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Method for constructing a piece of furniture

OwnerFrank Maagerinventor

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Abstract

A system for constructing a piece of furniture, partitions or an exhibition stand, the system including a supporting structure which has a flat shape and has a plurality of side edges, where interfaces embodied and designed for connection to other system components are provided on at least two edges, where at least one adjusting element is interlockingly and/or frictionally attached to the interfaces arranged on the edges and pertaining to the at least one supporting structure, where the interfaces are arranged in the edges of the supporting structure and protected by the supporting structure being at least partially built into the supporting structure and arranged in recesses provided in the side edges, and the at least one adjusting element is attached to the interfaces by means of a mating part to the respective interface resulting in a flexible, modular system with interfaces on the edges of a supporting structure, by means of which all of the functions of a piece of furniture can be covered.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A system for constructing a piece of furniture, screens or an exhibition stand, said system comprising

a supporting structure formed by a panel-like element and comprising a surface or at least partially surrounding a surface, the supporting structure further comprising a plurality of side edges, with interfaces being provided on at least two opposite side edges, which interfaces are configured for a connection to further system components and are provided only laterally in the side edges,
a plurality of positioning elements which are releasably fastened in at least one of a positive-locking and force-locking manner to the interfaces of the at least one supporting structure and support the supporting structure downwards in a direction of a floor,
wherein the interfaces, which are separate from the supporting structure, are at least partially integrated into the supporting structure and are arranged in recesses which are provided in the side edges, and wherein the positioning elements are configured to be fixed at the interfaces by a mating part to the respective interface,
wherein the supporting structure formed by the panel-like element is configured only laterally for the connection with the positioning elements at the interfaces, while the supporting structure is untouched by the positioning elements on other surfaces thereof in such a manner, that the supporting structure is reversible so that it is usable on both sides,
wherein the positioning elements are mountable transversely to the surface of the supporting structure and are configured to be fixed in a desired position in space, and
wherein the mating part comprises a securing to prevent unintentional detachment of the mating part from the interface.

3 more elements

Supporting structure for a piece of furniture comprising interfaces, the supporting structure being formed by a panel-like element and comprising at least one of a surface and at least partially surrounding a surface, the supporting structure comprising a plurality of side edges, with the interfaces being provided on at least two opposite side edges and being configured for a connection to further system components,

wherein the interfaces of the supporting structure are arranged in the side edges of the supporting structure and separate from the supporting structure and are configured to releasably fasten a plurality of positioning elements in at least one of a positive-locking and force-locking manner and to support the supporting structure downwards in the direction of the floor,
wherein the interfaces are at least partially integrated into the supporting structure and are arranged in recesses which are provided in the side edges only laterally, and wherein the positioning elements are configured to be fixed to the interfaces by a mating part to the respective interface,
wherein the supporting structure formed by the panel-like element is configured only laterally for the connection with the positioning elements at the interfaces, while the supporting structure itself is untouched by the positioning elements on the other surfaces thereof in such a manner, that the supporting structure is reversible, so that it is usable on both sides,
wherein the interfaces are configured to mount the positioning elements transversely to the surface of the supporting structure and are configured to be fixed in any desired position in space, and
wherein the interface is configured to secure the mating part by a securing to prevent unintentional detachment of the mating part from the interface via the securing.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/059,600Filed 31 May 2019
Priority: DE 10 2018 208 676.11 Jun 2018
Published: US 2021/0215181 A115 Jul 2021
Granted: 7 May 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A47B 96/201
Furniture panels or like furniture elements: edge features
F16B 12/24
For non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics: using separate pins, dowels, or the like
A47B 3/06
Folding or stowable tables: with separable parts
A47B 47/042
Made mainly of wood or plastics: panels connected without frames