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EP0467917B1
EP0467917B1 EP19900905608 EP90905608A EP0467917B1 EP 0467917 B1 EP0467917 B1 EP 0467917B1 EP 19900905608 EP19900905608 EP 19900905608 EP 90905608 A EP90905608 A EP 90905608A EP 0467917 B1 EP0467917 B1 EP 0467917B1
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John Derek 59 Brook Holloway Wollescote Haines
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/002—Chair or stool bases
    • A47C7/004—Chair or stool bases for chairs or stools with central column, e.g. office chairs

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  • the invention relates to pedestals and particularly, but not exclusively, to pedestals which provide bases for swivel chairs and other articles of furniture.
  • GB-A-2113085 discloses pedestals, for chairs and other articles, which comprise a central socket supported in use by arms or legs extending radially therefrom.
  • the socket can receive an upright column (e.g. a tube or a rod) which carries the chair or other article.
  • Such pedestals are usually made of metal, the parts being welded together, or cast in one piece. It is however known to make such pedestals as plastics mouldings, the arms, in cross section, being formed as inverted U-sections whereby the upper surfaces of the arms present a rounded appearance.
  • a pedestal comprises a socket for receiving an upstanding column and a plurality of arms extending radially from the socket to support it on a floor, characterised in that the socket and its supporting arms are moulded in one piece, e.g. from plastics, the arms are hollow with tops which are open when moulded, and separately formed cover strips are attached to the tops of the arms to close them.
  • the invention therefore permits a pedestal to be produced mainly by a single moulding operation but with the subsequent addition of cover strips.
  • the cover strips are preferably formed by moulding from plastics. They may be moulded with underlying resilient projections having detents which are engageable under abutments in the arms to hold the cover strips in place. Alternatively the cover strips may be apertured to permit the passage of resilient projections on upper strips, the projections having detents engageable under abutments in the arms to hold the cover strips and upper strips in place.
  • the cover strips or upper strips may have any desired decorative or ornamental material applied to them, so that pedestals in accordance with the invention can readily be produced with a wide variety of different surface appearances on the arms.
  • the pedestal For stability of the pedestal, there will normally be at least three supporting arms, but preferably the pedestal is provided with five arms.
  • the ends of the arms distant from the socket are preferably provided with recesses for receiving castor wheels.
  • the invention also provides a chair having a base in the form of a pedestal as hereinbefore defined, a column mounted in the socket and a seat secured to the top of the column.
  • the pedestal shown in the drawings is a chair base comprising a central socket 10 from which extend five tapered supporting arms 11.
  • the arms extend radially from the socket in equi-spaced relationship and in a plane normal to the axis of the socket.
  • Each arm 11 is provided at its outer end with a recess 22 of circular cross-section for receiving the carrying spindle of a castor wheel 12.
  • the arms 11 are moulded from plastics in one piece with the socket 10 and are, except at their end portions in the region of the recesses 22, of hollow U-shaped configuration and provided at intervals along their length with internal cross-panels (not shown) for strengthening purposes.
  • each arm has flat upper and lower sides defined by the ends of a central boss 23 provided with a recess 22, an outer open-ended circular wall 24 spaced from and co-axial with the boss 23 and a plurality of radial webs 13 connecting the boss with the circular wall and extending parallel to the axis thereof.
  • the recess 22 opens through the lower end of the boss 23 and communicates co-axially with a rectangular upper passageway opening through the upper end of the boss and providing steps or abutment surfaces 17 at the junction of the recess and passageway.
  • the arms 11 are provided at intervals along their length with further bosses 23 of similar formation to the boss described above but without the outer wall and radial webs.
  • the cover strips 14, which are otherwise similar to those of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, do not themselves carry detents but are apertured at 18 to permit the passage of resilient projections 19 on upper strips 20, which projections have detents 21 engaging below abutment surfaces 17 in the arms 11, the upper strips 20 being wider than the apertures 18 in the strips 14 so that when the detents 21 engage below the abutment surfaces the assembly of strips and arms is held securely together.
  • the upper strips may also provide any desired ornamental effect.
  • the socket 10 contains an upright column, e.g. a tube or shaft, carrying a seat or other object.
  • the socket is conical and the bottom end the tube or shaft is correspondingly shaped so that it can be wedged in the socket.
  • a pedestal incorporating the teachings of the present invention in materials other than plastics, e.g. in metals such as aluminium. Also it would be possible to construct a pedestal in which the main part is made from one material, e.g. aluminium, and the cover parts are made from plastics, and vice versa .

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Claims (8)

  1. Fußgestell mit Pfanne (10) zur Aufnahme einer senkrechtstehenden Säule und einer Reihe von Armen (11), die sich strahlenförmig von der Pfanne (10) nach außen erstrecken und als deren Stützen auf einem Untergrund dienen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Pfanne (10) und ihre Stützarme (11) aus einem Stück geformt sind, daß die Arme (11) hohl sind und ihre Oberseite nach dem Formen offen ist und daß getrennt geformte Abdeckkappen (14) zum Verschluß der Arme auf deren Oberseite angebracht sind.
  2. Fußgestell gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Pfanne (10) und die Stützarme aus Plastik (11) geformt sind.
  3. Fußgestell gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abdeckkappen (14) aus Plastik geformt sind.
  4. Fußgestell gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abdeckkappen (14) an ihrer Unterseite elastische Auskragungen (19) mit Halterungen (21) haben, die in Verankerungen in den Armen (11) greifen, um die Abdeckkappen (14) in ihrer Position zu halten.
  5. Fußgestell gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abdeckkappen (14) mit Öffnungen zur Aufnahme von elastischen Auskragungen (19) mit Halterungen (21) versehen sind, die auf Deckstreifen (20) angebracht sind und in Verankerungen in den Armen (11) greifen, um Abdeckkappen (14) und Deckstreifen (20) in ihrer Position zu halten.
  6. Fußgestell gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es über 5 Arme (11) verfügt.
  7. Fußgestell gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die der Pfanne (10) abgewandten Enden der Arme (11) mit Aussparungen zur Aufnahme von Fußröllchen versehen sind.
  8. Stuhl mit einem Fuß in der Form eines Fußgestells gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Säule in die Pfanne montiert und ein Sitz auf der Spitze der Säule befestigt wird.
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GB898908159A GB8908159D0 (en) 1989-04-11 1989-04-11 Pedestal

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DE9320044U1 (de) * 1993-12-28 1994-02-17 Wilhelm Link GmbH & Co KG Stahlrohrmöbel, 72469 Meßstetten Tafel

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MX2021012174A (es) 2019-04-04 2021-12-10 Medway Plastics Corp Aparatos y metodos para la estructura inferior de una base de silla.

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DE69005107T2 (de) 1994-04-21
GB8908159D0 (en) 1989-05-24
WO1990011709A1 (en) 1990-10-18
CA2041666C (en) 1994-03-29

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