US1721743A - Furniture construction - Google Patents

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'Patented July 23, 1929.

'UNITED MATTHYS NUBERG, OF vGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSGNOR TO AMERICAN SEAT- ING COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION.

Application led September The present invention relates to furniture construction and particularly to combined seats and desks; and its object is, generally, to provide a structure of that character improved in various respects hereinafter appeering; and, more particularly, to provide such a structure whose parts may be readily assembled and disassembled, thus providing an improved knockdown construction; and further, toy provide improved conneetinff means for thus assembling such parts; and

further, toprovide constructional features in such a structure.

These objects are attained by, and the invention finds referable embodiment in, the structure hereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in whichrl Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a combined seat and desk structure;

Figure 2 is a rear view of a thereof; y

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken on a vertical plane corresponding to rline 3-3 of Figure 1; r

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional View of certain parts taken on a horizontal plane corresponding to either line 4-4 of Figures 1 and 3;

Fi ure 5 is a View in perspective of the seat mem er of the structure;

Figure 6 is a view'in perspective of the shelf member of the structure;

Figure 7 is a view in perspective of a c orner portion of said shelf member, illustrating portion separate parts of the same in position about to be united;

Figure 8 is an inner side View of one of the plates or panels enclosing the drawer space in the structure, and of the supporting legs on the opposite ends of said plate;

Figure 9 is an inner side-view of a portion of one of the struct-ures'supporting legs and a portion of an extension part of the seat member or of the shelf member;

Figure 10 is a view in perspectiveof a table Figure 11 is a vertical sectional View of the upper portion thereof taken on line 11--11 of Figure 10;

Figure 12 is a view in perspective of a stool;

Figure 13 is a view in perspective of the upper portion of one of the legs thereof;

1, 192s. serial No. 132,92'2.

Figure 14 is a view in perspective of a corner portion of the horizontal member connecting and bracing the legs of the stool;

`Figure 15 is a view in perspective of the lower end of one of the downward extensions of said horizontal member;

Figure 16 is a view in perspective of a. chair having an arm rest Figure 17 is a thereof;

Figure 18 is a vertical sectional view of the same taken on line 18-18 of Figure 16; and

Figure 19 isa horizont-a1 sectional View of parts thereof taken. on line 19-19 of Figure 16.

` In the embodiment of the invention illustrated by Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings, a combined seat and desk structure is shown having supporting legs 1, 2, 3, 4, ahorizontal seat member 5, a horizontal shelf member 6 and a desk- 5 rear view of a portion top member 7-all being detachably connecttensions being slightly tapering toward their lower ends, and adapted to be inserted fittingly into said sockets, whereupon the bendable tongues 14 at the lower ends of the bars 9 are bent inwardly and over said bottoms to hold the extensions 11 in inserted position. A. vertical su )port 15 has a horizontal flange 16 carrying the desk-top 7 which is detachably connected thereto as by screws 17, and is ositioned above the seat 5. This support 15 as angularly-disposed vertically-extending flanges 18 contacting the flanges 8 respectively of the leg 1. This support has an opening 19 and said leg has a plurality of vertically spaced openings 20, extending therethrough at the angle between their flanges respectively, as particularly seen in Figure 4. Means, as the threaded bolt 21 having a nut 22, extends through opening 19 and any one of the openings 20 for detachably connecting the support 15 in desired vertical adjustment on said leg ioo bolt 21, both flanges 18 of the supportare tightly clamped by the bolt on both flanges 8 of the leg 1, whereby rigid supportin of the desk-top is effected. A bearing bloc 25 for the head of the bolt 21 is rovided,`having inner faces Contactinor the anges 18 of the support as shown in Figure 4. Desirably a pair of these bolts 21 are provided as seen in Figures land 3, to effect increased rigidity in the support.

A supporting bar-26 is provided to brace or additionally support the desk-to which is detachably'connected to this bars ange 27 as by screws 28. The rear end of this baris detachably connected as by a' threaded bolt 29 to one of the rear supporting legs 2, said bolt passing through an opening in this bar and one of the vertically spaced openings 30 in said leg 2; and this bar 26 is pivota ly connected at 31 to the upper end of the support 15, so that, in the disassembled condition of the parts, this bar may be turned to approximately parallel relation with the support, thus economizing storing space. A reinforcin cross-sectionall angular strip 32 is secure as by spot welding to the leg 1 and is essentially a art thereof.

As in icated by the drawings this structure may be almost entirely constructed of angle iron bars, thus affording great rigidity. It will be seen that the parts of the structure ma be readily assembled and disassembled. he s ace between the seat member 5 and the shel member 6 may be enclosed on three sides by plates or panels 33, and a drawer 34 may be slidable in said space. Certain metallic parts may be so formed, as indicatedsV in the case 'of the parts 35, 36 (Fig. 7 )V of the shelf member, as to present an un'- broken flat surface when joined, as by spot-4 welding or the like.

In the other views various modified constructions of the invention are illustrated,

f the parts thereof being identified on the drawthose shown in Figure 11 and seating in the ings b the same reference numerals used to identi like arts in Figures 1-9, with a prime mark added.

In Figures 10 and 11 is illustrated a table having an upper horizontal member 37 provided with the downward extensions 11 seatin in sockets 10' in the. legs 3' and secured as y screws 51 to the table top 50; in Figure 12 is shown a stool having legs 3' to whose upper ends the seat 38 is fastened as by screws, a horizontal member-the rectangular frame 39-having downward extensions 11 like Sockets 10" ofthe legs; and in Figures 16, 17 and 18 a chair having le 1', 2', 3', 4', a lower horizontal member-t e seat 5'having downward extensions 11', and an upper shown. these views. The downward extensions 11 of the seat member 5' and of the shelf member 6' seat in the sockets 10' in the same manner as like extensions in the other views. The vertical support 15 is secured in adjustable vertical position on the leg 1' by the bolts 21' in the same manner as the sup ort 15 is securedin other views, and has a ar 41 carrying the upper horizontal member-the arm rest or table top 40-the rear end of said bar being held in adjusted vertical position by the bolt 29' passing through one of the holes 30' in the leg 2.

The angle-iron bars in these structures are desirably formed by bending metal strips into angle-iron shape. I

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims, is not to be limited to or by details of construction of the particular embodiment thereof illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

What is claimed is:

1. In a structure of the character described: supporting legs having angularly-disposed vertically-extending flan es and bars extending therebetween provi ed with bendable tongues; a horizontal member comprising extensions having angularly-disposed vertically-extending flanges provided with bot-toms extending therebetween, said extensions being adapted to be inserted between the ianges and bars of the legs and said tongues bent over said bottoms to hold said extensions in inserted position.

2. In a structure of the character described a supportin part comprising a leg having angular y-disposed vertically-extending flanges and a transverse member extending therebetween a supported part having a vertically-extending member inserted between the anges and said ytransverse member in the assembled osition of said parts, one of said members eing bendable into holding engagement with the other of said membersin sald position.

3. In a structure of the character described a supporting part comprising a` leg having angularly-disposed vertically-extending flanges and a transverse member extending therebetween; a supported part having a vertically-extending member inserted ittingly between the flanges and said transverse mem- A shelf member 6' is also shown in i ber in the assembled osition of said parts,

one of said members belng bendable into holding engagement with the other of said members in said position.

' In testimonyv whereof I have hereunto 4setl my hand at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this 27th day of August, 1926.l

MATTHYS NU BERG.

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