US 5,630,644 A · Modular sofa assembly and mounting apparatus for securing independent sections thereof

Abstract

A sofa assembly including a low-profile center console section having a pair of rocking reclining chair sections releasably secured on either side thereof. As presently preferred, center console section provides an inboard armrest which may be positionable between an upright, raised position and a horizontal, use position, or alternatively, fixed in a horizontal, use position. The present invention further includes a mounting apparatus for securing independent sections of a modular sofa assembly together. An attachment plate and a keyhole fastener bracket are secured to the base assembly of each chair section. Complementary fastener bolts are secured to the center console section. When the chair section and center console section are aligned in side-by-side proximity, the fastener bolt extends through the keyhole and engages the fastener bracket. In this manner, a wide variety of individual furniture sections can be secured together to form a modular sofa assembly which is easily and readily assembled and disassembled.

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Dependent claims

A modular sofa assembly including a plurality of furniture sections comprising:

at least one chair section having a chair frame and a chair back portion having a first height, said chair frame operably coupled to a chair base for providing relative movement therebetween;
a console section having a console base and a low-profile console back portion positionable between an upright, raised position substantially in-line with said chair back portion for providing a substantially contiguous sofa back and a horizontal, use position defining a second height which is less than said first height for providing clearance laterally adjacent said chair back portion;
and
mounting means for releasably securing said chair base to said console base in side-by-side relationship, said mounting means adapted to permit relative movement between said chair frame and said console section.

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A modular sofa assembly including a plurality of furniture sections comprising:

a first chair section having a first chair frame including a first chair back portion and a first chair base operably coupled to said first chair frame for providing relative movement therebetween;
a second chair section having a second chair frame including a second chair back portion and a second chair base, said first and second chair back portions having a first height;
a console section including a console base and a console back portion positionable between an upright, raised position substantially in-line with said chair back portion for providing a substantially contiguous sofa back and a horizontal, use position for providing lateral clearance between said first and second chair back portion;
mounting means for releasably securing said first and second chair bases to said console base such that said console section is interdisposed between said first and second chair sections in side-by-side relationship, said mounting means being adapted to permit relative movement between said first chair frame and said console section.

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In a modular sofa assembly of the type having an improved mounting apparatus for releaseably securing a first furniture section having a first base to a second furniture section having a second base in side-by-side relationship, wherein the improved mounting apparatus comprises:

a bracket assembly including an attachment plate secured to the first base and extending laterally outwardly therefrom and a fastener bracket having a first wall portion secured to said attachment plate and a second wall portion having a keyhole therethrough;
and
a fastener bolt having a shank portion secured to said second base and extending laterally outwardly therefrom and a headed portion adapted to extend through said keyhole and engage said fastener bracket for releasably securing said first base to said second base when the first and second furniture sections are positioned in said side-by-side relationship.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Modular sofa assembly and mounting apparatus for securing independent sections thereof

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Modular sofa assembly and mounting apparatus for securing independent sections thereof

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Abstract

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