Flat pack end table and coffee table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10362860-B2
Application number	US-201615381053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2016
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

A flat pack table comprises a first straight bar, a second straight bar, a first U-shaped bar, a second U-shaped bar, and a rectangular table top. The flat pack table is arrangeable into a compact state in which the first U-shaped bar and second U-shaped bar are nested around the table top and the straight bars. The straight bars, the U-shaped bars, and the table top have an identical width. In the compact state, the table is insertable into a packing box having an inner width no greater than the width of the table components. The flat pack table takes up a packing area within the box that is over ninety percent of the total packing area of the box. After removing the table from the box, the table is assemblable into an end table. Compact packing of the table provides for optimal storing, shipping, and transporting of the table.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A table comprising:
a first straight bar, wherein the first straight bar has a width A and a length B;
a second straight bar having the width A and the length B;
a first U-shaped bar having the width A and a distance C between ends of the first U-shaped bar, and wherein C equals A plus B;
a second U-shaped bar having the width A and the distance C between ends of the second U-shaped bar; and
a rectangular table top having shorter sides each with the length B and longer sides each with a length D, wherein D equals C plus two times A, wherein in an assembled state the ends of the first U-shaped bar are connected to opposite ends of one of the longer sides of the rectangular table top, and the ends of the second U-shaped bar are connected to opposite ends of the other of the longer sides of the rectangular table top, wherein in a compact state the rectangular table top is disposed between the ends of the first U-shaped bar, and one of the ends of the second U-shaped bar is disposed between the rectangular table top and one of the ends of the first U-shaped bar, and wherein the ends of the first U-shaped bar and the ends of the second U-shaped bar extend in opposite directions.

2. The table of claim 1 , further comprising:
a packing box, wherein the table is disposed inside the packing box in the compact state, wherein the packing box has an inside width that is no greater than the length B of the rectangular table top plus four times the width A of the first straight bar, and wherein the packing box has an inside height that is no greater than the width A of the first straight bar.

3. The table of claim 1 , wherein the first straight bar has a square cross section, and wherein each side of the square cross section has a length A.

4. The table of claim 1 , wherein the first straight bar has a circular cross section, and wherein the cross section has a diameter with a length A.

5. The table of claim 1 , wherein in the assembled state the first straight bar is connected between the first U-shaped bar and the second U-shaped bar.

6. The table of claim 1 , wherein in the compact state the first straight bar is disposed between one of the shorter sides of the rectangular table top and a bottom portion of the first U-shaped bar.

7. The table of claim 1 , wherein the rectangular table top is made of a first material surrounded on both shorter sides and both longer sides by a metal bar, wherein the metal bar has a square cross section, and wherein each side of the square cross section has a length A.

8. The table of claim 1 , wherein the first straight bar and the second straight bar form opposite shorter sides of a rectangular shelf, and wherein the rectangular shelf has longer sides each having the length D.

9. A flat pack table comprising:
a first U-shaped bar;
a second U-shaped bar, wherein the second U-shaped bar is adapted to nest with the first U-shaped bar to form a nest area, wherein at least two surfaces of the first U-shaped bar are adjacent to another surface of the second U-shaped bar;
a base, wherein the base fits within the nest area, wherein two surfaces of the base are adjacent to one of the first and second U-shaped bars, and wherein another one of the surfaces of the base is adjacent to the other of the first and second U-shaped bars;
a first support bar, wherein the first support bar fits within the nest area; and
a second support bar, wherein the second support bar fits within the nest area.

10. The flat pack table of claim 9 , wherein one of the first and second support bars are adjacent to a surface of the base.

11. A table adapted to be packaged into a packing box comprising:
a table top; and
means for supporting the table top at least one foot above a ground plane, wherein the means surrounds the table top, and wherein the table top and the means consume at least ninety percent of a packing surface area within the packing box.

12. The table of claim 11 , wherein the means is a first U-shaped bar and a second U-shaped bar, wherein the first and second U-shaped bars nest around the table top when the table and the U-shaped bars are disposed within the packing box.

Assignees

• Zinus Inc

Inventors

• Lee Youn Jae

Classifications

• B65D5/4266

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