Customizable mounting system for furniture

• US 8,657,133 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ameriwood Industries Incorporated (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ameriwood Industries Incorporated (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: McGowan, Kevin, Wahrhaftig, Steve, Neudeck, Cory
• Primary Examiner(s): RODDEN, JOSHUA E
• Application Number:
  US13/323,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20120145654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 211/87.01, 211/90.02, 211/103, 211/187, 211/183, 211/186, 211/188, 211/189, 211/190, 211/191, 211/193, 211/208, 108/108, 108/50.02, 52/366, D66/751, D66/781, D66/782, 248/125.1, 248/125.8, 248/243, 248/245, 312/7.2
• US Class Current: 211/189
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 47/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements A47B43/00, A47B45/00 take precedence; features for adjusting shelves or partitions A47B57/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/06 Furniture aspects of radio, television, gramophone, or record cabinets for similar equipment supports attached to the wall or ceiling or floor stands F16M

Abstract

This disclosure relates to pieces of furniture for housing electronic devices and that give the appearance of being permanently built into a wall. The pieces of furniture comprise panels which can easily be removed and which house and hide wires of electronic devices, giving the appearance that the wires are housed beyond the wall. Additionally, the pieces of furniture are designed to have electronic devices mounted thereon with little mounting (i.e., studs are unnecessary) or no mounting to secure the piece of furniture onto the wall.

Claims

1. A piece of furniture for housing electronic devices and configured to be placed against a wall, the piece of furniture comprising:

at least two uprights having top ends, bottom ends, frontsides, and backsides, the backsides being sized and shaped to be placed against a wall and the backsides of the uprights defining a plane;

a cross-beam interconnecting the uprights;

a shelf for holding electronic devices, the shelf being removably connected to the cross-beam and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights;

a loadbearing base connected to the bottom ends of the uprights, the loadbearing base having a top generally perpendicular to the uprights; and

a panel for concealing wires of electronic devices, the panel being removably connected to the uprights between the loadbearing base and the cross-beam in such a way that an internal space is created between the panel and the plane defined by the backsides of the uprights and the internal space includes substantially all of the top of the loadbearing base said panel being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights, and said cross-beam being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights such that a frontmost surface of the panel is substantially flush with an outermost surface of the cross-beam.

2. The piece of furniture of claim 1 further comprising plates connected between the uprights for mounting a television to the piece of furniture.

3. The piece of furniture of claim 1, wherein the loadbearing base extends beyond the frontsides of the uprights.

4. The piece of furniture of claim 1, wherein when the backsides of the uprights are placed flush against the wall the piece of furniture appears to be part of and integral with the wall.

5. The piece of furniture of claim 1, wherein the internal space is created between the panel and the wall when the piece of furniture is placed against the wall.

10. The piece of furniture of claim 1 wherein the cross-beam extends beyond the frontsides of the uprights an amount less than the shelf extends beyond the frontsides of the uprights.

11. The piece of furniture of claim 10 wherein the loadbearing base extends beyond the frontsides of the uprights substantially the same amount as the cross-beam.

12. The piece of furniture of claim 1 wherein the panel is in contact with the cross- beam.

13. The piece of furniture of claim 1 further comprising:

a second cross-beam interconnecting the uprights;

a second shelf for holding electronic devices, the second shelf being removably connected to the second cross-beam and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights;

a second panel for concealing wires of electronic devices, the second panel being removably connected to the uprights in such a way that a second internal space is created between the second panel and the plane defined by the backsides of the uprights, the second panel is located between the shelf and the second shelf, and the second internal space does not include substantially all of a top of either the shelf or the second shelf.

14. The piece of furniture of claim 13 wherein the second panel is in contact with the top of one of the shelf or the second shelf.

15. The piece of furniture of claim 13 wherein the second panel is not in contact with the top of either the shelf or the second shelf.

6. A system for housing electronic devices, the system comprising:

a wall; and

a piece of furniture for housing electronic devices and configured to be mounted against the wall, the piece of furniture comprising;

at least two uprights having top ends, bottom ends, frontsides, and backsides, the backsides being sized and shaped to be placed against the wall and the backsides of the uprights defining a plane;

a cross-beam interconnecting the uprights;

a shelf for holding electronic devices, the shelf being removably connected to the cross-beam and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights;

a loadbearing base connected to the bottom ends of the uprights, and having a top generally perpendicular to the uprights; and

a panel for concealing wires of electronic devices, the panel being removably connected to the uprights between the shelf and the loadbearing base in such a way that an internal space is created between the panel and the wall, and the internal space encloses substantially all the top of the loadbearing base said panel being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights, and said cross-beam being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights such that a frontmost surface of the panel is substantially flush with an outermost surface of the cross-beam.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the piece of furniture is mounted to the wall.

8. The system of claim 6 further comprising plates connected between the uprights for mounting a television to the piece of furniture.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein when the backsides of the uprights are placed flush against the wall, the piece of furniture appears to be part of and integral with the wall.