 This knock-down table concept he created in 1951 and patented a year later, where it became the start of the ready-to-assemble furniture industry.The snap-together furniture was a type of ready-to-assemble furniture, which along with the church furniture, sold well under the name of Foremost Furniture.In the 1980s the name of the products was changed to Sauder Woodworking, which it is known by today.