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Instructional chair
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-07-25
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Granted: 1980-01-15
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Expires: 1998-07-25
Abstract
Abstract A bolted together disassemblable instructional chair having color coded and number coded or letter coded joint portions and with joining portions provided with respectively different numbers and sizes of bolt openings fitted with corresponding bolts and nuts.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl R. Dykes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 21:36
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C4/00; A47C4/02; A47C4/03; A63; A63H; A63H33/00; A63H33/04; A63H33/10; A63H33/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A bolted together disassemblable and reassemblable instructional furniture article comprising a plurality of upright post members and a plurality of generally horizontal rail members, each said rail having end lap joint portions meeting corresponding predetermined respective joint portions of said post members and forming respective lap joints therewith, at least some of said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively visually distinguishable coding indicia and the ones of said end portions of said rail members which respectively meet said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively matching visually distinguishable coding indicia, the respective rail end lap joint portion and the post joint portion at each joint being provided with aligned bolt openings, bolts fittingly received in said openings for stabilizing said joints, at least several of said joints differing from each other in the numbers and sizes of said openings and bolts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A bolted together disassemblable and reassemblable instructional furniture article comprising a plurality of upright post members and a plurality of generally horizontal rail members, each said rail having end lap joint portions meeting corresponding predetermined respective joint portions of said post members and forming respective lap joints therewith, at least some of said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively visually distinguishable coding indicia and the ones of said end portions of said rail members which respectively meet said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively matching visually distinguishable coding indicia, the respective rail end lap joint portion and the post joint portion at each joint being provided with aligned bolt openings, bolts fittingly received in said openings for stabilizing said joints, at least several of said joints differing from each other in the numbers and sizes of said openings and bolts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The combination according to claim 1 wherein at least several of said joints have respective pluralities of said openings arranged in respective patterns and differing each from each other in the number and patterns of such openings.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The combination according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said visually distinguishable coding indicia comprise representations of readable characters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The combination according to claim 3 wherein said characters are numerical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The combination according to claim 1 wherein said indicia of some of said joint portions and the respective meeting end portions are digital indicia and the respective corresponding joints are provided with a number of bolt openings corresponding to said digital indicia.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The combination according to claim 1 wherein said joints are lap butt joints.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
85 words
The combination according to claim 1 wherein one of said joints is stabilized with a first predetermined number of hex head bolts each of a first predetermined size, wherein another of said joints is stabilized with a second different predetermined number of hex head bolts of a second different predetermined size, and wherein a further one of said joints is stabilized with a third different predetermined number of bolts having slotted heads each of a predetermined size differing from said first and second predetermined sizes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The combination according to claim 7 wherein said indicia carried by the joint portions adjacent each of said one, said other and said further joint correspond to said first, said second and said third predetermined numbers of bolts respectively.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
114 words
In a bolted together disassemblable and reassemblable instructional chair comprising four upright posts and at least five rails, each said rail being connected between a pair of said posts and having opposite end lap portions connected by respective lap joints to respective joints portions of the posts of such pair, thereby to form ten such lap joints, characterized in that each such lap portion and the respective said joint portion is provided with a respectively equal number of aligned bolt-receiving through-bores of from one to ten, and in that each said lap portion and the respective joint portion carries thereon a readable numeral from 1 to 10 conforming to the number of through-bores therethrough.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
114 words
In a bolted together disassemblable and reassemblable instructional chair comprising four upright posts and at least five rails, each said rail being connected between a pair of said posts and having opposite end lap portions connected by respective lap joints to respective joints portions of the posts of such pair, thereby to form ten such lap joints, characterized in that each such lap portion and the respective said joint portion is provided with a respectively equal number of aligned bolt-receiving through-bores of from one to ten, and in that each said lap portion and the respective joint portion carries thereon a readable numeral from 1 to 10 conforming to the number of through-bores therethrough.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
126 words
A bolted together disassemblable and reassemblable instructional chair comprising a plurality of upright post members and a plurality of generally horizontal rail members, each said rail having end lap butt joint portions meeting corresponding predetermined respective joint portions of said post members and forming respective lap butt joints therewith, at least some of said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively different color coding indicia and the ones of said end portions of said rail members which respectively meet said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively matching color coding indicia, the respective rail end lap joint portion and the post joint portion at each joint being provided with aligned bolt openings, bolts fittingly received in said openings for stabilizing said joints.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
126 words
A bolted together disassemblable and reassemblable instructional chair comprising a plurality of upright post members and a plurality of generally horizontal rail members, each said rail having end lap butt joint portions meeting corresponding predetermined respective joint portions of said post members and forming respective lap butt joints therewith, at least some of said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively different color coding indicia and the ones of said end portions of said rail members which respectively meet said joint portions of said posts being provided with respectively matching color coding indicia, the respective rail end lap joint portion and the post joint portion at each joint being provided with aligned bolt openings, bolts fittingly received in said openings for stabilizing said joints.
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