Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
  • A47C13/00—Convertible chairs, stools or benches
  • A47C13/005—Modular seating
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
  • A47C11/00—Benches not otherwise provided for

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a seat bench, especially intended for public spaces, which is constituted by a body defining the backrest and seat and resting on support legs.
• the banks of the exposed type, for public spaces, are usually conceived as robust assemblies, both as regards the body of the seat and the support legs.
• the traditional materials are usually stone, wood, iron and concrete, when they are destined for enclosures, in addition to the aforementioned materials plastic material is usually used, especially for the formation of the body seat.
• the seat body is constituted by a single piece, of which the legs can become part or be independent of it.
• the present invention aims at a bank of different constitution, which is based fundamentally on a structure different from the seat body, but which allows its manufacture with known and usual materials and processes.
• the bench seat body is constituted by three hollow longitudinal panels, of equal length, of a metallic nature, preferably of aluminum and obtained by extrusion.
• the two end panels are the same, of a substantially flat configuration, and are intended to form the backrest and seat, while the intermediate panel is transversely angled, with an angle greater than 90 °, with an internal and externally rounded vertex, which forms an area of transition between the seat and the backrest.
• the three panels that make up the body of the seat have in their adjacent longitudinal edges coupling and joining means by tongue and groove.
• These means are constituted by a longitudinal channel and projection of the same section, transversely inclined and arched, of free edge and curved bottom.
• the channel and projections have a section that is limited by two major curved-concave and curved-convex edges of different radius, slightly converging, which are joined by a curved-convex section or edge.
• the longitudinal protrusion has, on the convex side, a longitudinal recess of profile at right angles, with one of the edges that limit said chamfered angle.
• the transverse edges of the three panels are open and located in a coplanar position, closing on each side by means of a common cover that is fixed to the three panels. With this arrangement, the panels that make up the seat body are joined together by means of longitudinal tongue and groove coupling means and by the transverse covers.
• This fastening can be completed by means of pressure screws introduced through threaded holes made in the bottom wall of the channel that becomes part of the coupling means.
• the intermediate panel will be carrier in its two longitudinal edges of the channels of the coupling means, while the end panels will be carriers, in the edge adjacent to the central panel, of the corresponding longitudinal projection.
• the bench of the invention is completed with legs that are constituted by a structure based on steel rods and that are joined on one side by a seat plate on the body of the bench, while on the contrary they end in sections that form support feet.
• the seat body can be extended, at least by one of its sides, on a table that is composed of two panels, one anterior equal to one of the end profiles of the seat body, and another rear of structure similar and that reaches the beginning of the curve of the intermediate seat panel.
• the two panels that make up the table have in their adjacent edges coupling means similar to the panels of the seat body.
• the two panels of the table are connected to the adjacent panels of the body of the bank by means of a bottom plate that joins one and the other panels by screws.
• the bench of the invention can include armrests, composed of a substantially flattened body, from which protruding stems protrude through holes in the panels, which are fixed by screws.
• Figure 1 is a perspective of a bank constituted according to the invention.
• Figure 2 is a cross-section of the bank, along the line II-II of Figure 1, on a larger scale.
• Figure 3 corresponds to the profile of one of the end panels of the seat body.
• Figure 4 corresponds to the profile of the intermediate panel of the seat body.
• Figure 5 is a profile view of the two panels that make up the table, coupled to each other.
• Figures 6 and 7 are details of mounting or coupling between consecutive panels.
• Figure 8 is a front view of one of the covers that close the end sections of the seat body.
• Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the legs of the bank.
• Figures 10, 11 and 12 are, respectively, a side elevation, a front elevation and a plan view of the set of legs of Figure 9.
• Figures 13 and 14 are, respectively, a plan view and a side elevation of the connecting plate between the table and the bank body.
• Figure 1 shows a bench comprising a body that is generally referenced with e3 number 1, support legs, which are indicated by number 2, a side table 3, arranged in extension with the seating area of body 1 , and armrests 4.
• the body of the bank 1 is constituted, as can be seen in Figure 1, by three longitudinal panels, two ends that are referenced with the numbers 5 and 6 and which are equal to each other, and an intermediate panel 7.
• the three panels they are hollow and consist of as many extruded aluminum profiles, of small thickness, which have between their walls greater reinforcement partitions 40.
• the panels 5 and 6 are substantially flat, with a slight extreme transverse curvature and define respectively a seating area and a backrest area and are joined by the intermediate panel 7 defining a transition zone between the seating areas 5 and backrest 6 and that it is transversely angled at an angle greater than 90 °, with the inside vertex and outwardly rounded.
• the three panels have, along their adjacent edges, coupling and joining means by tongue and groove. These means are constituted, as best seen in Figures 3 and 4, by a longitudinal channel 8, which is practiced along the longitudinal edges of the panel 7, and by a projection 9 which is practiced along the longitudinal edge of panels 5 and 6 adjacent to intermediate panel 7.
• This channel 8 and projection 9. they have the same section, transversely inclined and arched, limited by two major curved edges in the same direction but with different radius, than in the projection 9 they are referenced with the numbers 10 and 11 and in the channel 8 with the numbers 10 'and 11
• the edge 11-11 ' is the one with the greatest radius and the two edges converge slightly to each other until it ends in a rounded edge in the projection 9 and in a bottom also rounded in the channel 8.
• the projection 9 has on the curved-convex edge 11 of a longitudinal recess 12 of right angle profile, with one of the edges killed by a chamfer 13.
• the projection 9 of the panels 5 and 6 is coupled in the channel 8 opposite the panel 7.
• the rounded edge of the projection 9 faces the mouth of the channel 8, with the panels 5 and 7 forming a certain angle.
• the panel 5 is rotated with respect to the panel 7, at the same time that the projection 9 is gradually introduced into the channel 8, until the total coupling is achieved, as shown in Figure 7.
• the same process is carried between the panel 8 defining the backup zone and intermediate panel 7.
• panel 7 disposes from its surface bottom and near the channel 8, of a threaded hole 14 through which a pressure screw can be introduced that will rest on the facing surface of the recess 12 of the projection 9, preventing this projection, together with the panel 5, from rotating with respect to the panel 7 in the sense of decoupling between them.
• Panels 5, 6 and 7 are of equal length, so that their open end sections are in coplanar positions on either side and are closed by a cover 15, figure 8, contour coinciding with the transverse edges of the bank body and provided with holes 16 for the passage of screws that are screwed into the inner cells 17 of the panels, thus ensuring the assembly of the bank body, without risk of separation of its components.
• each leg is composed of two rods bent in shape of C, referenced with the numbers 19 and 20, with divergent lateral branches, with different inclination and length. These two Cs are related, through the central branch, by a plate 21, from which the corresponding lateral branches converge, to end in extreme sections 22 that are attached and joined together, also running between the beginning of them. a transverse reinforcement rod 23.
• the plate 21 rests on the lower surface of the bank body, resting partly on the panel 5 and part on the panel 7, joining them by means of screws that pass through holes 24 of the plate 21 and are fixed in threaded holes of panels 5 and 7 not shown
• bushings 26 can be attached, fixed by means of pressure screws 27.
• the body of the bench may include armrests 4, which comprise a support body, which define the armrest itself, and from which protruding rear tubular stems 28, threaded internally from its free end, and one or more tubular lower rods 29 , also internally threaded from their free end, which pass through holes in the anterior wall of panels 6 and 7 and face holes in the rear wall of the same panels, through which fastening screws are introduced, not shown.
• the bench of the invention may include a table 3 as an extension of the seating area. This table 3 is constituted, as can be seen in figure 5, by two hollow panels referenced with the numbers 30 and 31, constituted by as many extruded aluminum profiles.
• the panel 30 is equal to the end panels 5 and 6 of the bank body, while the panel 31 coincides with the intermediate panel until the beginning of its curvature, so that the tabletop 3 is exactly in extension with the surface upper seating area of the bank.
• These panels 30 and 31 have, in their adjacent longitudinal edges, coupling means equal to those described with reference to Figures 3 and 4, formed by a channel 8 'and a projection 9' with the same characteristics as those described above.
• the extreme transverse edge of the tabletop 3, formed by panels 30 and 31, is also closed by a cover similar to that described with reference to Figure 8, but which coincides with the layout of the edges of the panels 30 and 31, taking fix the screws also in the manner already described.
• the panels 30 and 31 can also be joined inferiorly by a plate 32, figures 13 and 14, provided on one of their surfaces with a longitudinal reinforcement rib 33.
• This plate has holes 34 and is sized to rest on the panels 30 and 31 of the tabletop and also on the panels 5 and 7 of the body of the bench, being fixed to one and the other panels by means of screws that pass through the holes 34 and are screwed into threaded holes of said panels.
• the external surface of panels 5, 6 and 7 can be ribbed longitudinally, except in the free longitudinal edges of panels 5 and 6.
• the internal surface of the bank body could be upholstered, for example with removable cushions.

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