US 11,877,656 B1Granted

Furniture article with interchangeable panel set

AssigneeAshley Furniture Industries, Inc.

InventorHarry Janke

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Abstract

Furniture, such as a bed, dresser, cabinetry has a display system affixing a stack of interchangeable decorative panels to the furniture. The display system has an overlaying panelar frame that captures the stack of panels and has at least one elongated fastener securing the overlaying panelar frame on to a surface of the furniture item. The stack of interchangeable panels are each visually different such as having different colors and/or patterns and can be sandwiched between the overlaying panelar frame and the mounting surface in a pocket to immovably maintain the interchangeable panels against the furniture component. The stack of interchangeable panels can be rearranged such that a different panel is placed on top of the stack or the outermost position and thereby be visible through the opening in the overlaying panelar frame.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A piece of furniture with a display system, comprising:

a furniture panel having an exteriorly exposed vertical planar surface extending outwardly from a display area;
a display frame overlaying the planar surface, the display frame comprising a primary frame and a secondary structure, the primary frame comprising four frame members arranged in a rectangle, the secondary structure connected to and extending from the four frame members, the display frame and the furniture panel defining a six-sided pocket;
a stack disposed inside the six-sided pocket, the stack comprising a plurality of interchangeable decorative panels, each of the interchangeable decorative panels having two opposing side surfaces and four edges;
and
an elongate fastener extending through the secondary structure and the stack, the elongate fastener removably securing the four frame members to the furniture panel via the secondary structure, the elongate fastener extending in a direction orthogonal to the planar surface of the furniture panel,
wherein the planar surface extends to four peripheral edges, and wherein the four frame members of the display frame are spaced from the four peripheral edges such that an uncovered portion of the planar surface is exposed between the overlaying display frame and the four peripheral edges.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/386,274Filed 27 Jul 2021 · continuation
Priority: 13 Jun 2012
Granted: 23 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

A47B 95/04
Fittings for furniture: keyplates; Ornaments or the like
A47B 88/956
Characterised by connection means for the front panel: for enabling adjustment of the front panel
F16B 35/06
With specially-shaped head or shaft in order to fix the bolt on or in an object: specially-shaped heads
A47B 96/206
Composite panels, comprising several elements joined together: with laminates comprising planar, continuous or separate layers

Family

Application61/659,277Us provisional application · filed 13 Jun 2012
Application13/804,262Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Mar 2013
Application15/996,063Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Jun 2018
Application16/877,949Parent of this continuation · filed 19 May 2020
US 10,653,241 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 May 2020
US 11,071,383 B1Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0337220 A1Published application
US 2018/0271280 A1Published application
US 11,877,656 B1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.