Abstract A four-sided box-like structure constructed of a single blank of corrugated fiber board or other suitable lightweight sheet material which is cut and scored to provide top and bottom panels which are individually foldable inwardly from the side wall panels to form double-layered flat top and bottom closures for the structure, the several closure panels each having their side edges tapered for non-interfering folding thereof into their closed positions. The closure panels foldable inwardly from each of two opposed side walls of the structure are split apart in such manner that upon their being infolded they form a slot extending crosswise between said opposed side walls for receiving end flaps provided at the free ends of the other pair of the closure panels, the said slot having its opposite ends spaced inwardly from the side walls between which it extends with its ends respectively connected to said side walls by short slits which act to prevent tearing or otherwise disrupting the integrity of the side walls upon inward and outward folding of the split panels along their respective fold lines. The box-like structure is hollow to provide for storage therein of one or more upholstered cushions which, upon removal from the structure and after assembly thereof into its final set-up condition, may be placed upon the flat top of the structure to provide a cushioned seat upon which a person may be comfortably seated at a convenient level. The box-like structure is designed to internally accomodate in each quadrant portion thereof a rigidifying insert of cruciform shape which is made up of interfitted slotted flat panels of the same material of which the box structure is formed.
Inventors
👤 Benjamin Roeshman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 03:29
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C5/00; A47C5/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
324 words
A seat assembly comprising a four-side box-like structure formed basically of a flat blank of stiff sheet material which is cut and scored to provide a plurality of right-angularly related side wall panels each having at its opposite ends corresponding relatively foldable top and bottom closure panels, the closure panels associated with one opposed pair of said side wall panels being each split into two relatively foldable panels and those associated with the other pair of said side wall panels being unsplit, all of said closure panels having relatively short end flaps adapted to be inturned normal to the planes of their associated panels, the split pair of closure panels being individually inwardly foldable from their associated side wall panels into coplanar relation to conjointly constitute an inner layer of closure panels at the bottom and top ends of said structure, the unsplit pair of closure panels being also individually inwardly foldable from their associated side wall panels into coplanar relation to conjointly constitute an outer layer of closure panels closely overlying each said inner layer of closure panels, all of said inwardly foldable closure panels having convergingly tapered edges to render the same noninterfering with one another as the same are infolded into their closed positions, each said split pair of closure panels providing a tapered slot between their proximate edges terminating short of their respective fold lines and being further separated from one another by a short slit extending to said fold lines from the apex of said tapered slot in longitudinal continuation thereof, each of said tapered slots formed between each split pair of said inwardly folded closure panels being in horizontal alinement to conjointly provide an opening extending cross-wise of the structure between a spaced pair of said short slits into whicH said inturned end flaps of said unsplit panels may be inserted to secure the same in their closed positions at the top and bottom ends of the structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
324 words
A seat assembly comprising a four-side box-like structure formed basically of a flat blank of stiff sheet material which is cut and scored to provide a plurality of right-angularly related side wall panels each having at its opposite ends corresponding relatively foldable top and bottom closure panels, the closure panels associated with one opposed pair of said side wall panels being each split into two relatively foldable panels and those associated with the other pair of said side wall panels being unsplit, all of said closure panels having relatively short end flaps adapted to be inturned normal to the planes of their associated panels, the split pair of closure panels being individually inwardly foldable from their associated side wall panels into coplanar relation to conjointly constitute an inner layer of closure panels at the bottom and top ends of said structure, the unsplit pair of closure panels being also individually inwardly foldable from their associated side wall panels into coplanar relation to conjointly constitute an outer layer of closure panels closely overlying each said inner layer of closure panels, all of said inwardly foldable closure panels having convergingly tapered edges to render the same noninterfering with one another as the same are infolded into their closed positions, each said split pair of closure panels providing a tapered slot between their proximate edges terminating short of their respective fold lines and being further separated from one another by a short slit extending to said fold lines from the apex of said tapered slot in longitudinal continuation thereof, each of said tapered slots formed between each split pair of said inwardly folded closure panels being in horizontal alinement to conjointly provide an opening extending cross-wise of the structure between a spaced pair of said short slits into whicH said inturned end flaps of said unsplit panels may be inserted to secure the same in their closed positions at the top and bottom ends of the structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
95 words
A seat assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said inturned end flaps of said split closure panels provide conjointly with said inturned end flaps of said unsplit closure panels and with the side wall panels of the structure to which said closure panels are respectively attached a pair of vertically opposed pockets in each quadrant portion of the structure to secure therebetween reinforcing inserts of cruciform shape extending between the top and bottom walls of the structure and wherein said inserts are respectively nested in said pockets to rigidify the structure against vertical collapse.