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US 4,044,448 AGranted
Method of assembling articles of furniture
OwnerKazuko Watanabe, Mitsuko Araiinventors
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Abstract
A method of making articles of furniture, which can be assembled or disassembled, by a suitable combination of a plurality of sheet-like assembling members. A single rope is passed through through-holes made in the assembling members to tighten up the members. The tractive force of the rope may be utilized in assembly or disassembly of articles of furniture. The articles as desired may be rigidly and extremely simply assembled.
Claims5
A method of assembling articles of furniture from a single rope member made of a soft material, combined with assembling members made of a rigid material, comprising the steps of:
- passing one end of said single rope member successively through said assembling members, said assembling members arranged in predetermined positional relationships with each other;
- forming at least one diagonal intersection of said rope member;
- connecting said one end of said rope member to the other end of said rope member through an adjustable stretching means;
- applying tension to said rope member by adjusting said adjustable stretching means causing said assembling members to cooperate with each other under pressure;
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- maintaining said rope member at a predetermined tension whereby the rigidity of the structure is retained.
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