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US 2009/0260550 A1Published application
Table framework
OwnerJess Colton, David J. Laws +1inventors
InventorsJess Colton, David J. Laws, Greg Dye
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Abstract
A framework for a tabletop includes inner and outer frames with each frame formed from a plurality of segments joined together sequentially at joints. Each joint includes a tab on one segment disposed in a corresponding notch or indentation on an adjacent segment. Additionally, each joint includes a tab on one frame disposed in a corresponding notch of the other frame such that the inner and outer frames can be coupled together at the joints.
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A framework for a table top, comprising:
- a) an inner frame having a plurality of segment joints formed by a plurality of straight segments coupled together end to end, each segment joint including a tab on an end of one straight segment disposed within a corresponding indentation of an end of a mating straight segment;
- b) an outer frame substantially circumscribing the inner frame and having a plurality of segment joints formed by a plurality of arcuate segments coupled together end to end, each segment joint including a tab on an end of one arcuate segment disposed within a corresponding indentation of an end of a mating arcuate segment;
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- c) each of the plurality of segment joints of the inner frame coupled to a different segment joint of the outer frame to form a frame joint coupling the inner frame to the outer frame, each frame joint further comprising:
- i) a tab formed by at least one protrusion on at least one of the straight or arcuate segments;
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- ii) an indentation formed by at least one notch on at least one of the straight or arcuate segments.
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A framework for a table top, comprising:
- a) inner and outer frames, each frame formed of a plurality of segments joined together sequentially at joints, each joint including a tab on one segment disposed in a corresponding notch on an adjacent segment;
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- b) each joint further including a tab on one frame disposed in a corresponding notch of the other frame such that the inner and outer frames are coupled together at the joints.
A framework for a table top, comprising:
- a) an inner frame having a plurality of segment joints formed by a plurality of straight segments coupled together end to end, each segment joint including a tab on an end of one straight segment disposed within a corresponding indentation of an end of a mating straight segment;
- b) an outer frame substantially circumscribing the inner frame and having a plurality of segment joints formed by a plurality of arcuate segments coupled together end to end, each segment joint including a tab on an end of one arcuate segment disposed within a corresponding indentation of an end of a mating arcuate segment;
- c) each of the plurality of joints of the inner frame coupled to a different joint of the outer frame to form a frame joint coupling the inner frame to the outer frame, each frame joint further comprising:
- i) a tab formed by at least one protrusion on at least one of the straight or arcuate segments;
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- ii) an indentation formed by at least one notch on at least one of the straight or arcuate segments;
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- d) a cross frame extending across the framework between opposite frame joints and coupled to each of the frame joints by at least one tab extending into a corresponding indentation, the at least one tab extending from one of the cross frame or straight segments into the corresponding indentation in the other of the cross frame or straight segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.