US2231478A

US2231478A - Furniture setting device

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Publication number: US2231478A
Application number: US296409A
Authority: US
Inventors: Pereira Harold
Original assignee: Kroehler Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Kroehler Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1939-09-25
Filing date: 1939-09-25
Publication date: 1941-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1958-02-11

Description

Feb.11, 1941. H. PEREIRA FURNITURE SETTING DEVICE Filed Sept. 25. 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS.

Feb. 11, 1941. PEREIRA FURNITURE SETTING DEVICE Filed Sept. 25, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 r IINVENTOR. fla ,e/ygwcv, W M W4 ATTORNEYS.

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This invention relates to an improved furniture setting and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

A perplexing problem confronting every furniture dealer is how to display living room furniture to the best possible advantage. When two or three piece suites are viewed on a floor where they are surrounded in close relation by other suites, it is very difficult for a prospective purchaser to get a real picture of how the ones on view will appear when assembled in the room for which they are designed.

Some merchants have attempted to solve the problem by model rooms in which the suites are displayed. But these have proved unsatisfactory, first, because they are costly; a second, because they take up too much space; third, they are usually located in out-of-the-way places; and fourth, many cannot be seen unless entered.

The object of the present invention is to provide a furniture setting in which suites of furniture may be exhibited as in a room in association with rugs and other furniture, so that the prospective purchaser may get an exact picture of how the suite will appear when assembled in his own room in association with other furniture apt to be found there.

Another object of the invention is to provide a furniture setting of the kind comprised of unit pieces which are capable of ready and easy assembly in any place where the setting is to be installed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a furniture setting of the kind which is of simple and economical construction, which occupies comparatively little space and in which the pieces of the suite of furniture displayed therein may be viewed at any angle.

These and other advantages of the invention will appear more fully in the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved furniture setting with a suite of furniture on display therein shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the furniture setting with the several units which comprise it appearing in expanded relation.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the improved furniture setting similar to Figure 1 but on a smaller scale and with a difierent arrangement of the pieces of the suite on display.

Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 are diagrammatic plan views on a still smaller scale illustrating various ways in which several furniture settings may be assembled on a floor, each designed to display a different suite of furniture.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings: Hi indicates the furniture setting as a whole when assembled with its component parts secured together and ready to receive the suite of furniture which is to be displayed. It comprises a vertical side wall H; a vertical end wall l2 extending at right angles thereto at one end; a wall part 13 extending at right angles to the first named wall H at its other end; and a wall part it having an opening l-i therein and extending substantially at right angles to the wall l2.

Preferably the setting is provided with a 1300'! piece 55. Said floor piece presents the furniture pieces in a position somewhat elevated from the floor of the show room in which the setting is placed, and thus more definitely sets out the suite of furniture on display in a manner to segregate it from any other suites of furniture that may be in the main room. It, however, may be omitted if desired.

Through the wide opening between the end of the wall part l3 and of the narrow wall part It the furniture pieces may be viewed as disposed in relation to the side wall H and the end wall l2. And to further simulate the effect of an actual room with the furniture pieces disposed therein, a Venetian blind It may be fixed to hang upon the wall [2, as shown in Figure 1. Again, a mantle piece ll may be fixed to the wall in any desired position, depending upon the furniture pieces and their designed relation thereto. In Figure 1 said mantle piece, for example, is shown fixed to the wall ll near one end adjacent the wall l2, whereas in Figure 3 said mantle piece-is shown fixed midway of the length of the side wall It. I

The setting may be assembled with the end wall I2 and with the wall part M at either end of the side wall II, this by merely reversing the position of the walls l2 and I3 as shown in Figure 1. This will appear by comparing the setting [8 in Figure 4 with the setting 19, and the setting 20 with the setting 2| in said view. This makes it possible to dispose the settings in various ways, depending upon the space at hand in the main room where the display is to be made.

In Figure 4, four settings I8, I9, 20 and 2| are disposed in the form of a rectangle, with their end walls l2 defining the shorter ends of the rectangle; the side walls I I defining the longer sides of the rectangle; and with the wall parts I3 of the two pairs of settings placed over against each other and spaced apart. The two pairs of settings I8 and I9 on the one hand, and 20 and 2| on the other hand, are spaced apart to provide an aisle or lane 22 between them through which customers may pass and from which they may view at any angle the furniture pieces disposed in said settings. Inthis array, the first View had upon entering the lane 22 will be through the opening It in the narrow wall part l4. As they pass on towards the wall section l3 of either setting they appear to actually enter into the room to a position where they will have a Wide View of the furniture on display, and more particularly its association with the side and end walls I and I2. This presents a close approximation to the actual appearance of the furniture pieces as they will appear when assembled in the room they are desired for furnishing.

In Figures 5, 6 and '7 are illustrated other ways olf arranging the several settings. These are clear from the drawings and need no description. Other arrangements may be made, depending upon the space at hand and its relative dimensions.

The floor piece l may be covered by a rug of color or design to harmonize with the particular furniture on display in the furniture setting. And if the floor piece l5 be omitted, said rug or carpet may be laid on the floor of the room in which the setting is disposed. Preferably the floor piece l5 has a curved edge I5 running approximately parallel to a diagonal line between the remote corners of the room. This permits a customer to approach so near the middle of the setting that he may actually view three corners of the room which the setting is designed to simulate.

The setting is made up of sections which are adapted to be readily assembled and secured together. Said sections are substantially identical in construction. Four such sections 25 form the side wall II, and three sections are included in the end wall l2. A section 25 and a half section 25*- comprise the wall part l3.

Each section 25 consists of an open frame 26 of any familiar construction covered with a light fibrous board 21 of any suitable material. A baseboard 28 is secured to each of the sections at the bottom, and a ceiling board 29 projecting forwardly from the fibre board 21 is fixed to the top of the frame in each case.

The narrow wall part I4 has a base 30 from which rises an upright side member 3| and a rounded rod or bar 32 spaced therefrom. A ceiling board 29 fixed to the tops of the side member 3| and the rod 32 closes the opening M at the top.

The upright side members of the several frames of the sections when said sections are in assembled relation are readily secured together in any convenient manner but preferably by means of bolts and thumb nuts 33 which take through suitable openings 34. This permits of the ready assembly of a furniture setting. When it is to be removed to another place, it is readily disassembled for convenience in transporting.

I claim as my invention:

A furniture setting device comprising a vertical side and a vertical end wall, a narrow vertical wall part extending at right angles to said side wall at one end thereof, and a narrow vertical wall part with an opening therein extending at right angles to said end wall and parallel to said side wall at the opposite end thereof, said two narrow wall parts being relatively proportioned in width to present a wide opening between them in a line extending approximately parallel to the diagonal line connecting the ends of said side and end walls remote from each other.

HAROLD PEREIRA.