Desk

• US 8,960,106 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2007
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aichi Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aichi Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumazawa, Taku
• Primary Examiner(s): Troy, Daniel J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gallego, Andres F
• Application Number:
  US11/803,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20070261611A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,843 Days
• Field of Search: 108/153.1, 108/150, 108/151, 108/115, 108/158.11, 108/158.12, 108/118, 248/188, 248/188.1, 248/188.8, 403/344, 403/346, 403/400
• US Class Current: 108/158.12
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/0815 the resilient force of the elastic locking means acting in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the leg

Abstract

A desk includes a top panel and at least one leg portion. At least one of the at least one leg portion includes a pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel and a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg support. The leg support includes, as devices to connect with the leg pole, a pair of sandwiching portions that abut the leg pole and are capable of sandwiching the leg pole therebetween and a fastening device that fastens and connects the pair of sandwiching portions in a state where the leg pole is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions.

Claims

1. A desk, comprising:

a top panel; and

at least one leg portion, wherein the at least one leg portion includes;

a rectangular-pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel; and

a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg pole,

wherein the leg support includes;

a leg support body portion; and

a connection member,

wherein the leg support body portion and the connection member respectively include an engagement groove that engages with the leg pole, and the engagement groove has an abutting surface formed at a corner where a corner portion of the leg pole is received, the abutting surface forming a space formed by the engagement groove into a shape where the corner is chamfered,

further including a fastening device for fastening and connecting the leg support body portion and the connection member in a state where the leg support body portion and the connection member are engaged with the leg pole via the engagement groove, and

wherein the corner portion of the leg pole and the abutting surface of the engagement groove are configured to have close contact with each other in a state where the leg support body portion and the connection member are attached to the leg pole and the leg support body portion and the connection member are connected by the fastening device.

2. The desk according to claim 1,

wherein the engagement groove is formed by a pair of side surfaces that are parallel to each other and a bottom surface that is connected to each of the pair of side surfaces at an angle of 90 degrees, and the abutting surface is so formed as to connect the side surfaces and the bottom surface.

3. The desk according to claim 2, wherein the abutting surface is formed so that an angle between the abutting surface and the bottom surface and an angle between the abutting surface and the side surface are equal.

4. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the fastening device is arranged around the leg pole so as to connect the leg support body portion and the connection member around the leg pole.

5. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the fastening device connects the leg support body portion and the connection member at at least two positions which are apart from the engagement groove and the leg pole and are parallel to each other with the engagement groove and the leg pole sandwiched therebetween.

6. The desk according to claim 1,

wherein the leg pole includes at least one engaged portion to be engaged with the leg support, and

wherein the leg support includes an engaging portion that engages with the engaged portion of the leg pole thereby to position the leg support at a predetermined position of the leg pole.

7. The desk according to claim 1,

wherein the leg pole includes at least one engaged portion to be engaged with the connection member,

wherein the connection member includes:

at least one engaging portion that engages with the at least one engaged portion of the leg pole thereby to position the connection member at a predetermined position of the leg pole; and

connecting portions that are connected to the leg support body portion, the connecting portions being provided on the connection member in a manner displaced at least in a vertical direction from the at least one engaging portion in a state where the connection member is attached to the leg pole, and

wherein the connection member is configured to be able to be positioned on the leg pole in a first configuration where the connecting portions are disposed vertically higher than the at least one engaging portion and also configured to be able to be positioned on the leg pole in a second configuration, which is obtained by turning the first configuration upside down, where the connecting portions are disposed vertically lower than the at least one engaging portion.

8. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the abutting surface is provided along the whole corner of the engagement groove, where the corner portion of the leg pole is received, and abuts the corner portion of the leg pole linearly.

9. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the abutting surface is formed on the engagement groove in the leg support body portion.

10. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the leg support body portion and the connection member are formed by separate members.

11. The desk according to claim 1, wherein the leg support body portion and the connection member are formed by an integral member.

12. A desk, comprising:

a top panel; and

at least one leg portion, wherein at least one of the at least one leg portion includes;

a pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel; and

a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg pole,

wherein the leg support includes, as devices to connect with the leg pole;

a pair of sandwiching portions that abut the leg pole and are capable of sandwiching the leg pole therebetween; and

a fastening device that fastens and connects the pair of sandwiching portions in a state where the leg pole is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions,

wherein the leg support is divided into two members, each divided member including the sandwiching portion;

wherein one of the two members constituting the leg support is a leg support body portion that abuts the floor surface and supports the leg pole;

wherein the other of the two members is a connection member that sandwiches the leg pole between the connection member and the leg support body portion;

wherein the leg pole includes at least one engaged portion to be engaged with the connection member;

wherein the connection member includes;

at least one engaging portion that engages with the at least one engaged portion of the leg pole thereby to position the connection member at a predetermined position of the leg pole; and

connecting portions that are connected to the leg support body portion, the connecting portions being provided on the connection member in a manner displaced at least in a vertical direction from the at least one engaging portion in a state where the connection member is attached to the leg pole, and

wherein the connection member is configured to be able to be positioned on the leg pole in a first configuration where the connecting portions are disposed vertically higher than the at least one engaging portion and also configured to be able to be positioned on the leg pole in a second configuration, which is obtained by turning the first configuration upside down, where the connecting portions are disposed vertically lower than the at least one engaging portion.

13. The desk according to claim 12,

wherein there are two engaged portions and two engaging portions,

wherein there are two connecting portions, and

wherein an arrangement direction of the engaging portions and an arrangement direction of the connecting portions are parallel.

14. The desk according to claim 12,

wherein there are two leg portions and each leg portion includes the pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel, and

wherein the engaged portion is provided on a surface of each of the leg poles at a side where the leg poles are facing each other.

15. A desk, comprising:

a top panel; and

at least one leg portion, wherein at least one of the at least one leg portion includes;

a pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel; and

a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg pole,

wherein the leg support includes, as devices to connect with the leg pole;

a pair of sandwiching portions that abut the leg pole and are capable of sandwiching the leg pole therebetween; and

a fastening device that fastens and connects the pair of sandwiching portions in a state where the leg pole is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions,

wherein the leg support is divided into two members, each divided member including the sandwiching portion; and

wherein the fastening device connects the two members of the leg support at at least two positions which are apart from the sandwiching portions and the leg pole and are parallel to each other with the sandwiching portions and the leg pole sandwiched therebetween.