US1780570A

US1780570A - Article of furniture

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Publication number: US1780570A
Application number: US269318A
Authority: US
Inventors: Noble E Stephens
Original assignee: STAMINART CORP
Current assignee: STAMINART Corp
Priority date: 1928-04-12
Filing date: 1928-04-12
Publication date: 1930-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 1947-11-04
Also published as: GB363055A; FR706023A; DE560713C

Description

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\ ARTICLE OF FUBNITURE Filed April 12, 1928 M I INVENTOR I ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 1930 NOBLE E.

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A, CORPORATION on NEW YORK ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Application filed April 12,

This invention relates to articles of furniture constructed of sheet material, such for example as plywood and designed to have the qualities of amplitude and substantially while being, relatively to size and appear ance, extremely light in weight.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in shaping sheets of thin materialto the desired forms representing portions of articles of furniture, some of these portions providing interior surfaces and others exterior surfaces, the portions providing interior surfaces being in some places spaced apart from the portions providing exterior surfaces to thereby give the effect of bulk to the structure and permit desirable contours to be presented.

For the purpose of connecting the spaced portions, to unify them, I introduce a filling material which may be light in weight within the interspaces separating spaced portions, thereby integrating the article. This filling material may be of cork, cork composition, or other suitable light weight substance capable of enabling the spaced plywood portions to hold their formed shapes in the produced article, without appreciably increasing the weight thereof.

Other features and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a chair, composed of plywood and constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3is a top plan View.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line H of Fig. 1.

gig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, an

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the example of my invention herein illustrated a chair is represented as composed of plywood, separate sheets whereof are employed to provide the inner and outer skins or surface portions, which are in spaced relation for the respectivepurposes of importing bulk into the structure and enabling the interior contours to be suited to seating requirements, while the exterior contours are more 1928. Serial no. 269,318. l

An inner sheet of plywoodis shaped to lie symmetrically Within saidouter sheet, being in spaced relation therewith at the chair sides,

thus providing the interior side surface por tions 5 of the chair,'these portions 5 extending rearwardly at their'upper ends into contact with back 1 the inner and outer plywood sheets diverging downwardly from the chair back top to provide a gradually enlargingintermediate clearance therebetween.

The clearances atthe chair sides between the outer and inner plywood sheets are indicated at 6, and the back clearance between said outer and inner plywood sheetsis indicated at 7. I

As means for. maintainingthe spaced relationship of the outer and inner ,plywood sheets and to close or seal theinterspace, I provide filling strips which may be of cork, cork composition, or other suitable light weight material. These filling strips, inditerspace unoccupied. By these means great structural strength is achieved; the chair is given the appearance of solidity, and at the same time'its weight is minimized.

The seat 9, which may be of plywood, is provided with lugs 10 that pass through slots 11 out through the inner plywood sheet for their reception, and wedges 12 are driven through holes 13 in said lugs, to bind the seat to said inner sheet.

Obviously, however, other means of'uniting the seat to the chair may be resorted to. The chair front, below the seat, is composed of a plywood sheet 14: that spans the space between the chair sides, fillets 15 being glued to both front and sides for reinforcement, it being understood that the chair portions may be united with glue.

Variations within the spirit and scope of cated structure, while leaving the major'inmy invention are equally comprehended by the foregoing disclosure.

I claim:

1. A chair comprising inner and outer sheets of plywood, each formed to predetermined contours and disposed in spaced relation, the contours of said sheets forming a double arch and varying to differentiate the inner and outer curvilinear appearance of the article, said inner and outer sheets converging vertically in one direction to provide a wedge effect, and a cork-like material disposed between the exposed edge portions of said sheets to integrate the same, the space between the body portions of said sheetsbeing free from braces and filling material.

2. An article of furniture comprising inner and outer sheets of plywood, each formed to predetermined contours and disposed inspaced relation, and a cork-like material dis.- posed between the exposed edge portions of said sheets, to integrate the same, the space between the body portions of said sheets being free from braces and filling material.

New York, April 10, 1928.

NOBLE E. STEPHENS.