EP1386563A1 - Modulares Sofa - Google Patents
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- EP1386563A1 EP1386563A1 EP02255440A EP02255440A EP1386563A1 EP 1386563 A1 EP1386563 A1 EP 1386563A1 EP 02255440 A EP02255440 A EP 02255440A EP 02255440 A EP02255440 A EP 02255440A EP 1386563 A1 EP1386563 A1 EP 1386563A1
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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
- A47C4/00—Foldable, collapsible or dismountable chairs
- A47C4/02—Dismountable chairs
- A47C4/024—Dismountable chairs having integral back-rest and rear leg
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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
- A47C13/00—Convertible chairs, stools or benches
- A47C13/005—Modular seating
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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
- A47C7/36—Support for the head or the back
- A47C7/40—Support for the head or the back for the back
- A47C7/42—Support for the head or the back for the back of detachable or loose type
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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
- A47C7/54—Supports for the arms
- A47C7/546—Supports for the arms of detachable type
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- the present invention relates to a modular sofa, more particularly to a modular sofa which includes upholstered seat, back, and armrest members that can be assembled by fastening to a four-sided hollow frame through a relatively simple operation.
- a modular sofa which includes a rectangular hollow frame, an upholstered back frame having a lower end portion fastened to a back wall of the hollow frame, a pair of upholstered armrest frames fastened to a pair of lateral side walls of the hollow frame, and a seat frame disposed on top of the hollow frame.
- a first fastener is provided for fastening the back frame to the back wall of the hollow frame, and includes four screw rods secured to the back frame. The four screw rods extend through four fastener holes in the back wall and engage nuts disposed within the hollow frame.
- a pair of second fasteners are provided for fastening the armrest frames to the lateral side walls of the hollow frame.
- Each of the second fasteners includes four screw rods secured to a respective one of the armrest frames.
- the four screw rods extend through four fastener holes in a respective one of the lateral side walls and engage nuts disposed within the hollow frame.
- the four screw rods must be aligned simultaneously with the four fastener holes in the corresponding wall of the hollow frame such that they can be inserted simultaneously through the four fastener holes. This makes the assembly operation relatively difficult to conduct.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a modular sofa which can be easily assembled.
- the modular sofa of the present invention includes a hollow base frame, an upholstered back member, a pair of upholstered armrest members, an upholstered seat member, and a plurality of mounting units.
- the base frame has front and rear side walls and a pair of lateral side walls interconnecting the front and rear side walls. Each of the rear side wall and the lateral side walls is formed with at least one fastener hole.
- the back member has a lower end portion disposed adjacent to the rear side wall of the base frame, and an inner side facing the base frame.
- Each of the upholstered armrest members has a lower end portion disposed adjacent to a respective one of the lateral side walls of the base frame, and an inner side facing the base frame.
- the upholstered seat member is disposed on top of the base frame.
- Each of the mounting units includes a mounting seat secured to the lower end portion of a respective one of the upholstered back member and the upholstered armrest members at the inner side of the respective one of the back member and the armrest members, and an L-shaped hook plate extending from the mounting seat so as to cooperate with the mounting seat to define an insert space.
- the mounting seat is formed with a threaded mounting hole.
- the hook plate is formed with a through hole aligned with the mounting hole.
- the rear side wall and the lateral side walls are inserted respectively into the insert spaces of the mounting units so as to align the fastener holes with the through holes and the mounting holes in the mounting units.
- Each of the mounting units further includes a threaded rod which extends through the through hole in the hook plate, and through the fastener hole in a respective one of the rear side wall and the lateral side walls of the base frame, and which engages threadedly the mounting hole in the mounting seat for fastening a respective one of the upholstered back member and the upholstered armrest members to the corresponding one of the rear side wall and the lateral side walls of the base frame.
- the preferred embodiment of the modular sofa of the present invention is shown to include a rectangular hollow base frame 3, an upholstered seat member 4, an upright upholstered back member 5, a pair of upright upholstered armrest members 6, and a plurality of mounting units 7.
- the base frame 3 is made of extruded aluminum, and has front and rear side walls 30, 31, and a pair of lateral side walls 32 interconnecting the front and rear side walls 30, 31.
- Each of the rear side wall 31 and the lateral side walls 32 is formed with two fastener holes 33 at two opposite end portions thereof.
- the upholstered back member 5 includes a back upholster 52 with a flat surface 520 that faces forwardly, and a rectangular back frame 51 secured to the flat surface 520.
- the back upholster 52 includes a back plate (not visible) and a piece of cloth or leather enclosing the back plate.
- the back frame 51 includes a pair of vertical mounting rods 512, and a pair of horizontal rods 511 interconnecting the vertical mounting rods 512.
- the back member 5 has a lower end portion disposed adjacent to and posteriorly of the rear side wall 31 of the base frame 3, and has an inner side facing the base frame 3.
- the armrest members 6 flank the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3.
- Each of the armrest members 6 has an inner side facing the base frame 3, and a lower end portion disposed adjacent to a respective one of the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3.
- Each of the armrest members 6 includes an upright interior armrest frame 61 and an armrest upholster 62 enclosing the armrest frame 61.
- the armrest upholster 62 includes a soft cushion material, and a piece of cloth or leather enclosing the cushion material.
- the armrest frame 61 includes upright front and rear frame portions 611 that are parallel to each other, a pair of upper horizontal bars 612 extending between upper ends of the front and rear frame portions 611, a pair of lower horizontal bars 612' extending between lower ends of the front and rear frame portions 611, and a pair of vertical mounting rods 613 which are spaced-apart in a front-to-rear direction and which extend between the upper and lower horizontal bars 612, 612'.
- a pair of foot members 63 are mounted on the bottom of a respective one of the armrest members 6.
- a first pair of the mounting units 7 are provided on the lower end portion of the back member 5 for mounting the back member 5 on the rear side wall 31 of the base frame 3.
- a second pair of the mounting units 7 are mounted on the lower end portion of one of the armrest members 6 for mounting said one of the armrest members 6 on an adjacent one of the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3 .
- a third pair of the mounting units 7 are mounted on the lower end portion of another one of the armrest members 6 for mounting said another one of the armrest members 6 on an adjacent one of the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3.
- each of the mounting units 7 includes a hollow mounting seat 71 which is secured, such as by welding, to a lower end portion of a respective one of the mounting rods 512, 613 of the upholstered back member 5 and the upholstered armrest members 6.
- the mounting seat 71 includes a U-shaped hollow frame which has a parallel pair of upright wing plates 712, and an upright mounting plate 711 interconnecting the wing plates 712.
- the mounting plate 711 is formed with an internally threaded mounting hole 713 .
- An L-shaped hook plate 72 extends from the mounting plate 711, and cooperates with the mounting plate 711 to define a vertically extending insert space 73.
- the hook plate 72 has a connecting portion 722 connected to the mounting plate 711, and a hook portion 721 which extends transversely from the connecting portion 722 and which is substantially parallel to the mounting plate 711.
- the insert space 73 is formed among the connecting portion 722 and the hook portion 721 of the hook plate 72 and the mounting plate 711 of the mounting seat 71.
- the hook portion 721 of the hook plate 72 is formed with a through hole 723 aligned with the mounting hole 713.
- the insert space 73 has an open end 731 opposite to the connecting portion 722 of the hook plate 72.
- the insert space 73 in each of the first pair of the mounting units 7 opens downwardly, as shown in Figure 5.
- the insert space 73 in each of the second and third pairs of the mounting units 7 opens upwardly, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
- Each of the rear side wall 31 and the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3 is inserted into the insert spaces 73 of a corresponding pair of the mounting units 7, and abuts against the connecting portions 722 of the hook plates 72 of the corresponding pair of the mounting units 7 so as to align the fastener holes 33 with the through holes 723 and the mounting holes 713 in the corresponding pair of the mounting units 7.
- the hook portion 721 of the hook plate 72 of each of the mounting units 7 has a distal end 725 which is opposite to the connecting portion 722 and which is bent outwardly away from the mounting plate 711 to widen the open end 731 of the insert space 73 so as to facilitate insertion of the respective one of the rear side wall 31 and the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3 into the insert space 73.
- Each of the mounting units 7 further includes a threaded rod 74 which extends through a respective one of the fastener holes 33 in one of the rear side wall 31 and the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3, and through the through hole 723 in the hook plate 72, and which engages threadedly the mounting hole 713 in the mounting plate 711 of the mounting seat 71 for fastening the respective one of the back member 5 and the armrest members 6 to the respective one of the rear side wall 31 and the lateral side walls 32 of the base frame 3.
- the armrest upholster 62 encloses the interior armrest frame 61 (see Figure 2) and the mounting seats 71 while permitting extension of the hook plates 72 out of the armrest upholster 62.
- Each armrest upholster 62 is formed with access holes 622 to permit insertion of the threaded rods 74 into the mounting holes 713 in the mounting seats 71.
- the seat member 4 is disposed on top of the base frame 3, and includes a horizontal seat portion 41, a front cover 43 extending downwardly from a front edge of the seat portion 41 for covering the front side wall 30 of the base frame 3, and a backrest portion 42 extending upwardly from a rear edge of the seat portion 41 and disposed in front of the back member 5 .
- a pair of positioning strips 44 extend downwardly from a bottom side of the seat portion 41.
- the positioning strips 4 are disposed at inner surfaces of the lateral side walls 32, and abut against the hook plates 72 of a pair of the mounting units 7 that are disposed proximate to the front side wall 30 of the base frame 3 in order to prevent sliding movement of the seat member 4 relative to the base frame 3 in forward and lateral directions.
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EP02255440A EP1386563A1 (de) | 2002-08-02 | 2002-08-02 | Modulares Sofa |
US10/209,857 US20040021359A1 (en) | 2002-08-02 | 2002-08-02 | Modular sofa |
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EP02255440A EP1386563A1 (de) | 2002-08-02 | 2002-08-02 | Modulares Sofa |
US10/209,857 US20040021359A1 (en) | 2002-08-02 | 2002-08-02 | Modular sofa |
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AT292247B (de) * | 1970-03-03 | 1971-08-25 | Hasag Haslberger K G Moebelfab | Gepolstertes Sitzmöbel mit abnehmbaren Armlehnen |
US3989298A (en) * | 1975-10-02 | 1976-11-02 | Mohasco Corporation | Seating furniture and hardware therefor |
US5080438A (en) * | 1989-09-29 | 1992-01-14 | Moyer Robert W | Furniture structure and method |
US5678897A (en) * | 1995-07-24 | 1997-10-21 | Ira S. Meyers | Ready-to-assemble upholstered furniture |
US5890767A (en) | 1997-10-14 | 1999-04-06 | Chang; Yuan-Feng | Modular sofa |
EP1106112A1 (de) * | 1999-11-30 | 2001-06-13 | Jimmy Wu | Modulare Sesselkonstruktion |
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AT292247B (de) * | 1970-03-03 | 1971-08-25 | Hasag Haslberger K G Moebelfab | Gepolstertes Sitzmöbel mit abnehmbaren Armlehnen |
US3989298A (en) * | 1975-10-02 | 1976-11-02 | Mohasco Corporation | Seating furniture and hardware therefor |
US5080438A (en) * | 1989-09-29 | 1992-01-14 | Moyer Robert W | Furniture structure and method |
US5678897A (en) * | 1995-07-24 | 1997-10-21 | Ira S. Meyers | Ready-to-assemble upholstered furniture |
US5890767A (en) | 1997-10-14 | 1999-04-06 | Chang; Yuan-Feng | Modular sofa |
EP1106112A1 (de) * | 1999-11-30 | 2001-06-13 | Jimmy Wu | Modulare Sesselkonstruktion |
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US20130283587A1 (en) * | 2012-04-26 | 2013-10-31 | Ofs Brands Inc. | Furniture connection system |
US9273709B2 (en) * | 2012-04-26 | 2016-03-01 | Ofs Brands Inc. | Furniture connection system |
US9226583B1 (en) * | 2013-08-13 | 2016-01-05 | Phyllis W. Hibbard | Furniture having removable arm sections |
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