Armrest with oak veneer layer

Details Armrest with oak veneer layer Armrest with oak veneer layer

2001-05-21

2002-04-09

Barfield, Anthony D. (Department: 3624)

Chairs and seats

Armrest

C297S411460

Reexamination Certificate

active

06367878

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an armrest, more particularly to an armrest that has upper and lateral surfaces wholly covered by oak wood.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to
FIG. 1
, a conventional armrest
1
is shown to comprise an armrest body
10
that extends in a longitudinal direction, and that is formed with a lower surface
101
, an upper surface
102
, and opposing lateral surfaces
103
that interconnect the lower and upper surfaces
101
,
102
. Each of the lateral surfaces
103
is formed with a protruding rib
104
that extends in the longitudinal direction, a planar surface section
105
that extends from the lower surface
101
to a lower edge
104
′ of the rib
104
, and a curved surface section
106
that extends from an upper edge
104
″ of the rib
104
to the upper surface
102
.
The wood material commonly used for the conventional armrest
1
is oak wood because oak wood has high density, is tough and durable, and has uniform grain. However, the processing of the conventional armrest
1
using the multi-faceted wood planing machine results in a severe wastage of oak wood material.
Referring to
FIG. 2
, an armrest
2
with an oak veneer layer has been proposed heretofore to overcome the aforesaid drawback. The armrest
2
comprises an armrest body
20
that extends in a longitudinal direction, and a veneer layer
30
. The armrest body
20
is made of a wood material different from oak wood, such as pine wood, red wood, and cedar wood, and has a lower surface
201
, an upper surface
202
, and opposing lateral surfaces
203
that interconnect the lower and upper surfaces
201
,
202
. Each of the lateral surfaces
203
is formed with a protruding rib
204
that extends in the longitudinal direction, a planar surface section
205
that extends from the lower surface
201
to a lower edge
204
′ of the rib
204
, and a curved surface section
206
that extends from an upper edge
204
″ of the rib
204
to the upper surface
202
. The veneer layer
30
is made of oak wood, and is fixedly attached to and covers the upper surface
202
and the curved surface sections
206
of the lateral surfaces
203
of the armrest body
20
.
The armrest
2
has a relatively low oak wood material requirement. However, the planar surface sections
205
of the lateral surfaces
206
of the armrest body
20
are unable to be covered by the veneer layer
30
because of the protruding ribs
204
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide an armrest that has upper and lateral surfaces wholly covered by oak wood.
Accordingly, an armrest of this invention comprises an armrest body, a veneer layer, and a pair of elongate decorative ribs. The armrest body is made of a wood material different from oak wood, extends in a longitudinal direction, and has a lower surface, an upper surface and opposing lateral surfaces that interconnect the lower and upper surfaces. Each of the lateral surfaces is formed with a groove that extends in the longitudinal direction and that has lower and upper groove edges, a planar surface section that extends from the lower surface to the lower groove edge, and a curved surface section that extends from the upper groove edge to the upper surface. The veneer layer is made of oak wood, and includes an upper veneer portion and a pair of lower veneer portions. The upper veneer portion is fixedly attached to and covers the upper surface and the curved surface sections of the lateral surfaces of the armrest body. The lower veneer portions are fixedly attached to and cover respectively the planar surface sections of the lateral surfaces of the armrest body. Each of the elongate ribs is made of oak wood, extends in the longitudinal direction, and has mounting and protruding sections. The mounting section is fixed in the groove of a respective one of the lateral surfaces of the armrest body. The protruding section is connected to the mounting section and protrudes from the veneer layer.


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patent: 5288131 (1994-02-01), Singley
patent: 5924769 (1999-07-01), Kao
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