Furniture with LED Light Arrangement

• US 20150300627A1
• Filed: 04/18/2014
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Furniture Of America, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Import Direct, Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, George, Young, Rocky
• Granted Patent: US 9,410,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/12 Transparent tops , e.g. with lighting means under the table top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0077 Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/00 Chairs adapted for special purposes features relating to vertical adjustability A47C3/20; convertible chairs A47C13/00; chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons A61G5/00; operating chairs, dental chairs A61G15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/00 Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/725 for illumination, e.g. lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/006 the substrate being distinct from the light source holder
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0464 the sensor sensing the level of ambient illumination, e.g. dawn or dusk sensors
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/301 for furniture
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An article of furniture includes a furniture body having a utilizing surface and a non-utilizing surface, and a light arrangement which includes a plurality of LEDs embedded in the non-utilizing surface of the furniture body for adding decorating and illuminating functions of the furniture body. The installation of the light arrangement is simple without disassembling the furniture body.

Claims

1. An article of furniture, comprising:

a furniture body having a utilizing surface and a non-utilizing surface; and

a light arrangement which comprises a plurality of LEDs embedded in said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body for adding decorating and illuminating functions of said furniture body.

2. The furniture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said furniture body further has at least a supporting groove indented on said non-utilizing surface that said LEDs are received in said supporting groove.

3. The furniture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said light arrangement further comprises a flexible light casing sealedly receiving said LEDs therein to form a light string being embedded in said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body.

4. The furniture, as recited in claim 2, wherein said light arrangement further comprises a flexible light casing sealedly receiving said LEDs therein to form a light string being embedded in said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body.

5. The furniture, as recited in claim 4, wherein two or more of said light strings are formed and electrically connected with each other to extend a length of said light string corresponding to a size and shape of said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body.

6. The furniture, as recited in claim 4, wherein said light string is received in said supporting groove to retain said LEDs at said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body.

7. The furniture, as recited in claim 5, wherein said light string is received in said supporting groove to retain said LEDs at said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body.

8. The furniture, as recited in claim 7, wherein said supporting groove has a dovetail shape defining an enlarged groove cavity and a narrowed groove opening for receiving said light string, wherein a width of said narrowed groove opening is slightly smaller than a size of said light string, such that said light string is pushed to securely retain along said supporting groove and is pulled to detach from said supporting groove.

9. The furniture, as recited in claim 5, wherein said light string is embedded in said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body to form a flat non-protruding surface.

10. The furniture, as recited in claim 8, wherein said light string is embedded in said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body to form a flat non-protruding surface.

11. The furniture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said light arrangement further comprises a control module supported at said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body, wherein said control module comprises a battery compartment for receiving a battery therein to electrically link to said LEDs, and a control panel provided on said battery compartment to selectively control light effect and operation of said LEDs.

12. The furniture, as recited in claim 5, wherein said light arrangement further comprises a control module supported at said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body, wherein said control module comprises a battery compartment for receiving a battery therein to electrically link to said LEDs, and a control panel provided on said battery compartment to selectively control light effect and operation of said LEDs.

13. The furniture, as recited in claim 10, wherein said light arrangement further comprises a control module supported at said non-utilizing surface of said furniture body, wherein said control module comprises a battery compartment for receiving a battery therein to electrically link to said LEDs, and a control panel provided on said battery compartment to selectively control light effect and operation of said LEDs.

14. The furniture, as recited in claim 11, wherein said control module further comprises an environmental sensor operatively linked to said control panel to selectively activate said LEDs, wherein said environmental sensor is selected from a group consisting of motion sensor and light sensor.

15. The furniture, as recited in claim 12, wherein said control module further comprises an environmental sensor operatively linked to said control panel to selectively activate said LEDs, wherein said environmental sensor is selected from a group consisting of motion sensor and light sensor.

16. The furniture, as recited in claim 13, wherein said control module further comprises an environmental sensor operatively linked to said control panel to selectively activate said LEDs, wherein said environmental sensor is selected from a group consisting of motion sensor and light sensor.

17. The furniture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said furniture body comprises a tabletop panel having a top surface serving as said utilizing surface and a bottom surface serving as said non-utilizing surface, such that said light arrangement is formed at said bottom surface of said tabletop.

18. The furniture, as recited in claim 16, wherein said furniture body comprises a tabletop panel having a top surface serving as said utilizing surface and a bottom surface serving as said non-utilizing surface, such that said light arrangement is formed at said bottom surface of said tabletop.

19. The furniture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said furniture body comprises a tabletop panel having a top surface serving as said utilizing surface and an inner rim surface serving as said non-utilizing surface, such that said light arrangement is formed at said inner rim surface of said tabletop.

20. The furniture, as recited in claim 16, wherein said furniture body comprises a tabletop panel having a top surface serving as said utilizing surface and an inner rim surface serving as said non-utilizing surface, such that said light arrangement is formed at said inner rim surface of said tabletop.