Bar for Supporting a Table

Abstract

A bar for supporting a table, comprising includes an angle shaped bar having a longitudinal extension, including a first side and a second side extending perpendicular relative each other, at least one first hole through the first side of the angle shaped bar, adapted for connecting two bars together longitudinally so as to form a longer bar, a ridge, extending along the longitudinal edge of the first side of the angle shaped bar, wherein the ridge is adapted to longitudinally limit movement of connected bars.

Claims

1. A bar for supporting a table or desk, comprising an angle shaped bar having a longitudinal extension, comprising a first side and a second side extending with an angle relative each other, wherein the angle shaped bar comprises two longitudinal edges provided on the first and second sides, respectively, at least one first hole through the first side of the angle shaped bar, adapted for connecting two bars together longitudinally so as to form a longer bar; a ridge, extending along the longitudinal extension of the angle shaped bar at the longitudinal edge of the first side of the angle shaped bar, wherein the first side extends in a first plane, and the ridge comprises a first wall portion extending at an angle to the first plane of between 20-60 degrees, and a second wall portion extending with an angle to the first plane, and wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion connect with an angle to each other of between 80-100 degrees, and wherein the first side comprises at least one ridge hole and a lip arranged in connection with the ridge such that the lip of the bar is configured to engage with a corresponding ridge hole of a connecting bar.

2. The bar according to claim 1, comprising at least two or three first holes, arranged so as to form a bar of a length, wherein the length is depending on which first holes are used for connecting the two bars.

3. The bar according to claim 1, wherein the angle connecting the first wall portion and the second wall portion is 90 degrees.

4-5. (canceled)

6. The bar according to claim 1, wherein the lip protrudes from the first side.

7. (canceled)

8. The bar according to claim 1, wherein the lip is configured to create a space between the two connecting bars, unless the lip is inserted into a ridge hole of the connecting bar.

9. The bar according to claim 1, wherein the ridge hole and the lip respectively are arranged at the angle between the first wall portion and the plane of the first side.

10. The bar according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the ridge hole and the lip corresponds to a distance between two first holes.

11. The bar according to claim 1, comprising at least one second hole arranged through the second side of the angle shaped bar, for fastening the bar to an underside of the table.

12. The bar according to claim 1, comprising at least one third hole arranged at each distal end of the first side of the angle shaped bar, for connecting the bar to a supporting member of a table.

13. The bar according to claim 1, wherein the angle shaped bar comprises at least two first holes.

14. The bar according to claim 1, wherein the angle shaped bar is a L-shaped bar or a C-shaped bar.

15. A method of connecting two angle shaped bars as in any of the preceding claims to each other to form an extended longitudinal bar, the method comprising the steps of arranging a first angle shaped bar with its bottom angle shaped surface on a top angle shaped surface of a second angle shaped bar, arranging the ridge of the first angle shaped bar in a shaped engagement with the ridge of the second angle shaped bar, fixating the two angle shaped bars to each other by a fastening means through one of the first holes of the first angle shaped bars and one of the first holes of the second angle shaped bar.

16. A table or desk comprising at least one bar for supporting the table or desk, comprising: an angle shaped bar having a longitudinal extension, comprising a first side and a second side extending with an angle relative each other, wherein the angle shaped bar comprises two longitudinal edges provided on the first and second sides, respectively, at least one first hole through the first side of the angle shaped bar, adapted for connecting two bars together longitudinally so as to form a longer bar; a ridge, extending along the longitudinal extension of the angle shaped bar at the longitudinal edge of the first side of the angle shaped bar, wherein the first side extends in a first plane, and the ridge comprises a first wall portion extending at an angle to the first plane of between 20-60 degrees, and a second wall portion extending with an angle to the first plane, and wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion connect with an angle to each other of between 80-100 degrees, and wherein the first side comprises at least one ridge hole and a lip arranged in connection with the ridge such that the lip of the bar is configured to engage with a corresponding ridge hole of a connecting bar.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0038] The inventive concept will in the following be described in more detail with reference to the enclosed drawings, wherein:

[0039] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a bar for supporting a table according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

[0040] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a bar for supporting a table according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

[0041] FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a bar for supporting a table according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

[0042] FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of two connected bars for supporting a table according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

[0043] FIG. 5. shows a perspective view of two connected bars for supporting a table according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0044] The present inventive concept will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This inventive concept may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements.

[0045] FIG. 1 illustrates a bar 100 for supporting a table or desk. The bar 100 is L-shaped and has a longitudinal extension. The L-shaped bar comprises a first side 1 and second side 2 extending perpendicular relative each other. In the illustrated embodiment, L-shaped bar(s) are illustrated and discussed, but it is understood that all said about the illustrated embodiments apply equally to embodiments with other angle shaped bars, such as C-shaped bars, having at least two sides with an angle relative to each other, not necessarily a right angle.

[0046] The first side 1 and the second side 2 extend perpendicular relative each other in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the bar 100. Each of the first side 1 and the second side 2 has a longitudinal edge 16, 17, being edges the respective side extending along the longitudinal extension of the bar 100.

[0047] The bar 100 comprises three first holes 11, which are arranged through the first side 1 of the L-shaped bar. The bar 100 comprises a ridge 4, extending along the longitudinal edge 16 of the first side 1 of the L-shaped bar. The bar 100 further comprises two second holes 12, arranged through the second side 2 of the L-shaped bar. On each distal end of the first side 1 of the L-shaped bar, a third hole 13 is arranged. Further, the bar 100 comprises two U-shaped holes 15 on the first side 1 of the L-shaped bar.

[0048] The first holes 11 may be adapted for connecting the bar 100 to another bar longitudinally so as to form a longer bar. The ridge 4 is adapted to limit movement of connected bars relative each other. The second holes 12 may be configured for fastening the bar 100 to an underside of the table. The third holes 13 may be configured for connecting the bar 100 to a supporting member of a table or desk, or for connecting two bars.

[0049] In FIG. 2 the bar 100 for supporting a table is illustrated in a rotated position, as compared to the illustration in FIG. 1. The bar 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 shows all the features shown in FIG. 1. Further, the bar 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 shows two ridge holes 14, arranged in connection with the ridge 4. One ridge hole 14 comprises a lip 24, which protrudes from the first side 1 of the L-shaped bar. The lip 24 extends in the plane of the first side 1.

[0050] The ridge holes 14 may be configured for guiding a user when connecting two bars together. The lip 24 may be arranged to be inserted a ridge hole 14 of a connecting bar, preferably a ridge hole 14 without a lip 24. The lip 24 may be configured to create a space between two connecting bars, unless the lip 24 is inserted into a ridge hole 14 of the connecting bar.

[0051] FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a bar 100 for supporting a table. The illustrated cross-section of the bar 100 shows an L-shaped bar. The shown L-shaped bar comprises a ridge 4 at the longitudinal edge of the first side 1 the L-shaped bar. The ridge 4 comprises a first wall portion 4a and a second wall portion 4b. The angle A of the bend of the ridge 4, i.e. the bend between the two wall portions 4a, 4b, is shown as approximately 90°. However, the angle A of the bend of the ridge may be any angle between 1° and 179°, preferably between 30°-150°, more preferably between 80°-100°, and most preferably about 90°. The first wall portion 4a may have an angle B to the plane of the first side 1 of between 20°-60°, preferably between 35°-55°, more preferably about 45°. The wall portions 4a, 4b of the ridge 4 is in the illustrated embodiment arranged relative each other and relative the first side 1 of the L-shaped bar so as to form an equilateral triangle. Hence, the second wall portion 4b may have an angle to the plane of the first side 1 being equal to the angle B. The end of the second wall portion 4b may constitute the longitudinal edge 16 of the first side 1.

[0052] The crease between the first side 1 and the second side 2 in the illustrated L-shaped bar has smooth curvature. The radius of the crease curvature is in no way limited by the shown illustration, and may be smaller or greater than shown.

[0053] FIG. 4 illustrates an arrangement of two bars 100 for supporting a table or desk, arranged to be connected. Each of the two bars 100 comprise all features as shown in FIG. 1. The right bar 100 is shown as placed on top of the left bar 100, such that the top surface of the left bar 100 is abutting the bottom surface of the right bar 100. The two bars are shifted longitudinally, such that the left-most first hole 1 of the right bar 100 is aligned with the right-most first hole not shown; see FIGS. 1 and 2 of the left bar 100.

[0054] In FIG. 5 an arrangement of two bars 100 for supporting a table and arranged to be connected are illustrated in a rotated position, as compared to the illustration in FIG. 4. The left bar 100 and the right bar 100 illustrated in FIG. 5 are the left bar 100 and the right bar 100 illustrated in FIG. 4. The two bars 100 arranged to be connected in FIG. 5 shows all the features shown in FIG. 4. Further, the illustration in FIG. 5 shows each bar 100 comprising two ridge holes 14 arranged in connection with the ridge 4. The right-most ridge hole 14 of the left bar is aligned with the left-most ridge hole 14, which comprises a lip 24, of the right bar. Hence, the lip 24 of the right bar engages with the ridge hole 14 of the left bar.

[0055] In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed preferred embodiments and examples of the inventive concept and, although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for the purpose of limitation, the scope of the inventive concept being set forth in the following claims.