Chairs and seats – With table – desk – or easel – Seat inoperatively positionable beneath table
Patent
1998-03-30
1999-11-23
Cuomo, Peter M.
Chairs and seats
With table, desk, or easel
Seat inoperatively positionable beneath table
297174, 297 162, 29742311, 297173, A47B 314, A47C 404, A47C 750
Patent
active
059887389
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is directed to a seat group element and is used primarily in the hotel trade and restaurant trade, e.g., in beer gardens, bistros and the like establishments. The invention can also be used in offices or in the home.
2. Description of the Related Art
In known furnishings for the hotel trade and restaurant trade, tables and chairs or stools are generally separate units. It is disadvantageous that much time and a correspondingly large interim storage surface area for tables and chairs or stools are required for setting up a beer garden or sidewalk bistro whose floor must be cleared for given periods of time periodically, usually daily.
Further, AT 387 314 B discloses a frame for a table which is preferably used as school furniture, which frame simultaneously has supporting elements for the seat. The frame is so arranged that the table and seat are adjustable relative to one another in different positions. However, this school furniture is not suitable as a seat group element which can be set up in variable ways for bistros or beer gardens, because, at least as a result of the construction principle that is used, it is very heavy, has thick structural members and supports, and some time must be spent folding it up for purposes of transporting and storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the object of the invention is to provide a seat group element for bistros, beer gardens and the like establishments which does not have the disadvantages mentioned above and which, in addition, can still be employed in a variable and portable manner and which is based on the principle of a common frame shared by the table and seat.
This object is met by a seat group element including a two-armed frame which can be set up on a floor or the like surface, wherein the frame includes a rod-shaped tables support and a rod-shaped seat support which are connected in an articulated manner.
The invention will be explained more fully hereinafter with reference to an advantageous embodiment example shown schematically in the drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
FIG. 1 shows a special, collapsible variant of the novel seat group element;
FIG. 2 shows the seat group element in the collapsed state and stored upright; and
FIG. 3 shows the seat group element in the collapsed state and stored horizontally.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In FIG. 1, the novel seat group element 1 in the advantageous collapsible construction variant is shown folded out for use on a floor surface G, wherein, in the present case, a seat 9 and a table 10 are provided simultaneously on the same frame 2.
In this special constructional configuration, the frame 2 has a two-arm configuration such that there is provided a rod-shaped table support 3 ascending from a first base crosspiece 6 and a rod-shaped seat support 4, and such that a supporting member 5 extending toward the back and provided at its end with a second base crosspiece 7 engages at the table support 3, wherein the supporting member 5 is preferably constructed in this case as a double-supporting member. In this case, the table 10 preferably has the shape of a circle sector. However, other shapes are also possible. A table with a large surface or a bench is formed by arranging in a desired manner a plurality of these seat group elements adjacent to one another.
In the embodiment example shown in FIG. 1, the supporting member 5 is connected in an articulated manner with the seat support 4 by a pin 12 and is guided by means of a collar 13 so as to be movable at the table support 3, and the seat support 4 is held at the floor side at the first base crosspiece 6 by means of an articulated collar 11. Further, a foot rest 8 is arranged so as to extend transversely at both sides at the rod-shaped table support 3, wherein the length L of the foot rest 8 is preferably less than the width B of the table 10 and the foot rest 8 is simultaneously designed as a stop for the collar 13 of the supporting member 5.
In a further c
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Blessing Veit
Roder Martin
Allred David E.
Cuomo Peter M.
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