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Lightweight plastic furniture

  • US 5,868,081 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1997
  • Issued: 02/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A lightweight, high-strength support platform for use in constructing furniture, comprising:

  • (a) a support member having a generally planar first surface having a peripheral portion and a spaced apart second surface; and

    (b) a plastic structural reinforcement core connected to said support member, said core having a central portion and a peripheral flange circumscribing said central portions, said central portion being provided with a multiplicity of generally frustoconically shaped protuberances;

    (c) an enclosure panel connected to said peripheral flange of said core, said enclosure panel having a central portion and a curved channel shaped portion circumscribing said central portion; and

    (d) a curved reinforcement frame disposed within said curved channel shaped portion of said enclosure panel and between said core and said enclosure panel and circumscribing said central portion of said enclosure panel.

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