EP0078746A1 - Modular unit for furniture and furniture incorporating at least one such unit - Google Patents

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EP0078746A1
EP0078746A1 EP82402011A EP82402011A EP0078746A1 EP 0078746 A1 EP0078746 A1 EP 0078746A1 EP 82402011 A EP82402011 A EP 82402011A EP 82402011 A EP82402011 A EP 82402011A EP 0078746 A1 EP0078746 A1 EP 0078746A1
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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  • Modular element for furniture and pieces of furniture comprising at least one such element.
  • the invention relates to the furniture industry and more particularly the manufacture of KITS furniture sold in spare parts to the user and assembled by the latter without special knowledge.
  • the present invention overcomes these drawbacks by the use of a modular element used in the constitution of many pieces of furniture, the modular element being reusable by the user for the production of pieces of furniture different from that originally fitted.
  • the subject of the invention is a modular element for furniture, characterized in that it is constituted by a flat multilateral frame of which at least two of the opposite sides are each provided with at least one mortise opening onto the main faces of the frame and d '' a bore orthogonally crossing the corresponding mortise (s).
  • each of the main faces of the frame is released between two of the opposite sides to form a housing extending between the inner edges of said sides to the outer edges of the other two sides, the housing of each main face being oriented perpendicular to that of the other side.
  • These housings can each receive a filling element, which can be only a utility panel (to constitute for example a tray), a decorative panel or in a vertical position constitute upright-support for shelves or drawers.
  • a filling element can be only a utility panel (to constitute for example a tray), a decorative panel or in a vertical position constitute upright-support for shelves or drawers.
  • the frame is made of wood, each of its sides being constituted by two battens offset in thickness, capping by straddling, at each of their ends, one of the battens on each adjacent side the battens on each side being separated in the central part of the said side by a shim whose thickness corresponds to that of the adjacent steeplings straddled.
  • each frame can be made of molded plastic.
  • the above frame can alone or in several copies, enter into the realization of many pieces of furniture.
  • two frames placed opposite one another can be assembled by spacers to constitute in particular table legs, armchairs, etc.
  • the modular element for furniture according to the invention is constituted by a flat quadrilateral frame 1, here rectangular, at least two of the opposite sides of which are each provided with at least a mortise 2 (here two mortises 2a, 2b) and an orthogonal hole 3 crossing the mortises 2.
  • the mortises and holes on two opposite sides are located on one of the two transverse planes of symmetry of the frame. They could as well be located asymmetrically with respect to this plane or symmetrically on either side of said plane.
  • the frame is made of wood, each side comprising two battens 4-5 offset in thickness (fig. 2-3).
  • the relative arrangement of the battens 4-5 on the sides will be described only with reference to those shown in Figure 2.
  • the longitudinal battens 4a and 5a are assembled by straddling with the transverse battens 4b and 5b on the one hand, 4c and 5c on the other.
  • the longitudinal battens 4d and 5d are of course assembled in the same way with the same transverse battens 4b-5c and 4c-5c.
  • connection of the battens 4-5 to each other and to the wedges 6 is ensured by any suitable means and such as bonding.
  • each main face of the frame comprises a housing 7, either longitudinal 7a (fig. 3), or transverse 7b (fig.2) extending between the inner edges of two opposite sides to the outer edges of the other two sides.
  • the housings 7a-7b of the main faces are oriented perpendicularly to one another.
  • Each of these housings 7 can receive a filling element ("functional" or decorative tray in all desired material, wood, glass, etc.) the upper surface of which extends in the plane of the free surface adjacent to the corresponding sides so as to form a continuous face.
  • a filling element functional or decorative tray in all desired material, wood, glass, etc.
  • FIGS. 4 to 7 The modular element according to the invention and as shown in Figures 1 to 3, can be used alone or with others in the production of furniture.
  • Four exemplary embodiments are shown in FIGS. 4 to 7.
  • the coffee table in Figure 4 illustrates the most common use of the modular element: arrangement of two modular elements face to face and assembly by one or more spacers.
  • each spacer 9 are shaped so as to have as many tenons as mortises 2 receiving them, formed in the corresponding side of each frame 1 with which the spacer 9 cooperates.
  • each end of the spacer 9 carries two tenons cooperating with the two mortises 2a-2b on the corresponding side of each frame 1.
  • Maintaining the 9-frame spacer assembly 1 is obtained by a pin engaged in the corresponding bore 3 of the wedge 6 and in corresponding holes passing through the studs of each spacer 9.
  • the mechanical connection by tenons-mortises can possibly be reinforced by gluing in the case of a final realization.
  • two frames 1 arranged vertically face to face are made integral by three spacers 9, each of which may, to present, as shown, a thickness thinner than that used in the table of FIG. 4, to be provided at each of its ends with only one stud.
  • the frames 1 and the spacers 9 constitute the structure of the chair on which the seat 10 and the back 11 of said chair are fixed.
  • the seat 10 comprises: two cross members 12 each slid into the free space between the battens on each of the vertical sides of each frame 1 and bearing on the two wedges 6 of these frames, and a flexible strip 13 carrying at its ends two transverse loops in each of which extends a cross member 12.
  • the backrest 11 includes a backrest 14 articulated on two supports 15 each having a base fitting into the free space between the battens on the corresponding side of the frame and being retained therein by gravity.
  • the backsplash 14 comprises a flexible strip extending between two uprights articulated on the supports 15.
  • the flexible strips of the seat 10 and that of the backrest 14 can be made of any suitable material such as textile canvas, plastic canvas, leather, etc.
  • the base and the top are formed by modular elements.
  • the base includes two frames 1 located face to face and assembled by two spacers 9 one lower, the other upper (not shown).
  • the tray itself includes a frame 1 provided in its upper housing with a filling panel 8.
  • the frame of the tray can be fixed to the base by any suitable means, either on the upper spacer 9, or directly on the vertical frames 1.
  • a coffee table can be made in the same way using the vertical frames in the other direction, the table being then aligned with the longitudinal sides of the frame frames.
  • two frames 1 arranged vertically face to face, support a plurality of crosspieces 16 which can constitute shelves, trays, or drawer supports.
  • the piece of furniture comprises, in each frame, parallel and juxtaposed blades 17, inserted in pairs between the battens 4-5, blades 17 having notches 18 in their adjacent edges forming mortises in which the tenons carried by the ends of the crosspieces 16.
  • the number of sides of the modular element need not be four; the concept of the invention is also implemented with elements with a number of sides other than four.

Abstract

The invention relates to the furniture industry. Its subject is a modular unit for furniture, characterised in that it consists of a flat quadrilateral frame 1, at least two of whose opposite sides are each provided with at least one mortice 2 opening out on the main faces of the frame 1 and with a hole 3 orthogonally passing through the corresponding mortice(s) 2. The invention applies to furniture production. <IMAGE>

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Elément modulaire pour mobilier et meubles comprenant au moins un tel élément.Modular element for furniture and pieces of furniture comprising at least one such element.

L'invention concerne l'industrie de l'ameublement et plus particulièrement la fabrication de meubles en KITS vendus en pièces détachées à l'utilisateur et assemblables par celui-ci sans connaissances spéciales.The invention relates to the furniture industry and more particularly the manufacture of KITS furniture sold in spare parts to the user and assembled by the latter without special knowledge.

On connaît déjà de nombreux meubles commercialisés en kits. Malheureusement les pièces constitutives de chacun d'eux sont spécifiques à un meuble ce qui empêche :

  • - le fabricant de rentabiliser son outil de production sur un grand nombre de pièces,
  • - l'utilisateur d'utiliser à d'autres fins des pièces ayant temporairement constitué un meuble particulier.
We already know many pieces of furniture sold in kits. Unfortunately the constituent parts of each of them are specific to a piece of furniture which prevents:
  • - the manufacturer to make its production tool profitable on a large number of parts,
  • - the user to use for other purposes parts that have temporarily constituted a particular piece of furniture.

La présente invention permet de pallier ces inconvénients par l'utilisation d'un élément modulaire entrant dans la constitution de nombreux meubles, l'élément modulaire étant réutilisable par l'utilisateur pour la réalisation de meubles différents de celui monté à l'origine.The present invention overcomes these drawbacks by the use of a modular element used in the constitution of many pieces of furniture, the modular element being reusable by the user for the production of pieces of furniture different from that originally fitted.

L'invention a pour objet un élément modulaire pour mobilier, caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué par un cadre multilatéral plat dont au moins deux des côtés opposés sont pourvus chacun d'au moins une mortaise débouchant sur les faces principales du cadre et d'un perçage traversant orthogonalement la(les) mortaise(s) correspondante(s).The subject of the invention is a modular element for furniture, characterized in that it is constituted by a flat multilateral frame of which at least two of the opposite sides are each provided with at least one mortise opening onto the main faces of the frame and d '' a bore orthogonally crossing the corresponding mortise (s).

Suivant une caractéristique de l'invention, chacune des faces principales du cadre est dégagée entre deux des côtés opposés pour former un logement s'étendant entre les bords intérieurs desdits côtés jusqu'aux bords extérieurs des deux autres côtés, le logement de chaque face principale étant orienté perpendiculairement à celui de l'autre face.According to a characteristic of the invention, each of the main faces of the frame is released between two of the opposite sides to form a housing extending between the inner edges of said sides to the outer edges of the other two sides, the housing of each main face being oriented perpendicular to that of the other side.

Ces logements peuvent chacun recevoir un élément de remplissage, lequel peut être seulement un panneau utilitaire (pour constituer par exemple un plateau), un panneau décoratif ou encore en position verticale constituer montant- support pour des étagères ou des tiroirs.These housings can each receive a filling element, which can be only a utility panel (to constitute for example a tray), a decorative panel or in a vertical position constitute upright-support for shelves or drawers.

Suivant une disposition de l'invention le cadre est en bois, chacun de ses côtés étant constitué par deux voliges décalées en épaisseur, coiffant par enfourchement, à chacune de leurs extrémités, l'une des voliges de chaque côté adjacent les voliges de chaque côté étant séparées dans la partie centrale dudit côté par une cale dont l'épaisseur correspond à celle des voliges adjacentes enfourchées.According to a provision of the invention the frame is made of wood, each of its sides being constituted by two battens offset in thickness, capping by straddling, at each of their ends, one of the battens on each adjacent side the battens on each side being separated in the central part of the said side by a shim whose thickness corresponds to that of the adjacent steeplings straddled.

Bien entendu chaque cadre peut être réalisé en matière plastique moulée.Of course each frame can be made of molded plastic.

Le cadre ci-dessus peut seul ou en plusieurs exemplaires, entrer dans la réalisation de nombreux meubles. Dans ceux-ci, deux cadres placés en regard l'un de l'autre peuvent être assemblés par des entretoises pour constituer notamment des piétements de tables, des fauteuils, etc...The above frame can alone or in several copies, enter into the realization of many pieces of furniture. In these, two frames placed opposite one another can be assembled by spacers to constitute in particular table legs, armchairs, etc.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui suit et à l'examen des dessins annexés, dans lesquels :

  • - la figure 1 est une vue de face de l'élément modulaire de l'invention,
  • - la figure 2 est une vue de gauche de l'élément modulaire de la figure 1,
  • - la figure 3 est une vue de dessous de l'élément modulaire des figures 1 et 2,
  • - la figure 4 est une vue en perspective d'une table basse comprenant deux éléments modulaires suivant l'invention,
  • - la figure 5 est une vue en perspective d'un fauteuil comprenant deux éléments modulaires suivant l'invention,
  • - la figure 6 est une vue en perspective d'une table comprenant trois éléments modulaires suivant l'invention,
  • - la figure 7 est une vue en perspective d'un meuble à étagères.
The invention will be better understood on reading the following description and on examining the appended drawings, in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of the modular element of the invention,
  • FIG. 2 is a left view of the modular element of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the modular element of FIGS. 1 and 2,
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a coffee table comprising two modular elements according to the invention,
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an armchair comprising two modular elements according to the invention,
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a table comprising three modular elements according to the invention,
  • - Figure 7 is a perspective view of a shelving unit.

L'élément modulaire pour meubles suivant l'invention, et tel que représenté sur les figures 1 à 3, est constitué par un cadre quadrilatéral plat 1, ici rectangulaire, dont deux au moins des côtés opposés sont pourvus chacun d'au moins une mortaise 2 (ici deux mortaises 2a, 2b) et d'un perçage orthogonal 3 traversant les mortaises 2. Ainsi que montré plus particulièrement sur la figure 1, les mortaises et perçages de deux côtés opposés sont situés sur un des deux plans transversaux de symétrie du cadre. Elles pourraient aussi bien être situées dissymétriquement par rapport à ce plan ou symétriquement de part et d'autre dudit plan.The modular element for furniture according to the invention, and as shown in Figures 1 to 3, is constituted by a flat quadrilateral frame 1, here rectangular, at least two of the opposite sides of which are each provided with at least a mortise 2 (here two mortises 2a, 2b) and an orthogonal hole 3 crossing the mortises 2. As shown more particularly in FIG. 1, the mortises and holes on two opposite sides are located on one of the two transverse planes of symmetry of the frame. They could as well be located asymmetrically with respect to this plane or symmetrically on either side of said plane.

Dans ce mode de réalisation de l'invention, montré sur les figures 1 à 3, le cadre est réalisé en bois, chacun des côtés comprenant deux voliges 4-5 décalées en épaisseur (fig. 2-3). La disposition relative des voliges 4-5 des côtés sera décrite seulement en référence à celles montrées sur la figure 2.In this embodiment of the invention, shown in Figures 1 to 3, the frame is made of wood, each side comprising two battens 4-5 offset in thickness (fig. 2-3). The relative arrangement of the battens 4-5 on the sides will be described only with reference to those shown in Figure 2.

Les voliges longitudinales 4a et 5a sont assemblées par enfourchement avec les voliges transversales 4b et 5b d'une part, 4c et 5c d'autre part. Les voliges longitudinales 4d et 5d sont bien entendu assemblées de la même façon avec les mêmes voliges transversales 4b-5c et 4c-5c.The longitudinal battens 4a and 5a are assembled by straddling with the transverse battens 4b and 5b on the one hand, 4c and 5c on the other. The longitudinal battens 4d and 5d are of course assembled in the same way with the same transverse battens 4b-5c and 4c-5c.

Entre chaque paire de voliges 4-5 d'un côté du cadre est insérée et retenue une cale 6 présentant l'épaisseur de la volige enfourchée de chaque côté adjacent. Cette cale 6 est traversée par les mortaises 2 et le perçage orthogonal 3.Between each pair of battens 4-5 on one side of the frame is inserted and retained a shim 6 having the thickness of the battens straddled on each adjacent side. This wedge 6 is crossed by the mortises 2 and the orthogonal drilling 3.

La solidarisation des voliges 4-5 entre elles et avec les cales 6 est assurée par tout moyen adéquat et tel que le collage.The connection of the battens 4-5 to each other and to the wedges 6 is ensured by any suitable means and such as bonding.

La disposition des voliges 4-5, les unes par rapport aux autres, est telle que chaque face principale du cadre comprend un logement 7, soit longitudinal 7a (fig. 3), soit transversal 7b (fig.2) s'étendant entre les bords intérieurs de deux côtés opposés jusqu'aux bords extérieurs des deux autres côtés. Dans chaque cadre, les logements 7a-7b des faces principales sont orientées perpendiculairement l'un par rapport à l'autre.The arrangement of the battens 4-5, relative to one another, is such that each main face of the frame comprises a housing 7, either longitudinal 7a (fig. 3), or transverse 7b (fig.2) extending between the inner edges of two opposite sides to the outer edges of the other two sides. In each frame, the housings 7a-7b of the main faces are oriented perpendicularly to one another.

Chacun de ces logements 7 peut recevoir un élément de remplissage (plateau "fonctionnel" ou décoratif en tout matériau souhaité, bois, verre, etc...) dont la surface supérieure s'étend dans le plan de la surface libre adjacente des côtés correspondants de façon à former une face continue.Each of these housings 7 can receive a filling element ("functional" or decorative tray in all desired material, wood, glass, etc.) the upper surface of which extends in the plane of the free surface adjacent to the corresponding sides so as to form a continuous face.

L'élément modulaire suivant l'invention et tel que montré sur les figures 1 à 3, peut être utilisé seul ou à plusieurs dans la réalisation de meubles. Quatre exemples de réalisation sont montrés sur les figures 4 à 7.The modular element according to the invention and as shown in Figures 1 to 3, can be used alone or with others in the production of furniture. Four exemplary embodiments are shown in FIGS. 4 to 7.

La table basse de la figure 4 illustre l'utilisation la plus commune de l'élément modulaire : disposition de deux éléments modulaires face à face et assemblage par une ou plusieurs entretoises.The coffee table in Figure 4 illustrates the most common use of the modular element: arrangement of two modular elements face to face and assembly by one or more spacers.

Dans la table de la figure 4, deux cadres 1 tels que montrés sur les figures 1 à 3 mais pourvus d'éléments de remplissage 8, dans les logements de leurs faces supérieures, sont situés l'un au-dessus de l'autre et assemblés l'un à l'autre par deux entretoises 9, dont une seule est montrée, l'autre étant symétrique transversalement par rapport à celle-ci.In the table of FIG. 4, two frames 1 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 but provided with filling elements 8, in the housings of their upper faces, are located one above the other and assembled to each other by two spacers 9, only one of which is shown, the other being symmetrical transversely with respect thereto.

Les extrémités de chaque entretoise 9 sont conformées de façon à présenter autant de tenons que de mortaises 2 les recevant, ménagées dans le côté correspondant de chaque cadre 1 avec lequel coopère l'entretoise 9.The ends of each spacer 9 are shaped so as to have as many tenons as mortises 2 receiving them, formed in the corresponding side of each frame 1 with which the spacer 9 cooperates.

Ici chaque extrémité de l'entretoise 9 porte deux tenons coopérant avec les deux mortaises 2a-2b du côté correspondant de chaque cadre 1.Here each end of the spacer 9 carries two tenons cooperating with the two mortises 2a-2b on the corresponding side of each frame 1.

Le maintien de l'assemblage entretoise 9-cadre 1 est obtenu par une cheville engagée dans le perçage 3 correspondant de la cale 6 et dans des perçages correspondants traversant les tenons de chaque entretoise 9.Maintaining the 9-frame spacer assembly 1 is obtained by a pin engaged in the corresponding bore 3 of the wedge 6 and in corresponding holes passing through the studs of each spacer 9.

La liaison mécanique par tenons-mortaises peut éventuellement être renforcée par collage dans le cas d'une réalisation définitive.The mechanical connection by tenons-mortises can possibly be reinforced by gluing in the case of a final realization.

Dans le fauteuil de la figure 5, deux cadres 1 disposés verticalement face à face sont rendus solidaires par trois entretoises 9 dont chacune peut, pour présenter, ainsi que montré, une épaisseur plus faible que celle utilisée dans la table de la figure 4, n'être pourvue à chacune de ses extrémités que d'un seul tenon. Les cadres 1 et les entretoises 9 constituent la structure du fauteuil sur laquelle sont fixés l'assise 10 et la dossier 11 dudit fauteuil.In the chair of FIG. 5, two frames 1 arranged vertically face to face are made integral by three spacers 9, each of which may, to present, as shown, a thickness thinner than that used in the table of FIG. 4, to be provided at each of its ends with only one stud. The frames 1 and the spacers 9 constitute the structure of the chair on which the seat 10 and the back 11 of said chair are fixed.

L'assise 10 comprend : deux traverses 12 glissées chacune dans l'espace libre compris entre les voliges de chacun des côtés verticaux de chaque cadre 1 et prenant appui sur les deux cales 6 de ces cadres, et une bande souple 13 portant à ses extrémités deux passants transversaux dans chacun desquels s'étend une traverse 12.The seat 10 comprises: two cross members 12 each slid into the free space between the battens on each of the vertical sides of each frame 1 and bearing on the two wedges 6 of these frames, and a flexible strip 13 carrying at its ends two transverse loops in each of which extends a cross member 12.

Le dossier 11 comprend un dosseret 14 articulé sur deux supports 15 présentant chacun une embase s'insérant dans l'espace libre compris entre les voliges du côté correspondant du cadre et étant retenu dans celle-ci par gravité.The backrest 11 includes a backrest 14 articulated on two supports 15 each having a base fitting into the free space between the battens on the corresponding side of the frame and being retained therein by gravity.

Le dosseret 14 comprend une bande souple s'étendant entre deux montants articulés sur les supports 15.The backsplash 14 comprises a flexible strip extending between two uprights articulated on the supports 15.

Les bandes souples de l'assise 10 et celle du dosseret 14 peuvent être en tout matériau convenable tel que toile textile, toile plastique, cuir,etc...The flexible strips of the seat 10 and that of the backrest 14 can be made of any suitable material such as textile canvas, plastic canvas, leather, etc.

Dans la table de la figure 6, le piètement et le plateau sont constitués par des éléments modulaires. Le piètement comprend deux cadres 1 situés face à face et assemblés par deux entretoises 9 l'une inférieure, l'autre supérieure (non représentée).In the table in Figure 6, the base and the top are formed by modular elements. The base includes two frames 1 located face to face and assembled by two spacers 9 one lower, the other upper (not shown).

Le plateau comprend lui un cadre 1 pourvu dans son logement supérieur d'un panneau de remplissage 8.The tray itself includes a frame 1 provided in its upper housing with a filling panel 8.

Le cadre du plateau peut être fixé au piètement par tous moyens adéquats, soit sur l'entretoise supérieure 9, soit directement sur les cadres verticaux 1.The frame of the tray can be fixed to the base by any suitable means, either on the upper spacer 9, or directly on the vertical frames 1.

Bien entendu, une table basse peut être réalisée de la même façon en utilisant les cadres verticaux dans l'autre sens, le plateau se trouvant alors aligné avec les côtés longitudinaux des cadres du piètement.Of course, a coffee table can be made in the same way using the vertical frames in the other direction, the table being then aligned with the longitudinal sides of the frame frames.

Dans le meuble de la figure 7, deux cadres 1 disposés verticalement face à face, supportent une pluralité de traverses 16 qui peuvent constituer des étagères, des plateaux, ou des supports de tiroirs.In the cabinet of Figure 7, two frames 1 arranged vertically face to face, support a plurality of crosspieces 16 which can constitute shelves, trays, or drawer supports.

Pour supporter les traverses 16, le meuble comprend, dans chaque cadre, des lames 17 parallèles et juxtaposées, insérées par paire entre les voliges 4-5, lames 17 présentant dans leurs bords adjacents des encoches 18 formant des mortaises dans lesquelles s'engagent les tenons portés par les extrémités des traverses 16.To support the crosspieces 16, the piece of furniture comprises, in each frame, parallel and juxtaposed blades 17, inserted in pairs between the battens 4-5, blades 17 having notches 18 in their adjacent edges forming mortises in which the tenons carried by the ends of the crosspieces 16.

L'invention n'est pas limitée aux modes de réalisation décrits et représentés.The invention is not limited to the embodiments described and shown.

On pourra au besoin recourir à d'autres modeset à d'autres formes de réalisation sans pour cela sortir du cadre de l'invention.If necessary, other modes and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of the invention.

Le nombre des côtés de l'élément modulaire n'est pas obligatoirement de quatre; le concept de l'invention se met en oeuvre aussi avec des éléments à nombre de côtés différents de quatre.The number of sides of the modular element need not be four; the concept of the invention is also implemented with elements with a number of sides other than four.

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1. Elément modulaire pour mobilier constitué par un cadre plat (1) assemblable au moyen de mortaises et de chevilles traversant celles-ci, caractérisé en ce que chacun des côtés (4a, 5a - 4d, 5d) de ce cadre (1) est composé de deux voliges parallèles espacées par un décalage en épaisseur, au moins une mortaise (2) traversant les deux voliges dans chacun-de deux côtés au moins de ce cadre.1. Modular element for furniture constituted by a flat frame (1) which can be assembled by means of mortises and dowels passing through them, characterized in that each of the sides (4a, 5a - 4d, 5d) of this frame (1) is composed of two parallel battens spaced apart by a thickness offset, at least one mortise (2) crossing the two battens in each-at least on two sides of this frame. 2. Elément modulaire selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que les quatre côtés (4a, 5a - 4d, 5d) présentent des mortaises (2a) qui traversent chacune les deux voliges.2. Modular element according to claim 1 characterized in that the four sides (4a, 5a - 4d, 5d) have mortises (2a) which each cross the two battens. 3. Elément modulaire selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que chaque côté percé de mortaise présente deux mortaises parallèles (2a, 2b).3. Modular element according to claim 1 characterized in that each side pierced with mortise has two parallel mortises (2a, 2b). 4. Elément modulaire selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que les deux voliges constituant chaque côté du cadre sont tenues espacées par une cale (6) disposée entre elles.4. Modular element according to claim 1 characterized in that the two battens constituting each side of the frame are held spaced apart by a wedge (6) disposed between them. 5. Elément modulaire selon la revendication 4 caractérisé en ce que la cale (6) est disposée dans la zone centrale de chacun des côtés et cette cale (6) est traversée par les mortaises (2) ainsi que par un perçage (3) pour cheville qui traverse perpendiculairement ces mortaises.5. Modular element according to claim 4 characterized in that the wedge (6) is arranged in the central zone on each side and this wedge (6) is crossed by the mortises (2) as well as by a bore (3) for ankle which crosses perpendicularly these mortises. 6. Elément modulaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5 caractérisé en ce que chacun de ses côtés est constitué par deux voliges (4-5) décalées en épaisseur, coiffant par enfdurchement, à chacune de leurs extrémités, l'une des voliges de chaque côté adjacent, les voliges (4-5) de chaque côté étant séparées dans la partie centrale dudit côté, par une cale (6) dont l'épaisseur correspond à celle des voliges adjacentes enfourchées.6. Modular element according to any one of claims 1 to 5 characterized in that each of its sides consists of two battens (4-5) offset in thickness, capping by burying, at each of their ends, one of the battens on each adjacent side, the battens (4-5) on each side being separated in the central part of said side, by a shim (6) whose thickness corresponds to that of the adjacent battens straddled. 7. Meuble à deux éléments modulaires verticaux suivant la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend, insérés entre les voliges (4-5) en regard des côtés horizontaux de chaque cadre (1), au moins une paire de lames (17), parallèles et juxtaposées, présentant dans leurs bords adjacents des encoches (18) en regard, formant mortaises, et, s'étendant entre les cadres (1), au moins une traverse7. Furniture with two vertical modular elements according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises, inserted between the battens (4-5) facing the horizontal sides of each frame (1), at least one pair of blades (17 ), parallel and juxtaposed, having in their edges adjacent notches (18) facing each other, forming mortises, and, extending between the frames (1), at least one crosspiece (16), portant des tenons à ses extrémités et supportée horizontalement par les lames (17) par engagement des tenons dans les encoches-mortaises (18).(16), carrying tenons at its ends and supported horizontally by the blades (17) by engagement of the tenons in the mortise notches (18).
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