Bilateral rotation apparatus and furniture including the same

• US 8,720,348 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KOAS Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: KOAS Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Roh, Jae Gyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US13/629,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20130081559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 108/50.01, 108/50.02, 108/23, 312/223.3, 312/223.6, 312/223.2, 312/223.1
• US Class Current: 108/50.02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2097/003 Cable holders; cable organisers
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/00 Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A bilateral rotation apparatus including a support member, a first connecting rod hingedly connected to one side of the support member in a longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc, a second connecting rod hingedly connected to an opposite side of the support member in the longitudinal direction to be rotated along a locus of an arc, and connecting members disposed on an upper side of the support member is provided. The bilateral rotation apparatus is provided to a panel of furniture to open a wiring cap for wiring operation independently in one direction or in an opposite direction, thereby eliminating restriction on a wiring direction.

Claims

1. A bilateral rotation apparatus comprising:

a support member;

a first connecting rod hingedly connected to one side of the support member in a longitudinal direction of the support member to pivot relative to the one side of the support member;

a second connecting rod hingedly connected to an opposite side of the support member in the longitudinal direction of the support member to pivot relative to the opposite side of the support member; and

a plurality of connecting members disposed on an upper side of the support member, a first connecting member of the plurality of connecting members being hingedly connected at one side thereof to the second connecting rod and a second connecting member of the plurality of connecting members being hingedly connected at the other side thereof to the first connecting rod in the longitudinal direction of the support member so as to be rotated independently in one direction or in an opposite direction;

wherein the support member includes a plate that is provided at opposite sides thereof with a plurality of insertion ribs bent towards each other, and a support block slidably inserted between the plurality of insertion ribs and hingedly connected to one end of the first connecting rod by using a first hinge pin and hingedly connected to the opposite end of the second connecting rod by using a second hinge pin.

2. Furniture comprising:

an installation hole formed in a panel;

a frame inserted into the installation hole and open at upper and lower sides thereof;

a plurality of bilateral rotation apparatuses placed at opposite edges of the frame;

a cover connected at lower opposite sides thereof to each of the plurality of the bilateral rotation apparatuses and rotated independently in one direction or in an opposite direction to prevent restriction on a directionality of a wiring operation;

a support member connected to a lower side of the frame;

a first connecting rod hingedly connected to one side of the support member in a longitudinal direction of the support member to pivot relative to the one side of the support member;

a second connecting rod hingedly connected to an opposite side of the support member in the longitudinal direction of the support member to pivot relative to the opposite side of the support member;

a plurality of connecting members disposed on an upper side of the support member, a first connecting member of the plurality of connecting members being hingedly connected at one side thereof to the second connecting rod and a second connecting member of the plurality of connecting members being hingedly connected at the other side thereof to the first connecting rod in the longitudinal direction of the support member so as to be rotated independently in one direction or in an opposite direction, the plurality of connecting members being connected to the cover; and

an insertion groove formed on a bottom surface of the cover; and

a protrusion formed on a top surface of the cover;

wherein, when the plurality of connecting members are covered with the cover, the protrusion is inserted into the insertion groove.

3. The furniture according to claim 2, wherein the insertion groove has a guide rib at one side or either side thereof, and wherein the protrusion has a guide groove that is made of resilient materials into which the guide rib is inserted.

4. The furniture according to claim 2, wherein the cover has a smaller area than a planar area of an opened portion of the frame such that the wiring operation includes a plurality of wires that are arranged in a closed state of the cover, and the frame comprises a flexible brush member to.

5. The furniture according to claim 2, wherein the panel comprises a plurality of legs extending therefrom, each of the plurality of legs comprising a detachable holder for inserting and arranging a wired cable in the leg.