Method of manufacturing a base plate member for a table and a product thereof

Abstract

A method (10) of manufacturing a furniture base plate member includes the steps of providing a hollow longitudinally elongated metal profile roll formed from a sheet of metal, which includes an upper side and a lower side; pressing the upper side and the lower side of the metal profile against each other, such that at least one section of the upper side and the lower side abuts each other, such that two channels are formed by said pressing and having at least one opening at each longitudinal end of the metal profile; and arrange support members having insertion members extending into said the longitudinal channels at said openings.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a furniture base plate member, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a hollow longitudinally elongated metal profile roll formed from a sheet of metal, comprising an upper side and a lower side; pressing the upper side and the lower side of the metal profile against each other, such that at least one section of the upper side and the lower side abut each other, and such that two longitudinal channels extending along the longitudinal extension of the metal profile are formed by said pressing with said section between the two longitudinal channels, wherein the longitudinal channels include longitudinal ends, each of the longitudinal ends having two openings at each longitudinal end of the metal profile; and arranging support members, each having two insertion members, at the longitudinal ends such that the insertion members extend into the longitudinal channels at said openings, and wherein the support members and openings are arranged so that the two insertion members are inserted longitudinally into the longitudinal channels at said openings.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the support member comprises a foot member.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the support member is configured for fastening of a foot member.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one longitudinal channel is arranged along an edge of the metal profile.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one longitudinal channel is arranged on the lower side of the metal profile.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of welding at least one of the at least one section.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein pressing is further done such that at least one hole through the base plate member is formed.

8. A furniture base plate member comprising an elongated metal profile, comprising an upper side and a lower side; at least one first section, wherein the upper side and the lower side abut each other; two longitudinal channels extending along the longitudinal extension of the metal profile with said section between the two longitudinal channels, each longitudinal channel including longitudinal ends, each of the longitudinal ends including openings at each longitudinal end of the metal profile; and two support members, arranged at respective longitudinal ends of the metal profile, wherein the support members comprise two insertion members extending into the longitudinal channels at said openings, and wherein the support members and the openings are arranged so that the two insertion members are inserted longitudinally into the longitudinal channels at said openings.

9. The furniture base plate member according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the at least one section is welded together.

10. The furniture base plate member according to claim 8, wherein the at least two support members comprises a foot member.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The inventive concept will in the following be described in more detail with reference to the enclosed drawings, wherein:

(2) FIGS. 1-3 show perspective views of a furniture base plate member according to embodiments of the inventive concept.

(3) FIGS. 4-5 show cross-section views of a furniture base plate member according embodiments of the inventive concept.

(4) FIG. 6 shows a flow chart of a method of manufacturing a furniture base plate member according to an embodiment of the inventive concept.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

(5) The present inventive concept will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the inventive concept 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.

(6) 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.

(7) FIG. 1 illustrates a furniture base plate member 1. The base plate member 1 comprises an elongated metal profile 2. The elongated metal profile 2 comprises two longitudinal ends 2b, an upper side 3 (see FIG. 2) and a lower side 4. The base plate member 1 comprises a section 5 where the upper side 3 and the lower side 4 abuts each other. The section 5 comprises a portion which is thicker than the rest of the section 5, which is arranged in the middle of the lower side 4. The elongated metal profile 2 further comprises two openings, arranged at each longitudinal end 2b of the metal profile 2. Further, the furniture base plate member 1 comprises two support members 6, arranged in the openings arranged at each longitudinal end 2b of the metal profile 2. The shown support members 6 are configured for a foot member 7, and each support member 6 comprises said foot member 7. The base plate member 1 comprises two longitudinal channels 8, arranged along the base plate member 1. The longitudinal channels 8 are arranged along a longitudinal edge of the base plate member 1. The longitudinal channels 8 are formed between the upper side 3 and the lower side 4 of the metal profile 2. The longitudinal channels 8 are protruding from the lower side 4 of the baste plate member 1. The longitudinal channels 8 ends as openings at each longitudinal end 2b of the metal profile 2.

(8) The base plate member 1 further comprises two holes 9, arranged through the base plate member 1. The two holes 9 are arranged along a central longitudinal axis of the base plate member 1, and are distanced at an equal distance along the longitudinal axis of the base plate member 1 from the center of the base plate member 1. The holes 9 are shown in FIG. 1 as arranged in the thicker portion of the section 5.

(9) FIG. 2 illustrates a furniture base plate member 1, in a rotated position as compared to the illustration in FIG. 1. The furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 2 shows all the features shown in FIG. 1. Further, the base plate member 1 in FIG. 2 shows the longitudinal channel 8 comprising a hole. In FIG. 2 the support member 6 arranged in the two openings 2a, formed as longitudinal channels 8, comprises an extending portion 6a, which extends longitudinally from the longitudinal end 2b inwards and between the two longitudinal channels 8. The foot member 7 is arranged in the extending portion 6a of the support member 6.

(10) FIG. 3 illustrates a furniture base plate member 1, in a rotated position as compared to the illustrations in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. The illustrated furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 3 shows all the features shown in the illustrations in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. Further, the furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 2 shows an upper side 3 of the metal profile 2.

(11) FIG. 4 illustrates a furniture base plate member 1, in a cross-sectional perspective view. The illustrated furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 4 shows all the features shown in the illustrations in FIGS. 1-3. Further, the furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 4 shows two openings 2a at each longitudinal end 2b formed as two longitudinal channels 8. The shown longitudinal channels 8 extend along the longitudinal extension of the base plate member 1, and are arranged along the longitudinal edges of the base plate member 1. The longitudinal channels 8 are provided with a square shaped cross section. The longitudinal channels 8 may have the same cross-sectional shape along the entire longitudinal extension of the metal profile 2.

(12) In FIG. 4 the lateral edges of the sheet of metal prior to roll forming are in contact on the lower side 4 of the base plate member 1.

(13) FIG. 5 illustrates a furniture base plate member 1, in a cross-sectional view. The illustrated furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 5 shows all the features shown in the illustrations in FIGS. 1-4. Further, the furniture base plate member 1 in FIG. 5 shows a support member 6 arranged in two openings 2a, formed as two longitudinal channels 8, (see FIG. 4). The support member 6 is shown as inserted into the longitudinal channel 8. The support member 6 comprises insertion members 6b. The insertion member 6b may be of a plastic material. The insertion member 6b is inserted into the longitudinal channel 8, and is in contact with at least two inner surfaces of the longitudinal channel 8. The insertion member has a shape arranged to be compressed when inserted. The shape of the insertion member is no way limited to the illustration in FIG. 5 and may have any shape. The foot member 7 is fastened to the extending portion 6a (not shown), which extends longitudinally from the longitudinal end 2b inwards and between the two longitudinal channels 8, of the support member 6.

(14) FIG. 6 illustrates a flow chart of a method 10 of manufacturing a furniture base plate member. The method 10 comprises the steps of providing 11 a hollow longitudinally elongated metal profile 2 roll formed from a sheet of metal, comprising an upper side 3 and a lower side 4, pressing 12 the upper side 3 and the lower side 4 of the metal profile 2 against each other, such that at least one section 5 of the upper side 3 and the lower side 4 abuts each other, such that at least one opening is formed by said pressing at each longitudinal end 2b of the metal profile 2, and arrange 13 a support member 6 in said at least one opening at each longitudinal end 2b.