Knockdown furniture

[57] ABSTRACT

Knockdown furniture, such as chairs, sofas, tables, etc., in sections that may be assembled without nails or screws, and that may be readily disassembled for shipping or storage.

Claims, 7 Drawing Figures

<img file="US3870366A_D0001.tif" />

PATENTED ΜΑΛΙ 1B75 3.870,366

SrltEI 1 Of 3

<img file="US3870366A_D0002.tif" />

<img file="US3870366A_D0003.tif" />

<img file="US3870366A_D0004.tif" />

PATENTED MR 111975

3,870,366

SHEET 2 OF 3

<img file="US3870366A_D0005.tif" />

'48

PATENTED MAR 1 11975

SHEET 3 OF 3

3,870,366

<img file="US3870366A_D0006.tif" />

3,870,366

KNOCKDOWN FURNITURE

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In patio furniture, or bayshore home furniture, there are many reasons for providing a rugged type of furniture that may be quickly and easily disassembled for storage or movement. This invention has relation to such type of furniture, being formed in novel contour and having means for anchoring the parts in assembled relation and for providing strength at the points of stress without permanent anchoring. The parts are provided with abutting load bearing shoulders, and pins on one section to be inserted into pinholes on the other section for locking the parts in position, and removable locking means for locking the parts in reinforced assembled position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an elevational perspective view, showing an assembled chair.

FIG. 2 shows the various parts of the chair, less the cushion, in disassembled relation.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the anchoring means employed.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the adaptation of the invention to a couch.

FIG. 5 is an elevational, perspective of an end table constructed in accordance with the invention.

FIG. 6 is another view of said end table, showing the top members of the table in elevated position, and

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the end table framework.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the back member which is formed of a single piece of rigid material notched at the upper corners as 2 in which pin holes 3 are formed, and which has the reduced margins 4, 4 forming the shoulders 5, 5 and having the floor support 6 upon which the floor 7 rests, and having inwardly extending members 8, in which the upstanding pins 9 are mounted. The front member 10 is similarly formed, except that it is not as high as the back member 1, and said front member is provided with the notches 11, 11 having pin holes 12 and the reduced margins forming the shoulders 13, 13 and the inwardly extending members 14 are mounted on the lower margin of the member 10 and have upstanding pins 15. A floor supporting member (not shown) is also mounted on the inside wall of the front member 10, in horizontal alignment with the floor supporting member 6.

The side members 16, 16 have the inwardly extending members 17, 17 with downwardly extending pins therein as 18, to fit in the pin holes 3, which may be lined with female metallic liners, as shown in FIG. 3, to prevent enlarging the holes by frequent assembly and disassembly. The extension may be dowelled permanently on the side members, as by the pins 19,19. The side margins of the side members 16, 16 are reduced forming the shoulder 20, 21 adapted to rest on the shoulders 5, 13, and the inwardly extending members 22, 22, having the downwardly extending pins as 23, which fit in the pinholes 3, 12 respectively, and pinholes are formed in the bottom margin of the side members 16,16 adjacent the feet 24, 24, to receive the pins 9, 15.

Arm rest members 25, 25 are channeled members which fit on the upper ends of the side members, and are notched at 26, to permit the side members to fit down on and lock on to the back member 1. A side 5 member is formed of two hinged sections 27, 28 by means of the piano hinge 29 and the member 27 has a plurality of notches, as 30, in each side to engage the upper margin of the front member 10 and the other member 28 has a notched hanger as 31, adjacent each 10 side margin, to engage the upper margin of the back member 1. Flexible cushion supports 32 are provided and the seat and back cushions 33, 34 are mounted on the said supports.

In the form shown in FIG. 4, a couch is formed by ex15 tending the back member 35 into three panels, joined by the piano hinges 36, 36, with each end panel having the shoulders 37, 38 and the pinholes 39, and the extensions 40 and pins 41 and each end members 51, 51 having the inwardly extending member 42, 42 and 43, 20 43 and pins 44, and having shoulders 52, 53 and the front member 45 formed of three panels, joined by piano hinges (not shown) and having the shoulders 46, 47 and the inwardly extending members as 48, with upwardly extending pins as 49, and there being the lock25 ing and reinforcing upper and lower channel members 50, 50 which fit over the paneled back member, and front member’s upper and lower margins when the panels are in extended position. In this form of the invention, the paneled back member and front member are ³⁰ extended longitudinally and the channel members 50, 50 fitted thereon to maintain the panels in extended position, and the end members 51, 51 joined to the front and back members by fitting the respective pins in the respective holes and the arm rests 54, which are chan35 neled and notched adjacent the rear thereof, fitted over the upper end margins of the end members and engage the back member.

In the form shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the table is formed of end members 55, 55 having the inwardly extending members 56, 56 on which the downwardly extending pins 57 are mounted and the shoulders 58, 59 are formed thereon. Floor suoporting members 60 are mounted on the inside of each end member 55. The side members 62, 62 have the integral channel members 61 at the top margins, with the channel thereof facing inwardly. Shoulders 53, 54 receive the extension 56 and shoulder 58 respectively and the pinholes 65 receive the pin 57 and the pin 66, in the inwardly extending member 67, receives the pinhole in the shoulder 59. Top members 68, 69 are hingedly mounted on the supports, as 70, which are mounted in the channel members 61 and slide longitudinally therein. Pins 71, 71 are mounted in the end margin of the panel 69 and extend outwardly therefrom and are adapted to be received by matching pinholes (not shown), in the end margin of the member 68, when the top members 68, 69 are moved into abutting relation.

In the form shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the parts are readily assembled and disassembled by inserting the re⁰ spective pins in the respective pin holes and the top members mounted in the channel members, and the floor 72 mounted on the supports 60. When the table is also used for storage purposes, such as for guns, or the like, the contents may be readily available by slid³ ing the respective top members outwardly, and lifting on the abutting ends to raise them upwardly, as shown in FIG. 6.

3,870,366

Many other types of furniture and the like may be constructed as hereinbefore described, employing the pin and pinholes and the abutting shoulders.