Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A piece of furniture adapted to be converted to one of different size, comprising in combination the following components: pair of parallelly disposed U-shaped members, each one of said U-shaped members comprising a pair of parallel legs and a base, said parallel legs being joined to said base by means of first pairs of elbow-joints, said base including a T-joint having a pair of arms and a leg portion projecting from said base, first pairs of pieces of tubing respectively joining said pair of arms of said T-joint to said first pairs of elbow-joints, second and third pairs of elbow-joints respectively mounted on the ends of said pairs of parallel legs distant from said base, second pieces of tubing joining respectively said second and third pairs of elbow-joints, and a third piece of tubing joining said projecting leg portions of said T-joints in said bases of said pair of parallelly disposed U-shaped members, all of said components are at least partially tubularly-shaped, all of said tubularly shaped portions having equal outside and inside diameters, whereby the opposite and parallel components of the piece of furniture of equal length can be replaced by components of a different equal length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A piece of furniture adapted to be converted to one of different size, comprising in combination the following components: pair of parallelly disposed U-shaped members, each one of said U-shaped members comprising a pair of parallel legs and a base, said parallel legs being joined to said base by means of first pairs of elbow-joints, said base including a T-joint having a pair of arms and a leg portion projecting from said base, first pairs of pieces of tubing respectively joining said pair of arms of said T-joint to said first pairs of elbow-joints, second and third pairs of elbow-joints respectively mounted on the ends of said pairs of parallel legs distant from said base, second pieces of tubing joining respectively said second and third pairs of elbow-joints, and a third piece of tubing joining said projecting leg portions of said T-joints in said bases of said pair of parallelly disposed U-shaped members, all of said components are at least partially tubularly-shaped, all of said tubularly shaped portions having equal outside and inside diameters, whereby the opposite and parallel components of the piece of furniture of equal length can be replaced by components of a different equal length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The piece of furniture, as set forth in claim 1, wherein all of said components are made of plastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The piece of furniture, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said plastic material is selected from the group of acrylonitrile, butadiene, and styrene thermoplastic polymers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
The piece of furniture, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said elbow-joints and T-joints have sleeve portions projecting from their respective ends which are integral with the respective joints and are adapted to be inserted into said pieces of tubing so as to form a structural connection between said joints and said pieces of tubing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The piece of furniture, as set forth in claim 1, including a flexible sheet being connected to one of said second pieces of tubing and said third piece of tubing so as to form a seat therebetween.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
133 words
The piece of furniture, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the piece of furniture is a chair, the pair of parallely disposed U-shaped members are disposed in confronting relationship in spaced parallel planes, each one of said U-shaped members comprises parallel upper and lower legs and a vertically extending base, said first pairs of pieces of tubing respectively joining said pair of arms of said T-joint to said first pairs of elbow-joints are vertically aligned, one of said second pieces of tubing joining said second and third pair of elbow-joints is disposed above the other, the third piece of tubing is disposed horizontal, and comprising a flexible sheet connected to the upper one of said second pieces of tubing and said third piece of tubing so as to form a seat therebetween.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A chair, as set forth in claim 6, wherein the pieces of tubing in the first pairs thereof are of at least substantially equal lengths, and wherein the flexible sheet is connected to only the upper one of said second pieces of tubing and said third piece of tubing so as to festoon therefrom.