WO2008046906A1 - Complex of structural elements for office desks and the like - Google Patents

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WO2008046906A1
WO2008046906A1 PCT/EP2007/061202 EP2007061202W WO2008046906A1 WO 2008046906 A1 WO2008046906 A1 WO 2008046906A1 EP 2007061202 W EP2007061202 W EP 2007061202W WO 2008046906 A1 WO2008046906 A1 WO 2008046906A1
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Lorenzo Negrello
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B17/00—Writing-tables
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B13/00—Details of tables or desks
    • A47B13/02—Underframes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
    • A47B2200/0011—Underframes
    • A47B2200/0013—Desks with central bearing beams
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
    • A47B2200/0011—Underframes
    • A47B2200/002—Legs
    • A47B2200/0028—Attachment of desk lateral uprights

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  • the present invention relates to a complex of structural elements for office desks and the like.
  • Structures for office desks and similar work tables are known comprising a pair of legs, each formed from a base, from one or two uprights and from a bracket for connecting the worktop.
  • the two legs are connected together by a beam connected to their uprights.
  • a structure of the defined type supports a worktop, its two legs being internal to the outline of this latter, whereas in the case of continuous desks intermediate legs are used, in the sense that a single leg supports two adjacent worktops and is positioned along their adjacent minor sides.
  • a known solution to this problem is to make the crosspiece with two telescopic elements fixable in a relative position corresponding to the required length to be obtained.
  • the two ends of the beam can be fixed to the leg uprights by hooking systems or by screwed flanges, in both cases the uprights having to comprise apertures, which have to be through apertures given that a beam must be fixed to both sides of the upright.
  • the upper end of the upright is fork-shaped, into which the end of the beam can be forcedly inserted.
  • a vertical tongue and groove coupling is provided to enable the fixing between the beam and upright to be made in axially different positions of the beam, in accordance with the double position of the leg relative to the worktop.
  • Figure 2 is an exploded perspective detailed view of the connection of a blade to the end of a beam
  • Figure 3 is an exploded perspective detailed view of the connection of a beam, already provided with the blade, to a desk leg,
  • Figure 4 is a perspective detailed view of the connection of the end of a beam to a different bracket formed by two crosspieces disposed at an angle to each other
  • Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of a table of four leg type using the complex of modular elements of the invention
  • Figure 6 is an exploded perspective detailed view of the connection between a blade and the crosspieces of a leg with two uprights
  • Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of a variant enabling the inclination of the beam to be varied in a horizontal plane
  • Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of two beams connected to the same leg in positions at an angle apart.
  • the complex of structural elements according to the invention comprises, in the basic version, a leg 2 and a beam 4.
  • the leg 2 comprises a base 6, an upright 8 fixed traditionally by its lower end to the base 6, and a bracket 10 secured to the upper end of the upright 8 and comprising a plurality of passage holes for screws for fixing to a worktop, not shown in the drawings for simplicity of representation.
  • the beam 4 comprises a metal tubular profile bar 12 of rectangular cross-section and of length compatible with the length of the worktop in the different leg positions, as will be apparent hereinafter.
  • the beam 4 also comprises a pair of plastic inserts 14, comprising a hollow body insertable into the corresponding end of the profile bar 12 and a terminal flange to abut against the free edge of said profile bar.
  • the beam 4 of the complex according to the invention also comprises a pair of blades 22 insertable into each end of the tubular metal profile bar 12.
  • each blade 22 has a cross-section of dimensions just less than those of the cross-section of the cavity provided in the insert 14, it is insertable into said cavity after the insert has been totally inserted into the profile bar 12, and can be locked in the desired position by the setscrews 20, which are screwed into the nuts 16 and act with their inner end against the edge of the blade 22.
  • the portion of the blade 22 to project from the tubular profile bar 12 is determined on the basis of the position which the leg 2 has to assume relative to the desk worktop, i.e. on whether the leg is terminal or intermediate.
  • the profile bar 12 and/or the profile piece 24 can be provided with centering projections for the blade 22, the threaded portions for engagement by the setscrews being provided in the edge of the profile bar 12 or 24 or in the bracket instead of in the nuts 16.
  • Figure 2 shows in detail the system for fixing the insert 14 to the profile bar 12 of the beam 4.
  • the nuts 16 are initially inserted into the seats of the insert 14, then the insert 14 is inserted into the end of the profile bar 12 and finally the setscrews 20 are engaged in the nuts 16 of the insert 14.
  • Figure 3 also shows a beam 4 with the blade 22 already fixed to the metal profile bar 12; by virtue of the insert 14, the blade is centered within said profile bar, and is locked thereto by the setscrews 20, which in this case are applied from below, and is waiting to be inserted into the profile piece 24 welded to the upright 8 of the leg 2, where it will be locked by the setscrews 20, which in this case are applied from above.
  • the blade 22 can be made to emerge to a greater or lesser extent from the end of the beam 4, the distance between the end thereof and the leg 2 can be adjusted continuously and the leg be hence used as a terminal leg of an isolated desk or as an intermediate leg of two continuous desks.
  • a single blade 22 is preferably used, engaging at both ends in the two profile bars 12 of two adjacent structures and, in the central part, in the profile piece 24 welded to the upright 8 of the intermediate leg 2.
  • the support bracket for the worktop is formed from two crosspieces 38, which at one end are welded to a profile piece 24 to which the blade portion 22 emerging from the profile bar 12 of the beam 4 is fixed, and at the other end are supported by uprights, not shown in the drawings.
  • each leg indicated overall by 32, comprises a pair of uprights 34, each provided at its lower end with an adjustable foot 36 and at its upper end with a crosspiece 38 supporting the table worktop.
  • Each crosspiece 38 carries, welded to its free end, a plate 40, the blade 22 of the beam 4 being fixed by a screw 42 to the plate 40 of one crosspiece and then, with a further two screws 44, to the plate 40 of the other crosspiece 38.
  • both the plates 40 are provided with an appendix 46, which extends horizontally beyond the outline of the crosspiece 38.
  • the screw 42 for fixing the blade 22 to the first plate 40 falls within the outline of the profile bar forming the crosspiece 38 (see Figure 6), whereas the two screws 44 for fixing the two plates 40 and the interposed blade 22 involve the two appendices 46 of the plates.
  • This embodiment also enables an extension element 48 to be interposed between the two crosspieces (see Figure 5), enabling the desk structure to be adapted to worktops of greater width.
  • two beams 4 can be provided, the blades 22 of which engage between the extension element 48 and each of the two crosspieces 38, or a single beam 4 can be provided, the blade 22 of which engages between one of the two crosspieces 38 and the extension element 48, to which the other crosspiece 38 is directly fixed.
  • the complex of the invention can also comprise a further element, consisting of a projecting support for a terminal bracket for extending the table worktop.
  • This support consists of a piece of profile bar which by systems similar to the profile bar 12 and to the profile piece 24 is fixed to the blade portion 22 projecting beyond the bracket 10 and beyond the crosspieces 38.
  • blades having at their free end a portion shaped as an arc of a cylindrical surface can be used (see Figure 7).
  • each blade 62 fixed to the profile bar 12 of the beam 4 in the aforedescribed manner, presents at its free end a portion 64 of cylindrical surface with a lower appendix, which can be inserted into a cup- shaped portion 66 provided in a cylindrical leg 68.
  • a covering sleeve 70 can also be associated with this cup-shaped portion 66 to cover that portion of cylindrical surface 64 of the beam or of all the beams 4 coupled to the same cup-shaped portion 66 and the cylindrical extension 72 of the leg 68 above said cup-shaped portion, and is maintained in its seat by a metal collar 74 kept fixed to the leg 68 by a screw 76.
  • a setscrew 78 is also provided in the cylindrical portion 64 of the blade

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Abstract

A complex of structural elements for office desks and the like, comprising a pair of legs (2, 32, 68), each formed from a base (6, 36), from at least one upright (8, 34) and from a bracket (10, 38, 48) for supporting and connecting the worktop, and at least one beam (4) fixable to the upper end of said upright (8, 34), characterised in that said beam (4) is of tubular type and is provided at each end with a slidable blade (22, 62), with means (14) for centering said blade with respect to said beam, and with at least one screw means (20) engaging in a threaded portion fixed longitudinally to said beam in order to lock said blade to the beam, and by comprising means (24, 40) for securing said leg to that blade portion (22, 62) projecting from said beam (4).

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COMPLEX OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS FOR OFFICE DESKS AND THE LIKE
The present invention relates to a complex of structural elements for office desks and the like. Structures for office desks and similar work tables are known comprising a pair of legs, each formed from a base, from one or two uprights and from a bracket for connecting the worktop. The two legs are connected together by a beam connected to their uprights.
In the case of isolated desks, a structure of the defined type supports a worktop, its two legs being internal to the outline of this latter, whereas in the case of continuous desks intermediate legs are used, in the sense that a single leg supports two adjacent worktops and is positioned along their adjacent minor sides.
These different ways of positioning a leg of a table structure relative to the other leg mean that for equal lengths of a desk top three different beam lengths are required, depending on whether neither, one or both the legs are intermediate legs.
A known solution to this problem is to make the crosspiece with two telescopic elements fixable in a relative position corresponding to the required length to be obtained. The two ends of the beam can be fixed to the leg uprights by hooking systems or by screwed flanges, in both cases the uprights having to comprise apertures, which have to be through apertures given that a beam must be fixed to both sides of the upright.
In another known solution to this problem, the upper end of the upright is fork-shaped, into which the end of the beam can be forcedly inserted.
Specifically, a vertical tongue and groove coupling is provided to enable the fixing between the beam and upright to be made in axially different positions of the beam, in accordance with the double position of the leg relative to the worktop.
This solution also presents the aforesaid drawback plus the drawback that the different positioning of the beam relative to the leg upright can be achieved for only a limited number of positions, generally two in number.
Another drawback, common to the two known solutions, is that the upper end of the uprights presents a visible and unattractive aperture which can be hidden from view only by covers or other closure systems. Finally another drawback is that providing connection systems in the uprights and beam involves laborious and costly machining.
All these drawbacks are eliminated according to the invention by a complex of structural elements for office desks and the like as described in claim 1 . Two preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the complex of structural elements according to the invention,
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective detailed view of the connection of a blade to the end of a beam,
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective detailed view of the connection of a beam, already provided with the blade, to a desk leg,
Figure 4 is a perspective detailed view of the connection of the end of a beam to a different bracket formed by two crosspieces disposed at an angle to each other, Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of a table of four leg type using the complex of modular elements of the invention, Figure 6 is an exploded perspective detailed view of the connection between a blade and the crosspieces of a leg with two uprights, Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of a variant enabling the inclination of the beam to be varied in a horizontal plane, and Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of two beams connected to the same leg in positions at an angle apart.
As can be seen from the figures, the complex of structural elements according to the invention comprises, in the basic version, a leg 2 and a beam 4. The leg 2 comprises a base 6, an upright 8 fixed traditionally by its lower end to the base 6, and a bracket 10 secured to the upper end of the upright 8 and comprising a plurality of passage holes for screws for fixing to a worktop, not shown in the drawings for simplicity of representation. The beam 4 comprises a metal tubular profile bar 12 of rectangular cross-section and of length compatible with the length of the worktop in the different leg positions, as will be apparent hereinafter.
The beam 4 also comprises a pair of plastic inserts 14, comprising a hollow body insertable into the corresponding end of the profile bar 12 and a terminal flange to abut against the free edge of said profile bar.
In a narrow side of the body of the insert 14 two seats are provided for two nuts 16, with two corresponding holes 18 being provided in the narrow side of the tubular profile bar 12 spaced apart by the distance between the two nuts 16 and traversable by two setscrews 20 engagable in said nuts 16. The setscrews 20 can engage either the upper or lower narrow side of the profile bar 12, depending on assembly requirements. The beam 4 of the complex according to the invention also comprises a pair of blades 22 insertable into each end of the tubular metal profile bar 12. More specifically, each blade 22 has a cross-section of dimensions just less than those of the cross-section of the cavity provided in the insert 14, it is insertable into said cavity after the insert has been totally inserted into the profile bar 12, and can be locked in the desired position by the setscrews 20, which are screwed into the nuts 16 and act with their inner end against the edge of the blade 22.
As will be apparent hereinafter, the portion of the blade 22 to project from the tubular profile bar 12 is determined on the basis of the position which the leg 2 has to assume relative to the desk worktop, i.e. on whether the leg is terminal or intermediate.
To the upper end of the upright 8 of each leg 2, in a position below the surface of the bracket 10, a piece 24 of the same metal profile bar 12 is welded. An insert 14 can also be inserted into this profile piece 24, in which case the two setscrew 20 which lock the blade 22 to the profile piece 24 also pass through two holes 26 provided in the plane of the bracket 10, and then pass through the upper narrow side of the insert 24.
As an alternative to the insert 14, the profile bar 12 and/or the profile piece 24 can be provided with centering projections for the blade 22, the threaded portions for engagement by the setscrews being provided in the edge of the profile bar 12 or 24 or in the bracket instead of in the nuts 16.
Figure 2 shows in detail the system for fixing the insert 14 to the profile bar 12 of the beam 4. The nuts 16 are initially inserted into the seats of the insert 14, then the insert 14 is inserted into the end of the profile bar 12 and finally the setscrews 20 are engaged in the nuts 16 of the insert 14. Figure 3 also shows a beam 4 with the blade 22 already fixed to the metal profile bar 12; by virtue of the insert 14, the blade is centered within said profile bar, and is locked thereto by the setscrews 20, which in this case are applied from below, and is waiting to be inserted into the profile piece 24 welded to the upright 8 of the leg 2, where it will be locked by the setscrews 20, which in this case are applied from above.
As the blade 22 can be made to emerge to a greater or lesser extent from the end of the beam 4, the distance between the end thereof and the leg 2 can be adjusted continuously and the leg be hence used as a terminal leg of an isolated desk or as an intermediate leg of two continuous desks. In this latter case a single blade 22 is preferably used, engaging at both ends in the two profile bars 12 of two adjacent structures and, in the central part, in the profile piece 24 welded to the upright 8 of the intermediate leg 2.
This solution offers numerous advantages over the traditional art, and in particular:
- it enables the position of the blade 22 emerging from the beam 4 to be adjusted continuously and hence use the same elements for forming structures usable in desks of different lengths,
- it enables the same elements to be used without distinction to form single legs or intermediate legs,
- it is of economical construction and very simple assembly,
- it presents an attractive appearance as it limits the externally visible aperture on the uprights to a simple slot of dimensions substantially equal to those of the blade cross-section, - it enables the leg to be strengthened by the presence of the profile piece 24 while at the same time enables the bracket 10 to be welded to the leg at the profile piece 24 without the constraint between the beam and leg,
- it enables two worktops of two continuous desks to be spaced apart and a partition panel be interposed between them.
In the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4, the support bracket for the worktop is formed from two crosspieces 38, which at one end are welded to a profile piece 24 to which the blade portion 22 emerging from the profile bar 12 of the beam 4 is fixed, and at the other end are supported by uprights, not shown in the drawings.
In a different type of desk structure the complex of structural elements according to the invention enables the leg 2 to be formed in two separate parts, each comprising an upright with foot and a horizontal crosspiece supporting the worktop. In this solution, shown in Figure 5, each leg, indicated overall by 32, comprises a pair of uprights 34, each provided at its lower end with an adjustable foot 36 and at its upper end with a crosspiece 38 supporting the table worktop.
Each crosspiece 38 carries, welded to its free end, a plate 40, the blade 22 of the beam 4 being fixed by a screw 42 to the plate 40 of one crosspiece and then, with a further two screws 44, to the plate 40 of the other crosspiece 38. For this purpose both the plates 40 are provided with an appendix 46, which extends horizontally beyond the outline of the crosspiece 38. The screw 42 for fixing the blade 22 to the first plate 40 falls within the outline of the profile bar forming the crosspiece 38 (see Figure 6), whereas the two screws 44 for fixing the two plates 40 and the interposed blade 22 involve the two appendices 46 of the plates. This embodiment also enables an extension element 48 to be interposed between the two crosspieces (see Figure 5), enabling the desk structure to be adapted to worktops of greater width. Depending on requirements, two beams 4 can be provided, the blades 22 of which engage between the extension element 48 and each of the two crosspieces 38, or a single beam 4 can be provided, the blade 22 of which engages between one of the two crosspieces 38 and the extension element 48, to which the other crosspiece 38 is directly fixed.
This solution adds to the preceding advantages the further advantage of forming structures for tables of different widths and also divided structures for tables with parallel worktops in mutual contact along a major side thereof.
The complex of the invention can also comprise a further element, consisting of a projecting support for a terminal bracket for extending the table worktop. This support consists of a piece of profile bar which by systems similar to the profile bar 12 and to the profile piece 24 is fixed to the blade portion 22 projecting beyond the bracket 10 and beyond the crosspieces 38.
According to the invention, as in certain cases it is also required to be able to form structures with beams at any angle between them, as an alternative to the blade 22 with a rectilinear part emerging from the tubular profile bar 12, blades having at their free end a portion shaped as an arc of a cylindrical surface can be used (see Figure 7).
More specifically, each blade 62, fixed to the profile bar 12 of the beam 4 in the aforedescribed manner, presents at its free end a portion 64 of cylindrical surface with a lower appendix, which can be inserted into a cup- shaped portion 66 provided in a cylindrical leg 68. A covering sleeve 70 can also be associated with this cup-shaped portion 66 to cover that portion of cylindrical surface 64 of the beam or of all the beams 4 coupled to the same cup-shaped portion 66 and the cylindrical extension 72 of the leg 68 above said cup-shaped portion, and is maintained in its seat by a metal collar 74 kept fixed to the leg 68 by a screw 76. A setscrew 78 is also provided in the cylindrical portion 64 of the blade
62 to lock the blade to the extension 72 of the leg 78.
This locking system between beam and leg evidently enables the beam to be disposed in the chosen angular position, and in particular enables the leg 68 to extend beyond the plan outline of the table worktop. This solution is particularly advantageous if structures extending upperly beyond the table worktop are to be formed (see Figure 8).

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1 . A complex of structural elements for office desks and the like, comprising a pair of legs (2, 32, 68), each formed from a base (6, 36), from at least one upright (8, 34) and from a bracket (10, 38, 48) for supporting and connecting the worktop, and at least one beam (4) fixable to the upper end of said upright (8, 34), characterised in that said beam (4) is of tubular type and is provided at each end with a slidable blade (22, 62), with means (14) for centering said blade with respect to said beam, and with at least one screw means (20) engaging in a threaded portion fixed longitudinally to said beam in order to lock said blade to the beam, and by comprising means (24, 40) for securing said leg to that blade portion (22, 62) projecting from said beam (4).
2. A complex as claimed in claim 1 , characterised by comprising an insert (14) consisting of a hollow body insertable into a profile bar (12) forming said beam (4) and arranged to receive in its cavity said blade (22, 62), which is lockable to said beam by screw means passing through said profile bar (12) and said insert (14) and acting against said blade.
3. A complex as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said insert is provided with seats for housing nuts (16) into which said screw means (20) inserted from the outside of said beam (4) are screwable.
4. A complex as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said insert (14) comprises a hollow body insertable into the profile bar (12) forming said beam, and a flange for abutting against the edge of the profile bar.
5. A complex as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said leg (2) is provided at its upper end with a piece (24) of profile bar (12), in the interior of which an insert (14) is disposed into which a portion of blade (22) emerging from a beam (4) is insertable.
6. A complex as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that said centering means consist of projections jutting internally from the profile bar (12) forming said beam (4) and cooperating with said blade (22, 62) inserted into the profile piece.
7. A complex as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that each leg (2) comprises an upright (8, 34) and a crosspiece (38), to which said profile piece (24) is welded.
8. A complex as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that each leg (32) comprises a pair of uprights (34), each provided at its upper end with a crosspiece (38), to the free end of which that portion of said blade (22) emerging from the profile bar (12) of said beam (4) is fixed.
9. A complex as claimed in claim 8, characterised in that a plate (40), to which said blade (22) can be secured by screw means (42, 44), is fixed to the free end of each crosspiece (38).
10. A complex as claimed in claim 8, characterised by comprising an intermediate element (48) interposed between the two crosspieces (38) of the two legs (32) and at least one beam (4) having a blade (22) secured between a crosspiece (38) and the intermediate element (48).
1 1 . A complex as claimed in claim 2, characterised by comprising a support for a terminal portion of a worktop, said support consisting of a profile bar portion (12) fixed to a blade portion (22) projecting from the beam (4) and from the upright (8) of the leg to which said beam is fixed.
12. A complex as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the blade portion (62) emerging from said beam (4) is shaped as a cylindrical surface (64) insertable into a cup-shaped portion (66) provided in said leg (68) and retained in its seat by a collar (74) applied to said leg.
13. A complex as claimed in claim 12, characterised in that a screw means (78) is associated with each cylindrical portion (64) of blade (62) to lock said cylindrical portion (64) against an upper extension (72) of said leg (68) beyond said cup-shaped portion (66).
14. A complex as claimed in claim 12, characterised by comprising a sleeve (70) for covering the cylindrical portion (64) of the beams (4) fixed to one and the same leg (68).
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