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US4844566:
Modular dressing table and demountable modules therefor
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Moore, Donald L.; Columbus, IN
Spilman, Raymond; Darien, CT
Pendleton, Thomas; Wilton, CT
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| Assignee: |
Cosco, Inc., Columbus, IN
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| Published / Filed: |
1989-07-04
/ 1987-08-14
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| Application Number: |
US1987000085349
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47B 47/04;
A47B 87/02;
A47D 5/00;
IPC-7:
A47B 87/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47B47/04A; A47D5/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
312/108;
312/198;
312/258;
Original:
312/108;
312/258;
312/198;
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| Field of Search: |
016/257,259
220/6;7
312/107,108,257 R,258,198
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| Abstract: |
Hingedly connected rectangular panels are used to construct demountable module assemblies useful alone or in combination as multifunctional furniture items. A modular dressing table includes four such module assemblies secured in a two-by-two matrix, and a restraint belt and pad affixed to the top of the matrix. The module assemblies are provided with an aperture to allow user access to the interior space of said assemblies for storage.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Barnes & Thornburg ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Dorner, Kenneth J.; Anderson, Gerald A.
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| Parent Case: |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 699,997 filed Feb. 8, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,717,214.
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A modular dressing table having a top surface for supporting an infant and a bottom surface, the dressing table including a matrix element of individual rectangular parallelepiped module assemblies, each assembly being securable to each adjacent assembly in said matrix, each module assembly comprising
- four rectangular panels each having first and second opposite panel engaging edges and third and fourth opposite lateral edges, said first panel engaging edge being formed as a first connector means and said second panel engaging edge being formed as a second connector means, said four rectangular panels being serially connected, the first connector means of each panel cooperating with the second connector means of another of said four panels to provide rotatably actuated interlock means for establishing a detachable two-piece hinged connection between each pair of adjacent rectangular panels so that said first connector means of said one panel is freely engageable with said second connector means of said second panel in a direction perpendicular to a plane extending longitudinal of the panels while only preventing disengagement of said two panels along the longitudinal planes of said two panels and interlocked with a second connector means formed at the edge of said another panel to hingedly connect said rectangular panels along their respective first and second edges so that the panels cannot be disengaged only after both engagement of said first and second connector means of said panels and rotation of said one panel relative to said another panel to effect the interlock, and
- anti-racking means for engaging said hingedly connected rectangular panels to hold each panel rigidly in a fixed position substantially perpendicular to adjacent panels connected therewith.
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