ES1070352U - Foot for furniture (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Leg for furniture; characterized in that it comprises a longitudinal core, resistant, which has longitudinal guides on which are mounted as a slide interchangeable profiles that make up at least two side faces of the leg and whose longitudinal edges facing define, together with the core, some longitudinal housings in which there are disposed interchangeable plates or decorative sheets that make up the remaining side faces of the leg. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Furniture leg.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a leg for furniture, which presents constructive particularities oriented to allow the assembly and replacement of parts interchangeable that make up the lateral surfaces of the legs.

Background of the invention

The legs used in pieces of furniture, such as tables, benches or any other are constituted usually for a sturdy piece of wood, metal, plastic or other material, said legs presenting a configuration and appearance invariable.

This determines that in the choice of those pieces of furniture in which the legs are clearly visible, it should take into account the color and appearance of the legs to achieve proper integration with the rest of the decor.

The mentioned legs, of invariable aspect, It is a problem for both manufacturers, who must have of different legs for the same piece of furniture and power offer different possibilities of choice to customers, such as for decorators who must turn to manufacturers capable of provide legs made to order some characteristics according to the decoration of the room to be furnished.

It is also known that in certain pieces of furniture such as tables for hospitality and restoration, the outer surface of the legs deteriorates with some speed due to the impacts they receive from the chairs, or during the continuous changes of position to which they are subjected to group them and form a set adapted in each case to a certain number of guests.

When this deterioration occurs it is necessary repair or replace the damaged leg, which has such a cost elevated that generally choose to change the table.

Description of the invention

The furniture leg object of the invention has constructive features aimed at allowing quick and easy assembly and replacement of interchangeable parts that make up the side surfaces or faces of the leg, it is sufficient to replace said parts to provide the leg with different aspects and adapt it to different decorations
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For this, and according to the invention, this furniture leg comprises a longitudinal core, resistant, which presents longitudinal guides on which they are mounted as a sliding interchangeable profiles that make up at least two side faces of the leg and whose edges Longitudinal faces define, together with the core, longitudinal housings in which they are arranged two interchangeable decorative plates or plates that make up the remaining side faces of the leg.

The aforementioned interchangeable profiles can be of different materials and colors, such as steel stainless, aluminum or any other, like the plates or interchangeable decorative sheets that can be made of wood, plating board, resin, plastic, wallpaper conveniently paneling or any other material.

The possibility of replacing those mentioned interchangeable profiles and plates allows to renew and change totally the appearance of the leg, without changing the inner core that It forms the sturdy leg structure.

In a first embodiment, the vertical core It is made up of metal plates oriented longitudinally and fixed to each other by intermediate plates; being defined in the mentioned metal sheets of the core mounting guides of interchangeable plates.

In a second embodiment, the core Resistant longitudinal and longitudinal guides are formed by an extruded profile, for example aluminum; contemplating in this case the possibility that some of the core faces eventually form the outer surface of some faces or lateral surfaces of the legs. In this case, the invention contemplates that the core guides define eventually the housings for mounting the decorative plates, making the use of profiles unnecessary metallic to form the outer surface of some of the side faces of the leg.

Description of the figures

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to facilitate the understanding of characteristics of the invention, is attached herein descriptive a set of drawings in which, with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

- Figure 1 shows an elevation view of a example of realization of the furniture leg of the invention.

- Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the upper end of the leg of the previous figure, in which the core is made up of two parallel plates joined by some intermediate transverse plates.

- Figure 3 shows an exploded view of the leg, in plant.

- Figure 4 shows an elevation view of the leg of the invention applied to a table.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In the example shown in the attached figures the leg comprises a longitudinal core (1), which forms a sturdy leg structure and consists of two plates metallic (11) parallel, of configuration in "C", whose ends define in the core (1) longitudinal guides (12), said plates (11) being fixed by plates transversal (13).

As can be seen in figure 2 on the guides (12) of the core (1) are mounted as a sliding interchangeable profiles (2), in this case also of section in "C" that embrace the mentioned guides (12) and They make up two side faces of the leg. Longitudinal edges facing interchangeable profiles (2) define, together with the core (1), longitudinal housings in those that are arranged by plates or plates decorative (3), also interchangeable, that make up the faces remaining side of the leg.

With the described configuration, on the same core (1) can be easily mounted and replaced profiles (2) and decorative plates or sheets (3) that make up the surfaces or lateral faces of the leg, which allows combine different materials and colors, and change the look leg outside adapt it to different design styles.

In the example shown the plates cross sections (13) have holes (14) for mounting of means for fixing the leg to other components of the piece of furniture. In figure 4 said fixing means are represented by a threaded rod (4) that establishes the fixation from the leg to the base and on the table top, although obviously said fixing means can be replaced by other any, suitable in case of the type of furniture to conform, without changing the structure and configuration of the leg object of the invention.

Once nature is sufficiently described of the invention, as well as a preferred embodiment, for the appropriate purposes that the materials, form, size and arrangement of the elements described may be modified, as long as this does not imply an alteration of the essential features of the invention claimed in continuation.

Claims (3)

1. Furniture leg, characterized in that it comprises a longitudinal, resistant core, which has longitudinal guides on which are mounted as a sliding interchangeable profiles that form at least two lateral faces of the leg and whose opposite longitudinal edges define, together with the core, longitudinal housings in which interchangeable decorative plates or plates that make up the lateral faces are arranged
remaining leg. 2. Furniture leg according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the vertical core is composed of longitudinally oriented metal plates and fixed to each other by intermediate plates; the mounting guides of the interchangeable plates being defined in the mentioned metal plates. 3. Furniture leg, characterized in that it comprises the resistant longitudinal core and the longitudinal guides are formed by an extruded profile.