Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
  • F16B12/10—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like
  • F16B12/12—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics
  • F16B12/20—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like
  • F16B12/2009—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like actuated by rotary motion
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
  • F16B12/10—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like
  • F16B12/28—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for metal furniture parts
  • F16B12/34—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for metal furniture parts using keyhole-shaped slots and pins

Definitions

• This invention relates to a modular system for assemoling sectional furniture, such as babies' changing tables, cmldren's wash-basins and mirrors, wash-basin accessories, shelves, writing- desks, chests of drawers and bookcases for children's rooms
• assemoling sectional furniture such as babies' changing tables, cmldren's wash-basins and mirrors, wash-basin accessories, shelves, writing- desks, chests of drawers and bookcases for children's rooms
• An object of the present invention is to provide a modular system for assembling sectional furniture which obviates the aforesaid drawbacks, ie to provide a modular assembly system for sectional furniture, such as babies' changing tables, children's wash-basins and mirrors, wash-basin accessories, shelves, writing-desks, chests of drawers and bookcases for children's rooms, which is flexible and adaptable to children's use for the entire period of their development, from birth to about 6-7 years of age, without having to replace furniture items each time their size and structure become insufficient to follow the growth of the child.
• a further object of the present invention is to indicate a fixing system for sectional furniture which is convenient and easy for the user in the sense that, by means of the system, the height of said furniture from the ground can be easily and quickly varied within a certain predetermined range.
• a further object of the present invention is to indicate a modular system for assembling sectional furniture which is safe for use by the child, by not comprising parts or projections which could be dangerous in the case of accidental collision.
• a further object of the invention is to provide a modular assembly system which is simple and economical, and without the need to use complex or costly techniques.
• tne modular system for assembling sectional furniture of the present invention comprises two shoulders, each provided with a plurality of holes and housing junction pegs, the T-shaped terminal parts of which are inserted into grooves provided in the lateral surfaces of the furniture items.
• the pegs are inserted into the hole by pressing so that the rounded head of the peg remains visible from the outside, and abuts against the region adjacent to the hole.
• the intermediate pin of the peg occupies the hole region, wnereas the T-shaped terminal part is housed in the grove in the furniture item and at the same time acts as a support for the furniture item when assembly is complete.
• the furniture item can be shifted from a height of 45 millimetres from the ground to a height of 85.5 centimetres by simply acting on the heads of the pegs, which in this manner can be removed from the furniture grooves and from the shoulder holes and inserted into other parallel holes positioned at a different height from the previous hole.
• the furniture to be assembled preferably consists of children's wash-basins, wash-basin accessories, wash-basin mirrors, babies' changing tables, writing-desks, bookcases and chests of drawers for children's rooms.
• these can be shifted preferably from a height of 44 centimetres from the ground to a height of 77 centimetres.
• a furniture fixing system can be provided consisting of headless pegs, of which an intermediate pin is housed in the shoulder holes and two T-shaped terminal parts connect to the same shoulder two different furniture items, by being inserted into their grooves. In this manner only one support shoulder is used to assemble and fix the furniture items in adjacent positions (as in the case of rows of wash-basins for communities).
• Figure 1 is an exploded view of a non-limiting embodiment of a modular system for assembling sectional furniture, in particular for assembling a children's wash-basin and a mirror, in accordance with the present invention; the dashed and dotted lines refer to the directions in which the unit is assembled;
• Figure 2 is a section on the line II-II of Figure 3, showing a first method of fixing the pegs into the grooves of furniture items of the modular system, according to the present invention;
• Figure 3 is a section on the line III-III of Figure 2, in which the junction peg inserted into the shoulder hole and into the groove in the furniture item is shown in full view for greater clarity;
• Figure 4 is a section on the line IV-IV of Figure 5, showing a second method for fixing the pegs into the grooves in the furniture items of the modular system, according to the present invention
• Figure 5 is a section on the line V-V of Figure 4, in which the junction peg inserted into the shoulder hole and into the groove in the furniture item is shown in full view for greater clarity;
• Figure 6 is a partly sectional view of a third method for fixing the pegs, to sectional furniture items arranged in a row.
• the reference numeral 15 indicates overall a sectional furniture item in the sense of a necessary and functional furnishing object, such as a wash-basin 45 or a mirror 45A
• 20 indicates two walls or shoulders, preferably of wooden construction, to which the furniture items are fixed by junction pegs which are inserted through the holes 25 of the shoulder 20 and into the grooves 30A, 30B of the furniture items 15.
• the junction pegs consist of a rounded head 40 which abuts against the region surrounding the hole 25 of the shoulder 20, an intermediate pin 40A forced into the hole 25 , and a T-shaped terminal part 30 which is inserted into the groove 30A, 30B as a bayonet-type connection to support the furniture item 15 when assembly is complete.
• the furniture item 15 is fixed by inserting the junction peg through the appropriate hole 25 from the outside of the system so that the rounded head 40 projects from the shoulder 20 and the T-shaped terminal part 30 fits into the grooves 30A, 30B.
• the reference numeral 60 indicates a portion of hose used for discharging water from the wash-basin 45, and 40B indicates a washer ensuring connection between the groove 30B and the terminal part 30 of the peg
• connection between the grooves 30A, 30B, which are usually located parallel to each other along the lateral walls of the furniture item 15, and the T-shaped terminal parts 30 of the junction pegs provides effective support for the furniture items 15, which at the same time can be easily removed from the shoulders 20 by acting on the rounded head 40 to withdraw the T- shaped part 30 from the groove 30A, 30B ana the intermediate pin 40A from the hole 25.
• the holes 25 are preferably circular, are all of the same size, and, in a first non-limiting embodiment of the invention, are provided over the entire surface of the shoulders 20 as a matrix of mutually parallel rows and mutually parallel columns perpendicular to the rows.
• all the imaginary lines joining the centres of the holes of a row lie at a distance apart (pitch) which is preferably constant and equal to 75 millimetres. This value corresponds to the average annual growth of a child during development, from birth to about 6-7 years of age.
• pitch preferably constant and equal to 75 millimetres. This value corresponds to the average annual growth of a child during development, from birth to about 6-7 years of age.
• those holes 25 which in the first embodiment pertain to the second, third and fourth row from the floor are not provided.
• the location of the holes 25 in the shoulders 20 enables the furniture item 15 to be positioned at a variable height from the floor (the variation is a discrete variation in steps in which each step is equal to the distance between the centres of the holes 25), from a minimum value of 45 millimetres to a maximum value of 85.5 centimetres, when the previous height is insufficient for the child's use.
• any type of furniture item 15 can be inserted into the modular structure of the present invention.
• Further non-limiting preferred embodiments incorporate children's wash-basins 45, wash-basin mirrors 45A, wash-basin accessories, babies' changing tables, shelves, writing desks, chests of drawers or bookcases for children's rooms.
• the height of the furniture item 15 can be varied, preferably, between 44 centimetres (for a child of about 2-3 years of age) and 77 centimetres (for a child of about 6-7 years of age).
• the shoulders 20 are constructed such as not to present sharp edges, or other pointed ends, which could be a danger to children in the case of accidental collision.
• the grooves 30A, 30B are four in number for each furniture item 15 and are provided in the lateral surfaces of the furniture item 15, relatively spaced apart.
• two grooves 30A, 30B are provided in each of the lateral surfaces of the furniture 15.

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• 1997
  • 1997-07-07 WO PCT/EP1997/003592 patent/WO1998001680A1/en active Application Filing
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