Flexible furniture with wood panels and related methods
Assigneemolo design, ltd.
InventorsTodd P. MacAllen, Stephanie J. Forsythe
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Abstract
A flexible article is provided having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels that are inter-connected to provide an expandable structure upon movement of the panels away from each other. Opposite ends of the core terminate, in a pair of end panels whereby the end panels may be moved apart to expand the expandable structure. Each of the panels are made from wood material. The panels, for example, include two wood sheets with longitudinally oriented grains and a flexible backing sheet that is sandwiched and adhered between the two wood sheets.
Claims47
An article of flexible furniture comprising a core, said core comprising a plurality of wooden panels and each one of said plurality of wooden panels comprising a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said plurality of wooden panels being interconnected along a longitudinal axis to provide a cellular structure, opposite ends of said core terminating in a pair of end panels whereby said pair of end panels are operable to be moved apart to expand said cellular structure, wherein each one of said plurality of wooden panels comprise two wood sheets and a flexible backing sheet sandwiched and adhered between said two wood sheets.
An article of flexible furniture comprising a core, said core comprising a plurality of wooden panels and each of said plurality of wooden panels comprising a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said plurality of wooden panels being interconnected along a longitudinal axis to provide a cellular structure upon movement of said plurality of wooden panels away from each other, opposite ends of said core terminating in a pair of end panels whereby said pair of end panels are operable to be moved apart to expand said cellular structure, wherein said core comprises a plurality of cells that respectively define a plurality of voids, and wherein each one of said plurality of wooden panels comprises a flexible wood sheet and a flexible backing sheet adhered to said flexible wood sheet.
An article of flexible furniture comprising a core, said core comprising a plurality of wooden panels and each of said wooden panels comprising a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said plurality of wooden panels being interconnected along a longitudinal axis to provide a cellular structure upon movement of said plurality of wooden panels away from each other, opposite ends of said core terminating in a pair of end panels whereby said pair of end panels are operable to be moved apart to expand said cellular structure, wherein said core comprises a plurality of cells that respectively define a plurality of voids, and wherein each one of said plurality of wooden panels comprises a flexible wood sheet that is impregnated with a plasticizer.
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