Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With separable components – Surface separable from support entity
Patent
1997-07-15
1999-11-02
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With separable components
Surface separable from support entity
108 5001, A47B 306
Patent
active
059749857
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is concerned with a table and a frame, at least three table legs and a table plate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Tables should, especially if designed for the office and workplace area, be flexibly adaptable to all kinds of usage requirements. It should be possible to adapt the working surface of the table to different uses by only a few manual operations, e.g. by combining several tables, and the tables should accommodate accessories and, if needed, working utensils in such a way that they are all conveniently within reach of the user.
Tables with a frame underpinning are usually constructed in such a way, that the table legs are integrated into the frame's corner connector. The table plate is laid on top and is usually permanently connected to the frame. Even if the frame, the table legs and the plate are releasably connected to one another, the position of the table legs in relation to the frame and the table plate is preferably fixed. Accessories such as telephone holders, working lamps, draft holders, monitor holders and the like may be clipped either onto the table plate or onto both the table plate and the frame. When so configured, the table plate can perform a function in the attachment of accessories and is not exclusively available as a working surface.
We are therefore faced with the task of developing a table with a structure that provides utmost flexibility regarding the arrangement of the table legs, the frame and the table plate in relation to one another and to the accessories as far as present. This task is accomplished by a table in accordance with various aspects of the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The nucleus of the table according to the present invention is the frame, which is constructed from mutually connected frame sections. The table legs are disposed at various arbitrarily selectable positions in the frame, so that when composing and transposing the table individual requirements and wishes such as providing space for under-table containers, computers etc. can be accommodated. Even after the table has been composed, the table legs can easily be transferred to other positions at any time. The frame can also accommodate connectors for other tables or table elements and/or desk accessories so that the table's plate remains free. "Table elements" below may refer to either a table plate or a frame with a table plate laid on it.
The table of this invention has a number of, and, preferably four or more table legs, which warrant the stability and tilting security of the table. The table legs may be formed at their upper ends in such a way, that they can be attached releasably on the frame.
The table's frame can be constructed from frame sections as a simple rectangle, but it is preferable to manufacture frames in shapes of arc segments or other frame shapes, e.g. triangles or polygons, as far as these shapes can meet ergonomic requirements to a similarly high degree as the arc segment form does.
According to one advantageously enhanced version of this invention's table, the frame sections used for manufacturing the frames show a rectangular, preferably quadratic cross section. They are preferably drawn from aluminium or aluminium alloys, so that they combine the advantages of constructive variability, high precision and low weight, so that a weight and space saving frame construction is made possible.
The frame sections have, preferably on their whole length, slots in their vertical sides. The slots consist of a slot opening, behind which lies a cavity in the interior of the frame section. The fastening tools of the table legs, the connectors and/or the desk accessories interlock in this cavity. From the exterior, however, the slot opening of the section's vertical side can be seen. Since this means that fastening points are generally not predetermined, table legs, connectors and/or desk accessories can be attached to freely choosable locations of the frame at any time.
According to one especially preferable implementati
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Diekmann Bernd
Flototto Reinhard-Heinrich
Stosch Martin
Chen José V.
Flototto Einrichtungssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
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