BILATERAL ROTATION APPARATUS AND FURNITURE INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20130081559A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KOAS Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: KOAS Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ROH, JAE GYUN
• Granted Patent: US 8,720,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2097/003 Cable holders; cable organisers
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/00 Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A bilateral rotation apparatus including a support member, a first connecting rod hingedly connected to one side of the support member in a longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc, a second connecting rod hingedly connected to an opposite side of the support member in the longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc, and connecting members disposed on an upper side of the support member is provided. The bilateral rotation apparatus is provided to a panel of furniture to open a wiring cap for wiring operation independently in one direction or in an opposite direction, thereby eliminating restriction on a wiring direction.

Claims

1. A bilateral rotation apparatus comprising:

a support member;

a first connecting rod hingedly connected to one side of the support member in a longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc;

a second connecting rod hingedly connected to an opposite side of the support member in the longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc; and

connecting members disposed on an upper side of the support member, one of the connecting members being hingedly connected at one side thereof to the second connecting rod and the other connecting member being hingedly connected at the other side thereof to the first connecting rod in the longitudinal direction so as to be rotated independently in one direction or in an opposite direction.

2. The bilateral rotation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support member includes a plate, and a support block detachably coupled to the plate and hingedly connecting the first connecting rod to the second connecting rod.

3. The bilateral rotation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plate is provided at opposite sides thereof with insertion ribs bent in opposite directions such that the support block is slidably inserted into the insertion ribs.

4. Furniture comprising:

an installation hole formed in a panel;

a frame inserted into the installation hole and open at upper and lower sides thereof;

a bilateral rotation apparatuses placed at opposite edges of the frame; and

a cover connected at lower opposite sides thereof to the bilateral rotation apparatuses and rotated independently in one direction or in an opposite direction to prevent restriction on directionality of wiring operation.

5. The furniture according to claim 4, wherein each of the bilateral rotation apparatuses comprises:

a support member connected to a lower side of the frame;

a first connecting rod hingedly connected to one side of the support member in a longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc;

a second connecting rod hingedly connected to an opposite side of the support member in the longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc; and

connecting members disposed on an upper side of the support member, one of the connecting members being hingedly connected at one side thereof to the second connecting rod and the other connecting member being hingedly connected at the other side thereof to the first connecting rod in the longitudinal direction so as to be rotated independently in one direction or in an opposite direction, the connecting members being connected to the cover.

6. The furniture according to claim 5, wherein the cover is formed with an insertion groove and each of the connecting members is formed with an insertion boss to be inserted into the corresponding insertion groove.

7. The furniture according to claim 5, wherein the insertion groove is formed at one side thereof or at either side thereof with a guide rib, and the insertion boss is formed with a resilient guide groove into which the guide rib is resiliently inserted.

8. The furniture according to claim 4, wherein the cover has a smaller area than a planar area of an opened portion of the frame such that wiring operation is performed in a closed state of the cover, and the frame comprises a flexible brush member to maintain a wired state.

9. The furniture according to claim 4, wherein the panel comprises legs extending therefrom, each of the legs comprising a detachable holder for inserting and arranging the wired cable in the leg.