US3674327A - Furniture construction - Google Patents

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US3674327A
US3674327A US16329A US3674327DA US3674327A US 3674327 A US3674327 A US 3674327A US 16329 A US16329 A US 16329A US 3674327D A US3674327D A US 3674327DA US 3674327 A US3674327 A US 3674327A
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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
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
    • A47B47/04—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made mainly of wood or plastics
    • 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
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
    • A47B47/0075—Flat or flat-like panels connected without frames

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  • the invention resides in a set of parts for assembling into an article of furniture, and an article of furniture so constructed.
  • the set of parts comprises a front component, a back component, tie bars for connecting said front and back components in spaced relationship, grooves in said front and back components, and end panels for being received and located in said grooves.
  • This invention relates to furniture construction, more particularly, although not exclusively, to the construction of kitchen furniture units and like articles of furniture, and has for its object to provide a set of parts for assembling into an article of furniture, which may readily be erected by unskilled or semi-skilled persons in a minimum of time, and which when dismantled may be packed with its component parts lying flatly one upon the other thereby to afford an economy in space during transport and storage.
  • a set of parts for assembling into a rigid article of furniture comprises a front component, a back component, tie bars or rods for releasably connecting said front and back components in spaced relationship, grooves in said front and back components, and end panels for being received and located in said grooves.
  • At least two pairs of fixing brackets are provided in opposed relationship on said front component and said back component, and said tie bars have angled ends for engaging in sockets of said fixing brackets thereby to hold said front and back components in spaced relationship whereby said end panels may be located in the provided grooves of said front and back components.
  • said tie bars also function as a supporting means for a shelf or shelves and for the base closure or bottom for the article of furniture.
  • the complete article will of course also comprise a suitable top, e.g. a work top, a counter top, a sink unit, or the like, as also doors or/ and drawers and other fittings.
  • a suitable top e.g. a work top, a counter top, a sink unit, or the like, as also doors or/ and drawers and other fittings.
  • the invention also includes within its scope an article of furniture when constructed from a set of parts as referred to.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a kitchen furniture unit constructed from a set of parts according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the unit with its work top removed
  • FIG. 3 an end elevation with an end panel removed.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail of the part ringed in FIG. 2, and
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded view in perspective of a fixing bracket and the angled end of a tie bar for engagement therewith.
  • the numeral 1 denotes the back component, and 2 the front component of a kitchen furniture unit which also comprises a pair of doors 3 hingedly attached to the component 2 and provided with handles 3a, two end panels 4, a counter top or working surface 5, drawers 6, runners 7 for said drawers 6, a shelf 8 and a plinth 11.
  • the back component 1 consists of a frame, which may or may not include a closure panel, and the front component 2 a frame defining the door openings of the unit.
  • Said front component 2 may be provided with the doors 3 already fitted, or said doors may be provided for separate fitting.
  • the components 1 and 2 are each formed at each vertical edge (as shown most clearly in FIGS. 2 and 4) with a groove 12, and are provided with fixing brackets I10 having sockets 10a.
  • the brackets 10 are secured in predetermined positions by means of screws entered through provided screw holes 10b of said brackets.
  • Said components l1 and 2 are adapted to be connected firmly one to the other in spaced parallel relationship as shown by means of metal tie bars or rods 9 having angled ends 9a for engagement in the sockets 10a of the brackets 10, the length of said tie bars 9 being such that when said front and back components 1 and 2 are connected by the tie bars or rods 9, the end panels 4 may be slidably located in the grooves 12.
  • the rods 9 are arranged as shown so as to function as transverse support means for each end of the shelf 8 and for a bottom 13 of the unit. Said shelf 8 and bottom 13 when fitted in operable position co-act with the tie bars 9 in the formation of a rigid furniture structure.
  • the drawers 6 may be of conventional box design, hav ing a front piece 6a flush with the doors 3. Said drawers 6 are slidably supported in this instance upon the runners 7 secured at each end to the back and front frames l1 and 2 through the medium of screws entered into preformed holes of the parts. If desired, however, said runners 7 may be replaced by tie rods similar to the tie rods 9 and arranged to function as slides for engaging in the runways of the drawers.
  • An article of furniture comprising a furniture front component, a furniture back component, grooves being provided in said front and back components adjacent each of their vertical edges, brackets attached to said front and back components and having sockets, said front and back components being positioned with the grooves and brackets of one component facing those of the other component, tie bars each ha'vmg angled end portions with each end portion detachably inserted in a different one of said sockets and with said tie bars spacing said components apart, end panels each detachably inserted in opposing grooves of said components, a bottom, at least two pairs of said brackets being attached to a portion of said components corresponding to the level of said bottom thereon, said bottom being supported on the tie bars connected to said two pairs of said brackets, at least one shelf, at least two pairs of said brackets being attached to a portion of said components corresponding to the level of said shelf and said shelf being supported on the tie bars connected to said two pairs of said brackets.
  • An article of furniture as claimed in claim 1 includ- 4 ing at least one drawer, at least two pairsof said brackets being attached to a portion of said component corresponding to the level of said drawer and said drawer being slideably supported on the tie bars connected to said two pairs of said brackets.

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US4509806A (en) * 1981-04-16 1985-04-09 Dudouyt Jean Paul Post assembly for knock-down furniture
US20110194890A1 (en) * 2010-02-11 2011-08-11 Chien-Kuo Chang Quick fastening assembly
US10076185B1 (en) 2015-01-21 2018-09-18 Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. Furniture kits and methods of making the same

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4509806A (en) * 1981-04-16 1985-04-09 Dudouyt Jean Paul Post assembly for knock-down furniture
US20110194890A1 (en) * 2010-02-11 2011-08-11 Chien-Kuo Chang Quick fastening assembly
US10076185B1 (en) 2015-01-21 2018-09-18 Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. Furniture kits and methods of making the same
US10441073B1 (en) 2015-01-21 2019-10-15 Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. Furniture kits and methods of making the same

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DE2011312A1 (de) 1970-10-15
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SE374866B (fr) 1975-03-24

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