Bracket apparatus for tool-less assembly of furniture

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a bracket apparatus for tool-less assembly of furniture products. The furniture products are equipped with a bracket apparatus that enables the furniture products to be assembled and disassembled without the use of tools or additional hardware. The bracket apparatus integrated into the furniture products permits the furniture products to easily switch between an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bracket apparatus comprising:
 a female plate including a mounting portion and a coupling portion, the coupling portion including a first slot, a second slot, and a hole formed in a surface of the coupling portion; and   a male plate including a first protrusion, a second protrusion, and a biasing element reservoir, the first protrusion and the second protrusion extend outward from a front surface of the male plate, the biasing element reservoir to extend from the front surface to the rear surface, the biasing element reservoir to retain a biasing element.