cam mechanism and actuation means housed in the casing or container body and actuated by a tool.

An improved joint is provided for modular furniture. The joint includes a dowel and slot. The dowel is held in the slot tightly to provide stiffness to the joint. The dowel may include a flanged head which is bent elastically by the slot when the dowel is fully inserted into the slot. The head of the dowel may be maintained in a bent configuration when the joint is in assembled configuration.

A connecting device having a hollow-body-like plug-in part which is of variable outer circumference and which interacts with a fixing device which is at least partially insertable into the plug-in part, wherein the fixing device is connectable to an actuation section which projects out of the plug-in part. Here, the plug-in part, with the fixing device inserted therein and with the actuation section connected thereto, has the minimum external shape thereof in terms of the dimensions thereof when the actuation section is in a rest position. The actuation section is moved by means of axial or radial movement relative to the plug-in part into a working position in which the plug-in part has the maximum external shape thereof in terms of the dimensions thereof, wherein the plug-in part has a closed shape on its side situated opposite the insertion side of the fixing device.

A full access frame can be designed with a thin frame with stiles that are about half the width of conventional stiles, such that inner sides of the stiles and rails include hidden/blind connection points to facilitate hidden or blind mounting of the full access frame to cabinet sides with mounted dowel connectors that attach to the hidden/blind connection points. A framed full access cabinet includes a full access frame mounted on front of a cabinet box, such that drawer rails and door hinges can be mounted on inner cabinet sides of the cabinet box. The dowel connectors and the hidden/blind connection points can be respectively slide-in dowels and slide-in inserts or alternatively snap-in dowels and snap-in inserts.

A device is provided for forming a joint between two panels. The device comprises a fastening element in the form of an elongate dowel (14) within a sleeve (15), and a tightening element in the form of a rotatable cam (10). The dowel (14) has a head (16) at one end for engagement by the cam (10). At its other end, the dowel (14) engages with an expandable section (19) of the sleeve (15) for anchoring the fastening element in a hole in one of the panels. The sleeve (15) is provided with a reduced diameter end section (22), which is arranged to engage in a rebate (27) on the cam (10), with the arrangement thus serving to block lateral movement of the fastening element in a direction transverse to its longitudinal axis.

A fastening device comprises a dowel and a connecting element. The dowel has a sleeve-like or pot-like shape that is mountable in a blind hole or in a passage opening of a first furniture part. The dowel includes a receiving space defined by a wall comprising at least two walls sections. The connecting element is fixed on the dowel to fasten the first furniture part to a second furniture part, wherein the dowel is fixable in the blind hole or passage opening via the connecting element spreading apart the at least two wall sections radially outwards against an inner surface of the blind hole or passage opening.

A furniture fitting for connecting two furniture parts includes a dowel for fastening the furniture fitting to one of the two furniture parts, and an expansion element mounted for movement relative to the dowel, The dowel can be transferred from a first release position into a clamping position by a relative movement of the expansion element. A fitting body has a connecting device for connecting the furniture fitting to the other of the two furniture parts, the fitting body being connected to the expansion element such that the dowel can be moved from the first release position into the clamping position by a rotational or pivoting movement of the fitting body in a first actuation direction. The dowel can be moved from the clamping position into a second release position by a continuation of the rotational or pivoting movement of the fitting body in the first actuation direction.

A full access frame can be designed with a thin frame with stiles that are about half the width of conventional stiles, such that inner sides of the stiles and rails include hidden/blind connection points to facilitate hidden or blind mounting of the full access frame to cabinet sides with mounted dowel connectors that attach to the hidden/blind connection points. A framed full access cabinet includes a full access frame mounted on front of a cabinet box, such that drawer rails and door hinges can be mounted on inner cabinet sides of the cabinet box. The dowel connectors and the hidden/blind connection points can be respectively slide-in dowels and slide-in inserts or alternatively snap-in dowels and snap-in inserts.

An anchoring fitting for anchoring in a workpiece, wherein the anchoring fitting includes a tie rod to be arranged in a connecting recess of the workpiece and a buttress body to be arranged in a buttress recess of the workpiece communicating with the connecting recess, wherein the buttress body includes an insertion receptacle for inserting an insertion section of the tie rod along an insertion axis and a support surface arrangement for support on the buttress recess of the workpiece, wherein at least one support surface of the support surface arrangement extends, transversely to a longitudinal axis of the tie rod inserted into the insertion receptacle, so that the tie rod is supported with respect to its longitudinal axis on the buttress recess, wherein the anchoring fitting includes a clamping body for clamping the insertion section of the tie rod in the insertion receptacle.