US20090236895A1 - Furniture construction with tensioned fabric - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
- A47C7/02—Seat parts
- A47C7/28—Seat parts with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type
- A47C7/282—Seat parts with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type with mesh-like supports, e.g. elastomeric membranes
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C31/00—Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
- A47C31/02—Upholstery attaching means
- A47C31/023—Upholstery attaching means connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
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Abstract
A furniture construction and a method of placing a section of fabric in tension on the furniture construction includes providing a pair of rigid members each having a slot extending along one side. A rigid edge portion is provided on opposite sides of the section of fabric. Each rigid edge portion is then inserted into the slot of each rigid member such that the fabric overlies an adjacent side surface of each rigid member. The rigid members are then moved in opposing directions thereby place the fabric in tension. The edge portion of the fabric is sufficiently rigid to retain the fabric within the slot and thereby retain the fabric in tension. The rigid members are then secured to the furniture construction.
Description
- The present invention relates to furniture construction, in particular, it relates to tensioning fabric in furniture construction.
- Furniture having strips of flexible material or entire sheets of flexible material stretched over a framework are popular. Some methods of stretching flexible sheets of material over chair frames are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,371,142, 4,456,301, 4,592,126, 6,341,822 and 6,345,482.
- The present invention includes a furniture construction and a method of placing a section of fabric in tension on the furniture construction. The section of fabric is placed in tension between two spaced apart rigid members, each of the rigid members having a slot extending along one side. A sufficiently rigid edge portion is provided on opposite sides of the section of fabric. Each sufficiently rigid edge portion is then inserted into the slot of each rigid member such that the fabric overlies an adjacent side surface of each rigid member. The edge portion of the fabric is sufficiently rigid to retain the fabric within the slot. The rigid members are then moved in opposing directions thereby placing the fabric in tension. The rigid members are then secured to the furniture construction.
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FIG. 1 is perspective view of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the chair construction illustrated inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 a is a sectional view of rigid member with fabric attached thereto. -
FIG. 3 b is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the rigid member with fabric attached thereof. -
FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating a method of placing the fabric section in tension. - A chair construction of the present invention is generally indicated at 10 in
FIG. 1 . Like reference characters will be used to indicate like elements in the drawings. Although a chair construction is specifically illustrated, it is understood that the present invention is applicable to other furniture constructions. The present invention also includes a method of placing a section offabric 12 in tension between tworigid seat members fabric 12 and therigid seat members seat portion 18 of thechair construction 10. The method of the present invention is also used to form aback portion 34 of the chair construction. Although a single seat chair is illustrated, the method of the present invention may be used for chairs providing for more than single occupancy or which have more than one seat and back portion. - The
chair construction 10 includes aframework 20 that can be made of plastic, aluminum or steel. The framework includeslegs front crossbrace 25 and arear crossbrace 27 extend between and connect thelegs legs legs upper portions back portion 34. The particular construction of theframework 20 is not especially important to the present invention, and is described herein as one exemplary type of framework for which the present invention is suitable. - To form the
seat portion 18, therigid seat members slot 36 as best illustrated inFIGS. 2 and 3 . Theslot 36 runs the length of the rigid members. The section offabric 12 includes a semi-rigid orrigid edge portion 38 that extends along the length of opposing edge portions. Thefabric section 12 overlies theseat member 16 along an outwardly facingside 31 adjacent to theslot 36 and extends over an upwardly facingside 41, as illustrated inFIG. 3 . Although only theseat member 16 is specifically illustrated inFIG. 3 , theseat member 14 is similar as a mirror image in both construction and how thefabric section 12 overlies theseat member 14. - An alternative embodiment of the
seat member 16 is illustrated inFIG. 3 b. InFIG. 3 b, thefabric section 12 overlies aseat member 16′. The semi-rigid orrigid edge portion 38 is positioned in an upwardly facingslot 36′. Thefabric 12 covers theedge portion 38. Similarly, as with respect tomember 16, a mirror image member (not illustrated) ofmember 16′ receives a similaropposing edge portion 38 of thefabric 12. - The semi-rigid or
rigid edge portion 38 is made sufficiently rigid to secure the section offabric 12 to theseat member 16 by engagement with theslot 36. Preferably, theedge portion 38 is made of a section ofplastic 40 that is attached to anedge portion 42 of the section offabric 12 by a method that is well known such as sewing, gluing or thermo welding using ultrasonic or electronic means. For example, such rigid edge portions are provided to canvas tops for Jeep Wrangler vehicles made by Chrysler-Daimler to secure the canvas in certain places along the vehicle by engaging selectively positioned slots. It should be understood that other constructions and methods are included within the present invention to make theedge portion 38 sufficiently rigid to secure the fabric to eitherseat member adjacent side 31, the edge portion is retained within the slot since the edge portion cannot slide out due to its rigidity. - The
edge portion 38 is also retained withinslot 36′ ofFIG. 3 b since theedge portion 38 cannot slide out due to its rigidity and that the tension on thefabric 12 is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the slot. - The section of
fabric 12 is made of a fabric normally used in the construction of outdoor furniture of a stretch fabric woven from an all-weather, vinyl-coated, flexible and elastic polyester yarn, such as PHIFERTEX® fabric made by Phifer Wire Products, Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala. An example of a stretchable fabric useful in this invention is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/369,444, entitled Chair Seat With Firm But Resilient Front Edge, filed on Feb. 19, 2003, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. - The section of
fabric 12 of theseat portion 18 is placed in tension by initially inserting therigid edge portions 38 into theslots 36 of therigid seat members rigid seat members apertures FIGS. 2 and 4 . - The
apertures spreader tools FIG. 4 , thespreader tool 50 is illustrated with respect to thefabric 12, and in relation to thefront crossbrace 25. Bothspreader tools spreader tool 50 will be described. Thespreader tool 50 includes a pneumatic orhydraulic cylinder 52 which provides a force to move theseat members arrows 54. Thespreader tool 50 at each end includespins apertures rigid seat members pin apertures seat members spreader tools seat members fabric 12 in tension. - To retain the
seat members frame 20, thefront crossbrace 25 includesretainer tabs rear crossbrace 27 includes similar retainer tabs, only one of which is shown (68). The retainer tabs of the front and rear crossbraces are positioned from each other at a distance which matches a selected distance whichseat members fabric 12. - The
spreader tools seat members seat members retaining tabs - Once the
seat members spreader tools apertures seat members screws apertures seat members seat members rear crossbrace 27. Thescrews seat members seat members frame 20. - The
back portion 34 is similarly constructed. Theback portion 34 is also made of a section offabric 76 that is in tension between backrigid members FIG. 1 . Theback members seat members FIG. 3 a. The section offabric 76 also includes rigid end portions similar to the edge portions offabric 12 that are placed within the slots of theback members back members back member FIG. 3 a. If they face forwardly, theback members FIG. 3 b. The section offabric 76 is also placed into tension in a similar manner usingspreader tools back members tabs rear crossbrace 27 and retainingtabs arm sections back portion 34 of the chair. The retaining tabs are preferably fixedly attached to the crossbrace and arm sections such as by welding. - Once the
back members tabs back members back members back members tabs - Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1-4. (canceled)
5. A furniture construction including a ground engaging framework, the construction comprising:
a pair of spaced apart rigid members attached to the framework, each rigid member being longitudinal in length and having a slot extending longitudinally along one side;
a section of fabric having opposing end portions, each end portion being rigid and disposed within a slot of the rigid members; and
a portion of the section of fabric extending out of the slot and overlying a side of the rigid member adjacent to the slot wherein the section of fabric between the rigid members is in tension.
6. The construction of claim 5 and further comprising:
two sets of tabs extending from the framework, the sets being spaced from each other and within each set the tabs being spaced from each other and wherein the rigid members are secured to the tabs.
7. A chair construction comprising:
a framework having four ground engaging legs;
a seat portion attached to the framework and comprising a section of fabric in tension attached to two rigid substantially horizontal seat members, each rigid seat member having a slot extending along the length thereof, and wherein the sections of fabric having opposing rigid edge portions are disposed within the slots of the rigid members; and
a back portion extending substantially vertically from the framework.
8. The chair construction of claim 7 wherein the slots of the rigid seat members are downwardly facing.
9. The chair construction of claim 7 wherein the slots of the rigid seat members are upwardly facing.
10. The chair construction of claim 7 wherein the back portion includes a second section of fabric in tension attached to two rigid substantially vertically disposed back members, each rigid vertically disposed back member having a longitudinal slot extending along the length thereof, and wherein the second section of fabric has opposing rigid edge portions disposed within the slots of the rigid substantially vertically disposed members.
11. The chair construction of claim 1 wherein the slots of the back members are rearwardly facing.
12. The chair construction of claim 10 wherein the slots of the back members are forwardly facing.
13-22. (canceled)
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