Illumination – With furniture – Chair – stool or sofa
Patent
1987-02-27
1988-05-10
Schwartz, Larry I.
Illumination
With furniture
Chair, stool or sofa
362238, 362250, 362287, 362413, F21V 2114
Patent
active
047440163
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The use of a solarium has become extremely prevalent. They are available at public baths, gymnastic halls and health institutes. The desire has also arisen for a solarium at home. However, this is impractical if space is limited, since a solarium consists of a couch with a canopy above having substantially the same length as the couch and containing the sunray element and reflectors. A stand is provided enabling the canopy to be placed above a couch. A space is thus required equivalent to that taken up by a couch and its canopy.
The present invention aims at producing a solarium which facilitates housing it in a small space. This is achieved according to the present invention by utilizing a guide-rail assembly which can be shaped in various ways and transforms the canopy to the form of a roll-top consisting of a number of elongate elements joined together by links. Each element is provided with a member to cooperate with the guide-rail assembly. A solarium canopy in the form of a roll-top can therefore easily be moved along the guide-rail assembly.
According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, a guide-rail assembly is secured to a flooring plate which is placed under a bedsettee, the guide rails extending vertically behind the back of the sofa from the flooring plate. At a certain distance from the flooring plate the guide rails curve over the sofa itself. The curved section is preferably removable from the vertical part. A solarium canopy in the form of a roll-top can now be moved along the guide rails from a vertical position behind the sofa to a horizontal position above the sofa. The back of the sofa generally corresponds in height to the breadth of the solarium canopy and when not in use, therefore, the roll-top canopy can be placed behind the sofa and the horizontal part of the guide-rail assembly can then be removed.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the vertical part of the guide-rail assembly, together with the roll-top solarium canopy, can be arranged in a closable box behind the sofa. Such a box need be no higher than 20 cm.
Additional features of the present invention are revealed in the accompanying claims.
The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
FIG. 1 shows a complete solarium according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 the upper portion of a guide-rail assembly for the part of the solarium containing the light-emitting units,
FIGS. 3-4 show the lower part of the guide-rail assembly in two different positions,
FIGS. 5-7 show three alternative versions of members cooperating with the guide-rail assembly, and
FIGS. 8-9 show cooperation of the solarium with a sofa in two different stages.
FIG. 1 shows a solarium canopy comprising six elongate units 1a, 1b, 1c , 1d, 1e and 1f, each elongate unit including a reflector and light-emitting units either in the form of screw-in bulbs or strip-lighting. Each unit is provided at each end with an outwardly directed flange. On the unit 1a these flanges are designated 21a and 27a. One end of the flange 21a is flexibly connected to a link 22a, the other end of which is flexibly connected to the flange 21b of the next unit 1b. Flange 27b of unit 1b is flexibly connected to one end of a link 28a, the other end of which is flexibly connected to the flange 27a belonging to unit 1a. The remaining units are connected in the same way, giving the six connected units the nature of a roll-top, each unit being movable about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the unit. Each unit (1a) is provided centrally with two flanges (24a and 25a). Two rows of flanges are thus formed down the middle of the six units, these flanges being linked together in the same way as the flanges at each end of the units. Flanges 25a and 25b are thus connected by a link 26a. Each flange (24a and 25a) are provided on opposing sides with clawlike members 4a and 4b designed to cooperate with a guide-rail assembly consisting of two parallel rods 5a and 5b. The clawlike members 4a and 4b grip
REFERENCES:
patent: 2317426 (1943-04-01), Wilson
patent: 4265029 (1981-05-01), Jenkins
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