IP Library Granted Patent US 11,992,117
Granted Patent B2
US 11,992,117 · App. 17/120,675 · Granted May 28, 2024

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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Patent No.
US 11,992,117
App. No.
17/120,675
Granted
May 28, 2024
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 (74)

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 each set of legs comprises:

a first end proximate the fifth side of the frame;

and a second opposing end proximate the sixth side of the frame;

and wherein legs of each of the set of legs is closer together proximate the first end of the set of legs then proximate the second end of the set of 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

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 past the first end of the at least two sets of legs and extends past the second opposing end of the at least two sets of legs.

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 one or more of the legs include a caster.

5. The table of claim 1 further comprising one or more drawers disposed proximate at least one of a bracket or a shelf disposed between the two sets of legs.

6. 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 set of legs comprises at least one first leg, and wherein each first leg comprises:

a first end proximate the sixth side of the frame;

a second opposing end proximate the fifth side of the frame;

a straight section proximate the first end of the leg;

an angled section approximate the second end of the leg and coupled to the straight section of the leg;

and wherein the at least one first leg and an other leg of the at least two sets of legs are closer together proximate the first end of the at least two sets of legs than proximate the second end of the at least two sets of legs;

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.

7. The piece of furniture of claim 6 wherein the piece of furniture comprises a table.

8. The piece of furniture of claim 6 wherein a first end of at least one of the organizational members is coupled to a first end of at least one of the first legs, and wherein an opposing second end of the organizational member is coupled to at least one of the other legs of at least one of the at least two sets of legs.

9. The piece of furniture of claim 6 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.

10. The piece of furniture of claim 6 further comprising one or more organizational tools.

11. The piece of furniture of claim 6 further comprising one or more organizational tools configured to couple with the coupling members of the one or more organizational members, and wherein the one or more of the organizational tools comprises at least one of a hook, a loop, a basket, a container, or a bracket.

12. The piece of furniture of claim 6 wherein the at least one or more organizational members further comprises one or more apertures.

13. The table of claim 6 further comprising one or more boards, wherein at least one of the boards is disposed between the first leg and the second leg of at least one of the set of legs.

14. 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;

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 each set of legs comprises:

a first end proximate the fifth side of the frame;

and a second opposing end proximate the sixth side of the frame;

and wherein legs of each of the set of legs is closer together proximate the first ends of the set of legs than proximate the second ends of the set of legs;

at least one of an organizational member or a white board disposed between two or more legs of at least one of the sets of legs; wherein each organizational member comprises a surface and a plurality of organizational coupling members disposed through the surface, and wherein the plurality of organizational coupling members are adapted to couple with one or more organizational tools; 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.

15. The table of claim 14 wherein one or more of the legs include a caster.

16. The table of claim 14 further comprising at least one of:

one of more shelves extending between at least two of the sets of legs;

or one of more drawers disposed between at least two of the sets of legs.

17. The piece of furniture of claim 14 wherein the at least one or more organizational members further comprises one or more apertures.

18. The table of claim 14 wherein the table top comprises a white board.

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

20. The table of claim 1 further comprising one or more shelves extending between at least two of the sets of legs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2024
From: KASSANOFF, RICHARD; STEWART, ROBERT LARRY
To: PARAGON FURNITURE, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16518620 · Jul 22, 2019
Continuation 15802401 · Nov 2, 2017
Provisional Application 62416663 · Nov 2, 2016
Related Publication 20210093079A1 · Apr 1, 2021