Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With separable components
Patent
1995-04-18
1997-06-17
Cuomo, Peter M.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With separable components
403169, 24818891, A47B 306
Patent
active
056387628
ABSTRACT:
An article of furniture such as a table has a leg joint formed substantially from a triangular bracing attachment structure coupled between the top of a leg and an underside of the planar top. The top of the leg is not coupled to the planar top directly, the structure forming a triangular brace having an apex at the top of the leg and two apices on the underside of the top, where diverging brace members coupled to the leg are attached. The brace members are disposed in perpendicular planes (e.g., parallel to the edges of the top, such that the triangular brace effectively leans inwardly. Side support members couple adjacent leg joints and provide tension or compression to resist the tendency of the leg to be diverted in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the triangular brace. Preferably the side support members are spaced below the underside of the top, and attach to the joint brace structure but not directly to the leg or to the opposed side support brace. The result is a sturdy structure having an open appearance at the joints.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Wilkens Janet M.
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