Connecting bolts and associated connection protection

Abstract

A connecting bolt has a bolt shank and a bolt head which has a radially outwardly projecting bolt projection. The bolt head has a latching projection between the bolt shank and the bolt projection on the side opposite the bolt projection.

Claims

1. A connecting fitting comprising: a connecting bolt having a bolt shaft and a bolt head which has a radially outwardly protruding bolt projection and a latching projection between the bolt shaft and bolt projection at a side opposite the bolt projection, wherein a rear side of the bolt projection facing the bolt shaft is constructed as an inclined face which is inclined in relation to a longitudinal axis of the bolt shaft; and a sleeve which has a frontal sleeve opening and inside the sleeve both an inclined sleeve transverse face which is directed in a direction away from the sleeve opening and a latching recess which is arranged between the sleeve opening and sleeve transverse face at the side opposite the inclined sleeve transverse face, wherein the sleeve transverse face forms a wall of a jacket-sided open, lateral sleeve opening; wherein in the assembled state of the connecting fitting the bolt head is introduced into the sleeve opening and both the bolt projection engages with the inclined face thereof behind the inclined sleeve transverse face in the introduction direction of the connecting bolt and the latching projection is engaged in the latching recess.

2. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeve opening and the bolt head have complementary cross sections at the transition to the bolt shaft.

3. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the assembled state of the connecting fitting the bolt projection protrudes radially outward over the sleeve.

4. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein at the side of the bolt projection the bolt shaft merges via a radially outwardly directed step into the bolt head and in the assembled state of the connecting fitting the step terminates flush with the sleeve end face.

5. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeve has an opening which adjoins the sleeve transverse face outwardly in a radial direction.

6. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latching projection is constructed in a convex manner.

7. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bolt side opposite the bolt projection is slanted.

8. The connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein at the side of the bolt projection the bolt shaft merges via a radially outwardly directed step into the bolt head.

9. A furniture arrangement comprising two furniture panels and a connecting fitting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeve is supported in a hole of one furniture panel and the connecting bolt is supported on the other furniture panel.

10. The furniture arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the bolt projection engages through the sleeve opening into the wall of the hole.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the connecting fitting according to the invention having a connecting bolt and having a socket;

(3) FIG. 2 shows another perspective view of the connecting bolt;

(4) FIG. 3 shows a side view of the socket;

(5) FIGS. 4a-4d show the assembly of the connecting fitting according to the invention on a furniture item wall; and

(6) FIGS. 5a, 5b show a cross section through the mounted connecting fitting which is shown in FIG. 4d and which has a narrow socket (FIG. 5a) and a wide socket (FIG. 5b).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(7) The connecting fitting 1 shown in FIG. 1 serves to connect two components, in particular two furniture panels made of particle boards, MDF, wood or the like, and comprises a connecting bolt 10 made of metal and a plastics material socket 20.

(8) The connecting bolt 10 has a cylindrical bolt shaft 11 and at the end side a bolt head 12 having a radially outwardly protruding, for example, claw-like or blade-like, bolt projection 13. As shown in FIG. 2, the bolt head 12 has between the bolt shaft 11 and bolt projection 13 at the side opposite the bolt projection 13 a locking projection 14 which is preferably constructed in a convex, in particular dome-like or hemi-spherical manner. The rear side of the bolt projection 13 facing the bolt shaft 11 is constructed as an inclined face 15 and the bolt side 16 located opposite the bolt projection 13 is chamfered. At the side of the bolt projection 13, the bolt shaft 11 merges via a radially outwardly directed step 17 into the bolt head 12. At the other end thereof, the connecting bolt 10 also has a bolt head 18 which is hemi-spherical in this instance.

(9) The socket 20 has a front-side socket opening 21 and inside the socket 20 both a socket transverse face 22, which is directed in the direction away from the socket opening 21 and which is inclined in this instance, and a locking recess 23 which is arranged between the socket opening 21 and socket transverse face 22 at the side opposite the socket transverse face 22. The locking recess 23 may be formed by a locking indentation or, as shown in the embodiment, by a transverse opening. The socket transverse face 22 forms the wall of a lateral socket opening 24 which is open at the cover side and which, as shown, may be configured as a slot which is open at the rear side. At the outer side thereof, the socket 20 is provided with a plurality of barb-like ribs 25.

(10) In FIGS. 4a-4d, the assembly of the connecting fitting 1 on a furniture panel 2 is shown.

(11) Firstly, the socket 20 is pressed, with the socket opening 24 upward, into a hole 3 in the furniture panel 2 (FIGS. 4a, 4b), wherein the ribs 25 engage in the hole wall. Preferably, the socket 20 is additionally glued in the hole 3.

(12) The bolt head 12 of the connecting bolt 10 which is tilted at an angle α (in this instance, purely by way of example, approximately 45°) is then introduced by the operator into the socket opening 21 without the use of tools (FIG. 4c) until the chamfered bolt side 16 rests on the opening edge 26 of the socket opening 21.

(13) Finally, the connecting bolt 10 is pressed or tilted through the angle α in a downward direction into the end position thereof which is at right-angles with respect to the furniture panel 2 (FIG. 4d), whereby, on the one hand, the bolt projection 13 engages with the inclined face 15 thereof behind the inclined transverse face 22 and, on the other hand, the chamfered bolt side 16 slides on the opening edge 26 further into the socket 20. As a result of the tilting movement, the bolt head 12 is pulled further into the socket 20 until the locking projection 14 is engaged in the locking recess 23 (FIGS. 5a, 5b). The bolt shaft 11 then extends coaxially relative to the socket axis and consequently at right-angles with respect to the furniture panel 2, and the step 17 of the connecting bolt 10 terminates flush with the socket end face. Via the other bolt head 18, a second furniture panel 4 can be secured to the first furniture panel 2. The bolt head 12 at the transition thereof to the bolt shaft 11 and the socket opening 21 have complementary cross sections so that the connecting bolt 10 is received in a gap-free manner in the socket opening 21.

(14) FIG. 5a shows the mounted connecting fitting 1 having a socket 20 which is so narrow that the bolt projection 13 projects from the socket opening 24 in an outward direction and penetrates with the claw-like or blade-like end into the wall of the hole 3. This increases the extraction values of the connecting bolt 10. FIG. 5a shows the mounted connecting fitting 1 with a socket 20 which is so wide that the bolt projection 13 does not project outwardly out of the socket opening 24.