Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Plural related horizontal surfaces – Laterally connected individual units
Patent
1992-03-13
1996-01-16
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Plural related horizontal surfaces
Laterally connected individual units
108157, A47B 5700
Patent
active
054839009
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
The invention relates to a table with a table top inserted into a frame, where the frame consists of corner pieces, each forming a corner frame, and frame rails connecting each two of the corner pieces, where a removable table leg is associated with each corner piece, the table top is supported on at least one frame rail, and the upper surface of the table top extends approximately flush with the top of the frame, where furthermore the rail height is reduced step-like at the inside of the frame and the table top rests on the reduced rail section, where the height of the frame step approximately corresponds to the thickness of the table top. Such a table has become known from EP-A-0 198 610. If there the individual table is enlarged or even is to be made into an extended table, this is only possible in that at least one incomplete, as it were, table having only two legs is attached in an extension of the table. Thus a frame having three rails and two legs is required for each additional table top. Therefore this structure is only suitable for making a table longer, not for making extended tables of arbitrary shape. It also has not been provided to insert a leaf without legs between two individual tables. However, the latter is possible in EP-A-0 332 096. But it is considered disadvantageous in connection with this table that the frame rail must be welded together and this frame is placed on the four corner pieces of the individual table, to each of which a leg has been assigned. This frame construction is more expensive than the pluggable one of the first mentioned EP-A. Added to this is that with the table according to EP-A-0 332 096 it is necessary to place the table top on the frame. Protection of the table edges is not possible in this way.
In the table according to EP-A-0 198 610, the table top can be placed inside the frame, but only the two long edges are protected by the frame. However, in a table of a different type (DE-B-1 125 608) it is already known to reduce the frame rails in the form of steps on the inside of the frame and in this way to house the table top inserted in the frame and preferably flush at the top. In this case this is a table glued together, in particular a desk, which does neither permit a building block method nor an enlargement, if necessary.
Thus it is the object to improve a table of the above mentioned type in such a way that it can be used selectively as an individual table or an extended table while being simple to construct and having a visually advantageous look, where there are for all practical purposes no limits regarding the shape of the extended table and where the use of legless leaves is possible.
To attain this object it is proposed by the invention that the table in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 is embodied in accordance with the characterizing part of this claim. This table fulfills the demands made on it. It is always possible to house its table top inserted and thus protected in a frame, regardless of whether it is an individual table or an extended table made of at least two individual tables or of individual tables and at least one leaf. If more than one individual table is required, it can quickly be enlarged by at least one further individual table or by at least one further individual table and a leaf, while the individual elements of the extended table can be securely connected by means of connecting members. This connection can be made quickly and, if needed, can also be undone.
Because each corner piece has two receptacles for a connecting element each placed at an angle to each other, it is possible to assign each angle leg an angle leg of another corner piece and then releasably connect these two angle legs by means of a connecting member. In this way it is theoretically possible to assign two corner pieces to one corner piece. But particular importance is lent to the two receptacles of a corner piece because of the fact that this "extension" of this individual table can be selectively assigned to the one or the other rail o
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Chen José V.
Froscher Aspect GmbH & Co. KG
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