Snap lock connector for components such as knock-down furniture components

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure A snap lock connector for use, in selectively connecting and disconnecting components, such as knock-down furniture components, and being characterized by a construction which provides locking with less force than unlocking, as follows. An elongate male member forms an extension from one of the components to be assembled and has a generally bulbous outer end defining leading and trailing camming surfaces thereon. A female member forms an internal passageway within the other of the components to be assembled and has an inwardly extending projection around at least a portion of the interior thereof defining leading and trailing camming surfaces, One of the male and …