Flat pack end table and coffee table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10582767-B2
Application number	US-201916438921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	Mar 10, 2020
Grant date	Mar 10, 2020

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 packaged flat-pack table comprising:
a first U-shaped bar having a first surface area;
a second U-shaped bar having a second surface area;
a first support bar having a third surface area;
a second support bar having a fourth surface area;
a base having a fifth surface area; and
a package having a sixth surface area of inner usable space, wherein each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base is adapted to fit within the package, wherein a thickness of each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base is substantially the same, wherein a sum of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth surface areas forms a packing area, wherein the sixth surface area of the package is greater than the packing area, and wherein the sixth surface area of the package is less than a sum of the packing area and the first surface area of the first U-shaped bar.

2. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the sixth surface area of the package is less than a sum of the packing area and one half the fifth surface area of the base.

3. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the sixth surface area of the package is less than a sum of the packing area, the third surface area, and the fourth surface area.

4. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base are assemblable to form a table.

5. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein an empty packing area of the package after placing the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base into the package is less than five percent of the packing area.

6. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the package is a cardboard box, and wherein the sixth surface area is an area of an inner side of the cardboard box.

7. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the package has an inside height that is substantially the same as the thickness of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base.

8. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , further comprising:
a shelf with a thickness substantially equal to that of the base, wherein the package has an inside height that equals approximately twice the thickness of the base.

9. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the first U-shaped bar has a square cross section.

10. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the first support bar is adapted to be connected between the first U-shaped bar and the second U-shaped bar.

11. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the base is rectangular and has a shorter side, and wherein the shorter side and the first support bar have equal lengths.

12. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the base is rectangular and has a shorter side, wherein the first support bar is disposed between the shorter side and a bottom portion of the first U-shaped bar.

13. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 1 , wherein the first U-shaped bar and the second U-shaped bar nest together, and wherein at least two surfaces of the first U-shaped bar are adjacent to surfaces of the second U-shaped bar.

14. A packaged flat-pack table comprising:
a first U-shaped bar;
a second U-shaped bar, wherein the first U-shaped bar and the second U-shaped bar nest together such that at least two surfaces of the first U-shaped bar are adjacent to surfaces of the second U-shaped bar and such that the first U-shaped bar has ends that extend in opposite directions from ends of the second U-shaped bar;
a first straight bar;
a second straight bar;
a rectangular base with a shorter side; and
a packing box, wherein each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first straight bar, the second straight bar, and the base is disposed within the packing box, wherein a thickness of each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first straight bar, the second straight bar, and the base is substantially the same, and wherein the packing box has an inside height that is substantially the same as the thickness of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base.

15. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 14 , wherein the shorter side and the first straight bar have equal lengths.

16. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 14 , wherein the first straight bar is disposed between the shorter side and a bottom portion of the first U-shaped bar.

17. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 14 , wherein the first U-shaped bar has a square cross section.

18. The packaged flat-pack table of claim 14 , wherein the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first straight bar, the second straight bar, and the base are assemblable into an end table.

Assignees

• Zinus Inc

Inventors

• Lee Youn Jae

Classifications

• B65D5/4266

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