Desk

• US 20070261611A1
• Filed: 05/14/2007
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aichi Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aichi Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumazawa, Taku
• Granted Patent: US 8,960,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/115
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/0815 the resilient force of the elastic locking means acting in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the leg

Abstract

A desk includes a top panel and at least one leg portion. At least one of the at least one leg portion includes a pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel and a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg support. The leg support includes, as devices to connect with the leg pole, a pair of sandwiching portions that abut the leg pole and are capable of sandwiching the leg pole therebetween and a fastening device that fastens and connects the pair of sandwiching portions in a state where the leg pole is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions.

Claims

1. A desk, comprising:

a top panel; and

at least one leg portion,

wherein at least one of the at least one leg portion includes;

a pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel; and

a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg support,

wherein the leg support includes, as devices to connect with the leg pole;

a pair of sandwiching portions that abut the leg pole and are capable of sandwiching the leg pole therebetween; and

a fastening device that fastens and connects the pair of sandwiching portions in a state where the leg pole is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions.

2. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the fastening device is arranged around the leg pole so as to connect the sandwiching portions around the leg pole.

3. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the leg support is divided into two members, each divided member including the sandwiching portion.

4. The desk according to claim 3,

wherein one of the two members constituting the leg support is a leg support main body that includes a part abutting a floor surface and supports the leg pole, and

wherein the other of the two members is a connection member that sandwiches the leg pole between the connection member and the leg support main body.

5. The desk according to claim 1,

wherein the leg pole includes an engaged portion to be engaged with the leg support, and

wherein the leg support includes an engaging portion that engages with the engaged portion of the leg pole thereby to position the leg support at a predetermined position of the leg pole.

6. The desk according to claim 4

wherein the leg pole includes at least one engaged portion to be engaged with the leg support, and

wherein the sandwiching portion of the connection member includes:

at least one engaging portion that engages with at least one engaged portion of the leg pole thereby to position the connection member at a predetermined position of the leg pole;

an abutting portion that abuts the leg pole; and

connecting portions that are provided on both sides of the abutting portion and are connected to the sandwiching portion of the leg support.

7. The desk according to claim 6, wherein the at least one engaging portion is disposed at a position deviated from a center of the abutting portion.

8. The desk according to claim 4,

wherein the leg support main body includes an elongated rod-like portion having one end contacting a floor surface, and

wherein the sandwiching portion of the leg support main body protrudes from the rod-like portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the rod-like portion.

9. The desk according to claim 8,

wherein the at least one leg portion includes two leg portions, and

wherein the rod-like portion included in each of the leg portions is disposed so as not to overlap the leg pole in a direction perpendicular to a facing direction of the two leg portions.