Laminate materials for furniture and furniture pieces incorporating the same
AssigneeKevin Randall Walz
InventorsKevin Walz, Barry Walz
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Abstract
Several laminate materials are provided that are particularly useful for making furniture pieces. The laminate materials may include several interleaved wood veneer and carbon fiber layers. The thickness and characteristics of these layers are chosen so that the resultant material can be used either as a support member, such as a leg, that must withstand large tensile and/or compressive forces, or is thin and flexible, for example for making chair seats or backrest. Another laminate material includes a thick stiff core. This laminate material is used for furniture members that must resist warping, such as table tops.
Claims20
A laminate material sized and structured for making furniture pieces and the like, comprising:
- a plurality of wood layers alternating with layers composed of artificial fibers, wherein the number and size of each layer is selected to provide the laminate with predetermined structural and aesthetic characteristics.
A furniture piece comprising:
- a first member formed of a support laminate material;
- and a second member formed of a thin laminate material;
- wherein laminate materials include two outer wood veneer layers, two artificial fiber layers having high structural support properties and an inner wood layer, at least some of the wood layers of said support laminate material being thicker then some of the wood layers of the thin laminate material.
A furniture piece comprising:
- a first member formed of a support laminate material;
- and a second member formed of a platform laminate material;
- wherein said support laminate material includes two outer wood veneer layers, two artificial fiber layers having high structural support properties and an inner wood layer;
- and wherein said platform laminate material includes two outer wood veneer layer and an inner layer made of material resistive to warping.
A furniture piece comprising:
- a first set of elements formed of a thin laminate material and a second set of elements formed of a support laminate material;
- wherein said laminate materials are formed of alternating layers of wood and a structural component having a high structural strength, wherein the structural component in said support laminate material is substantially thicker than the structural component in said thin laminate material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.