Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With structural installation – Having wall and floor relationship
Patent
1995-06-28
1997-07-01
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With structural installation
Having wall and floor relationship
108 42, A47B 500
Patent
active
056426755
ABSTRACT:
Readily assembled and disassembled furniture supported by propping against a wall or other vertical environmental surface. The furniture has vertical legs located on its front side. Shelves or other horizontal members span the legs, and interfit with the legs at grooved joints. The grooves are horizontal, and the shelves slide into engagement with the legs from the rear. The shelves are notched to cooperate with the legs such that the front and side surfaces of a joined leg and shelf are flush. Knobs projecting downwardly from the shelves occupy dedicated grooves formed in the legs. The knobs prevent lateral horizontal displacement of the shelves, while eliminating the need for precision at the notched joints. Assembly is most readily performed with the legs lying on the floor, face down. After the shelves are slid into place, the assembled furniture is tilted into an upright orientation, and propped against the wall. The legs support the shelves vertically. Weight of the rear location of the shelves prevents toppling to the front, and abutment of the shelves with the wall prevents toppling to the rear. The resultant furniture has the appearance of furniture assembled solidly and precisely with fasteners and fittings, but is unencumbered by such hardware.
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