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US 12,642,357 B1Granted
Book basket
AssigneeAcademia Furniture, LLC
InventorsDaniel Massam, Thomas Murray
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Abstract
A book basket for fixed placement on an underside of a seat of a chair is provided. The book basket includes a frame. The frame includes a first stadium-shaped orifice, a second stadium-shaped orifice and a plurality of connectors connecting the first stadium-shaped orifice to the second stadium-shaped orifice. The first stadium-shaped orifice enables insertion and removal of one or more items. The second stadium-shaped orifice includes a blocker to prevent passage therethrough of the one or more items. A first curvature of the first stadium-shaped orifice matches a first curvature of a seat of the chair. A second curvature of the second stadium-shaped orifice matches a second curvature of the seat of the chair.
Claims12
A chair comprising:
- a chair back:
- housing a steel plate;
- and
- defining a first aperture, the first aperture exposing at least a portion of a face of the steel plate;
- a chair seat defining a back-to-front axis, said back of said back-to-front axis with respect to the chair back, said chair seat defining a second aperture;
- a steel bracket configured to connect an underside of the chair seat to the steel plate, the steel bracket extending through the second aperture;
- a first chair support, said first chair support extending parallel to the back-to-front axis;
- comprising two legs;
- and
- being disposed on a first side of the chair seat;
- a second chair support, said second chair support:
- extending parallel to the back-to-front axis;
- comprising two legs;
- and
- being disposed on a second side of the chair seat;
- a first bar configured to connect the first chair support and the second chair support;
- a second bar configured to connect the first chair support and the second chair support;
- and
- a book basket comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- a first oblong shaped orifice;
- a second oblong shaped orifice;
- and
- a plurality of connectors connecting the first oblong shaped orifice to the second oblong shaped orifice;
- wherein:
- the first oblong shaped orifice enables insertion and removal of one or more items;
- the second oblong shaped orifice includes a blocker to prevent insertion and removal of the one or more items;
- a first curvature of the first oblong shaped orifice is configured to match a first curvature of the chair seat;
- and
- a second curvature of the second oblong shaped orifice is configured to match a second curvature of the chair seat.
27 more elements
A stack of multiple chairs, each of the multiple chairs comprising a book basket, the stack comprising:
- a first chair comprising:
- a first chair back:
- housing a first steel plate;
- and
- defining a first aperture, the first aperture exposing at least a portion of a face of the first steel plate;
- a first chair seat defining a back-to-front axis, said back of said back-to-front axis with respect to the first chair back, defining a second aperture;
- a first steel bracket configured to connect an underside of the first chair seat to the first steel plate, the first steel bracket extending through the second aperture;
- a first chair support, said first chair support:
- extending parallel to the back-to-front axis;
- comprising two legs;
- and
- being disposed on a first side of the first chair seat;
- a second chair support, said second chair support:
- extending parallel to the back-to-front axis;
- comprising two legs;
- and
- being disposed on a second side of the first chair seat;
- a first bar configured to connect the first chair support and the second chair support;
- a second bar configured to connect the first chair support and the second chair support;
- and
- a first book basket comprising:
- a first frame comprising:
- a first oblong shaped orifice;
- a second oblong shaped orifice;
- a first plurality of connectors connecting the first oblong shaped orifice to the second oblong shaped orifice;
- and
- a first plurality of stoppers connected to the first plurality of connectors;
- a second chair comprising:
- a second chair back:
- housing a second steel plate;
- and
- defining a third aperture, the third aperture exposing at least a portion of a face of the second steel plate;
- a second chair seat defining a back-to-front axis, said back-to-front axis with respect to the second chair back, defining a fourth aperture;
- a second steel bracket configured to connect an underside of the second chair seat to the second steel plate, the second steel bracket extending through the fourth aperture;
- a third chair support, said third chair support:
- extending parallel to the back-to-front axis;
- comprising two legs;
- and
- being disposed on a first side of the second chair seat;
- a fourth chair support, said fourth chair support:
- extending parallel to the back-to-front axis;
- comprising two legs;
- and
- being disposed on a second side of the second chair seat;
- a third bar configured to connect the third chair support and the fourth chair support;
- a fourth bar configured to connect the third chair support and the fourth chair support;
- and
- a second book basket comprising:
- a second frame comprising:
- a third oblong shaped orifice;
- a fourth oblong shaped orifice;
- a second plurality of connectors connecting the third oblong shaped orifice to the fourth oblong shaped orifice;
- and
- a second plurality of stoppers connected to the second plurality of connectors;
- wherein:
- the first book basket is configured to be installed flush with the first chair seat;
- the second book basket is configured to be installed flush with second chair seat;
- and
- the first plurality of stoppers prevent the first chair from touching the second chair.
56 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.