For a flexible fastening, a fastening device for fastening a column to a support device comprises: a column plate which can be fastened to one end of the column and an accommodation device which can be fastened to the support device. The accommodation device has a longitudinal shape with a longitudinal direction and a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction and a cross-section, whereby an accommodation space configured to accommodate the column plate in a manner shiftable in the longitudinal direction and in an exactly fitting manner in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is formed. The fastening device comprises a fastening member configured to fasten the column plate to the accommodation device along the longitudinal direction, and, in the longitudinal direction, the column plate has a dimension which is smaller than the predetermined length in a state mounted in the fastening device.

A post engageable table system is provided where one or two half sections of a table are removably engageable to one or both sides of an upright support post. Compressive fasteners adjacent recesses on a contact edge of each table half section are positionable to a compressive engagement with a second side of the post wherein they can be engaged, removed, or adjusted for height in such an engagement.

An article of furniture can include a work surface attachment mechanism that is configured to adjustably connect a work surface to a base of the article. The work surface attachment mechanism can be incorporated into one or more legs and be configured to facilitate attachment of different work surfaces of different thicknesses to the base for supporting the work surface above a floor. The work surface attachment mechanism can be adjustable to facilitate such functionality while avoiding large sized gaps that can detract from the aesthetic effect of the article or the base of the article.

A table frame has a table leg with a housing part, a longitudinal beam and a transverse beam having two mutually opposite edge portions. A longitudinal beam protrusion of the longitudinal beam can be brought into contact, under preload, with one of the edge portions. A housing protrusion of the housing part can be brought into contact, under preload, with the other edge portion. The invention also relates to a table, comprising a tabletop and a table frame of this type. The table frame may be used in a table having a tabletop.

An attachment assembly for use with furniture and other articles. The attachment assembly includes a connector assembly that is configured to engage with a rail. The connector assembly includes a first, fixed protrusion, a lever, a second protrusion extending from the lever, and a third protrusion positioned between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The rail includes a lip and a cutout in the lip that is sized to receive the third protrusion. The rail is configured to retain the connector assembly. Pivoting the lever when the connector assembly is positioned within the rail is configured to cause the second protrusion to bear against a bottom surface of the rail, such that the first protrusion and the second protrusion frictionally engage the bottom surface of the rail and the third protrusion frictionally engages the lip to fixedly hold the connector assembly.

A leg-plate joinery assembly includes a metal plate portion having a first set of one or more apertures and a second set of one or more apertures, a leg portion having one or more bore holes, wherein each bore hole includes a narrow portion and a wide portion, a first set of one or more mechanical fasteners configured to pass through corresponding apertures of the first set of one or more apertures such that each mechanical fastener is received in a corresponding, aligned one of the one or more bore holes, and a second set of one or more mechanical fasteners, wherein each mechanical fastener in the second set of one or more mechanical fasteners configured to pass through a corresponding aperture of the second set of one or more apertures. An epoxy composition is configured to be received in each of the one or more bore holes.

Disclosed is a furniture item comprising a top member with a top surface component, and a pair of vertical support legs, which are configured to easily assemble and disassemble for storage of the furniture item. In embodiments, each of the vertical support legs comprises a pair of leg segments which are angled towards one another to form an A-shape. Additionally, each of the vertical support legs is configured to be received within at least one leg receiving slot provided at a bottom side of said top surface component.

An attachment assembly for use with furniture and other articles. The attachment assembly includes a connector assembly that is configured to engage with a rail. The connector assembly includes a first, fixed protrusion, a lever, a second protrusion extending from the lever, and a third protrusion positioned between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The rail includes a lip and a cutout in the lip that is sized to receive the third protrusion. The rail is configured to retain the connector assembly. Pivoting the lever when the connector assembly is positioned within the rail is configured to cause the second protrusion to bear against a bottom surface of the rail, such that the first protrusion and the second protrusion frictionally engage the bottom surface of the rail and the third protrusion frictionally engages the lip to fixedly hold the connector assembly.

A folding portable table having a planar table top with a first half and a hingedly connected second half. A hinge fixedly connected to each table top half along adjoining side portions to allow the planar table top to fold along the hinge. A leg assembly bracket fixedly carried on a bottom surface of each table top half, each leg assembly bracket defining a first concave notch and a second concave notch, each concave notch configured to engage with and positionally maintain a leg assembly. Two leg assemblies for releasable engagement with the leg assembly brackets to support the folding portable table above a supporting surface and for storage adjacent a bottom surface of each table top half when folded.

A connecting device for connecting a table leg to a table leaf having a back-gripping element, which can be disposed on the table leaf and has an engagement hole and a locking device, which can be disposed on the table leg. The locking device has a clamping element having an engagement hook which is designed to engage the engagement hole of the back-gripping element, a spring element, which is supported at least indirectly against the clamping element and at least indirectly against a spring abutment, and an actuating element. The actuating element acts on the spring abutment so that, in a locking position, the spring abutment applies sufficient force to secure the engagement hook of the clamping element in the engagement hole, and in an unlocking position, the spring abutment is in a position in which the spring element is at least partially unloaded in relation to the locking position.