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US 5,471,936 AGranted
Furniture assembly components
AssigneeSunbeam Corporation
InventorGlen Kemnitz
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Abstract
Components for assembling furniture, particularly wrought iron tables. The components include a structure for attaching furniture legs to the main body of the furniture, an apparatus for affixing a glass or other insert into a furniture top, and a member for reducing noise caused by flexing in the furniture top, or in the case of an insert, a member for cushioning and supporting the insert.
Claims16
A table comprising:
- (a) a table top having a rim with a shape defined by the perimeter of said table top, said rim having a vertical wall;
- (b) at least one leg having an upper portion to support said table top, said upper portion terminating at an end which is proximate said rim;
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- (c) an attachment means for attaching said upper portion of said leg to said rim, said attachment means including an opening for accepting said end of said upper portion of said leg and a means for attaching said attachment means to said vertical wall of said rim, wherein said attachment means directly engages said vertical wall of said rim.
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A table comprising:
- (a) a table top having a rim with a shape defined by the perimeter of said table top, said rim having a vertical wall;
- (b) at least one leg having an upper portion to support said table top, said upper portion terminating at an end which is proximate said rim:
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- (c) an attachment means for attaching said upper portion of said leg to said rim, said attachment means including an opening for accepting said end of said upper portion of said leg and a means for attaching said attachment means to said vertical wall of said rim, wherein said attachment means is a substantially solid body engaging said vertical wall of said rim, and
- wherein said means for attaching said attachment means extends through both said vertical wall and said solid body.
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A table comprising:
- (a) a table top having a rim with a shape defined by the perimeter of said table top and having a glass insert fitting within said rim, said rim having both a horizontal and a vertical wall;
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- (b) a support bracket for securing said glass insert to said rim wherein said support bracket comprises a means for attaching said support bracket to said vertical wall of said rim and a means for securing said glass insert against said horizontal wall of said rim while at the same time cushioning said glass insert from said vertical wall of said rim, and wherein said means for attaching said support bracket to said vertical wall extends through both said support bracket and said vertical wall.
A table comprising:
- (a) a table top having a rim with a shape defined by the perimeter of said table top and having a glass insert fitting within said rim, said rim having both a horizontal and a vertical wall;
- (b) a support bracket for holding said glass insert to said rim wherein said support bracket comprises a means for attaching said support bracket to said vertical wall of said rim and a means for securing said glass insert against said horizontal wall of said rim while at the same time cushioning said glass insert from said vertical wall of said rim;
- (c) at least one leg having an upper portion to support said table top, said upper portion terminating at an end which is proximate said rim;
- (d) an attachment means for attaching said upper portion of said leg to said rim, said attachment means including an opening for accepting said end of said upper portion of said leg and a means for attaching said attachment means to said vertical wall of said rim, wherein said attachment means directly engages said vertical wall of said rim;
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- (e) at least one table top spacer located on said upper portion of said leg with at least a portion of said table top spacer located between and separating said upper portion of said leg and said table top.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.