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US 6,543,071 B1Granted
Furniture from childhood to adulthood using interchangeable panels
AssigneeMary J. Lenner
InventorMary Jane Lenner
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Abstract
Furniture pieces designed to span maturity of user from post-crib to adulthood by use of interchangeable panels. Furniture is comprised of a frame with interchangeable panels and backing panel that are connected by means of an attachment system. Interchangeable panels are of finishes with themes consistent with various age categories.
Claims8
Articles of residential furniture that change in appearance periodically to be consistent with the maturity of the users thereof, comprising:
- a) structural frames with openings that constitute a significant fraction of the visible surfaces,
- b) a collection of maturity based decorative panel sets, where each set corresponds to an age category, and each set is insertable in said openings and interchangeable with any other set,
- c) anchoring mechanisms on the structural frames to affix the maturity based decorative panel sets.
Articles of residential furniture that change in appearance periodically to be consistent with the maturity of the users thereof, comprising:
- a) structural frames with openings that constitute a significant fraction of the visible surfaces,
- b) a collection of maturity based decorative panel sets, where each set corresponds to an age category, and each set is insertable in said openings and interchangeable with any other set,
- c) anchoring mechanisms on the structural frames to affix the maturity based decorative panel sets,
- d) are assembled as a plurality of furniture pieces to define the maturity level of an entire room.
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