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Flat Pack End Table and Coffee Table

a coffee table and end table technology, applied in the field of furniture products, can solve the problems of difficult handling by a single retail customer, large and bulky conventional packaged tables, and impracticality for consumers to transport packaged tables from a mass-market retail stor

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-06-14
ZINUS
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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a flat pack table that can be easily stored and transported. After the table is packed into a compact state, it is inserted into a packing box for shipment. The packing box is designed to accommodate the table and has a base that provides stability. The table can be assembled into different types of tables, such as an end table or coffee table, by adding screws and connecting the table's components together. The technical effect of this patent is that it offers a convenient and efficient way to pack and ship table components.

Problems solved by technology

A conventional packaged table is typically large and bulky, having the same length and width dimensions as the base platform.
A conventional packaged table, due to the dimensions of the base platform, is often difficult to handle by a single retail customer.
The dimensions of a conventional packaged table make it impractical for a consumer to transport the packaged table from a mass-market retail store.
For example, the typical packaged table does not fit in the trunk of a car.
Moving such a packaged table into apartment elevators and around corners into living rooms is often difficult and exposes the table components and doorways to potential damage.
In addition, the dimensions of a packaged table take up valuable floor space which discourages mass-market stores from offering table furniture to their retail customers.

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[0054]FIG. 14 is a perspective diagram of a flat pack table 50 having a shelf 51. The flat pack table 50 does not have straight bars. Shelf 51 attaches between ends of the U-shaped bars 52 and 53. The shelf 51 is disposed below the table top 54. The shelf 51 provides sufficient structural support at a base of table 50 so that the straight bars of table 1 are not needed. The embodiment of FIG. 14 can be used as a book shelf, especially when a second shelf is added.

third embodiment

[0055]FIG. 15 is a diagram of a flat pack table 50. In an assembled state, the flat pack table 50 is a coffee table.

[0056]FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a method 100 in accordance with a first novel aspect. In a first step, (step 101) a flat pack table is packed into a package, such as a cardboard box. The flat pack table comprises a first U-shaped bar, a second U-shaped bar, a first straight bar, a second straight bar, and a table top. The flat pack table is arranged into the compact state. In the compact state, the U-shaped bars nest together around the table top and straight bars. The flat pack table is inserted into the box and consumes over ninety percent of a total packing area within the package. For example, in FIG. 6, flat pack table 1 is arranged into a compact state. In the compact state, the flat pack table 1 has a width of “A”. The flat pack table is inserted into packing box 17.

[0057]FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a method 200 in accordance with a second novel aspect. In a first...

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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.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from the following Chinese patent applications: design patent application no. 201530532149.X filed on Dec. 15, 2015, utility model application no. 201521107285.5 filed on Dec. 28, 2015, design patent application no. 201530532147.0 filed on Dec. 15, 2015, utility model application no. 201521107519.6 filed on Dec. 28, 2015, design patent application no. 201530532214.9 filed on Dec. 15, 2015, utility model application no. 201620064361.7 filed on Jan. 22, 2016, design patent application no. 201530532179.0 filed on Dec. 15, 2015 and utility model application no. 201650064396.0 filed on Jan. 22, 2016. The entire subject matter of the aforementioned patent documents is incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to furniture products, and in particular to packaged tables.BACKGROUND INFORMATION[0003]Conventional table fu...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47B3/12B65D85/00B65D5/42A47B37/00
CPCA47B3/12B65D85/70B65D2585/647A47B37/00B65D5/4266A47B13/02A47B13/08
Inventor LEE, YOUN JAE
Owner ZINUS