Furniture system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11096479-B2
Application number	US-201816611566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2018
Priority date	May 10, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A furniture system is disclosed comprising a guiding bracket (1), a first furniture part (8) and a second furniture part (13). The first furniture part (8) is movable in view of the second furniture part (13) along a sliding direction (SD). The guiding bracket (1) comprises a through-going passage (3) forming part of a guide and having an extension coinciding with the sliding direction (SD), and an attachment protrusion (11) having an extension in a direction transverse the sliding direction (SD). The second furniture part (13) comprises a recess (12) arranged to lockingly receive the attachment protrusion (11) of the guiding bracket (1). The first furniture part (8) comprises a rail (7) arranged to extend through the through-going passage (3) of the guiding bracket (1) and to be slidable along said through-going passage (3) thereby allowing the first furniture part (8) to be movable in view of the second furniture part (13) along the sliding direction (SD). Further a guiding bracket (1) and the use of such guiding bracket in a furniture of the extendable type is disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Furniture system comprising a guiding bracket, a first furniture part, and a second furniture part, wherein the first furniture part is movable in view of the second furniture part along a sliding direction (SD), and wherein:
the guiding bracket comprises a through-going passage forming part of a guide and having an extension coinciding with the sliding direction (SD), and an attachment protrusion having an extension in a direction transverse the sliding direction (SD);
the second furniture part comprises a recess arranged to lockingly receive the attachment protrusion of the guiding bracket; and
the first furniture part comprises a rail arranged to extend through the through-going passage of the guiding bracket and to be slidable along said through-going passage thereby allowing the first furniture part to be movable in view of the second furniture part along the sliding direction (SD).

2. Furniture system according to claim 1 , wherein the furniture system comprises at least two guiding brackets, said at least two guiding brackets being arranged at a distance from each other and with their respectively through-going passages aligned with each other.

3. Furniture system according to claim 1 , wherein the second furniture part comprises a side wall portion having an extension in parallel with the sliding direction (SD), and wherein the recess is arranged in said wall portion.

4. Furniture system according to claim 3 , wherein the second furniture part-comprises a longitudinal hollow profile having a longitudinal extension (L) in parallel with the sliding direction (SD), and wherein the recess is arranged in said wall portion.

5. Furniture system according to claim 1 , wherein the recess comprises an insertion portion and a locking portion, and wherein the attachment protrusion of the guiding bracket is arranged to be freely inserted into the insertion portion by a linear movement, and wherein the guiding bracket, after insertion, is arranged to be rotated relative to the insertion portion into a locking position in which the attachment protrusion lockingly engages the locking portion.

6. Furniture system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second furniture parts together form a frame of a table adapted to support a table top.

7. Furniture system according to claim 6 , wherein the guiding bracket further comprises a locking pin adapted to engage a lower surface of the table top.

8. Furniture system according to claim 1 , wherein the through-going passage comprises a plurality of projections, each projection being adapted to form a sliding contact surface with the rail of the first furniture part.

9. Furniture system according to claim 1 , wherein the through-going passage has a non-rotational symmetrical cross-section.

10. Furniture system according to claim 1 , where the first furniture part and the second furniture part are parts of a furniture of the extendable type, such as an extendable table, a sofa, a pedestal or a workbench.

Assignees

• Ikea Supply Ag

Inventors

• Mansson Peter
• Andersson Benny

Classifications

• A47B1/08 Primary

  with extensible frames {or with additional legs} · CPC title

• A47B13/023

  with a central column · CPC title

• B25H1/14

  with provision for adjusting the bench top · CPC title

• A47B2230/0062

  Connectors for adjacent furniture parts, the mouths of the grooves for said connectors being on the join lines of said furniture parts · CPC title

• A47B21/03

  with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves · CPC title