Tabletop-equipped article of furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10271640-B2
Application number	US-201615575149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2016
Priority date	May 21, 2015
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tabletop attached furniture ( 10, 10 A, 10 B, 10 C) including a plurality of legs ( 20 ) which stand on a floor surface (F) and a tabletop ( 30, 30 A, 30 B, 30 C) supported on the plurality of legs ( 20 ), wherein each of the legs ( 20 ) is formed so that a width dimension (W 1 ) when viewed from a first direction (X) along an upper surface of the tabletop ( 30, 30 A, 30 B, 30 C) gradually increases upward from below and a width dimension (W 2 ) when viewed from a second direction (Y) orthogonal to the first direction (X) within a plane following the upper surface of the tabletop gradually increases downward from above.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A table top-equipped article of furniture comprising:
a plurality of legs which stand on a floor surface;
a table top which is supported on the plurality of legs; and
beams,
wherein each of the legs is formed so that a width dimension when viewed from a first direction along an upper surface of the tabletop gradually increases upward from below and a width dimension when viewed from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction within a plane along the upper surface of the tabletop gradually increases downward from above,
wherein the beams are connected to the legs and extend in one direction intersecting a vertical direction, each of the beams including a groove which extends in the one direction, wherein:
the tabletop is supported by the beams; and
the tabletop-equipped article of furniture further comprises connection tools which are inserted into the grooves in a movable manner along the grooves and are configured to connect the legs with the beams, thereby connection positions of the legs with the beams are changeable along the beams in response to a length of the tabletop in the one direction when the tabletop has different lengths in the one direction.

2. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first direction is a direction facing the tabletop from a frequently used side and the second direction is a direction facing the tabletop from a side used less frequently than the frequently used side.

3. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first direction is a direction facing the legs from a side where an overhang dimension of the tabletop overhanging laterally is small and the second direction is a direction facing the legs from a side where the overhang dimension of the tabletop overhanging laterally is large.

4. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a short side direction of the tabletop and the second direction is a long side direction of the tabletop.

5. The tabletop-equipped article furniture according to claim 1 ,
wherein the legs are provided to be inclined so that gaps between pairs of the
legs facing each other in the second direction gradually increase downward from above.

6. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 ,
wherein the legs are formed as panel bodies which have trapezoidal shapes when
viewed form the first direction or the second direction.

7. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 ,
wherein the legs include pairs of leg portions separated from each other in the first direction and connection members connection the pairs of leg portions to each other.

8. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 7 ,
wherein, when lower surfaces of the connection members are formed above lower
ends of the leg portions and the legs are installed on the floor surface, gaps are formed between the floor surface and the lower surfaces of the connection members.

9. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein each of the legs is provided to be inclined so that, when viewed from the first direction, a lower end of the leg is located at an outside in a width direction of the tabletop in the second direction relative to an upper end of the leg.

10. The tabletop-equipped article of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein each of the legs is formed such that, when viewed from the second direction, an inner surface of the leg located at an inside in a width direction of the tabletop in the first direction is a vertical plane orthogonal to the floor surface, and an outer surface of the leg located at an outside in the width direction of the tabletop in the first direction is formed as an inclined surface which is gradually separated from the inner surface in a direction along the first direction from an upper end of the leg toward a lower end of the leg.

Assignees

• Okamura Corp

Inventors

• Saotome Hiroshi

Classifications

• A47B13/021 Primary

  Fastening devices of the feet or legs (A47B13/023 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47B13/003

  Connecting table tops to underframes (connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts F16B12/42) · CPC title

• A47B2200/0063

  Table leg assembly horizontally displaceable along a longitudinal groove with adaptable attachment · CPC title

• A47B2200/0013

  Desks with central bearing beams · CPC title

• A47B2200/002

  Legs · CPC title