Assembly-type furniture equipped with press-type bonding member

Abstract

Assembly-type furniture for convenient assembly, and reduced manufacturing cost by enhancing the productivity is provided. To this end, the assembly-type furniture equipped with a press-type bonding member includes a second piece provided with a long groove for bonding on the periphery of at least one side thereof, a first piece that slides onto the long groove of the second piece, and a bonding member that is provided on the second piece in a position that pressurizes one side of the long groove when the one side of the first piece slides along the long groove of the second piece, and maintains the bonded state of the second piece and the first piece in the pressed state.

Claims

1. An assembly type furniture equipped with a press type bonding member, comprising: a main piece which includes a main long groove for engagement at a circumference of at least one side; an auxiliary piece which slides in the main long groove of the main piece; a bonding member which is provided in the auxiliary piece at a position pressing one side of the main long groove when one side of the auxiliary piece slides along the main long groove of the main piece, by which to maintain an engaged state of the main piece and the auxiliary piece in a state that one side of the auxiliary piece and one side of the main long groove of the main piece are pressed, and a third piece with a cross shaped groove which accommodates a crossed portion in which a protrusion of the main piece and a long piece reside as the auxiliary piece and the main piece are engaged, wherein the auxiliary piece comprises an auxiliary long groove corresponding to the main long groove of the main piece, and at the other side of the auxiliary long groove is provided a protrusion of the main piece, and at both sides of the auxiliary long groove of the auxiliary piece is provided the long piece which comes to have the same height as that of the protrusion after the auxiliary piece is engaged with the main piece, wherein the auxiliary piece comprises a fixing groove, and the bonding member is fixedly inserted in the fixing groove and partly exposed to an outside of the auxiliary piece at a position pressing one side of the main long groove.

2. The furniture of claim 1, wherein the main long groove of the main piece and the auxiliary long groove of the auxiliary piece slide crossing to each other, so the main piece and the auxiliary piece are engaged.

3. The furniture of claim 1, wherein the bonding member is inclined for the auxiliary piece to slide and insert in the main long groove of the main piece.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a state that conventional assembly type furniture is engaged.

(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state that conventional assembly type furniture is engaged.

(3) FIG. 3 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a state that another type of conventional assembly type furniture is engaged.

(4) FIG. 4 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to an embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(5) FIG. 5 is a disassembled plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to an embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(6) FIG. 6 is a plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to an embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(7) FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating assembly type furniture according to an embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(8) FIG. 8 is a disassembled plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to another embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(9) FIG. 9 is a disassembled plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to further another embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

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(10) The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the course of the descriptions of the present invention, the same elements will be given the same names and reference numerals, and additive descriptions thereon will be described.

(11) The assembly type furniture has features in that it provides various types of furniture as a plurality of predetermined pieces are combined with each other. A chair, a bed, a dresser, etc. can be formed as assembly type furniture. At this time, it is possible to provide an assembly of furniture formed of the same pieces depending on the assembly type of pieces, not only the furniture selected among the above mentioned kinds. Finally, the numbers and shapes of pieces may change depending on the selected furniture.

(12) As an example of the present invention, the assembly type furniture of a chair type formed as flat board shaped pieces are combined will be described for the sake of better understanding in terms of shapes and descriptions.

(13) First of all, the assembly type furniture with a press type bonding member according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

(14) In the drawings, FIG. 4 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to an embodiment of the present invention is engaged, and FIG. 5 is a disassembled plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to an embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(15) As shown therein, the assembly type furniture equipped with a press type bonding member according to the present invention comprises a second piece 200 with a second long groove 210 formed along at least one circumference, and a first piece 100 which slides in the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200.

(16) At this time, a press type bonding member 150 (hereinafter referred to as press member) is provided in the first piece 100 at a position where at least one of the second long groove 210 provided in the second piece 200 is pressurized when one side of the first piece 100 is inserted along the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200 and slides, so the engaged state of the second piece 200 and the first piece 100 can be maintained.

(17) As shown therein, the first piece 100 comprises a fixing groove 120, and the bonding member 150 is fixedly inserted in the fixing groove 120.

(18) Here the bonding member 150 is made of an elastic member with flexibility like a rubber or silicon material. The compression member 150 may be engaged in the fixing groove 120 in a tight fitting way or may be fixed using a bonding liquid.

(19) It is preferred that the assembly type furniture is manufactured by a tight fitting way because it is generally used by children for the sake of no toxicity. It is preferred that the size and shape of the assembly type furniture is large enough and is shaped to prevent a child from eating the same.

(20) The first piece 100 comprises a first long groove 110 corresponding to the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200. The second long groove 210 of the second piece 200 and the first long groove 110 of the first piece 100 slide crossing to each other in order for the second piece 200 and the first piece 100 to engage with each other.

(21) It is preferred that the width (L2) of the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200 is greater than the width (L1) of the first long groove 110 of the first piece 100 so as to achieve an easier insertion operation before the sliding begins. The bonding member 150 comes to press one inner side of the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200 to make part of the same expose from the fixing groove 120 to the extent that the first piece 100 and the second piece 200 are reliably engaged with each other maintaining a pressed state.

(22) The operations of the assembly type furniture equipped with a press type bonding member according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(23) As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first long groove 110 of the first piece 100 and the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200 are inserted in each other and are engaged. At this time, since the bonding member 150 remains exposed from the first piece 100 at a position in which at least one side of the second long groove 210 provided in the second piece 200 is pressed, the second piece 200 and the first piece 100 can remain engaged in a state that the bonding member 150 is pressed.

(24) As not shown in the drawings, the bonding member 150 remains exposed to both sides, not one side, of the first piece 100, so both sides of the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200 can be pressed.

(25) FIGS. 6 and 7 show a state that the first piece 100 and the second piece 200 are engaged by the bonding member 150 as described above.

(26) FIG. 8 is a disassembled plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture according to another embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(27) In the assembly type furniture according to another embodiment of the present invention, the bonding member 155 is slanted at a certain inclination angle () so that the first piece 100 slides with respect to the second piece 200 and comes to insert in the second long groove 210 of the second piece 200.

(28) In addition, since one side of the bonding member 155 is slanted, the insertion behavior by a user can be easily performed when the first piece 100 slides in the second long groove 210. When it is fully inserted and the bonding member 155 is pressed, the first and second pieces 100 and 200 are very hard to separate from each other unless a strong force is applied thereto.

(29) FIG. 9 is a disassembled plane view illustrating a state that assembly type furniture with a press type bonding member according to further another embodiment of the present invention is engaged.

(30) As shown therein, like the earlier described embodiments, the assembly type furniture according to further another embodiment of the present invention comprises a main piece 310 with a main long groove 315 for engagement formed at a circumference of at least one side for the sake of engagement, an auxiliary piece 320 siding in the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310, and bonding member which is provided in an auxiliary piece 320 at a position pressing one side of the main long groove 315 when one side of the auxiliary piece 320 slides along the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310, making sure that a pressed state is obtained between one side surface of the auxiliary piece 320 and one side of the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310, so that the engaged state of the main piece 310 and the auxiliary piece 320 can be maintained.

(31) At this time, the auxiliary piece 320 comprises an auxiliary long groove 325 corresponding to the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310, and at the other side of the auxiliary long groove 325 of the auxiliary piece 320 is provided a protrusion 322. At both sides of the auxiliary long groove 325 is provided a long piece 311 which will have the same height as that of the protrusion 311 of the main piece 310 after the auxiliary piece 320 is engaged with the main piece 310.

(32) There is further provided a third piece 2 with a cross shaped groove 308 which will receive the crossed portions in which the protrusion 311 and the long piece 322 are provided as the auxiliary piece 320 and the main piece 310 are engaged.

(33) In this case, like the above described embodiment, the auxiliary piece 320 comprises a fixing groove, and the bonding member 150 is fixedly inserted in the fixing groove with part of the bonding member 150 exposing to the outside.

(34) In addition, the auxiliary piece 320 comprises an auxiliary long groove 325 corresponding to the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310, and the main piece 310 and the auxiliary piece 320 come to be engaged as the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310 and the auxiliary long groove 325 of the auxiliary piece 320 slide crossing to each other.

(35) In addition, it is preferred that the bonding member 150 is inclined for the auxiliary piece 320 to slide and easily insert in the main long groove 315 of the main piece 310.

(36) The assembly type furniture equipped with a press type bonding member according to the present invention has features in that a preparation for the sake of an assembly between pieces can be completed by installing the bonding member in the fixing groove in a simple way, so the whole manufacture process becomes simple. Since the shape fixing grooves and bonding members are provided in all pieces, they are all compatible, which results in easier manufacture and assembly.

(37) Less manufacture costs are required thanks to simplified assembling processes, and since the same type of bonding members are adapted to around the long grooves of various types of pieces, the manufacture cost can be saved.

(38) As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims; and

(39) therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.