Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
  • F16B12/44—Leg joints; Corner joints
  • F16B12/52—Metal leg connections
• • 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
  • A47B13/00—Details of tables or desks
  • A47B13/003—Connecting table tops to underframes
• • 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
  • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
  • A47B87/002—Combination of tables; Linking or assembling means therefor

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of furniture and, in particular, the furnishing of office and meeting room.
• Such a type of furniture may thus consist of several trays mounted on a common foot around which the geometry of the work plan thus formed is coordinated.
• the common foot makes it possible to give the whole an appearance improved aesthetics.
• this type of furniture is not easily adjustable because it requires tools to separate the trays of a common foot when you want to change the configuration of the workspace.
• the present invention therefore aims to provide a furniture element such as a work plan for achieving variable and modular arrangements of at least two work plans in a simple manner and a high aesthetic quality.
• the subject of the invention is a furniture element such as a worktop, consisting of a plate provided with at least three legs, assembled respectively to the plate by an L-shaped fixing bracket, each foot being constituted by a cylinder of substantially rectangular cross-section and an upper end portion forming a lid, the upper part of each foot being housed in a notch formed at the edge of the plate, each foot being in addition projecting from the periphery of said plate, said notch being dimensioned to allow the housing of a second foot parallel to the first foot, said second foot belonging to an adjacent work plane, the L-shaped mounting bracket having a fixing portion on the tray and an end portion arranged to fit on the cylinder constituting the foot interposed between said cylinder and the upper end portion of said foot, characterized in that a fixing plate is housed in the upper part of the cylinder constituting the foot, this mounting plate having bores formed in correspondence of bores provided on the end portion of the equilibrium interlocking on the cylinder constituting the foot , fixing members being engageable through the bore
• the fixing between the foot and the work surface is ensured very effectively by the fixing plate arranged to cooperate with the mounting bracket nestable on said foot and effectively and completely invisible which further enhances the aesthetic appearance of such a work plan.
• the notch of the worktop in which each foot is housed so that its upper end is in the same plane as the worktop allows to accommodate the projecting portion of the foot of an identical worktop adjacent, by mirror symmetry effect.
• an item of furniture according to the invention allows simple rearrangements work plans that do not require tools while giving highly aesthetic visual qualities to the arrangements formed.
• the end portion of the fastening bracket, engageable in the foot is preferably made slightly conical so as to facilitate assembly on the cylinder constituting the foot.
• the fasteners for fixing the bracket to the mounting plate housed in the foot may consist of rods which are glued into the bores in the mounting plate of the foot.
• these fasteners may consist of threaded rods screwed into the holes of the fastening plate threaded in correspondence.
• Figure 1 shows an elevational view of a work plane according to the invention
• Figure 2 shows a sectional view of a foot of the work plane of Figure 1 without the plate
• Figure 3 shows an enlarged perspective view of the connection between the foot and the bracket
• Figure 4 shows a top view of a bracket for fixing a worktop according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 represents a side perspective view of the bracket of FIG. 4.
• An item of furniture such as a worktop according to the invention consists of a plate 1 provided with at least four feet 2.
• a plate 1 provided with at least four feet 2.
• Figure 1 only a corner portion of such a worktop according to the invention. the invention is shown.
• a foot 2 consists of a cylinder of substantially rectangular cross-section and the upper end 2a consists of a lid portion of the cylinder of each leg 2 is engaged in a notch arranged at the edge of the plate 1 so as to extend in the plane of the plate 1.
• the notch is dimensioned so that said foot 2 is projecting from the periphery of said plate 1 on the one hand and other part so as to accommodate a second foot 2 extending parallel to the first foot 2, the second foot 2 belonging to another work plan according to the invention.
• An L-shaped fixing bracket 3 can be fixed under the plate 1 in the vicinity of the notch formed at the edge of said plate 1.
• the base of the L or attachment portion 3a of the bracket 3 allows the attachment of the ci to the plate 1, using fastening means such as screws 4 for example.
• the end 3b of the bracket 3 makes it possible to assemble the foot 2 to the plate 1, this end 3b being arranged to fit at the open upper end of the cylinder constituting the foot 2.
• the fixing part 3a of the bracket 3 and a portion 3b 1 of the end 3b are formed in one piece in the form of an L-shaped section, the portion 3b 1 of the end 3b being arranged to house a second piece of end 3b2 clean fit to fit on the open top end of the cylinder constituting a foot 2.
• this second part 3b2 constituting the part 3b end can be made slightly conical (dashed in Figure 5) to facilitate engagement on the foot cylinder 2.
• the cylinder of the foot 2 further comprises an inner fixing plate 5 which is mounted in the upper part of said foot 2.
• This fixing plate 5 comprises bores 7 arranged in correspondence of bores 6 provided on the end piece 3b2. 3b of the square 3 nestable on the foot 2.
• Fasteners such as rods 8 are thus engageable through the bores 6 of the end 3b of the bracket 3 to be fixed in said fixing plate 5 and ensure an effective connection between the plate 1 and the foot 2 .
• the mounting plate 5 can be made in one piece in which bores 7 have been formed. It can also be envisaged that the fixing plate 5 consists of two half-pieces in which grooves formed opposite form the bores 7 during assembly of the fixing plate 5.
• each foot 2 is housed in a notch 1 of the plate 1 so that this notch can receive a second foot 2, each foot 2 projecting from the periphery of a plate 1 so that when the assembly of two identical work planes, these mirror-symmetry fit through the notches and the feet 2.
• each foot 2 height adjustment means 9 there is further provided at the lower end of each foot 2 height adjustment means 9.

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