Table frame structures and corner constructions therefor

Claim 2

A corner construction for a table, comprising an upright leg, a pair of horizontal side frame members, and means for clamping the side frame members into end abutting relation to the leg, each side frame member having an end constituted by an angle member having a pair of upright flanges, each flange having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surfaces abutting against the leg, said clamping means comprising a pair of clamping members and means for securing said members in clamping relation, each clamping member comprising a plate providing a pair of upright flanges which subtend a predetermined angle with one another, each plate flange being adapted to engage the outer surface of a respective flange of a respective angle member.

Claim 3

A corner construction according to claim 1, wherein the respective angles subtended between the plate flanges of said clamping members are supplementary.

Claim 4

A corner construction according to claim 2, wherein said respective angles are right angles.

Claim 5

A corner construction according to claim 2, wherein said respective angles are an acute angle and an obtuse angle.

Claim 6

A corner cOnstruction according to claim 1, wherein the leg is of tubular form, each clamping member providing an intermediate surface lying at a chamfer angle to said plate flanges, and said securing means comprising a clamping bolt extending through said leg and said intermediate surfaces.

Claim 7

A corner construction according to claim 1, wherein each side frame member is of channel section providing a vertical front face and a pair of upper and lower horizontal flanges, the outer surfaces of the flanges of the associated angle member respectively lying in the plane of said front face and in a plane which intersects said front face and horizontal flanges at right angles.

Claim 8

A table frame structure comprising four upright legs, four horizontal side frame members defining a quadrilateral frame adapted to support a table top, and means for clamping the side frame members into end abutting relation to the legs, the legs being positioned at the four corners of the frame, each side frame member having a pair of ends constituted by angle members each having a pair of upright flanges, each flange having an inner surface and an outer surface said inner surfaces of the angle members abutting against the legs, said clamping means comprising a pair of clamping members and means for securing said members in clamping relation, each clamping member comprising a plate providing a pair of upright flanges which subtend a predetermined angle with one another, each plate flange being adapted to engage the outer surface of a respective flange of a respective angle member.

Claim 9

A table frame structure comprising four upright legs, four horizontal side frame members defining a quadrilateral frame adapted to support a table top, and means for clamping the side frame members into end abutting relation to the legs, the legs being positioned at the four corners of the frame, each side frame member having a pair of ends constituted by angle members each having a pair of upright flanges, each flange having an inner surface and an outer surface said inner surfaces of the angle members abutting against the legs, said clamping means comprising a pair of clamping members and means for securing said members in clamping relation, each clamping member comprising a plate providing a pair of upright flanges which subtend a predetermined angle with one another, each plate flange being adapted to engage the outer surface of a respective flange of a respective angle member.

Claim 10

A table frame structure according to claim 7, wherein said frame is rectangular.

Claim 11

A table frame structure according to claim 7, wherein the respective angles subtended between the plate flanges of each pair of clamping members are supplementary.

Claim 12

A table frame structure according to claim 9, wherein each side frame member is of channel section providing a vertical front face and a pair of upper and lower horizontal flanges, the outer surfaces of the flanges of the associated angle members respectively lying in the plane of said front face and in planes which intersect said front face and horizontal flanges at right angles.