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US3338648A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Furniture unit

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-11-17
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Granted: 1967-08-29
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Expires: 1985-11-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Aubrey V Bannister

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 03:56
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B83/00; A47C; A47C17/00; A47C17/52; A47C17/62; A47C19/00; A47C19/20; A47C19/207; A47C19/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 226 words
FOR USE BY A STUDENT WHEN CONFINED TO LIMITED STUDY QUARTERS SUCH AS ARE MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN MOBILE HOMES, HOUSE-TYPE TRAILERS, ABOARD A SHIP OR THE LIKE; PORTABLE SELF-CONTAINED MULTIPURPOSE FURNITURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A KNEEHOLE DESK HAVING A HORIZONTAL TOP AND PROVIDED AT ONE TRANSVERSE END WITH A FIRST VERTICAL CHEST HAVING A LOWER HALF-PORTION ADAPTED TO RESIDE ATOP A FLOOR SURFACE AND A COMPLEMENTAL INTEGRAL UPPER HALF-PORTION RISING PERPENDICULARLY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID DESK TOP AND TERMINATING IN A FLAT HORIZONTAL TOP WALL, A SECOND VERTICAL COMPANION CHEST LOCATED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID DESK AND LIKEWISE HAVING A LOWER HALFPORTION ADAPTED TO RESIDE FOR SUPPORT ATOP SAID FLOOR AND A COMPANION UPPER INTEGRAL UPPER HALF-PORTION ALSO RISING PERPENDICULARLY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID DESK TOP AND TERMINATING IN A FLAT HORIZONTAL TOP WALL DISPOSED IN A PLANE COMMON WITH THE PLANE OF SAID FIRST-NAMED TOP WALL, THE UPPER HALF-PORTIONS OF SAID CHESTS HAVING INWARDLY FACING VERTICAL WALL PORTIONS OPPOSED TO AND CONFRONTING EACH OTHER IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP AND DEFINING AND PROVIDING AN INTERVENING UNOBSTRUCTED SPACE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE TOP OF SAID DESK, AND COMPLEMENTAL BED MEANS HAVING A MEDIAN PORTION BRIDGING THE TOP PART OF SAID SPACE, SAID BED MEANS PROVIDED WITH A REMOVABLE MATTRESS HAVING END PORTIONS SUPPORTED ATOP THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT TOP WALLS OF SAID CHESTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 226 words
FOR USE BY A STUDENT WHEN CONFINED TO LIMITED STUDY QUARTERS SUCH AS ARE MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN MOBILE HOMES, HOUSE-TYPE TRAILERS, ABOARD A SHIP OR THE LIKE; PORTABLE SELF-CONTAINED MULTIPURPOSE FURNITURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A KNEEHOLE DESK HAVING A HORIZONTAL TOP AND PROVIDED AT ONE TRANSVERSE END WITH A FIRST VERTICAL CHEST HAVING A LOWER HALF-PORTION ADAPTED TO RESIDE ATOP A FLOOR SURFACE AND A COMPLEMENTAL INTEGRAL UPPER HALF-PORTION RISING PERPENDICULARLY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID DESK TOP AND TERMINATING IN A FLAT HORIZONTAL TOP WALL, A SECOND VERTICAL COMPANION CHEST LOCATED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID DESK AND LIKEWISE HAVING A LOWER HALFPORTION ADAPTED TO RESIDE FOR SUPPORT ATOP SAID FLOOR AND A COMPANION UPPER INTEGRAL UPPER HALF-PORTION ALSO RISING PERPENDICULARLY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID DESK TOP AND TERMINATING IN A FLAT HORIZONTAL TOP WALL DISPOSED IN A PLANE COMMON WITH THE PLANE OF SAID FIRST-NAMED TOP WALL, THE UPPER HALF-PORTIONS OF SAID CHESTS HAVING INWARDLY FACING VERTICAL WALL PORTIONS OPPOSED TO AND CONFRONTING EACH OTHER IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP AND DEFINING AND PROVIDING AN INTERVENING UNOBSTRUCTED SPACE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE TOP OF SAID DESK, AND COMPLEMENTAL BED MEANS HAVING A MEDIAN PORTION BRIDGING THE TOP PART OF SAID SPACE, SAID BED MEANS PROVIDED WITH A REMOVABLE MATTRESS HAVING END PORTIONS SUPPORTED ATOP THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT TOP WALLS OF SAID CHESTS.

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