EP2489287A1 - Anschlussstück für Möbelfuß, Möbelstück und Sortiment von Möbeln, die ein solches Anschlussstück umfassen - Google Patents

Anschlussstück für Möbelfuß, Möbelstück und Sortiment von Möbeln, die ein solches Anschlussstück umfassen Download PDF

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EP2489287A1
EP2489287A1 EP12154981A EP12154981A EP2489287A1 EP 2489287 A1 EP2489287 A1 EP 2489287A1 EP 12154981 A EP12154981 A EP 12154981A EP 12154981 A EP12154981 A EP 12154981A EP 2489287 A1 EP2489287 A1 EP 2489287A1
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furniture
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Michel Gergonne
Charles Gergonne
Bertrand Gergonne
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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
    • A47B91/00—Feet for furniture in general
    • A47B91/12—Leg supports, e.g. cup-shaped, also under castors
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a tip for a furniture leg and a piece of furniture and a range of furniture comprising such a mouthpiece.
  • a tip is generally placed on an end portion of each of the furniture legs.
  • the side wall generally has an inner surface fitted on the end portion of the furniture leg.
  • the known tip can hardly adapt to end portions having transverse dimensions, measured perpendicular to the axes along which the end portions extend, different. It is then necessary to provide a wide range of endpieces for equipping furniture whose feet have end portions of different transverse dimensions.
  • the invention aims to overcome the problems mentioned above.
  • the invention proposes a tip of the aforementioned type wherein the side wall is provided with a deformable holding member adapted to be in contact with the end portion of the furniture leg, said member retainer extending into the housing towards the central axis, and wherein the base is provided with at least two fitting surfaces adapted to be fitted respectively on the end portions of furniture legs whose transverse dimensions are different from each other, said fitting surfaces being extending in the housing substantially along the central axis and respectively having transverse dimensions, measured perpendicularly to the central axis, different from each other.
  • the deformable holding member and the fitting surfaces arranged at a distance from each other make it possible to easily adapt the tip to end portions of different transverse dimensions while ensuring a satisfactory maintenance of the tip on each of the end portions. It is then possible to reduce the range of tips to achieve.
  • the invention proposes a piece of furniture comprising at least one furniture leg having an end portion, and a mouthpiece as defined above, said end portion extending along a longitudinal axis and having a transverse dimension. , measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the end portion being placed in the housing of the nozzle, the holding member being in contact with the end portion and one of the fitting surfaces being fitted on the end part.
  • the invention proposes a range of furniture comprising at least first and second furniture and at least two identical end pieces as defined above, the first piece of furniture comprising at least a first piece of furniture comprising a first end portion said first end portion extending along a first longitudinal axis and having a first transverse dimension, measured perpendicularly to the first longitudinal axis, the second piece of furniture comprising at least a second piece of furniture having a second end portion, said second piece end portion extending along a second longitudinal axis and having a second transverse dimension, measured perpendicularly to the second longitudinal axis, the first end portion being placed in the housing of one of the end pieces, the holding member being in contact with the first end portion and one of the fitting surfaces being fitted on the first end portion, the second end portion being located in the housing of the other end, the holding member being in contact with the second end portion and the other fitting surface being fitted on the second end part.
  • the figure 1 represents a chair 1 comprising four chair legs 2, a seat 3 supported by the chair legs 2 and a backrest 4 extending from the seat 3.
  • Each of the chair legs 2 extends along a longitudinal axis A to an end portion 5 resting on a floor 6.
  • the chair leg 2 has a transverse dimension t, measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis A, which is constant, including at the end portion 5.
  • each of the chair legs 2 is cylindrical with a circular section about the longitudinal axis A so that the transverse dimension t is a diameter .
  • the chair legs 2 or at least their end portion 5 could have a shape different from that described above, and in particular a section other than circular, for example an elliptical or polygonal section, or a frustoconical shape of circular, elliptical or polygonal section.
  • the end portion 5 could have a transverse dimension t different from that of the rest of the chair leg 2.
  • each of the chair legs 2 is equipped with a tip 10
  • the invention is not limited to this type of furniture and could equip the foot of any piece of furniture other than a chair 1.
  • the tip 10 made for example in one piece, of plastic or rubber, extends along a central axis B and comprises a housing 11 having an upper opening 12 and wherein the end portion 5 of the foot of chair 2 is introduced through the upper opening 12.
  • the tip 10 comprises a base 15 through which an edge 7 of the end portion 5 of the chair foot 2 rests on the floor 6, and a side wall 20 surrounding the end portion 5.
  • the tip 10 has a generally frustoconical shape along the central axis B.
  • the base 15 is then circular and extends perpendicular to the central axis B being centered thereon.
  • the base 15 has an inner surface 16 delimiting the housing 11 and on which the end portion 5 of the chair leg 2 comes into contact, and an outer surface 17 opposite to the inner surface 16.
  • the outer surface 17 may have a slight curvature.
  • the side wall 20 extends from a peripheral edge of the base 15, about the central axis B being centered thereon, to a free edge 21 defining the upper opening 12.
  • the side wall 20 flares from the base 15 to the free edge 21 for example with an inclination of 1 ° and 5 °, in particular equal to 1 °.
  • the side wall 20 has an inner surface 22 delimiting the housing 11, and an outer surface 23 opposite the inner surface 22.
  • the tip 10 could have any other shape adapted to the shape of the end portion 5 of the chair leg 2, and in particular the tip 10 could have an elliptical or polygonal section, or a cylindrical shape of circular section, elliptical or polygonal, the shapes of the base 15 and the side wall 20 being adapted accordingly.
  • the base 15 could also extend transversely to the central axis B by being inclined relative thereto.
  • the side wall 20 is provided with a holding member 25 extending into the housing 11 to the central axis B and adapted to be in contact with the end portion 5.
  • the holding member 25 is deformable.
  • the holding member 25 has a state of rest, in the absence of external stress, in which it is arranged at a first distance from the central axis B and a deformed state, when the end portion 5 is placed in the housing 11, in which it is arranged at a second distance, greater than the first distance, from the central axis B.
  • the holding member 25 comprises several lips 26 separated from each other and equidistributed around the central axis B, in the vicinity of the upper opening 12.
  • the lips 26 each extend from the inner surface 22 of the side wall 20 to a free edge 27 parallel to the inner surface 22 of the side wall 20.
  • the lips 26 In the idle state, as shown in FIGS. Figures 2 and 3 , the lips 26 extend substantially radially with respect to the central axis B while being inclined toward the base 15, for example with an inclination of between 10 ° and 20 °, in particular equal to 15 °.
  • the invention is not limited to the holding member described above, in which elements projecting from the inner surface 22 of the side wall 20 each have a free edge placed at a distance from the inner surface 22
  • the holding member could for example comprise one or more sidewall portions 20 offset towards the central axis B, only portions of the inner surface 22 of the wall. lateral 20 coming into contact with the end portion 5.
  • the base 15 is provided on its inner surface 16 with fitting surfaces 30 each adapted to be fitted on one of the end portions 5 of the feet of the chair 2.
  • the fitting surfaces 30 extend substantially along the central axis B and each have an axial dimension H, measured along the central axis B, possibly identical for all the fitting surfaces 30, and a transverse dimension T, measured perpendicular to the central axis B, different from that of the other fitting surfaces 30.
  • Each fitting surface 30 comprises at least two contact areas arranged to come into contact with one of the end portions 5 of the chair legs 2.
  • the transverse dimension T of the fitting surface 30 is then defined as a distance measured perpendicular to the central axis B between the contact areas.
  • the transverse dimension T is the minimum distance between the contact areas.
  • the base comprises first 30a and second 30b fitting surfaces centered on the central axis B and extending continuously around the central axis.
  • each of the first 30a and second 30b fitting surfaces is a surface of revolution of circular section.
  • each of the fitting surfaces 30 could be continuous while having an elliptical or polygonal cross section to accommodate other forms of chair legs 2.
  • each of the surfaces 30 could be discontinuous and have contact surfaces separated from each other.
  • the second fitting surface 30b having the largest transverse dimension Tb is disposed above it along the central axis B of the first fitting surface 30a which has the smallest transverse dimension Ta.
  • the inner surface 16 of the base 15 has a lower degree 31a and a higher degree 31b superimposed along the central axis B, the lower degree 31a, arranged at a maximum distance from the upper opening 12 carrying the first surface. 30a, and the upper degree 31b, arranged at a minimum distance from the upper opening 12, bearing the second fitting surface 30b.
  • the lower 31a and upper 31b respectively comprise first 32a and second 32b bearing surface extending substantially radially relative to the central axis B from the first 30a and second 30b fitting surfaces towards the central axis B.
  • the invention is not limited to fitting surfaces arranged one above the other according to the increasing transverse dimensions.
  • the fitting surfaces could be arranged in the same plane, around each other.
  • each of the fitting surfaces 30 is frustoconical by flaring towards the opening, for example having an inclination of between 1 ° and 5 °, in particular equal to 5 °.
  • a first end portion 5a of a first chair leg 2a has a first transverse dimension ta corresponding to the transverse dimension Ta of the first fitting surface 30a of the tip 10 described. previously.
  • the first end portion 5a is introduced coaxially into the housing 11 through the upper opening 12.
  • the lips 26 whose free edges 27 are arranged to interfere with the first end portion 5a are deformed towards the base 15 to move from the state of rest to the deformed state.
  • an upper surface, facing away from the base 15 in the idle state, of each of the lips 26 comes into contact with the first end portion 5a.
  • the first end portion 5a is pressed into the housing 11 until the edge 7a comes into contact with the first bearing surface 32a and the first fitting surface 30a is fitted onto the first end portion 5a.
  • the inclination of the lips 26 improves the retention of the tip 10 on the first end portion 5a.
  • a second end portion 5b of a second chair leg 2b has a second transverse dimension tb, greater than the first transverse dimension ta of the first end portion 5a, and corresponding to the transverse dimension Tb of the second floor surface, 30b fitting of the same tip 10 described above.
  • the second end portion 5b is driven into the housing 11 until the edge 7b comes into contact with the second bearing surface 32b and the second surface 30b of fitting is fitted on the second end portion 5b.
  • the tip 10 could have more than two fitting surfaces 30.
  • the tip 10 comprises a third fitting surface 30c arranged between the first 30a and second 30b fitting surfaces and having a transverse dimension Tc greater than that of the first fitting surface 30a and lower than that of the second surface 30b fitting.
  • the third fitting surface 30c is formed on an intermediate degree 31c interposed between the lower degree 31a and the upper degree 31b, and having a third bearing surface 32c extending radially from the third fitting surface 30a.
  • the axial dimension H of the fitting surfaces can be reduced compared to that of the variant of the Figures 2 and 3 .

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FR1151226A FR2971409B1 (fr) 2011-02-15 2011-02-15 Embout pour pied de meuble, meuble et gamme de meubles comprenant un tel embout

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EP2730387A1 (de) * 2012-11-09 2014-05-14 Phoenix Innoplast Herstellungsverfahren eines Möbel- oder Dekorelements und so erhaltenes Element
RU2594460C1 (ru) * 2015-07-09 2016-08-20 Александр Иванович Максимов Способ изготовления опорного элемента для нижнего концевого участка ножки табурета или стула
RU2594459C1 (ru) * 2015-07-08 2016-08-20 Александр Иванович Максимов Опорный элемент для нижнего концевого участка ножки табурета или стула
CN114556004A (zh) * 2019-07-19 2022-05-27 大脚系统有限公司 支撑脚

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US2994152A (en) * 1958-11-19 1961-08-01 Jerome T Donahue Plastic furniture leg tip
JPS5114062U (de) * 1974-07-17 1976-02-02
CA1181383A (en) * 1984-01-17 1985-01-22 Ava Tech International Ltd., And M.R. St-Jacques Associates Inc., Dba Ava Tech Distributors Tree or pole stand
GB2441737A (en) * 2006-09-12 2008-03-19 Oue Owt Furniture leg support

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2994152A (en) * 1958-11-19 1961-08-01 Jerome T Donahue Plastic furniture leg tip
JPS5114062U (de) * 1974-07-17 1976-02-02
CA1181383A (en) * 1984-01-17 1985-01-22 Ava Tech International Ltd., And M.R. St-Jacques Associates Inc., Dba Ava Tech Distributors Tree or pole stand
GB2441737A (en) * 2006-09-12 2008-03-19 Oue Owt Furniture leg support

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2730387A1 (de) * 2012-11-09 2014-05-14 Phoenix Innoplast Herstellungsverfahren eines Möbel- oder Dekorelements und so erhaltenes Element
FR2997891A1 (fr) * 2012-11-09 2014-05-16 Phoenix Innoplast Procede de fabrication d’un element de mobilier ou de decoration et element ainsi obtenu
RU2594459C1 (ru) * 2015-07-08 2016-08-20 Александр Иванович Максимов Опорный элемент для нижнего концевого участка ножки табурета или стула
RU2594460C1 (ru) * 2015-07-09 2016-08-20 Александр Иванович Максимов Способ изготовления опорного элемента для нижнего концевого участка ножки табурета или стула
CN114556004A (zh) * 2019-07-19 2022-05-27 大脚系统有限公司 支撑脚

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