Furniture composition with height-adjustable partition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299581-B2
Application number	US-201715695612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	Sep 6, 2016
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

A furniture composition comprises a first workstation having a first worktop adjustable in a vertical direction, a second workstation having a second worktop adjustable, independently of the first worktop, in the vertical direction, and a height-adjustable partition which extends in the vertical direction between the first and second workstation. A first support element is provided on the first worktop, by means of which the partition can be supported in the vertical direction, and a second support element on a second worktop, by means of which the partition can be supported in the vertical direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A furniture composition, comprising:
a first workstation having a first worktop adjustable in a vertical direction;
a second workstation having a second worktop adjustable in the vertical direction independently of the first worktop;
a partition that is height-adjustable and includes at least one grip element, the partition extending in the vertical direction between the first workstation and the second workstation;
a first support element provided on the first worktop and configured to engage the at least one grip element to support the partition when the first worktop is located above the second worktop; and
a second support element provided on the second worktop and configured to engage the at least one grip element to support the partition when the second worktop is located above the first worktop.

2. The furniture composition according to claim 1 , wherein
the first support element is configured to disengage from the at least one grip element of the partition when the first worktop is located below the second worktop, and
the second support element is configured to disengage from the at least one grip element of the partition when the second worktop is located below the first worktop.

3. The furniture composition according to claim 2 , wherein
the first support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the first worktop is adjusted into a position above the second worktop, and
the second support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the second worktop is adjusted into a position above the first worktop.

4. The furniture composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first support element of the first worktop and the second support element of the second worktop are each designed to carry the partition.

5. The furniture composition according to claim 4 , wherein
the first support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the first worktop is adjusted into a position above the second worktop, and
the second support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the second worktop is adjusted into a position above the first worktop.

6. The furniture composition according to claim 4 , wherein the first support element of the first worktop and the second support element of the second worktop each comprise an upwardly-open shell that is designed to receive the partition.

7. The furniture composition according to claim 6 , wherein
the first support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the first worktop is adjusted into a position above the second worktop, and
the second support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the second worktop is adjusted into a position above the first worktop.

8. The furniture composition according to claim 1 , wherein
the first support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition when the first worktop is adjusted into a position above the second worktop, and
the second support element of the first worktop is configured to engage the at least one grip element to raise the partition, when the second worktop is adjusted into a position above the first worktop.

9. The furniture composition according to claim 1 , wherein
the partition can be pulled out, wherein the partition is at least partially retractable into a stowage space provided under the first worktop and/or the second worktop,
the at least one grip element provided on the partition is configured to provide means by which the partition can be pulled out from the stowage space in the vertical direction, and
each of the first support element and the second support element are configured to engage with at least one of the at least one grip element, in order to pull out the partition from the stowage space in the vertical direction, in the event of a height adjustment of the associated worktop.

10. The furniture composition according to claim 9 , wherein
the at least one grip element includes a first grip element and a second grip element, each of the first grip element and the second grip element projecting laterally beyond the partition from opposing sides,
the first support element is arranged at a rear region of the first worktop and is configured to engage the first grip element of the partition and the second grip element of the partition to pull out the partition in the vertical direction from the stowage space, when the first worktop is adjusted from below to above the second worktop, and
the second support element is arranged at a rear region of the second worktop and is configured to engage the first grip element of the partition and the second grip element of the partition to pull out the partition in the vertical direction from the stowage space, when the second worktop is adjusted from below to above the first worktop.

11. The furniture composition according to claim 9 , wherein the partition comprises a roller blind having a part that can be pulled out and/or unrolled.

12. The furniture composition according to claim 11 , wherein the roller blind comprises a clamping strip on an outer longitudinal end of the part that can be pulled out and/or unrolled, which projects in the lateral direction beyond a width of the part that can be pulled out and/or unrolled, wherein each of two longitudinal ends of the clamping strip which project beyond the part that can be pulled out and/or unrolled forms a respective grip element.

13. The furniture composition according to claim 9 , further comprising a rigid elevation element configured for detachable connection to and vertical extension between either the first support element and the at least one grip element of the partition or the second support element and the at least one grip element of the partition, such that a first end of the rigid elevation element engages with the first support element or the second support element and a second end of the rigid elevation element engages with the at least one grip element of the partition such that the partition ends above the first worktop when the first support element supports the partition by means of the elevation element, and such that the partition ends above the second worktop when the second support element supports the partition by means of the elevation element.

14. The furniture composition according to claim 13 , wherein the elevation element extends substantially in the vertical direction, wherein in a region of a lower end of the elevation element an alternative grip element is formed or provided, which can alternately engage with the first support element or the second support element in order to support the partition in the vertical direction.

15. The furniture composition according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one grip element of the partition is alternately either connected to the first support element of the first worktop or to the second support element of the second worktop.

16. The furniture composition according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first support element engages the at least one grip element to support the partition when the first worktop is located above the second worktop than a vertical location of the partition is determined by the first support element, and
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Assignees

• Vitra Patente Ag

Inventors

• Keller Stefan
• Schütt Helmut

Classifications

• A47B9/08

  with clamps acting on vertical rods · CPC title

• A47B13/088

  Sectional table tops · CPC title

• A47B21/02 Primary

  with vertical adjustable parts · CPC title

• A47B2200/0085

  Supplementary support fixed on the edge of a desk or table · CPC title

• A47B2200/0046

  Desks with double worktop of which one at least is separately height adjustable · CPC title