Unit of furniture

• US 5,106,153 A
• Filed: 11/05/1990
• Issued: 04/21/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bassett Furniture Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Walter E. Durling
• Inventors: Durling, Walter E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US07/609,361
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 297/112, 297/113, 297/135, 297/170, 297/194, 297/232, 297/411, 297/145, 312/270
• US Class Current: 297/232
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/62 Accessories for chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/624 located on side of seat, e.g. on armrest
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/68 Arm-rest tables ; or back-rest tables

Abstract

A unit of household furniture has two chairs and a console permanently joined together with the console between the two chairs. Each of the chairs is a reclining chair that is individually adjustable between a retracted position and an extended position, and the two chairs and console are movable as a unit relative to a supporting surface.

Claims

1. A unit of household furniture having two chairs and a console including a storage receptacle, said chairs and console being permanently joined together with the console between the two chairs and the two chairs and console being movable as a unit relative to a supporting surface, wherein the improvement comprises:

(a) each of the chairs being a reclining chair that includes means for individually adjusting that reclining chair between a retracted position and an extended position;

(b) a box-type frame section for supporting each reclining chair;

(c) a box-type frame section for enclosing the console;

(d) rails extending between the box-type frame sections for the two reclining chairs and across the frame section for the console, and

(e) the rails being connected to each frame section to define a common frame and to join the two reclining chairs and the console into a unit of household furniture.

2. A unit of furniture according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the reclining chairs includes an arm and an armrest.

3. A unit of furniture according to claim 2 wherein the arm has a storage cavity underlying the armrest, and means attaching the armrest to the arm for movement relative to the arm, whereby access may be had to the storage cavity in the arm by moving the armrest.

4. A unit of furniture according to claim 1 wherein an armrest is attached to the top of the console.

5. A unit of furniture according to claim 1 wherein an armrest is hinged to the console.

6. A unit of furniture according to claim 2 wherein the console includes a drawer with a sliding top.

7. A unit of furniture according to claim 6 wherein the drawer is normally housed in the console beneath the top of the console and is extensible beyond the front of the console, whereby the sliding- top of the drawer may be positioned as an extension of the top of the console.

8. A unit of furniture according to claim 7 wherein upstanding rims extend about the peripheries of the top of the console and the sliding top.

9. A unit of furniture according to claim 6 wherein a tray is slidably mounted within the drawer.

11. A unit of household furniture according to claim 1 wherein the console is in the place of arms on the sides of the reclining chairs that are proximate to the console.

12. A unit of household furniture according to claim 1 wherein the reclining chairs are upholstered.

10. A unit of furniture according to claim 10 wherein the tray is removable from the drawer.