US3896743A
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Assembly device for elements constituting furniture and furniture comprising such devices
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-12-10
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Granted: 1975-07-29
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Expires: 1993-12-10
Abstract
Abstract An assembly device for assembling the constituents of a piece of furniture. It comprises a first element over at least a portion of which is provided a groove whose cross-section is at least partially circularly shaped and which emerges on the lateral surface of the element in a slot whose width is less than the diameter of said circle and at least a second element such as a bar, a ball or the like whose shape matches that of said groove, and which is adapted to cooperate with said groove when inserted therein at one extremity of the first element.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger Pariente
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 03:42
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C4/00; A47C4/02; A47C4/03; A47B; A47B47/00; A47B96/00; A47B96/14; A47B96/1466; A47F; A47F3/00; A47F3/12; F; F16; F16B; F16B12/00; F16B12/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A piece of furniture, comprising in combination a. a plurality of parallel posts adapted to provide vertical support for said piece of furniture, b. at least one panel adapted to be mounted in a horizontal position to said posts and supported thereby, c. said panel being formed with at least one opening at each post, d. each post comprised of at least two coaxially aligned portions of similar cross-section, one portion on each side of each of said panels, e. the cross-sectional dimension of each portion being greater than that of said opening, f. each portion being formed with a plurality of parallel longitudinal grooves C-shaped in cross-section, g. an elongated solid cylindrical rod mounted in at least one groove of all portions of each post to join said portions, said rod passing through the opening at each post, and h. at least one wall mounted vertically between a pair of said posts, i. said wall being formed with connecting elements along opposite edges thereof and of circular cross-section for engagement with grooves in said posts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A piece of furniture, comprising in combination a. a plurality of parallel posts adapted to provide vertical support for said piece of furniture, b. at least one panel adapted to be mounted in a horizontal position to said posts and supported thereby, c. said panel being formed with at least one opening at each post, d. each post comprised of at least two coaxially aligned portions of similar cross-section, one portion on each side of each of said panels, e. the cross-sectional dimension of each portion being greater than that of said opening, f. each portion being formed with a plurality of parallel longitudinal grooves C-shaped in cross-section, g. an elongated solid cylindrical rod mounted in at least one groove of all portions of each post to join said portions, said rod passing through the opening at each post, and h. at least one wall mounted vertically between a pair of said posts, i. said wall being formed with connecting elements along opposite edges thereof and of circular cross-section for engagement with grooves in said posts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A piece of furniture according to claim 1 including a door hinged to at least one of said posts aT one of said grooves.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A piece of furniture according to claim 1 including a screw jack mounted in the end of a groove for each post for changing the effective length thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
A piece of furniture according to claim 1 including a planar slide panel formed with a plurality of arcuate openings along opposing margins thereof and a spherical member mountable in each of said slide panel opening and in grooves of a pair of posts for slidably locking said slide panel to said pair of posts.
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