US3799611A - Knock-down upholstered furniture - Google Patents
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- knock-down furniture is such that replacement or repair of component parts thereof is permitted without the necessity for removing upholstery fabric or extensively reworking the entire article of furniture.
- Typical examples of knock-down furniture are disclosed in US. Pat. Nos. 2,620,024 and 2,660,228. While the aforementioned patents disclose knockdown furniture articles which accomplish certain advantages, the articles described in the prior art do not lend themselves to the needs and requirements of contemporary furniture designs.
- the fumiture articles disclosed in the prior art employ unnecessarily numerous component parts; generally one component part is provided for each of the standard elements of a seating article of furniture such as the seat, the arm portions, the back portion, and each of the legs.
- prior knock-down furniture articles required the use and installation of numerous fastening members and a variety of work tools for erecting the furniture so that the desirable ease and convenience of assembly by the purchaser is reduced significantly.
- a primary object of the present invention to provide a knock-down articlefo upholstered furniture which includes only three basic pieces upon which certain of the securing nut hardware has been pre-assembled and concealed such that complete assembly of the furniture article may be accomplished with minimum skill and effort on the part of the purchaser to produce an aesthetically appealing furniture article of contemporary design.
- the knock-down fumiture article of the invention requires use of only one tool, a screwdriver, to complete assembly thereof.
- Another object is to provide knock-down upholstered furniture consisting of three pieces which can be varied in size and dimension and configuration so as to permit a great variety of different upholstered seatary furniture articles to be realized within the concept of the invention.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of upholstered seating furniture constructed in accordance with the invention and illustrated in assembled condition.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the three pieces assembled to form the seating article of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the fumiture illustrated in FIG. 1, with the upholstery and padding portions thereof removed, and with the brackets and securing hardware shown.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarge fragmentary sectional view of the seat and one of the side arm members of the said seating article, illustrating a bracket and securing hardware in assembled condition.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the back rest members of said seating article, illustrating the arcuate bracket and securing hardware in assembled condition.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an article of furniture constructed in accordance with the invention but modifled to provide a sofa.
- FIG. 1 in the form of a chair l0.
- Chair 10 includes three, basic component pieces, these being a unitary side arm, back rest and leg piece 12, a second piece 14 which is the mirror image of piece 12, and a seat piece 16.
- each side piece l2, 14 has a generally arcuate configuration so that when the two side pieces 12, 14 are juxtaposed with mating edges 18, 20 thereof in abutting relationship, the assembly has a generally semi-circular configuration.
- the third or seat piece 16 has a generally L-shaped cross-sectional configuration with a seating surface 22 and a smaller, overhang portion 24 formed normal to the surface 22.
- the portion 22 of seat piece 16 has a peripheral configuration corresponding substantially to the semi-circular configuration of the inside surfaces of the side members 12, 14.
- Casters 26 may be provided for easy movement of the chair 10.
- Each of the pieces 12, 14 and 16 is constructed and upholstered over appropriate padding members by the intended manufacturer for sale inthe knocked down condition shown in FIG. 2.
- the un-upholstered pieces are shown in FIG. 3 wherein pieces 12', 14' and 16' correspond substantially to the respective pieces 12, 14 and 16 of FIG. 1.
- Pieces 12', 14' and 16' are constructed of preformed frames of wood or other suitable material, following which upholstery padding and fabric is applied over the frames.
- each of the frames Prior to applying the furniture padding and upholstery fabric, each of the frames is predrilled to provide holes 28; each hole 28 is fitted with a T nut 30 illustrated most clearly in FIG. 4.
- Each T-nut 30 includes a cylindrical sleeve or boss 32 and a flat, circular portion 34 secured to the base of portion 32. The inside surface of boss 32 is threaded for engaging bolt 36.
- the knock-down chair Upon completion of the above manufacturing operations, the knock-down chair is ready for sale to the ultimate consumer for final assembly by him.
- the pieces 12, 14 and 16 are sold in knock-down condition with an appropriate number of bolts 36 and the securing brackets described below.
- Brackets 44 and 46 are of right angle configuration and are provided with apertures 50 for alignment with holes 42 formed in the upholstery fabric stretched over members 12, 14.
- Each bracket 46 also has at least one hole 52 formed in the leg which is normal to the one having holes 50, the hole 52 being provided for alignment with the passageway provided in the seat member 16.
- the third bracket 48 is also provided with passageways 54 in each of the legs thereof to correspond in location with the passageways provided in the rear portion of the seat member 22 and each of the side members 12, 14. Bracket 48 has a modified arcuate configuration to correspond to the surface curve of side members 12, 14 for close fit therewith.
- seating furniture constructed in accordance with the invention can be modified to procure an article of furniture other than the chair 10.
- a sofa or settee 60 which is constructed of three pieces 62, 64 and 66 in the same manner as corresponding pieces 12, 14 and 16 of FIG. 1.
- the furniture article 60 has an elongated seat portion 66, and the rear portions of the side arm members 62, 64 also are elongated.
- construction and assembly of the sofa 60 is the same as that for the chair 10.
- a greater seating capacity is realized with the elongated seat part 66.
- the design and configuration of the seat and unitary arm and backrest parts can be varied, as desired, to achieve different furniture motifs. It is deemed unnecessary to illustrate and describe this aspect of the invention.
- a knock-down, three-piece article of upholstered seating furniture comprising, a pair of one-piece combination side arm, back rest and leg pieces, and a separable seat piece, each of said pieces being formed of a single one-piece rigid support member with padding and upholstery material secured thereover, each of said combination pieces including respective inner facing arcuate surfaces, each including one edge configured to be secured to a complementary edge in the adjacent piece in abutting relationship along one common edge thereof, said seat piece including a seating surface and an overhang portion normal to the seating surface, a plurality of fasteners carried by each of said pieces and generally covered by said padding material, and a plurality of bracket members wherein each bracket member includes a portion fastened to at least one of said combination pieces and said seat piece, whereby said three pieces when assembled are retained together by said fasteners interconnecting said bracket members with the common edges of the combination pieces abutting each other and the seat piece.
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US10874222B2 (en) | 2017-09-22 | 2020-12-29 | Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. | Ready to assemble furniture |
US11060547B2 (en) | 2018-04-30 | 2021-07-13 | Ashley Furniture Industries, Llc | Upholstered furniture component connection system |
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