Flexible furniture system
Assigneemolo design, ltd.
InventorsTodd P. MacAllen, Stephanie J. Forsythe
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Abstract
An article of flexible furniture having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, a pair of supports at opposite ends of said core and connected to respective ones of said faces, said supports being self-supporting to provide rigidity to said core whereby said supports may be moved apart to expand said cellular and extend the length of said partition.
Claims30
A freestanding extensible wall for partitioning an area of a room, said wall having a base, a top, oppositely directed surfaces extending between said base and said top, said base, top and surfaces defining a core, said core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces extending from said base to said top, said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure having a void extending from said base to said top upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, said base having a width of at least 10 centimeters and placed on a floor, a pair of supports at opposite ends of said core extending from said base to said top and connected to respective ones of said faces, said supports being self-supporting to provide rigidity to said core and cooperate with said core to maintain the vertical extent of said wall, whereby said supports may be moved apart to expand said cellular structure to extend the length of said core and to form at least a substantially straight freestanding wall configuration, whilst maintaining its vertical extent, and at least one magnetic fastener on each of said supports to permit connection to an adjacent support of another similar article.
An article of flexible furniture having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, said panels being formed from a material having sufficient rigidity to provide rigidity to said core when said core is expanded into a cellular structure upon extension of said core, a pair of supports located at opposite ends of said core, each of said supports comprising at least one hole extending therethrough and a magnetic fastener in said hole that is embedded in each of said supports so as to be substantially flush with an outwardly directed surface thereof, each of said supports further comprising a cover over said outwardly directed surface and said magnetic fastener, said magnetic fasteners secured in said supports to permit connection to an adjacent support of another similar article.
An article of flexible furniture having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, said panels being formed from a material having sufficient rigidity to provide rigidity to said core when said core is expanded into a cellular structure upon extension of said core, a pair of supports located at opposite ends of said core, each of said supports comprising at least one hole extending therethrough and a magnetic fastener in said hole that is embedded in each of said supports so as to be substantially flush with an outwardly directed surface thereof, each of said supports further comprising a cover over said outwardly directed surface and said magnetic fastener, said magnetic fasteners secured in said supports to permit connection between said supports, and said core is expanded when said supports are in abutment with one another to form a circular configuration of said article with said magnetic fasteners securing said supports to one another.
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