Table, especially office and conference table

a technology for tables and chairs, applied in the field of tables, can solve the problems of restricting design freedom and increasing the cost of tables

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-05-11
VITRA PATENTE AG
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This makes the tables more expensive, restricts the design freedom and generally requires the separate provision of cable ducts or cable clips for holding the electrical installations for supplying power and computer networking that are indispensable nowadays on office and conference tables.

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[0046] The detailed description of exemplary embodiments for the table according to the invention takes place below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0047] The following statement applies to the entire further description. If reference numerals are contained in a figure for the purpose of graphical unambiguity, but are not explained in the immediately associated text of the description, reference is made to where they have been mentioned in the preceding descriptions of the figures. In the interest of clarity, the repeated designation of components in the following figures is generally omitted if it can be seen unambiguously in the drawings that they involve “repeating” components.

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[0048] The elongate table which is shown comprises a substructure in the form of an upwardly open trough 2, which is arranged below the tabletop 1 and is supported by legs 4 placed on a standing surface S. The tabletop 1 is placed directly onto the trough 2 and is connected fixe...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a table which is primarily used as an office or conference table, is longer than 2.5 m, and comprises an upwardly open trough (2) as a substructure which is arranged beneath the leaf (1) of the table and preferably consists of sheet metal which is e.g. 2 mm thick. The leaf of the table (1) is connected in a fixed manner to edges (25) which are bent away from the trough (2), creating a sandwich-type structure with mutual reinforcement of the leaf (1) of the table and the trough (2). Especially advantageously, the trough (2) has a trapezoidal cross-section. A grid of openings (210) in the trough (2) enables the feet (4) of the table to be mounted in any position. Additional appliance openings (211) are used to insert socket units (80), while installation openings (200) in the bottom (20) of the trough (2) as used as cable ducts. A height leveling device is provided in each foot (4). A particular advantage of the invention is the stability achieved with a relatively light structure, even for longer tables.

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FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a table of variable dimensions, in principle of square section or, in particular, of relatively long lengths, comprising a substructure, which is supported by legs standing on a standing surface, and a tabletop placed onto the substructure. The table is primarily used in the office and conference sector. This necessitates routing power supply and communication cables to the table and installing and accommodating them thereon. PRIOR ART [0002] Numerous designs of large-size tables are known. Sufficient stability of the tables, primarily in the case of relatively large dimensions, in particular in the case of a relatively long construction, is made possible only by means of relatively solid understructures with complicated, material-intensive and heavy frames, including the attaching of additionally supporting legs. This makes the tables more expensive, restricts the design freedom and generally requires the...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47B37/00A47B13/02
CPCA47B13/02A47B37/00A47B2037/005
Inventor BRAUNING, EGONBOUROULLEC, ERWANBOUROULLEC, RONAN
Owner VITRA PATENTE AG
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