Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Plural related horizontal surfaces – Separable component
Patent
1994-09-16
1997-04-01
Cuomo, Peter M.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Plural related horizontal surfaces
Separable component
108157, 108101, 108150, 29744013, 2481887, A47B 306
Patent
active
056156219
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an arrangement in a structural element, for example in connection with furniture, especially sitting furniture or relief furniture, comprising at least a first and a second supporting means, each of which comprising an area having a recess, said recess being adapted such that said supporting means can be detachably engaged for mutual assemblage.
PRIOR ART
From SE, 258 286 (Ward) there is known a supporting means comprising at least four leg elements, provided with recesses and tracks, such that the leg elements can be assembled into at least two units, two and two leg elements being arranged in a cross and the crosses as such being assembled to a multi-leg supporting means.
Such a supporting means requires specific recesses in order to enabling mounting of pairs of legs in a cross, and furthermore it is in the area of the recesses required to provide tracks constituting a weakening of the material strength in the area of the crossing legs. Further, the prior art supporting means is limited to supporting one single horizontal use surface.
From GB 1 365 103 (Andrews) there is known a demountable structure for furniture, comprising first and second supporting members each being provided with channel- or rib-shaped grooved portions extending along an uninterrupted surface of each supporting member, the other half of each supporting member being equipped with a track, such that the supporting members can be detachably engaged, said channel/rib-shaped portions mutually engaging each other for further interconnection of the finished assembled elements. Neither does such a structure give any instructions for supporting more that one single horizontal use surface, even if it is suggested that the finished assembled structure can be assembled by three different supporting elements, but then with a central rod as a further stabilizing element.
From GB 1 421 535 (Finlator) there are known furniture frames assembled by two preferably H-shaped frame elements. A first embodiment includes the assembly of two similar H-shaped frame elements which in an assembled position renders support for one single horizontal use surface. This publication also instructs about H-shaped frame elements of different sizes, which means that there can be provided an assembled frame having upper portions of the largest H-shape constituting a holder for a chair back, whereas the smaller H-shaped frame element comprises pipe-shaped areas extending in opposite directions and constituting a holder for an individual chair seat. Such an assemblage of H-shaped frame elements will, however, not exhibit an inherent stability, the assemblage of the frames resulting in that the four central parallel rod portions cannot be stabilized as such in relation to each other without further auxiliary means. Besides, the small H-shaped frame element with its horizontally extending frame area will constitute a fragile and incomplete support for a chair seat.
GB 2 203 034 (Fraser) relates to a structure for furniture having a flat rectangular top which is supported by a column which is assembled by such elements as disclosed in the preamble of the present patent application. Also here there prior art technique is developed for only supporting one single horizontal use surface.
WO 81/02248 (Ehrlich) relates to a furniture structure, especially a long table of which the table plate itself is attached by means of specific gripping elements, for example velcro bands or similar.
Further publications related to the present technique comprise NO 154.783, NO 155.324, DE 3.444.957, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,437,060, 3,545,387, 4,700,915 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,825,781.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide structural elements or supporting means which in finished assembled condition in a simple and utility favourable manner can constitute the base for one or more use surfaces which can have different levels and take different mutual angles in relation to each other.
Yet an object of the
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Mengshoel Hans C.
Rykken Oddvin
Cuomo Peter M.
Wilkens Janet M.
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