Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With separable components – Surface separable from support entity
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-18
2001-03-27
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3624)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With separable components
Surface separable from support entity
C108S090000, C108S157160, C108S157180, C108S157150, C248S095000, C248S099000, C248S101000, C297S440110, C297S440130
Reexamination Certificate
active
06205936
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of decoratable furniture. More specifically, the present invention relates to lightweight furniture that is designed to be decorated with cloth or fabric. The present invention relates generally to decoratable furniture and, more particularly, to a new and improved furniture design that provides for removable ultimate fabric decoration of the furniture.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Traditional furniture designs include heavy and expensive wood or metal frames to provide stability and rigidity to the furniture shape. These traditional designs are durable but generally difficult to move and come in a limited fabric selection. Moreover, these traditional designs are expensive to clean, since either an outside cleaning crew must be retained or a bulky and difficult to use cleaning machine must be rented.
Light weight and generally inexpensive furniture is known in the related art, but generally has used either a solid core of compressed particle board or of foamed polyurethane or polyethylene. Either a permanent fabric cover is pre-attached to the furniture or a portion of cloth is merely thrown over the furniture (as a cover). While this functions as furniture, there is no capability to customize or enhance the decorative look of the furniture.
The present invention is an innovation in the furniture art that allows the benefits of a light weight core and further provides for a capability to customize or enhance the decorative look of the furniture.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a device and method that allow for one to easily and removably decorate a piece of furniture.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture that has a body and an attached leg arrangement. The body further having at least one flat surface, the top surface, and an edge structure located about the perimeter of the top surface.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture with an edge structure that has a channel bottom and two channel side walls.
It is a yet another object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture with an edge structure that has two channel side walls that are substantially parallel and meet the channel bottom to form an angular connection.
It is a still yet another object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture with an edge structure that has two channel side walls that are substantially parallel and substantially continuously merge into the channel sides walls to form a smooth connection.
It is a still yet a further object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture with an edge structure that has two channel side walls that converge away from the channel bottom and meet the channel bottom to form an angular connection.
It is an even further object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture with an edge structure that has two channel side walls that converge away from the channel bottom and substantially continuously merge into the channel sides walls to form a smooth connection.
The novel features that are considered characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its structure and its operation together with the additional object and advantages thereof will best be understood from the following description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Unless specifically noted, it is intended that the words and phrases in the specification and claims be given the ordinary and accustomed meaning to those of ordinary skill in the applicable art or arts. If any other meaning is intended, the specification will specifically state that a special meaning is being applied to a word or phrase. Likewise, the use of the words “function” or “means” in the Description of Preferred Embodiments is not intended to indicate a desire to invoke the special provision of 35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph
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to define the invention. To the contrary, if the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph
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, are sought to be invoked to define the invention(s), the claims will specifically state the phrases “means for” or “step for” and a function, without also reciting in such phrases any structure, material, or act in support of the function. Even when the claims recite a “means for” or “step for” performing a function, if they also recite any structure, material or acts in support of that means of step, then the intention is not to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph
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. Moreover, even if the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph
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, are invoked to define the inventions, it is intended that the inventions not be limited only to the specific structure, material or acts that are described in the preferred embodiments, but in addition, include any and all structures, materials or acts that perform the claimed function, along with any and all known or later-developed equivalent structures, materials or acts for performing the claimed function.
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Lloyd Patricia A
Nelson Linda Mae
Van Essen Kenyon Judith A.
Create It Decor, Inc.
Cuomo Peter M.
The Halvorson Law Firm
White Rodney B.
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