Separable piece of furniture

• US 4,603,906 A
• Filed: 05/06/1985
• Issued: 08/05/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lars Mathiesen
• Original Assignee: Lars Mathiesen
• Inventors: Mathiesen, Lars
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Application Number:
  US06/731,016
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 297/440, 108/111, 312/263, 312/264
• US Class Current: 297/440.23
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/02 Dismountable chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/03 Non-upholstered chairs, e.g. metal, plastic or wooden chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/13 made of tubes or wire assemblies of elements of the same kind, e.g. stackable, A47B87/00

Abstract

In a separable lightweight armchair comprising a backpiece, two sidepieces and a seatpiece, the sidepieces are separably edge-assembled with the backpiece, in that they from a slantingly backward directed position are inserted on firm coupling parts on the backpiece, in that the coupling parts are inserted in the clearance between two parallel framewires on the sidepiece, and hereafter rotated forwards to a locking mesh with the coupling parts. The sidepieces are locked in their forwardly directed normal position by a traverse piece at the front.

Claims

1. A separable piece of furniture comprising a first and a second panel element which are joinable edge to edge in a separable manner, characterized in that the first panel element is provided with a freely protruding coupling part, which is outwardly wound first to one and then to an opposite side so as to form mutually opposed sinuosities, and that the edge portion of the second panel element as connected with said coupling part includes two parallel pipe holding portions, which are cast substantially apart just sufficiently to enable the coupling part to be inserted, relatively, into and through the clearance between the holding portions and, by a relative rotation of the two panel elements about one of the holding portions as hereby being rested in the outermost of said sinuosities, enable the other of said holding portions to be brought into a butting engagement with the innermost sinuosity of the coupling part.

2. A piece of furniture according to claim 1, in which said parallel holding portions are formed by one of pipes and wires forming a frame structure of said second panel element.

3. A piece of furniture according to claim 2, in which one panel element is a rear furniture portion, to each of the opposed side edges of which is secured, by more of said coupling parts, a side wall panel projecting forwardly from the rear furniture portion, with opposed side wall panel adjacent their foremost portions being interconnected by a removable connector element holding the side wall panels in such positions, in which the holding portions thereof are in a butting engagement with the sinuosities of the respective coupling parts.

4. A piece of furniture according to claim 1, in which one panel element is connected, along opposite side edges thereof, with two mutually opposed side panel elements, a rigid member is arranged in a space between the two side elements so as to stabilize the mutual positions of the three panel elements.

5. A piece of furniture according to claim 4, and constructed as one of an armchair and an armsofa, characterized in that the side panel elements adjacent front edges thereof are releasably interconnected by a front carrier member, to which is pivotally secured a seat frame, a rear edge of which is provided with means for being suspended on a lower carrier portion of a backrest element.

6. A piece of furniture according to claim 4, wherein said rigid member is a rigid frame.

7. A piece of furniture according to claim 4, wherein said rigid member is a plate-shaped member.

8. A piece of furniture according to claim 3, wherein the rear furniture portion is a rear wall member.

9. A piece of furniture according to claim 3, wherein the rear furniture portion is a backrest member.