Knock down furniture with locking joints
OwnerClark Davisinventor
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Abstract
A knock down furniture system is presented. The furniture uses joints which bend or twist a panel when inserted into an adjoining panel to place the joint under stress and stiffen the joint. Preferably, tabs are used in combination with offset or rotated slots to achieve the same. The system allows for furniture which does not require fasteners or tools and which is easily assembled while still being stable. Parts of the furniture can be interchanged within a piece of furniture or between different pieces of furniture to customize the configuration of the furniture.
Claims17
A modular furniture system comprising:
- a piece of furniture having a joint comprising:
- a first bendable panel
- two tabs extending from an edge of the first panel;
- a second panel;
- two slots formed in the second panel;
- wherein the tabs are inserted into the slots to assemble the joint and wherein the slots of the second panel are arranged so that the first panel is maintained in a bent configuration after the tabs of the first panel are inserted into the slots of the second panel.
A modular furniture system comprising:
- a piece of furniture having a joint comprising:
- a first panel, the first panel having at least one tab;
- a second bendable panel;
- at least one slot formed in the second panel;
- wherein the at least one tab is inserted into the at least one slot and extends around the second panel, wherein the first panel has a projection extending outwardly from an edge of the panel, and wherein the second panel is maintained in a bent configuration by the at least one tab and projection.
A modular furniture system comprising:
- a piece of furniture having a joint, the joint comprising:
- a first furniture member having a first slot and a second slot formed therein;
- a second bendable planar furniture member having a first tab and a second tab formed therein;
- wherein the first tab and second tab are inserted into the first and second slots respectively, and wherein the first slot and the second slot are arranged such that insertion of the first and second tabs bends the second furniture member to place the joint under stress, and wherein the second bendable furniture member remains bent when the first and second tabs are inserted into the first and second slots.
A modular furniture system comprising:
- a plurality of rigid planer furniture members adapted to be assembled to form piece of furniture;
- and
- a strap disposed diagonally between said furniture members to stabilize the piece of furniture,
- wherein a furniture member has a strap slot formed therein and wherein the strap has a plate disposed at an end thereof, the plate being rotatable parallel to the strap to pass through the strap slot and then rotatable perpendicular to the strap slot to secure the strap into the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.