EP0000314A1 - Zusammenklappbares Kombinationsmöbel bestehend aus einem Tisch und mindestens einem Sitz - Google Patents

Zusammenklappbares Kombinationsmöbel bestehend aus einem Tisch und mindestens einem Sitz Download PDF

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EP0000314A1
EP0000314A1 EP78400047A EP78400047A EP0000314A1 EP 0000314 A1 EP0000314 A1 EP 0000314A1 EP 78400047 A EP78400047 A EP 78400047A EP 78400047 A EP78400047 A EP 78400047A EP 0000314 A1 EP0000314 A1 EP 0000314A1
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Jean-Martin Charles Walter
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B3/00—Folding or stowable tables
    • A47B3/14—Foldable table and seat units

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  • the invention relates to a piece of furniture formed by a table and at least one seat secured to one another and which is foldable so that it has, in the folded state, a substantially flattened shape.
  • It relates more particularly to such a piece of furniture which comprises a table top of substantially polygonal shape and at least two sides or side frames depending on two distinct edges of the table top and each having a lower side which is intended to rest on the ground, floor or the like. , at least one of these sides or frames having a folding seat structure on its plane and each of the sides or frames being foldable against one face of the table top.
  • a piece of furniture of this kind is known which is such that its deployment and folding are relatively complex operations.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a piece of furniture of this kind which is particularly robust.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to allow the production of such a piece of furniture whose bulk is particularly reduced in the folded state.
  • Another object, finally, of the invention is to allow a simple and economical production of a piece of furniture of the type mentioned above.
  • the piece of furniture according to the invention is characterized in that the two sides or lateral frames are both pivotally mounted on the edges of the plate on which they depend and in that the side (s) or frame (s) comprising a foldable seat structure has (s) a notch with a horizontal lower edge under conditions of use to which is articulated a seat cushion forming part of said seat structure and means for supporting this seat cushion under conditions of use .
  • Such a piece of furniture is particularly simple to deploy and fold up. In addition, its manufacture is easy.
  • the notch of the lateral flank is released from at least one side of the seat cushion so as to allow a user to sit on said cushion by introducing his legs laterally under the plate by said part released from the notch, without having to step over the seat.
  • the piece of furniture according to the invention comprises a stiffening element which has a slice pivotally fixed on the underside of the table top, this stiffening element extending between the sides or lateral frames and being foldable against the underside of the table top.
  • the means for supporting the seat cushion comprise a side wall or frame pivotally attached to the rear edge of the seat cushion, which extends, under the condition of use of the furniture, in a manner substantially parallel to the side wall or corresponding side frame, has a lower edge intended to rest on the ground, floor or the like, and is foldable against the underside of the seat cushion and against said sidewall or corresponding side frame.
  • the piece of furniture comprises a table top 1, of rectangular shape, shown in broken lines in FIG. 5.
  • flanks 2 and 3 With two parallel edges (FIG. 5), respectively la and lb of the plate 1 are associated with pivoting, by means of hinges or the like (not shown), flanks 2 and 3.
  • these flanks 2 and 3 are identical, it will therefore suffice to describe only one, the flank 3 in the present case, which will be described later.
  • a rectangular frame 'lar 4 which $ 5 is pivotally attached to the underside of the plate 1, through hinges or the like (not shown) along a line constituting the mediator segments forming the sides 1a and 1b.
  • the frame 4 extends along a plane perpendicular to the plane of the plate 1 and its vertical edges are in contact with the respective internal faces of the sides 2 and 3.
  • the frame 4 the height of which is less than that of the sides 2 and 3, that is to say less than the height of the piece of furniture, is mainly intended to ensure the rigidity of said piece of furniture in conditions of use; to further improve this rigidity, provision is also made for removable means for fixing (not shown) said lateral edges of the frame 4 to the respective internal faces of the sides 2 and 3.
  • These fixing means are constituted, for example, by members hook, latch, magnetic plates, etc.
  • the sidewall 3 is, in the example, symmetrical with respect to a vertical plane containing the frame 4 in conditions of use; it is therefore only necessary to describe half of this flank.
  • Each half of the sidewall 3 has at its upper part a notch 6 open on the outside.
  • the upper part of the sidewall 3 has substantially the shape of a T.
  • this flank 8 is parallel to the flank 3 and has the same height as said flank part located below the seat 7 so normally, said seat is substantially horizontal, it will be noted that this flank 8 contributes, like the flanks 2 and 3, to the stability of the piece of furniture under conditions of use.
  • bracing elements which comprise, in the example shown in FIG. 5, horizontal bars or blades 9, 10 and 11 pivotally attached to the lower parts of the sides 3 and 8.
  • two oblique bars or blades 12 and 13 are also provided on each side of the flanks.
  • Each of these bars (12 or 13) is pivotally connected, by one of its ends, to the lower edge of the sidewall 3.
  • the other end of these bars 12 or 13 is adapted to move in a slide of the seat 7.
  • This slide has been represented schematically by the broken line 14; it is arranged in the vicinity of the lateral edge 7a of the seat 7 and is parallel to this edge.
  • the upper end of the bar 12 comprises, for example, a screw (not shown), the head of which rests on the edges of a slot constituting the slide 14.
  • bracing elements comprise a central bar 15 of oblique direction - different from that of the bars L2 and 13 - and one end of which is pivotally connected to the central part of the lower edge of the sidewall 8 and the other end of which is able to move in a slide from the central part of the sidewall 3;
  • this slide which has, in the example, the shape of a slot or buttonhole 16, and is of vertical direction, has been represented schematically by a simple line in FIG. 5.
  • most of the elements making up the furniture assembly shown in FIG. 5 are made of wood. It has been found that such a piece of furniture has a solidity and a rigidity which correspond, in this respect, to the current requirements for this type of furniture.
  • FIG. 4 shows the seat bases 7 and the elements which support them in the folded state against the sidewall 3.
  • the shape and the dimensions of the seat 7 and of the notch 6 are such that, in the folded state, the seat 7 is housed in said notch 6.
  • the size of the furniture is minimal.
  • the sidewall 8 and the seat are raised.
  • This movement leads, of course, to a movement of the bracing elements.
  • the side 8 remains parallel to the side 3, as illustrated in the upper part of FIG. 11.
  • the seat 7 pivots around the hinge 7b; the lower bracing elements 9, 10 and 11 pivot around their hinge lower 10a and the angle they form with the side 8 varies to reach 180 "in the folded position.
  • the lower end of the bracing element 15 remains fixed to the lower edge of the side 8 by means of a hinge 15a and the upper end of said element 15 moves in the slide 16.
  • the bracing element 12 pivots around its lower hinge and its upper end moves in the slide 7a provided on the underside of seat 7.
  • the bracing blades 9, 10 and 11 are housed inside the frame formed by the lower part of the sidewall 3, as shown in FIG. 4. Furthermore, in said folded position, the sidewall 8 and the bracing elements 12, 13 and 15 lie substantially in the same plane.
  • a locking member 17 fixed to the sidewall 3 keeps the sidewall 8 and the associated elements against said sidewall 3 in the folded position.
  • Figures 1, 2 and 3 schematically illustrate how, from its folded position ( Figure 1), the furniture according to the invention is arranged in condition of use.
  • FIG 1 shows the furniture according to the invention in the fully folded state.
  • the frame 4 is applied against the underside of the plate 1; the sidewall 3 is folded back against the frame 4 and finally the sidewall 2 is itself folded back against the sidewall 3.
  • the sides 2 and 3 are rotated around their respective hinges so that they each form a right angle with the plate 1.
  • the frame 4 is, by rotation around its hinge (arrow F in broken lines in FIG. 5), placed in its position of use.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 differs from that shown in Figures 4 and 5 in that a part of the elements which compose it are established using tubes, rods or the like, whereas in the case of FIGS. 4 and 5 the various elements of the furniture are established using blades or plates.
  • This embodiment shown in Figures 6 to 8 preferably relates to such a piece of furniture at least some of the elements of which are metallic. It should, however, be noted that the general structure of this piece of furniture illustrated in Figures 6 to 8 is similar to that of the piece of furniture shown in Figures 4 and 5; this is why in these FIGS. 6 to 8, the same reference numbers have been used for similar elements as in said FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the piece of furniture shown in FIG. 6 differs from that shown in FIG. 5 first of all by the fact that the central oblique bracing element 20 is parallel to the lateral oblique bracing elements 12 and 13.
  • the upper ends of these elements 12, 13 and 20 are pivotally attached to the upper part of the sidewall 8 and their lower ends are capable of moving in slides 21 provided on vertical uprights of the sidewall 3.
  • the sidewall 3 comprises a T-shaped tubular profile 22 whose vertical branch 22a occupies the entire height of said sidewall 3 and whose horizontal branch 22b is pivotally linked to the plate 1.
  • first horizontal flat blade 23 oriented inward, that is to say towards the space below of the plate 1.
  • a second horizontal blade 24 is fixed in the same way to the branch 22a, substantially halfway up this branch.
  • These horizontal blades 23 and 24 are associated, on either side of the branch 22a, two tubular frames.
  • the vertical branches of these frames are arranged between said blades 23 and 24.
  • Two of these vertical branches, respectively 25 and 26 are arranged on either side of the central rod of the part 22, - on the same side with respect to the blades 23 and 24.
  • Two other vertical branches 27 and 28 of these frames are installed between the ends of said blades 23 and 24 on the same side of these blades as the rods 25 and 26.
  • the sidewall 8 comprises two inverted U-shaped frames (that is to say whose base is turned upwards) connected in the upper and lower parts by horizontal blades. It is important to note, as shown in FIG. 7, that in conditions of use, the two central rods 29 and 30 forming part of two inverted U-shaped frames distinct from the side 8 are not located opposite the rods 25 and 26, or moreover opposite the central rod 22a of the T-piece 22. Thus, the rod 29 is located opposite the space separating the rods 25 and 22a and the rod 30 is opposite the space separating the rods 22a and 26. Similarly, the lateral rods 31 and 32 of the sidewall 8 are not located opposite the corresponding rods 27 and 28 of the sidewall 3.
  • the various tubes have, in section, the shape of a square.
  • the crosspieces 9, 10 and 11 and the oblique elements 12, 13 and 20 are, in the example, constituted by flat bars which are placed on edge against the lateral faces corresponding tubular elements.
  • the horizontal cross member 9 is articulated on the outer edge of the rod 27 and on the other side on the inner edge of the vertical rod 31.
  • the oblique cross member 12 is articulated on the internal edge of the vertical rod 31, and, at its other end, it cooperates with the slide 21 of the rod 27. In the folded position, these crosspieces are applied against the corresponding edges of the rods on which they are articulated and therefore do not increase the size of the cabinet.
  • FIGS. 10, 12 and 13 Some of these variants have been shown, by way of examples, in FIGS. 10, 12 and 13. These variants only relate to the embodiments of the cross members or bracing elements for the seat cushion 7.
  • a crosspiece 40 is connected at its upper end to a hinge 40a which is also fixed to the upper edge of the sidewall 8 and to the rear edge of the seat 7.
  • the lower end of the crosspiece 40 cooperates with a slide or the like provided on a vertical upright of the sidewall 3.
  • This example also corresponds to elements 12, 13 and 20 of FIG. 6.
  • the bracing elements consist of compasses, 41 and 42 respectively.
  • Each compass has two branches of equal length.
  • the branches 43 and 44 of the compass 41 are connected to each other by means of a central hinge 45.
  • the branch 43 is connected to the front edge of the seat 7 and to an upright of the sidewall 3 by means of a hinge 43a.
  • the branch 44 is pivotally fixed at a point of a vertical upright of the sidewall 8 by means of a hinge or the like 44a.
  • the two arms 46 and 47 of the compass 42 are interconnected by means of a hinge 48.
  • the arm 46 is pivotally fixed at a point of a vertical upright of the sidewall 3 by means of a hinge or analog 46a.
  • the branch 47 of the compass 42 is pivotally fixed to the lower edge of the sidewall 8 by means of a tank. or similar 47a.
  • Locking means are advantageously provided at the hinges 45 and 48 in order to block the arms 43 and 44 and 46 and 47 in condition of use so that, in said condition of use, the arms of the same compass are in the extension of one another and remain locked in this position.
  • These blocking means are constituted, for example, by the cooperation of a projection provided on one of the branches and of a housing on the other branch, or by a ball catch, or even by a projection of the one of the branches resting on the edge of the other branch.
  • a compass 49 disposed under the seat 7 and between the sides 3 and 8.
  • the compass 49 has branches 50 and 51 of unequal lengths.
  • the branch 50 of greater length is pivotally connected to the front edge of the seat 7 and the branch 51 of shorter length is pivotally connected to the lower edge of the sidewall 8. In use, the branches 50 and 51 are aligned.
  • a compass 52 with equal branches .
  • the lower branch 53 of this compass 52 is pivotally connected to the rear edge of the seat 7.
  • the upper branch 54 of said compass 52 is pivotally connected to the upper part of the sidewall 3 ..
  • the compass 52 constitutes, in addition to a bracing element, a means of separation between the two seats provided on the same side of the cabinet according to the invention, as well as a support for an arm of an installed user on one of the seats.
  • each side of the plate on each side of the plate 1. is associated a corresponding sidewall and at least one seat is provided for each of these sides.
  • the plate 1 has the rectangular shape.
  • the invention is not limited to this form; it suffices that, at least over part of its contour, the plate 1 has a polygonal shape, regular or not.
  • the sides are vertical in conditions of use. This provision is not essential; in fact, in a variant (also not shown), oblique flanks inclined towards the outside with respect to the plate 1 are provided.
  • the furniture according to the invention can be made of various materials. Wood and tubular or metallic sections have already been reported. To these examples, it is also possible to add the pressed sheet metal, the plastic material, etc.
  • the piece of furniture according to the invention is, under conditions of use, particularly rigid, in particular because the tray 1 is not foldable .
  • This piece of furniture according to the invention can lend itself to numerous applications. By way of example, mention may be made of its use as camping furniture, refectory, conference room, school office. It can also be used as a table and gaming chairs, usual household furniture, etc.

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GB284757A (en) * 1926-11-01 1928-02-01 Roland Percy Patchett Improvements in or relating to collapsible furniture
FR866228A (de) * 1941-06-15
CH269132A (de) * 1948-11-24 1950-06-30 Mohler Jun Gustav Zusammenlegbarer Tisch mit Sitzgelegenheit.
FR1070234A (fr) * 1952-03-26 1954-07-20 Table pliante portative avec sièges
US3994527A (en) * 1975-10-24 1976-11-30 Franklyn M. Markus Combined folding table and seat assembly

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR866228A (de) * 1941-06-15
GB284757A (en) * 1926-11-01 1928-02-01 Roland Percy Patchett Improvements in or relating to collapsible furniture
CH269132A (de) * 1948-11-24 1950-06-30 Mohler Jun Gustav Zusammenlegbarer Tisch mit Sitzgelegenheit.
FR1070234A (fr) * 1952-03-26 1954-07-20 Table pliante portative avec sièges
US3994527A (en) * 1975-10-24 1976-11-30 Franklyn M. Markus Combined folding table and seat assembly

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