Patent classifications
A47B47/0066
Furniture and large-scale play structures having ideal modularity
A method for building large-scale play structures having an ideal modularity is provided. The method includes providing panels having a thickness, a planar-quadrangle shape including a length, a width and four chamfered edges with a set of holes located along each edge, the holes located at a fixed interval relative to one another, the fixed interval providing a unit of length, a fixed-location fastening element located in each of the holes, respectively; providing a plurality of movable fastening elements each including a hand-grip to allow the respective movable fastening element to be moved between an unsecured position and a secured position without the use of tools when received by any one of the plurality of fixed-location fastening elements; and employing the fasteners to secure a plurality of the panels to one another to provide a structure that has an overall height, an overall length and an overall width, the structure including at least a pair of panels oriented one above the other and at least a pair of panels located at the same elevation and secured at right angles to one another.
SHELVING DISPLAY SYSTEM
A shelving display system including a first shelf with left and right end portions is disclosed. The left and right end portions engage with left and right endcaps, each including a support structure for the left and right end portions of the shelf. The support structures may include slot recesses, each including a first and second slanted portion one of which engages an end portion of the shelf. The endcaps may include complementary protrusions and grooves configured for slideable engagement with one another such that the endcaps form a stacked configuration. The protrusions may include first and second tongues constructed and dimensioned such that during an assembly step when the protrusions are advanced through the complementary grooves, the first and second tongues deflect from a resting configuration to an assembled configuration. The endcaps may include an interlocking mechanism. The endcaps may have an alignment system including rails and depressions.
SET OF PANELS WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE
A method for dismantling a set and a set including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel, wherein the first panel includes a first edge surface and a first panel surface, the second panel includes a second panel surface, the mechanical locking device includes an panel groove at the second panel surface, a flexible tongue positioned in the panel groove, a rod-shaped element at the first edge surface and an insertion groove at the second panel surface extending from the second panel surface to the panel groove, the rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and the rod-shaped element includes a recess, the flexible tongue is configured to cooperate with the recess, and the panel groove extending at an angle in the second panel.
Furniture kits and methods of making the same
Example furniture kits and methods of making the same are described. An example method includes coupling a first block of a connector to a rear wall of a disassembled piece of furniture, the first block having a first groove, and coupling a second block of the connector to a side wall of the piece of the furniture, the second block having a second groove. One of the first block or the second block includes an extension and the other of the first block or the second block includes an opening to receive the extension when the first and second blocks are coupled. The example method also includes packaging the rear wall, the side wall and a locking cover into a furniture kit to be used to assemble the piece of furniture. The locking cover is to couple the first and second blocks.
PANELS COMPRISING A MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE AND AN ASSEMBLED PRODUCT COMPRISING THE PANELS
A set of panels including a first panel with a first main plane and a second panel with a second main plane. The first and the second panel include a mechanical locking device which is configured for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel at a junction plane. The first main plane is essentially perpendicular to the second main plane and the junction plane is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The mechanical locking device includes at the first edge an edge tongue which extends from the junction plane and at the second edge includes an edge groove at the junction plane. The mechanical locking device includes a dowel at the first edge and a dowel groove at the second edge. The dowel is configured to cooperate with the dowel groove.
Modular shelving assemblies and methods of construction
A shelving assembly can be constructed of panels and specialized connecting components that form interconnected hexagonal, triangular, or square cells. The shelving assembly can be adapted to a variety of sizes and configurations and can incorporate smaller cells with larger cells and different shape cells for more modularity. The connecting components attach to the front and rear edges of the panels without special tools. The connecting components also connect the corners of cell shapes and provide strength to the overall structure. The shelving assembly can be completely disassembled into the panels and the connecting components, allowing the shelving assembly to be easily moved and reconstructed.
SET OF PANELS
A method, a locking device and a set of panels, including a panel and an adjacent panel, wherein the panel includes a groove and at least a first hole connected to the groove via an opening, the adjacent panel includes a first edge that is configured to be arranged in the groove of the panel and a second hole that is configured to be arranged at the opening when the first edge is arranged in the groove, and the panel includes a locking device configured to lock the first edge of the adjacent panel in the groove of the panel, wherein the locking device includes a locking pin and a flexible element, the flexible element is configured to move the locking pin from a locking position to a mounting position and to, when flexed back, move the locking pin from the mounting position to the locking position.
PANELS COMPRISING A MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE AND AN ASSEMBLED PRODUCT COMPRISING THE PANELS
A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.
FURNITURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
A leg includes an outer surface, an inner surface, a first wall, a second wall, a first seam, and a second seam. The inner surface is opposite the outer surface. The first wall extends from the outer surface to the inner surface. The second wall is coupled to the first wall and extends from the outer surface to the inner surface. The first seam is formed in the inner surface. The second seam is spaced apart from the first seam and formed in the inner surface. The second seam forms a first non-parallel angle with the first seam and a second non-parallel angle with the first wall.
MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR BUILDING PANELS
Panels are shown which are provided with a mechanical locking system allowing perpendicular connection with a snap action. A set of panels including a first and a second panel, an edge of the second panel is insertable into a groove of the first panel, when the panels are arranged essential perpendicular to each other, to obtain a mechanical connection between the first and the second panel, when the second panel is displaced essentially perpendicularly to the first panel.