IP Library Granted Patent US 10,863,821
Granted Patent B2
US 10,863,821 · App. 16/518,620 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Furniture with organizational frame

Inventors: Richard Kassanoff (Dallas, TX); Robert Larry Stewart (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee: Paragon Furniture, Inc.
A47B13/02A47B7/00A47B41/00A47B97/04A47B2013/006A47B2200/0019A47B2200/0086
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,863,821
App. No.
16/518,620
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In various implementations, furniture, such as a table (e.g., a desk) and/or free-standing board, may include an organizational frame to which other members (e.g., table top, white board, smart board, etc.) may be coupled. The frame may include legs and at least one organizational member disposed between two or more of the legs. The organizational member may include a plurality of openings. The opening(s) in the organizational member may be able to couple with one or more organization tools.

Claims (63)

1. A table comprising:

a first side;

a second opposing side;

a third side disposed between the first side and the second side;

a fourth side opposingly disposed to the third side and disposed between the first side and the second side;

one or more organizational members, wherein each organizational member comprises:

a surface; and

a plurality of organizational coupling members disposed through the surface, wherein organizational coupling members are adapted to couple with one or more organizational tools;

wherein at least one of the organizational members is disposed on a first side of the table;

a frame, wherein the frame comprises:

a fifth side;

an opposing sixth side, wherein the table is adapted such that the sixth side of the frame is disposed on a surface of a location on which the table is disposed;

at least two sets of legs, wherein each set of legs comprises at least two legs, and wherein at least one of the organizational members is disposed between two or more legs of at least one of the set of legs; and

at least two seating areas, wherein a first seating area of the at least two seating areas is proximate the third side of the table, and wherein a second seating area is disposed proximate the fourth side of the table;

a table top coupled to the frame, wherein the table top is disposed proximate first surface of the frame, and wherein the table top extends at least partially over the first seating area and the second seating area.

2. The table of claim 1 wherein the table comprises a desk.

3. The table of claim 1 wherein each of the legs comprises a straight section and a slanted section.

4. The table of claim 1 wherein each set of legs comprises two legs, and wherein each of the legs comprises:

a first end; and

an opposing second end, and wherein the first ends of the legs in each of the sets of legs are closer together than the second ends of in each of the sets of legs.

5. The table of claim 1 wherein one or more of the legs include a caster.

6. The table of claim 1 further comprising one of more shelves disposed between at least two of the sets of legs.

7. The table of claim 1 further comprising one of more drawers disposed proximate at least one of a bracket or a shelf.

8. A freestanding board comprising:

a frame comprising a first leg and a second leg;

an organizational member disposed between the first leg and the second leg of the frame, wherein the organizational member comprises a surface; and

a plurality of organizational coupling members disposed on the surface, wherein each of the organizational coupling members are adapted to couple with one or more organizational tools;

a board coupled to the frame, wherein the board comprises a smart board.

9. The freestanding board of claim 8 wherein the first leg comprises:

a first C-shaped member with two feet, wherein the first C-shaped member is disposed proximate an end of the first leg; and

wherein the second leg comprises:

a second C-shaped member with two feet, wherein the second C-shaped member is disposed proximate an end of the second leg.

10. The freestanding board of claim 8 wherein the first leg and the second leg include casters.

11. The freestanding board of claim 8 further comprising a ledge.

12. The freestanding board of claim 8 wherein one or more of the organizational members comprises openings disposed through the surface of the organizational member.

13. The freestanding board of claim 8 wherein a first end of the board is coupled proximate a first end of the first leg of the frame, and wherein a second opposing end of the board is coupled to a first end of the organizational member, and wherein an opposing second end of the organizational member is coupled to the second leg of the frame.

14. The freestanding board of claim 8 wherein the board comprises a board on which media can be displayed.

15. A piece of furniture comprising:

a first side;

a second opposing side;

a third side disposed between the first side and the second side;

a fourth side opposingly disposed to the third side and disposed between the first side and the second side;

one or more organizational members, wherein each organizational member comprises:

a surface; and

a plurality of organizational coupling members disposed through the surface, wherein organizational coupling members are adapted to couple with one or more organizational tools;

wherein at least one of the organizational members is disposed on a first side of the table;

a frame, wherein the frame comprises:

a fifth side;

an opposing sixth side, wherein the table is adapted such that the sixth side of the frame is disposed on a surface of a location on which the table is disposed;

at least two sets of legs, and wherein at least one of the organizational members is coupled to at least one of the set of legs, and wherein each leg in the set of legs comprises:

a first end;

a second opposing end;

a straight section;

an angled section;

wherein the frame includes one or more first portions, and wherein the one or more first portions are disposed more proximate the fifth side of the frame than the sixth side of the frame;

and wherein the frame includes one or more second portions, and wherein the one or more second portions are disposed more proximate the one or more first portions; and

wherein the one or more first portions are narrower than the one or more second portions of the frame;

at least two seating areas, wherein a first seating area disposed between at least two of the sets of legs, wherein the at least two seating areas are disposed proximate the third side of the table and proximate at least one of the first portions of the frame, and a second seating area is disposed between at least two of the sets of legs and proximate the fourth side of the table, wherein the second seating area is disposed proximate at least one of the first portions of the frame; and

a table top coupled to the frame.

16. The piece of furniture of claim 15 wherein the piece of furniture comprises at least one of a table or a freestanding board.

17. The piece of furniture of claim 15 wherein a first end of at least one of the organizational members is coupled to a first end of the first leg, and wherein an opposing second end of the organizational member is coupled to the second leg.

18. The piece of furniture of claim 15 wherein one or more of the coupling members of at least one of the organizational members comprises at least one of an opening, a recess, or a protrusion; and wherein the organizational member further comprises one or more apertures.

19. The piece of furniture of claim 15 further comprising one or more organizational tools.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 15802401 · Nov 2, 2017
Provisional Application 62416663 · Nov 2, 2016
Related Publication 20190335894A1 · Nov 7, 2019
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