U.S. patent number 3,870,366 [Application Number 05/377,742] was granted by the patent office on 1975-03-11 for knockdown furniture.
Invention is credited to Lucious E. Rogers.
United States Patent |
3,870,366 |
Rogers |
March 11, 1975 |
KNOCKDOWN FURNITURE
Abstract
Knockdown furniture, such as chairs, sofas, tables, etc., in
sections that may be assembled without nails or screws, and that
may be readily disassembled for shipping or storage.
Inventors: |
Rogers; Lucious E. (Houston,
TX) |
Family
ID: |
23490340 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/377,742 |
Filed: |
July 9, 1973 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
297/440.23;
297/450.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B
3/06 (20130101); A47C 4/028 (20130101); A47C
4/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A47B
3/00 (20060101); A47B 3/06 (20060101); A47C
4/02 (20060101); A47C 4/00 (20060101); A47c
004/02 (); A47c 007/20 () |
Field of
Search: |
;297/284,416,440,445,457,463 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Nunberg; Casmir A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wyatt; Ranseler O.
Claims
What I claim is:
1. In knockdown furniture, a front and a back member formed with
marginal shoulders having pin receiving holes and inwardly
extending members having upwardly extending pins, and having side
members with matching load bearing shoulders and pins and pinholes
adapted to join the front and back members, and channeled members
adapted to be loosely mounted on the upper margin of the side
members and engaging the rear member, and a seat member mounted on
said front and back members, said seat member being comprised of
two hinged sections, notches on one section to be selectively
engaged with the upper margin of the front member and a hanger on
the other section adapted to engage the upper margin of the back
member.
2. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the front and back members
are formed of hinged sections, and channel members are employed to
fit over the upper and lower margins of the front and back members
when in extended position to lock same in extended position.
3. The device defined in claim 1 wherein channels are formed in the
upper portion of the inside walls of said side members, and top
support members are slidably mounted in said channels, adjacent the
respective ends thereof and top members are hingedly mounted on
said supports.
4. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the seat member is
omitted, and a top member is provided, channels formed in the upper
portion of the inside walls of said side members, and said top
member slidably mounted in said channels, adjacent the respective
ends of said assembled structure, and means are provided to lock
said top member in position.
5. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said seat supports and
seat are omitted, and a top assembly is provided, and wherein said
end members are of the same height, channels formed in the upper
portion of said side members, top member supports slidably mounted
in said channels, top members hingedly mounted on said supports and
adapted to be moved into abutting relation, the abutting end of one
of said members being provided with pinholes, and the abutting end
of the other of said top members having outwardly extending pins
adapted to be inserted in said pinholes when the top members are
moved into abutting relation.
Description
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In patio furniture, or bayshore home furniture, there are many
reasons for providing a rugged type of furniture that may be
quickly and easily disassembled for storage or movement. This
invention has relation to such type of furniture, being formed in
novel contour and having means for anchoring the parts in assembled
relation and for providing strength at the points of stress without
permanent anchoring. The parts are provided with abutting load
bearing shoulders, and pins on one section to be inserted into
pinholes on the other section for locking the parts in position,
and removable locking means for locking the parts in reinforced
assembled position.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is an elevational perspective view, showing an assembled
chair.
FIG. 2 shows the various parts of the chair, less the cushion, in
disassembled relation.
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the anchoring means employed.
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the adaptation of the invention to a
couch.
FIG. 5 is an elevational, perspective of an end table constructed
in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 6 is another view of said end table, showing the top members
of the table in elevated position, and
FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the end table framework.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the back member which is
formed of a single piece of rigid material notched at the upper
corners as 2 in which pin holes 3 are formed, and which has the
reduced margins 4, 4 forming the shoulders 5, 5 and having the
floor support 6 upon which the floor 7 rests, and having inwardly
extending members 8, in which the upstanding pins 9 are mounted.
The front member 10 is similarly formed, except that it is not as
high as the back member 1, and said front member is provided with
the notches 11, 11 having pin holes 12 and the reduced margins
forming the shoulders 13, 13 and the inwardly extending members 14
are mounted on the lower margin of the member 10 and have
upstanding pins 15. A floor supporting member (not shown) is also
mounted on the inside wall of the front member 10, in horizontal
alignment with the floor supporting member 6.
The side members 16, 16 have the inwardly extending members 17, 17
with downwardly extending pins therein as 18, to fit in the pin
holes 3, which may be lined with female metallic liners, as shown
in FIG. 3, to prevent enlarging the holes by frequent assembly and
disassembly. The extension may be dowelled permanently on the side
members, as by the pins 19, 19. The side margins of the side
members 16, 16 are reduced forming the shoulder 20, 21 adapted to
rest on the shoulders 5, 13, and the inwardly extending members 22,
22, having the downwardly extending pins as 23, which fit in the
pinholes 3, 12 respectively, and pinholes are formed in the bottom
margin of the side members 16, 16 adjacent the feet 24, 24, to
receive the pins 9, 15.
Arm rest members 25, 25 are channeled members which fit on the
upper ends of the side members, and are notched at 26, to permit
the side members to fit down on and lock on to the back member 1. A
side member is formed of two hinged sections 27, 28 by means of the
piano hinge 29 and the member 27 has a plurality of notches, as 30,
in each side to engage the upper margin of the front member 10 and
the other member 28 has a notched hanger as 31, adjacent each side
margin, to engage the upper margin of the back member 1. Flexible
cushion supports 32 are provided and the seat and back cushions 33,
34 are mounted on the said supports.
In the form shown in FIG. 4, a couch is formed by extending the
back member 35 into three panels, joined by the piano hinges 36,
36, with each end panel having the shoulders 37, 38 and the
pinholes 39, and the extensions 40 and pins 41 and each end members
51, 51 having the inwardly extending member 42, 42 and 43, 43 and
pins 44, and having shoulders 52, 53 and the front member 45 formed
of three panels, joined by piano hinges (not shown) and having the
shoulders 46, 47 and the inwardly extending members as 48, with
upwardly extending pins as 49, and there being the locking and
reinforcing upper and lower channel members 50, 50 which fit over
the paneled back member, and front member's upper and lower margins
when the panels are in extended position. In this form of the
invention, the paneled back member and front member are extended
longitudinally and the channel members 50, 50 fitted thereon to
maintain the panels in extended position, and the end members 51,
51 joined to the front and back members by fitting the respective
pins in the respective holes and the arm rests 54, which are
channeled and notched adjacent the rear thereof, fitted over the
upper end margins of the end members and engage the back
member.
In the form shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the table is formed of end
members 55, 55 having the inwardly extending members 56, 56 on
which the downwardly extending pins 57 are mounted and the
shoulders 58, 59 are formed thereon. Floor suoporting members 60
are mounted on the inside of each end member 55. The side members
62, 62 have the integral channel members 61 at the top margins,
with the channel thereof facing inwardly. Shoulders 53, 54 receive
the extension 56 and shoulder 58 respectively and the pinholes 65
receive the pin 57 and the pin 66, in the inwardly extending member
67, receives the pinhole in the shoulder 59. Top members 68, 69 are
hingedly mounted on the supports, as 70, which are mounted in the
channel members 61 and slide longitudinally therein. Pins 71, 71
are mounted in the end margin of the panel 69 and extend outwardly
therefrom and are adapted to be received by matching pinholes (not
shown), in the end margin of the member 68, when the top members
68, 69 are moved into abutting relation.
In the form shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the parts are readily assembled
and disassembled by inserting the respective pins in the respective
pin holes and the top members mounted in the channel members, and
the floor 72 mounted on the supports 60. When the table is also
used for storage purposes, such as for guns, or the like, the
contents may be readily available by sliding the respective top
members outwardly, and lifting on the abutting ends to raise them
upwardly, as shown in FIG. 6.
Many other types of furniture and the like may be constructed as
hereinbefore described, employing the pin and pinholes and the
abutting shoulders.
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