Mostly pre-assembled kit for casegood furniture
OwnerRichard E. Henkelinventor
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Abstract
The application discloses a ready-to-assemble kit containing pre-assembled components for a casegood. The kit comprises a plurality of component parts, wherein a majority, but less than all, of the component parts are pre-assembled to at least one other component part to form subassemblies. Preferably, at least seventy percent and no more than ninety percent of the component parts are pre-assembled to at least one other component part to form the subassemblies. The subassemblies and balance of component parts are configured for packaging together in a rectilinear shipping container such that the packed container includes less than about twenty-five percent void regions by volume when the kit is so packaged in the container.
Claims34
A ready-to-assemble kit containing pre-assembled components for a casegood, the kit comprising a plurality of component parts, wherein a majority of the component parts are pre-assembled to at least one other component part to form at least two subassemblies.
A method of merchandising casegoods comprising:
- (a) providing structural component parts for constructing a casegood carcass;
- (b) assembling at least a majority of each of the component parts to at least one other component part to form at least two subassemblies;
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- (c) packing the subassemblies and separate parts in compact stacked arrangement inside a rectilinear shipping container, wherein the packed shipping container includes less than about twenty-five percent voids by volume.
A method of producing and merchandising casegoods comprising:
- (a) providing structural component parts for constructing an unfinished casegood carcass;
- (b) assembling the component parts together to form the unfinished carcass;
- (c) finishing selected surfaces of the unfinished carcass;
- (d) providing and installing selected hardware on the finished carcass;
- (e) partially disassembling the finished carcass into subassemblies and separate parts such that a majority of the component parts comprising the carcass remain assembled to at least one other individual part to form at least two subassemblies, the subassemblies and separate parts being suited for stacking together in a substantially compact stack;
- (f) packing the subassemblies and separate parts in compact stacked arrangement inside a rectilinear shipping container;
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- (g) shipping the container to a remote location.
A ready-to-assemble kit for constructing a casegood having at least one drawer, the kit comprising:
- (a) a carcass portion including at least two side panel subassemblies, each side panel subassembly including a sidewall panel having an inner surface and at least one drawer slide track pre-mounted to the inner surface of each sidewall panel;
- (b) at least one drawer sub-kit for constructing the at least one drawer, the at least one drawer kit including a pair of side drawer panels, a pair of drawer slides, a front drawer panel, a rear drawer panel, a bottom drawer panel, and least one drawer handle, the drawer slides being designed for sliding engagement with the drawer slide tracks and being pre-mounted on the first and second side drawer panels, and the at least one drawer handle being pre-mounted on an outer face of the front drawer panel.
- (c) wherein kit is suited for packaging in a suitably sized rectilinear shipping container such that the packaged kit includes not more than twenty-five percent voids by volume inside the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.