MODULAR FURNITURE

Abstract

The invention discloses a modular furniture which is formed by sequentially plugging five components, where a first component is plugged into a second component and a third component to form a first sofa unit, the first component is plugged into a fourth component and a fifth component to form a second sofa unit, and the first sofa unit and the second sofa unit form the modular furniture. The invention allows detachable connection through plugging members which are plugged into each other, and the components can be selected and assembled and plugged as needed to make the furniture have diversified shapes, and the split structure can also reduce the packaging volume.

Claims

1. A modular furniture, comprising: a first component, a first plugging member and a third plugging member being provided on one side face of the first component, and the first plugging member being arranged on a rear surface of the first component; a second component, a second plugging member for plugging into the first plugging member and a fourth plugging member for plugging into the third plugging member being provided on an inner surface of the second component, the first plugging member being arranged on a rear surface of the second component, and upper and lower ends of the second component being substantially flush with upper and lower ends of the first component respectively; a third component, a lower end of the third component being substantially flush with the lower end of the first component, and an upper end thereof being higher than the upper end of the first component, the second plugging member being arranged at a lower end of an inner surface of the third component, and the second plugging members being arranged in two groups on left and right sides of the third component; a fourth component, a second plugging member for plugging into the first plugging member and a fourth plugging member for plugging into the third plugging member being provided on an inner surface of the fourth component, the first plugging member being arranged on a rear surface of the fourth component, and a lower end of the fourth component being substantially flush with the lower end of the first component, and an upper end thereof being higher than the upper end of the first component; and a fifth component, a lower end of the fifth component being substantially flush with the lower end of the first component, and an upper end thereof being higher than the upper end of the first component, the second plugging member being arranged on an inner side face of the third component, and the second plugging members being arranged in two groups on left and right sides of the fifth component; and wherein the first component is successively plugged into the second component and the third component to form a first sofa unit; the first component is successively plugged into the fourth component and the fifth component to form a second sofa unit; and the modular furniture is formed by the first sofa unit and/or the second sofa unit.

2. The modular furniture according to claim 1, wherein the first component, the second component, the third component, the fourth component and the fifth component are all composed of a frame formed by welding hollow metal tubes and a surface attachment member mounted on the frame; one of the first plugging member and the second plugging member is an insert piece, and the other is a flat insertion hole; and one of the third plugging member and the fourth plugging member is an insertion post, and the other is a circular insertion hole.

3. The modular furniture according to claim 2, wherein the hollow metal tubes are hollow metal square tubes or hollow metal circular tubes.

4. The modular furniture according to claim 2, wherein the insert piece has a mounting portion, an extension portion and an insertion portion connected in sequence, the insertion portion is arranged obliquely downward from an outer end of the extension portion, and a first limiting portion and a guide surface are formed on an inner end face of the insertion portion, the flat insertion hole is composed of a through hole provided on a side wall of the hollow metal tube, a vertical plane and a transverse plane are formed at the flat insertion hole, the vertical plane is composed of an inner wall surface of the hollow metal tube, and the transverse plane is formed by a side wall providing an opening on the side wall of the hollow metal tube; and the insertion post is composed of a post member fixedly provided on the hollow metal tube, and the circular insertion hole is composed of a circular through hole provided on the side wall of the metal tube.

5. The modular furniture according to claim 4, wherein a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole are provided on two opposite side walls of the hollow metal tube respectively, and the mounting portion of the insert piece is inserted into the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole to fixedly mount the insert piece.

6. The modular furniture according to claim 2, wherein the surface attachment member is a rattan woven sofa surface formed by rattan weaving on the frame.

7. The modular furniture according to claim 6, wherein the rattan woven sofa surface is formed by weaving artificial rattans.

8. The modular furniture according to claim 4, wherein the first sofa unit is plugged and mounted according to the following steps: firstly mounting the second component on one side of the first component, and enabling the first plugging member to be plugged into the second plugging member, and the third plugging member to be plugged into the fourth plugging member, then mounting the third component on rear sides of the first component and the second component, and respectively enabling the second plugging members at both sides of the third component to be plugged into the first plugging member arranged on the rear surface of the first component and the first plugging member arranged on the rear surface of the second component respectively to plug the first component, the second component and the third component into each other to form the first sofa unit.

9. The modular furniture according to claim 4, wherein the second sofa unit is plugged and mounted according to the following steps: firstly mounting the fourth component on one side of the first component, and enabling the first plugging member to be plugged into the second plugging member, and the third plugging member to be plugged into the fourth plugging member, and then mounting the fifth component on the rear sides of the first component and the fourth component, and respectively enabling the second plugging members at both sides of the fifth component to be plugged into the first plugging member arranged on the rear surface of the first component and the first plugging member arranged on the rear surface of the fourth component to plug the first component, the fourth component and the fifth component into each other to form the second sofa unit, and wherein the fifth component and the fourth component are plugged into each other at upper and lower portions through the first plugging member and the second plugging member respectively.

10. The modular furniture according to claim 4, wherein the modular furniture is arranged in a straight line, an L-shape or a U-shape.

11. The modular furniture according to claim 10, further comprising a tea table.

12. The modular furniture according to claim 11, wherein the tea table comprises a spliced tea table base and a tea table board mounted on the spliced tea table base, the spliced tea table base is formed by plugging a first tea table member and a second tea table member, the second plugging members are arranged at two ends of one side face of the first tea table member, the first plugging members are arranged on two end faces of the second tea table member, the two second tea table members are sandwiched between the two first tea table members, and the first tea table member and the second tea table member are woven with rattans to cover at least a part of the surface, and the tea table board is mounted on a support member of the spliced tea table base.

13. A method of mounting a modular furniture, comprising the following steps: S1, providing a modular furniture having the structure according to claim 1; S2, firstly plugging and mounting the first component and the second component to form a primary assembly body, and then plugging and mounting the third component at a rear side of the primary assembly body to form a first sofa unit; S3, firstly plugging and mounting the first component and the fourth component to form a primary assembly body, and then plugging and mounting the fifth component at a rear side of the primary assembly body to form a second sofa unit; and S4, arranging at least one first sofa unit and at least one second sofa unit mounted in a straight line, an L-shape or a U-shape to form a modular furniture.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first component, the second component, the third component, the fourth component, and the fifth component are all composed of a frame formed by welding hollow metal tubes and a surface attachment member mounted on the frame.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein one of the first plugging member and the second plugging member is an insert piece, and the other is a flat insertion hole, and one of the third plugging member and the fourth plugging member is an insertion post, and the other is a circular insertion hole.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the insert piece has a mounting portion, an extension portion and an insertion portion connected in sequence, the insertion portion is arranged obliquely downward from an outer end of the extension portion, and a first limiting portion and a guide surface are formed on an inner end face of the insertion portion, and the flat insertion hole is composed of a through hole provided on a side wall of the hollow metal tube, a vertical plane and a transverse plane are formed at the flat insertion hole, the vertical plane is composed of an inner wall surface of the hollow metal tube, and the transverse plane is formed by a side wall providing an opening on the side wall of the hollow metal tube.

17. The method according to claim 16, the insertion post is composed of a post member fixedly provided on the hollow metal tube, and the circular insertion hole is composed of a circular through hole provided on the side wall of the metal tube.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole are provided on two opposite side walls of the hollow metal tube respectively, and the mounting portion of the insert piece is inserted into the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole to fixedly mount the insert piece.

19. The method according to claim 14, wherein the surface attachment member is a rattan woven sofa surface formed by rattan weaving on the frame.

20. The method according to claim 14, wherein the hollow metal tubes are hollow metal square tubes or hollow metal circular tubes.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame in a first sofa unit of the invention;

[0018] FIG. 2 is a schematic assembly diagram of the frame of the first sofa unit in FIG. 1;

[0019] FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of A in FIG. 2;

[0020] FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of B in FIG. 2;

[0021] FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of C in FIG. 2;

[0022] FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of D in FIG. 2;

[0023] FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame of a first component in FIG. 2;

[0024] FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame of a second component in FIG. 2;

[0025] FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame of a third component in FIG. 2;

[0026] FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional structural diagram of an insert piece and a flat insertion hole and two components provided therewith according to the invention;

[0027] FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of the first sofa unit in FIG. 1 with a rattan woven attachment layer attached;

[0028] FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame in a second sofa unit of the invention;

[0029] FIG. 13 is a schematic assembly diagram of the frame of the second sofa unit in FIG. 12;

[0030] FIG. 14 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of E in FIG. 13;

[0031] FIG. 15 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of F in FIG. 13;

[0032] FIG. 16 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of G in FIG. 13;

[0033] FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame of a fourth component in FIG. 13;

[0034] FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal frame of a fourth component in FIG. 13;

[0035] FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of the second sofa unit in FIG. 12 with a rattan woven attachment layer attached;

[0036] FIG. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of a tea table according to the invention; and

[0037] FIG. 21 is an exploded schematic structural diagram of FIG. 20.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0038] 31. first component; 32. second component; 33. third component; 34. fourth component; 35. fifth component; [0039] 310. first frame; 320. second frame; 330. third frame; 340. fourth frame; 350. fifth frame; [0040] 301. first sofa unit frame; 302. second sofa unit frame; [0041] 1. first plugging member; 2. second plugging member; 3. third plugging member; 4. fourth plugging member; [0042] 200. flat insertion hole; 201. vertical plane; 202. transverse plane; 203. first mounting hole; 204. second mounting hole; [0043] 100. insert piece; 101. mounting portion; 102. insertion portion; 103. extension portion; 104. limiting portion; 105. guide surface; 106. round end; 107. bottom wall; 108. abutting end; [0044] 5. rattan braided layer; 6. tea table board; 40. spliced tea table base; 401. first tea table member; 402. second tea table member; and 403. support member.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0045] In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the invention and thereby define the scope of the invention more clearly, the invention is described below in detail with respect to some specific embodiments of the invention. It should be noted that the following description only relates to some specific embodiments of the inventive concept and are only part of the embodiments of the invention, specific and direct descriptions of relevant structures are merely for the convenience of understanding the invention, and the specific features do not, of course, directly limit the implementation scope of the invention.

[0046] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 21, the invention adopts the following technical solution: a modular furniture in which five components are orderly spliced to form a first sofa unit (as shown in FIG. 11) and a second sofa unit (as shown in FIG. 19), where the first sofa unit and the second sofa unit respectively form a first sofa unit frame 301 as shown in FIG. 1 and a second sofa unit frame 302 as shown in FIG. 12 after removing attachments on their surfaces, and then the first sofa unit and the second sofa unit are combined with each other to form a linear modular furniture, an L-shaped modular furniture or a U-shaped modular furniture.

[0047] Here, the first sofa unit is mainly used at a middle position of a sofa or on a certain side of an elongated shape, and the second sofa unit is used at a corner. For example, three first sofa units and two second sofa units can be assembled into an L-shaped modular furniture. Therefore, the modular furniture of the invention can be obtained by assembling and connecting corresponding components selected according to user needs, thereby enabling the assembled furniture to have different shapes. Manufacturers can sell corresponding quantities of first and second sofa units or corresponding components constituting them according to different user procurement needs, thereby reducing production costs and providing diversified furniture products.

[0048] In the present embodiment, the first component 31, the second component 32, the third component 33, the fourth component 34, and the fifth component 35 are all composed of a frame formed by welding hollow metal tubes (as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 9, 17, and 18) and a surface attachment member (e.g. rattan woven layer 5 shown in FIGS. 11 and 19) mounted on the frame.

[0049] The first sofa unit assembled by plugging is as shown in FIG. 11, and the metal frame after removing the rattan woven layer 5 is formed into the first sofa unit frame 301 as shown in FIG. 1. Removing the rattan woven layer 5 can make the component lines as shown in FIGS. 2-10 concise and easy to read. In the present embodiment, the rattan woven layer 5 is woven on the metal frame to wrap the frame therein for aesthetic purposes and to provide support, which is known in rattan woven furniture and will not be described in detail.

[0050] As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 5 and 7, a first frame 310 of the first component 31 is a generally cubic metal frame including two vertical planes and a top surface, a first plugging member 1 and a third plugging member 3 are provided on one side face of the first frame 310, there are two first plugging members 1 which are respectively arranged on a vertical tube of the first component 31 from top to bottom, there is one third plugging member 3 which is arranged on a transverse tube of the first frame 310, and the first plugging members 1 and the third plugging member 3 are at opposite ends on the side face, and the first plugging member 1 is arranged on a rear surface of the first frame 310. Here, the first plugging member 1 is composed of an insert piece 100 plugged into the first frame 310, and the third plugging member 3 is composed of a post member fixedly provided on the first frame 310.

[0051] In order to improve structural stability of the first frame 310, diagonal members are provided on the top surface thereof to improve stability of the quadrangular frame on the top surface, and vertical members are provided on both side faces thereof for vertical support.

[0052] As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 6 and 8, a second frame 320 of the second component 32 is a generally flat metal frame, a second plugging member 2 for plugging into the first plugging member 1 and a fourth plugging member 4 for plugging into the third plugging member 3 are provided on an inner surface of the second frame 320, and the first plugging member 1 is arranged on a rear surface of the second frame 320, where the second plugging member 2 is a flat insertion hole 200 for plugging the insert piece 100 therein. Moreover, upper and lower ends of the second frame 320 are substantially flush with upper and lower ends of the first component 31 respectively, so that the second frame 320 is substantially leveled up and down after being assembled with the first component 31.

[0053] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, a third frame 330 of the third component 33 is a generally flat metal frame, a lower end of the third frame 330 is substantially flush with the lower end of the first component 31, an upper end thereof is higher than the upper end of the first component 31, so that an upper portion of the third frame 330 can be formed as a backrest after assembly, and the second plugging members 2 are arranged at a lower end of an inner surface of the third frame 330; and the second plugging member 2 are arranged in two groups on left and right sides of the third frame 330 to be respectively plugged into the first plugging member 1 arranged on a rear surface of the first component 31 and the first plugging member 1 arranged on a rear surface of the second component 32, so that the rear surfaces of the first component 31 and the second component 32 can be connected and strengthened by the third component 33.

[0054] Preferably, the first plugging member 1 is composed of the insert piece 100, and the second plugging member 2 is correspondingly composed of a flat insertion hole 200. In addition, the third plugging member 3 is composed of a cylindrical insertion post, and the fourth plugging member 4 is correspondingly composed of a circular insertion hole.

[0055] Preferably, each component may be formed by welding hollow metal square tubes or hollow metal circular tubes.

[0056] As shown in FIG. 10, the insert piece 100 has a mounting portion 101, an extension portion 103 and an insertion portion 102 connected in sequence, the insertion portion 102 is arranged obliquely downward from an outer end of the extension portion 103, and a first limiting portion 104 and a guide surface 105 are formed on an inner end face of the insertion portion 102, the first limiting portion 104 is arranged vertically, and the guide surface 105 is arranged obliquely. A semicircular round end 106 is formed at a front end of the extension portion 103, a bottom wall 107 is formed at a lower end of the insertion portion 102, a width of the insertion portion 102 is greater than that of the mounting portion 101 to form an abutting end 108 at an inner side of the insertion portion 102, and the abutting end 108 is configured to abut against the frame surface when the insert piece 100 is inserted.

[0057] In addition, two mounting holes namely a first mounting hole 203 and a second mounting hole 204 are penetratingly provided on the component where the insert piece 100 as the first plugging member 1 is provided, and the mounting portion 101 of the insert piece 100 is inserted into the first mounting hole 203 and the second mounting hole 204, so that the insert piece 100 can be fixedly mounted on the component.

[0058] The flat insertion hole 200 is composed of a through hole provided on a side wall of the hollow metal tube, and a vertical plane 201 and a transverse plane 202 are formed at the flat insertion hole 200, the vertical plane 201 is composed of an inner wall surface of the hollow metal tube, and the transverse plane 202 is formed by a side wall providing an opening on the side wall of the hollow metal tube.

[0059] When the first plugging member 1 is plugged into the second plugging member 2, the extension portion 103 is accommodated inside the metal tube, the first limiting portion 104 abuts against the vertical plane 201, and the bottom wall 107 contacts the transverse plane 202, thereby plugging the two components into each other in a left-right direction.

[0060] In the present embodiment, the insertion post is composed of a post member fixedly provided on the hollow metal tube, and the circular insertion hole is composed of a circular through hole provided on the side wall of the metal tube.

[0061] As shown in FIGS. 13, 14 and 17, a fourth frame 340 of the fourth component 34 is a generally flat metal frame, the flat insertion hole 200 as the second plugging member 2 and the circular through hole as the fourth plugging member 4 are provided on an inner surface of the fourth frame 340, and the insert piece 100 as the first plugging member 1 is provided on a rear surface of the fourth frame 340, a lower end of the fourth component 34 is substantially flush with the lower end of the first component 31, and an upper end thereof is higher than the upper end of the first component 31 to serve as an armrest after assembly.

[0062] As shown in FIGS. 13, 15 and 18, a fifth frame 350 of the fifth component 35 is a generally flat metal frame, a lower end of the fifth frame 350 is substantially flush with the lower end of the first component 31, and an upper end thereof is higher than the upper end of the first component 31 to serve as the backrest after assembly; and the flat insertion hole 200 as the second plugging member 2 is arranged on an inner side of the fifth frame 350, there are four flat insertion holes 200 which are divided into two groups, a first group on a left side is provided at a lower portion, and a second group on a right side is provided at upper and lower portions.

[0063] Here, the first component 31 is successively plugged into the second component 32 and the third component 33 to form a first sofa unit; the first component 31 is successively plugged into the fourth component 34 and the fifth component 35 to form a second sofa unit; and the modular furniture is formed by the first sofa unit and/or the second sofa unit.

[0064] The surface attachment member is a rattan woven sofa surface formed by rattan weaving on the frame. Preferably, artificial rattan is used for weaving.

[0065] In the present embodiment, the first sofa unit as shown in FIG. 11 is plugged and mounted according to the following steps: firstly mounting the second component 32 on one side of the first component 31, and enabling the first plugging member 1 to be plugged into the second plugging member 2, and the third plugging member 3 to be plugged into the fourth plugging member 4, then mounting the third component 33 on rear sides of the first component 31 and the second component 32, and respectively enabling the second plugging members 2 at both sides of the third component 33 to be plugged into the first plugging member 1 arranged on the rear surface of the first component 31 and the first plugging member 1 arranged on the rear surface of the second component 32 respectively to plug the first component 31, the second component 32 and the third component 33 into each other to form the first sofa unit.

[0066] The second sofa unit as shown in FIG. 19 is plugged and mounted according to the following steps: firstly mounting the fourth component 34 on one side of the first component 31, and enabling the first plugging member 1 to be plugged into the second plugging member 2, and the third plugging member 3 to be plugged into the fourth plugging member 4, and then mounting the fifth component 35 on the rear sides of the first component 31 and the fourth component 34, and respectively enabling the second plugging members 2 at both sides of the fifth component 35 to be plugged into the first plugging member 1 arranged on the rear surface of the first component 31 and the first plugging member 1 arranged on the rear surface of the fourth component 34 to plug the first component 31, the fourth component 34 and the fifth component 35 into each other to form the second sofa unit. The fifth component 35 and the fourth component 34 are plugged into each other at upper and lower portions through the first plugging member 1 and the second plugging member 2 respectively.

[0067] The modular furniture of the present embodiment further includes a tea table, as shown in FIG. 20. The tea table includes a spliced tea table base 40 and a tea table board 6 mounted on the spliced tea table base 40, and rattan weaving is performed on the spliced tea table base 40 to cover a surface thereof to form a rattan woven tea table of the present embodiment as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21.

[0068] As shown in FIG. 21, the spliced tea table base 40 is composed of two first tea table members 401 and two second tea table members 402 plugged into each other, both ends of inner surfaces of the first tea table members 401 are respectively provided with the flat insertion holes 200 as the second plugging members 2, both end faces of the second tea table members 402 are provided with the insert pieces 100 as the first plugging members 1, the two second tea table members 402 are sandwiched between the two first tea table members 401 and the insert pieces 100 are plugged into the flat insertion holes 200 to insert and assemble the four tea table members, and the tea table board 6 is mounted on a support member 403 of the spliced tea table base 40. Furthermore, the first tea table members 401 and the second tea table members 402 respectively have upper and lower sets of first plugging members 1 and second plugging members 2 at each end, namely, upper and lower sets of insert pieces 100 and flat insertion holes 200 which are oppositely plugged and assembled.

[0069] Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: the invention has a simple structure, can be disassembled during transportation and reduce packaging volume by orderly splicing and assembling the components by plugging, which is convenient to operate, and the quantity and types of the components can be selected according to needs to realize diverse changes in assembly shapes.