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  Versatile furniture and assembly methodUSPTO Application #: 20070236115Title: Versatile furniture and assembly method Abstract: A method for versatile furniture construction and a versatile furniture, that comprises at least one panel or side, at least one rail fixed to the panel, the rail containing different walls, wherein the front walls do not make contact, a groove per rail that runs from the upper end to the lower end of said panel or side where the rail is inserted, a square constituted by two different fragments, each one of said fragments contains a threaded hole, wherein said square is placed in the ends of the rails to join two different panels or sides by means of a screw, and said screws join said rail with the square with the panel or side, elements to fix that contain one or more threaded holes and is fixed to said rails by means of a screw by the threaded hole and a bore with internal windings by said threaded hole, one or more special squares constituted by two different sections, wherein each one of the two sections contains two different widths and a threaded hole, wherein said special square is fixed in any point of the rail giving support to different types of union by means of a screw and a bore in its different width section. (end of abstract) Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P. - Washington,, DC, US Inventor: Jorge Casanova Arevalo USPTO Applicaton #: 20070236115 - Class: 3122571 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070236115. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The invention refers in general to the automated construction of furniture or the same, and particularly to a method and apparatus for producing furniture that is conveniently assembled in the final destination, in furniture units of different types. PRIOR ART SPECIFICATION [0002]The production of furniture, such as desks, closets, boards, bookshelves, kitchens and similar, has been in the past, a task that requires manual labor. The material pieces as are laminated wood, agglomerates, MDF, solid wood, or other similar materials, should be cut in the particular size configurated, perforated and elaborated in other manners to form several parts, which are later assembled, regularly in a manual manner, to create the finished product. Said production results in a product relatively expensive which is later transported from the factory in an assembled and finished manner to its final destination. Not only the transportation is expensive, but also the furniture product has to be packaged and handled carefully to avoid damage. [0003]To avoid the high cost of the afore mentioned process a furniture category has been developed known as furniture ready to assemble. This type of furniture is usually sold in a non-assembled manner comprising components that are designed for the consumer, which may be assembled without the necessity of special tools of any type. In fact, many of the furniture articles, such as the desks, shelves, drawers, bookshelves and similar are found in a dismountable manner, being an easy manner to transport, comprising measured cut components and special fasteners that may be assembled easily with a screw driver. The components are typically perforated in the factory to make the assembly an easy task. [0004]Another system used for the construction of furniture is the so-called System 32. System 32 refers to holes made in the panel of the furniture, with a space of 1.26 inches (32 millimeters) between holes and a depth of approximately 0.197 inches (5 millimeters). The axial distance between the hole line and the frontal edge is approximately 1.46 inches (37 millimeters), where the seals, bumps and others, are part of the edge and are included in the measure of 1.46 inches (37 millimeters), and should be taken into account when the furniture panel is being cut and perforated. [0005]The distance between the vertical hole lines should be divisible between 32. It is advantageous for the distance between the first and last perforation of the holes in the hole line, that the upper and lower edge be the same. System 32 has economical advantages due to its technology. However said system does not allow a versatile placement of the furniture, since the holes are fixed at certain points and thus the components of the furniture can only be placed in certain parts of the furniture. [0006]Several patents in the prior art disclose furniture ready to assemble. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,109,328 a modular furniture system is disclosed which consists of functional modules that can be oriented, stacked and interlocked to create different furniture assemblies. The modules include identical rectangular enclosures, one of which contains drawers and another a cupboard and retractable writing surface. The enclosures can be stacked one on top of the other with a portion of the uppermost enclosure supporting one end of an upper bunk bed module. A disadvantage of the afore-mentioned patent is that the furniture cannot be assembled in a quick manner, that is a part of the furniture is not fastened in a quick manner to another part of the furniture. A further disadvantage is that a single type of furniture can be assembled with a system of the above-mentioned patent. [0007]U.S. Pat. No. 4,162,113 discloses a modular piece of furniture such as a room divider, with a compartmented skeletal structure forming shelves and cabinets, has its horizontal and vertical wall members interconnected by moldings extending along orthogonally adjoining edges thereof with ribs fitting into longitudinal grooves of these edges. Other profiles, of generally trapezoidal cross-section, have exposed longitudinal slots accommodating inserts which carry hinge elements for the connection of swing doors to certain of these wall members. Similar profiles along the free edges of door leaves are fitted with bumper or sealing strips. Again, one of the disadvantages of the above technology is that a single type of furniture may be assembled with it. [0008]U.S. Pat. No. 4,337,988, discloses mobile furniture modules can be releasably installed under a work surface structure, such as provided by a countertop or table top, with convenient rearrangement enabled by providing each module with roller structures, such as typical casters, which are releasably anchored in wheel mounts which receive the caster wheels in a depression seat at a level elevated from the floor in the installed position. In addition the work surface structure is provided with a retainer which prevents movement of installed modules from beneath the work surface structure, preferably by engaging the top of the module with adjustable elevation which levels the module following releasable anchoring of the wheels in the elevated depression seat. A disadvantage with the afore-mentioned patent is that the furniture cannot be assembled in a quick manner. Another disadvantage is that a single type of furniture can be assembled with the above-mentioned patent. [0009]U.S. Pat. No. 4,630,550 discloses a plurality of side rails, cross rails, side and corner legs are prefabricated from a square, tubular, 12 gauge steel material. Separable side and corner connecting members formed of substantially the same tubular steel material include projecting arms and bridging members that are inserted into the open ends of the side rails, cross rails, side and corner members to assemble the table. The connections are secured by bolting the structural frame members to the connecting members. Tubular rectangular side tracks are secured to the upper surface of the side rails in certain installations to provided support for wheeled carriages that are adapted to move longitudinally of the table. The side connectors and corner connectors are, in general, fabricated identically, then utilized in the assembly by slightly different orientation, hole patterns, and the use of the different bridging members. A disadvantage of the afore-mentioned patent is the difficult assembly of the rails to the furniture, even though this type of rails may allow different types of assembly for different types of furniture. [0010]A structure for furniture pieces of variable configuration is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,805,060. A plurality of different types of assembling elements, which are coupled with one another, in a stable and removable way, to support a desktop at a predetermined distance from the ground. The types of assembling elements include a sleeve, hollow inside and equipped, in its lateral wall, with male quick connection joint means, formed by a pair of pins. Another element is a bar for coupling with a pair of the sleeves, and being equipped, at both extremities, with female quick connectors, which include a pair of blocks featuring a longitudinal hole, which receives the pins, and a through hole containing a dowel for locking the pins. The desktop is supported by desktop bearing brackets. Moreover, legs are fastened to the sleeves to support the bar and the sleeves at a predetermined distance from the ground. Other elements of the structure include extension uprights, fixing into the sleeves, in a position orthogonal with respect to the desktop, to support other shelves, which form a bookcase over the desk. The above patent is a furniture that is assembled in a quick manner, that is, one part of the furniture is fastened to another part of the furniture quickly. However one of the disadvantages of the above furniture is that it is destined to create a single type of furniture with the assembly of the afore-mentioned patent. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0011]One of the problems found in current furniture, is that they are designed for in situ elaboration or in the factory, without having a broad versatility for future changes, without visibly affecting the parts that are made by it. Another problem found in the current furniture, is that, even though they are not designed for their elaboration in situ or in the factory, the furniture do not have a broad versatility for future changes, without affecting the parts that are made by it. [0012]Therefore, one object of the present invention, is disclosing furniture which gives relatively easy changing options outside the factory, without altering the elements comprised by the same. [0013]Another of the object of the present invention is disclosing a furniture that does not need to be assembled in situ or in the factory, wherein the assembly is sufficiently easy, with everyday tools, such as a simple screwdriver. [0014]Thus, a further object of the invention is disclosing furniture that is assembled in a quick manner, that is, that one part of the furniture is assembled to another part quickly. [0015]Another object of the invention is disclosing an assembly method for furniture that gives the option of relatively easy changing to be made outside the factory, without altering the elements comprised by it. [0016]A further object of the invention, is disclosing an assembly method for furniture that does not need to be done in situ or in a factory, where the assembly is sufficiently easy with ordinary tools, such as a simple screwdriver. [0017]Additionally, another object of the invention, is disclosing an assembly method for furniture which may be assembled in a quick manner that is, fastening one part of the furniture to another in a quick manner. [0018]A further object of the invention is using panels normally used in the fabrication of conventional furniture, obtaining the same appearance in the design, tone and texture of the furniture assembled in a factory. [0019]Yet another object of the invention is the use of simple adapters to use all type of metalwork available in the furniture market. Additionally another object is the non-use of adapters, using without them all types of metalwork available in the furniture market. [0020]The afore-mentioned objects are obtained according to the content of the claims, by means of a structure to obtain furniture pieces of variable configuration, which include a plurality of different types of assembly elements, which are placed together, in a stable and removable manner, to support all type of structures above them. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Continue reading... Full patent description for Versatile furniture and assembly method Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Versatile furniture and assembly method patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. 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