Soft furnishing assembly and method of construction thereof
OwnerJohn Zorbas, Stavros Zorbas +1inventors
InventorsJohn Zorbas, Stavros Zorbas, Tasos Zorbas
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Abstract
A soft furnishing assembly and method for its construction. The assembly comprises an intermediate portion having opposed ends and at least one end portion connected to an end of the intermediate portion. The end portion is connected by a frangible portion wherein the end portion is movable between a first position in which the soft furnishing assembly is substantially flat and a second position in which the end portion angularly abuts an adjacent end of the intermediate portion and the frangible portion is broken.
Claims22
A soft furnishing assembly comprising an intermediate portion having opposed ends, and at least one end portion connected to an end of the intermediate portion, the or each end portion being connected to the intermediate portion by a frangible portion, wherein the or each end portion is moveable between a first position in which the soft furnishing assembly is substantially flat and a second position in which the or each end portion angularly abuts an adjacent end of the intermediate portion and the frangible portion is broken;
- the intermediate portion and the or each end portion being provided with a channel, the channel being disposed substantially along the length of a rear surface of the intermediate portion and of a rear surface of the or each end portion, a support member, the channel being arranged to receive said support member and whereby a plurality of fastening members extend outwardly from the channel, the fastening members being arranged to engage with apertures provided on sides of the support member when the support member is received by the channel.
A method of construction of a soft furnishing assembly, comprising an intermediate portion having opposed ends, and at least one end portion connected to an end of the intermediate portion, the or each end portion being connected to the intermediate portion by a frangible portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- engageably arranging a support member upon a rear surface of the intermediate portion;
- moving the or each end portion about an end of the intermediate portion such that the or each end portion moves from a first position in which the soft furnishing assembly is substantially flat to a second position in which the or each end portion angularly abuts the adjacent end of the intermediate portion which causes the or each frangible portion to break;
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- fastening the or each end portion to a side of the support member.
A soft furnishing assembly comprising an intermediate portion having opposed
- ends, and at least one end portion connected to an end of the intermediate portion, the intermediate portion and the or each end portion each having rear surfaces and being arranged to form an assembled soft furnishing, wherein the intermediate portion forms a first side of the assembled soft furnishing and the or each end portion forms a respective further side of the assembled soft furnishing, the or each further side being angled to the first side when assembled, the or each end portion being connected to the intermediate portion by a respective frangible portion, said frangible portion being located at a groove between the intermediate portion and the respective end positions on the rear surfaces thereof, whereby the or each end portion is pivotable toward the rear surface of the intermediate portion between a first position in which the sort furnishing assembly is substantially flat and a second position in which the or each end portion angularly abuts an adjacent end of the intermediate portion, and the movement from the first position towards the second causes breaking of the or each frangible portion to enable the or each end portion to be moved to the second position thereof, and means for maintaining the intermediate portion and the or each frangible portion in the second position.
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