EP0403167A2 - Pièces moulées détachables - Google Patents

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EP0403167A2
EP0403167A2 EP90306252A EP90306252A EP0403167A2 EP 0403167 A2 EP0403167 A2 EP 0403167A2 EP 90306252 A EP90306252 A EP 90306252A EP 90306252 A EP90306252 A EP 90306252A EP 0403167 A2 EP0403167 A2 EP 0403167A2
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surface panel
edge extension
square cut
extension pieces
furniture
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David Alan Barker
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President Office Furniture Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • A47B13/00—Details of tables or desks
    • A47B13/08—Table tops; Rims therefor
    • A47B13/083—Rims for table tops
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/04—Keyplates; Ornaments or the like
    • A47B95/043—Protecting rims, buffers or the like

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  • the present invention relates to furniture, particularly office furniture.
  • Furniture such as desks, side work units, and tables are often made from veneered chipboard or similar material which can be manufactured by efficient processes and can be packaged and transported in flat form.
  • Furniture of this kind often suffers from the limitation that its overall shape has to be of a rather utilitarian nature, i.e surface panels have to be flat with square edges. While it is possible to provide rounded edges to such panels, if there is any variety to the shapes being offered, that limits the production runs possible as well as giving rise to excessive scrap when manufacturing problems arise.
  • the present invention overcomes these problems by providing a furniture unit including a surface panel having at least one pair of opposing square cut edges and attached along the edge of each opposing square cut edge a shaped defining edge extension piece which is short and has a three-dimensional form which gives a decorative overall shape to said surface panel.
  • Such surface panels may be incorporated as horizontal work surfaces in tables, desks or side units such as computer tables.
  • edge extension pieces may be rigidly attached by means of hidden screw locking fitments, of a kind known per se, or by means of adhesive, and to be in other respects unsupported, i.e., to have no visible means of support.
  • the main surface panel can be of one material for example a relatively inexpensive or mass produced material such as chip board, and the extension pieces can be of a different material for example a high quality material such as teak or walnut or mahogany or other high quality hard wood, or they may be of a medium density fibre board with a surface veneer of a higher quality material.
  • the main surface panel can have a matching or contrasting veneer.
  • the surface panel can also be used as a vertical support member for such furniture.
  • the desk consists essentially of a top work surface 1 and two vertical side support members 2. Further cross strengthening braces will be provided, but are not shown in the Figure.
  • a pair of shape defining edge extension pieces 3 which may have any selected three-dimensional profile such as those in figures 2 to 7. Its overall width and depth should be the same as the panel to which it is to be attached, but its length should be short for example no more than 5 centimetres in length.
  • the shape defining edge extension piece is attached to the main surface panel 1 by means of hidden fixings such as those shown in Figure 8.
  • These fixings consist of a screw head 5 and a rotary slotted locking member 6.
  • Such fixtures are known for use in knock- together furniture and are not essential, as other kinds of hidden locking units are known and can be used as alternatives. What happens is that the screw head 5 is offered to the slot in the rotary fixing 6, the fixing 6 is then rotated by means of a screwdriver about its axis so that the slot locks into the screw head and provides a tight and virtually invisible fixture.
  • the vertical side support members have similar shape defining edge extension pieces 4 attached to their edges.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show how the edge extension pieces enhance the appearance of a unit of furniture.
EP19900306252 1989-06-15 1990-06-08 Pièces moulées détachables Withdrawn EP0403167A3 (fr)

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GB898913748A GB8913748D0 (en) 1989-06-15 1989-06-15 Detachable mouldings
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EP0906042A1 (fr) * 1996-03-08 1999-04-07 Charles Hayman-Chaffey Table publicitaire a panneau rapporte rempla able
US6729244B2 (en) * 2001-02-22 2004-05-04 Leonardo S.R.L. Tubular-frame structure for supporting surfaces

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DE3435742A1 (de) * 1984-09-28 1986-04-10 Horst 8011 Baldham Dreier Frontflaechenelement fuer moebel
DE3529139A1 (de) * 1985-08-14 1987-02-26 Int Kuechen Technik Handelsges Platte aus holzwerkstoff od.dgl.
EP0221285A1 (fr) * 1985-09-06 1987-05-13 Vinko Martincic Assemblage d'angle pour meubles

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0906042A1 (fr) * 1996-03-08 1999-04-07 Charles Hayman-Chaffey Table publicitaire a panneau rapporte rempla able
EP0906042A4 (fr) * 1996-03-08 2000-07-26 Hayman Chaffey Charles Table publicitaire a panneau rapporte rempla able
US6729244B2 (en) * 2001-02-22 2004-05-04 Leonardo S.R.L. Tubular-frame structure for supporting surfaces

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GB8913748D0 (en) 1989-08-02
EP0403167A3 (fr) 1992-06-17

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