(19)
(11) EP 3 378 355 B1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
04.05.2022 Bulletin 2022/18

(21) Application number: 18020109.7

(22) Date of filing: 22.03.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47B 96/20(2006.01)
A47F 5/11(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A47F 5/118; A47B 96/202; A47B 2220/0083; A47B 2220/0086

(54)

SELF-SUPPORTING SPATIAL STRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY FOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION

SELBSTTRAGENDE RAUMSTRUKTUR, INSBESONDERE FÜR DEN MÖBELBAU

STRUCTURE SPATIALE AUTOPORTANTE, NOTAMMENT POUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE MEUBLES


(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 23.03.2017 PL 42097517

(43) Date of publication of application:
26.09.2018 Bulletin 2018/39

(73) Proprietor: Piotr, Babel
88-100 Inowroclaw (PL)

(72) Inventor:
  • Piotr, Babel
    88-100 Inowroclaw (PL)

(74) Representative: Cwiklinski, Grzegorz 
Ul. Hallera 7/9
85-795 Bydgoszcz
85-795 Bydgoszcz (PL)


(56) References cited: : 
FR-A1- 2 750 074
US-A1- 2012 074 823
US-A1- 2010 314 437
   
       
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    Description


    [0001] The invention relates to a self-supporting spatial structure, particularly for furniture construction, such as closets, cabinets, shelves, book shelves, especially display units and customised furniture sets.

    [0002] Commonly known solutions for furniture construction are characterised in that they comprise horizontal and vertical board components appropriately featuring (on connecting edges) holes and pins as well as connectors, most often made of metal, also plastics, to reinforce and stiffen such edge joints, and hinge connectors.

    [0003] Commonly known furniture structures are made of cellulose raw materials in the form of wooden boards and/or other wood-like or composite materials in order to obtain structurally defined shapes of the components, with enhancement treatment of the material surface, joining of the machined components with hardware or pins or screws or nails or by adhesive bonding of properly prepared ends of the components and/or upholstering of certain components, such as seats, backrests, cushions, and the mounting of hinges, wheels, brakes, handles.

    [0004] Such structures, composed of conventional furniture components, have many limitations, such as difficulty in obtaining thick walls so as to avoid a significant increase in the mass of the furniture structure, inability to make butt joints of two different boards, inability to obtain a rounded (curved) furniture corner when using oblique joints and, above all, the necessity to use furniture edging products, the application of which requires a separate production process.

    [0005] Application No US20100314437A1 disclosed an invention features boxes for file storage and the like. The inventive box is made from a unitary blank of material. The box, when assembled, has four interconnected sidewalls that define an open storage area between them. The sidewalls are typically each rectangular in shape, to define a generally rectangular prism-shaped storage area. When the box is fully assembled each sidewall comprises a triple thickness of material, or the sidewalls could be of quadruple or greater thickness if such is necessary. Blank is also formed through die cutting and creasing of corrugated material. Blank comprises first, second, third and fourth sidewall portions respectively.

    [0006] The object of the present invention is to develop a simple and inexpensive technology to manufacture a wide range of exhibition furniture based on paper, cardboard, sandwich panels and furniture hardware, with the possible use of other materials.

    [0007] The essence of the invention is that the self-supporting spatial structure is created by folding the cut-out sheet constructed in accordance with claim 1.

    [0008] It is preferable when each of the symmetrical trapeziums touching each other with shorter bases is provided with square or rectangular holes located in parallel to each other and create pairs into which the locking-joining insert is installed.

    [0009] It is very preferable when the cross-section of the groove has the V-shaped or U-shaped profile.

    [0010] It is preferable when the sheet is a laminated composite material in the form of the AL/LDPE/AL laminate folded along the lines created by single-sided or double-sided removal of the AL material to create a single-sided or double-sided groove in the composite material.

    [0011] It is very beneficial when cross-section of the groove in the AL/LDPE/AL laminate has the V-shaped or U-shaped profile.

    [0012] It is very preferable when at least one of the outer AL surfaces is covered with a plastic decorating element or varnish.

    [0013] It is most preferable when one of the AL layers is printed.

    [0014] It is preferable when the incised sheet, once folded, is stiffened at the back with a flat element inserted into the internal contour of the created geometric solid.

    [0015] It is preferable when the element that stiffens and closes the back of the structure and joins the overlap portions is made of plywood.

    [0016] It is preferable when the self-supporting structure, created by incising the sheet and once folded, is open on one side and fixed to the flat board with screws passing through the holes in the folded overlaps.

    [0017] It is preferable when the self-supporting structure, created by incising the sheet and once folded, is open on one side and fixed to a flat board with a block covering the folded overlaps using bolts or screws passing through the holes in the block and in the folded overlaps.

    [0018] This design of the furniture system is suitable to create various geometric solids and all shapes of the furniture by using a laminated composite panel, which can be incised and folded to adapt the shape to the needs and demands of the user, as shown below in the description and drawing. In addition, the laminate surface may be printed with any pattern or image, resulting in a smooth transition of decorative artistic forms from the front to the side walls and a very pleasing and useful visual effect.

    [0019] The invention is presented in the embodiments in the drawing, but not limited in any way with the use of a composite board comprising two thin top aluminium sheets with a polymer core, wherein:

    Fig. 1 shows a view of a blank cut-out of the composite board sheet with incisions, wherein the folded blank creates a spatial structure in the form of a cuboid with the outer contour of a cube;

    Fig. 2 shows the composite board sheet shown in Fig. 1 being folded along the incisions and gradually assuming the form of a geometric solid;

    Fig. 3 shows the composite board sheet shown in Fig. 1 being folded along the incisions in the same folding phase as in Fig. 2 but reversed by 180°;

    Fig. 4 shows a geometric solid created with the folded composite board in Fig. 1 in the rear view;

    Fig. 5 shows a frame that stiffens the structure and closes the back of the structure and joins the internal overlaps, made of any thin-walled material, preferably plywood;

    Fig. 6 shows the geometric solid in Fig. 4 but with the mounted stiffening frame in Fig. 5;

    Fig.7 shows the finally assembled self-supporting spatial structure in the rear view shown in Fig. 6;

    Fig. 8 shows the self-supporting spatial structure in Fig. 7 but in the front view;

    Fig. 9 shows a blank-out of the composite board sheet which, when assembled, creates a spatial structure in the form of a cube without the use of any stiffening frame, with the internal pass-through void with differently shaped overlaps relative to the blank in Fig. 1;

    Fig. 10 shows a geometric solid created with the blank in Fig. 9 before the rear wall is closed;

    Fig. 11 shows the geometric solid in Fig. 10 with the closed rear wall by screwing or riveting the overlaps together;

    Fig. 12 shows the front view of the geometric solid in Fig. 11;

    Fig. 9 shows a blank-out of the composite board sheet which, when assembled, creates a spatial structure in the form of a cube with the internal pass-through void without the lower overlaps relative to the blank in Fig. 9;

    Fig. 14 shows the geometric solid in Fig. 13 before the rear wall is closed;

    Fig. 15 shows a blank made of any board, preferably a wood-like laminated board, with a cut-out, non-pass-through groove as the back wall of the geometric solid in Fig. 14 by embedding at the edges of the composite board;

    Fig. 16 shows the geometric solid in Fig. 15 in the rear view, with the inserted blank with the groove in Fig. 15, into which the closing overlaps will be screwed;

    Fig. 17 shows a blank out of a composite board sheet with incisions after folding, creating a spatial structure in the form of a shelf and shown in Fig. 19 and Fig. 20;

    Fig. 18 shows the stiffening frame that also closes the back of the spatial structure made with the blank in Fig. 17;

    Fig. 19 shows the geometric solid created with the blank in Fig. 17 in the rear view;

    Fig. 20 shows the finished self-supporting spatial structure in Fig. 19 in the front view;

    Fig. 21 shows a section of the cut-out sheet with incisions at an angle of α=120°;

    Fig. 22 shows a spatial structure made with the composite plate sheet blank with the incisions in Fig. 21 but in the shape of a spatial triangle;

    Fig. 23 shows a section of the cut-out composite board sheet, with incisions at an angle α=80°, the change of which results in a different position of the walls of the folded solid relative to each other (Fig. 24);

    Fig. 24 shows a spatial structure created out of the cut-out composite board sheet in Fig. 23, wherein angles α=80°;

    Fig. 25 shows a spatial structure with one open wall, fixed to any board, preferably a wood-like or glass-based board.

    Fig. 25A shows an example of fastening with a wooden block with two longitudinal grooves in which extended overlaps are embedded by means of pass-through screwing to the board;

    Fig. 25B shows the fastening with screws directly to the board;

    Fig. 26 shows a schematic view of the double-sided fastening of geometric solids that are open relative to the board;

    Fig. 27 shows an example of the one-sided fastening of the geometric solid that is open relative to the board;

    Fig. 28 shows a direct joint of two open solids in Fig. 25A;

    Fig. 29 shows a schematic view of a shelf made with the use of two open spatial structures;

    Fig. 30 shows a schematic view of a cabinet with shelves fixed according to the structure in Fig. 25A;

    Fig. 31 shows a schematic view of a shelf made with the use of two closed spatial structures joined together;

    Fig. 32 shows an example of a cabinet with a door, whose entire "supporting frame" is made with the use of a closed spatial structure;

    Fig. 33 shows an example of a shelf made using two open solids in the perspective view, as shown in Fig. 28, fastened using the method in Fig. 25B, wherein one of the solids is printed with a pattern on one layer of the outer composite board before folding.

    Fig. 34 shows a portion of the composite board;

    Fig. 35 shows the locking-joining inserts of the corners of the folds of the composite board;

    Fig. 36 shows the perspective view of a portion of the corner of the folded composite board with the location of the locking-joining insert in Fig. 35;

    Fig. 37 shows a portion in the rear view of two corners of the folded composite board with the location of the locking-joining inserts in Fig. 35;

    Fig. 38 shows a portion in the perspective view of the back of two corners of the folded composite board with the location of the locking-joining insert in Fig. 35;

    Fig. 39 shows a portion of the composite board with a double-incision system, which allows a closed profile to be formed from one sheet (in the cross-section) and folding at any number of locations and at different angles;

    Fig. 40 shows a cross-section of the profile created with a folded sheet incised as in Fig. 39;

    Fig. 41 shows an example solid created out of the sheet in Fig. 39, in the front view;

    Fig. 42 shows an example solid created out of the sheet in Fig. 39, in the rear view.



    [0020] The sheet has incisions creating two parallel rows of four rectangles 1 separated by symmetrically-placed triangles 2, the apexes of which coincide with the line of incision of the first row and the apex angle 3 is 90°, and the two rows of rectangles 1 are joined by the trapeziums 4, which are equipped at their outer edges with foldable triangular, trapezoidal or rectangular overlaps 5, wherein in the second rows the rectangles 1 are separated from each other by the trapeziums 6 touching each other along shorter bases, wherein the bases form the line of incisions and are located in the line of incision of the first row of rectangles squares and, wherein rhombic pass-through cut-outs 7 are formed between symmetrically placed triangles and symmetrical trapeziums. The symmetrical trapeziums 6 are provided with rectangular openings 8, into which the locking-joining insert 9 is installed and slips 10, during the final sheet folding phase. The overlaps 5 are provided with openings 11. To stiffen the structure, the insert 12 provided with incisions 13 is inserted into the folded sheet.

    [0021] In the example of the arrangement of incisions shown on Fig. 17, sheet folding creates a shelf structure. To stiffen it at the back, insert 14 is installed.

    [0022] As shown in Fig. 21, Fig. 22 as well as Fig. 23, Fig. 24, a change of the apex angle causes that the angle between the walls created out of the rectangles 1 after sheet folding is complemented to obtain 180°.

    [0023] As shown in Fig. 25 to Fig. 28, the cut-out sheets (after folding) may be attached to the supporting board 15 using the blocks 16 that are bolted 17 together and locked with protrusions 18. The created spatial structures may be equipped with doors 19, as in the example in Fig. 32.


    Claims

    1. A self-supporting spatial structure, particularly for furniture construction, comprising connectors and walls characterised in that the structure is created by folding a cut-out sheet along the incisions of the sheet, the incisions creating at least two parallel rows of rectangles (1) or squares (1), separated by symmetrical placed triangles (2), whose apexes coincide with the line of incision of the first row, and the angle between them is the condition for the angle between the blocks after folding by complementing the angle to obtain 180° and the parallel rows of rectangles (1) are joined by trapeziums (4), which are equipped at their outer edges with foldable triangular, trapezoidal or rectangular overlaps (5) wherein in the second row of the rectangles (1) or squares (1) the rectangles or squares are separated by symmetrical trapeziums (6) touching each other along shorter bases, wherein the bases are located in the line of incisions of the first row of the rectangles (1) or squares (1), and a rhombic pass-through cut-out (7) is created between the symmetrical placed triangles (2) and the symmetrical trapeziums (6).
     
    2. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 1, characterised in that each of the symmetrical trapeziums (6) touching each other along shorter bases is provided with a square or rectangular opening (8), wherein the openings are located in parallel relative to each other and create pairs into which the locking-joining insert (9) is installed.
     
    3. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 1, characterised in that the sheet is a laminated composite material in the form of the AL/LDPE/AL laminate folded along the lines created by single-sided or double-sided removal of the AL material to create a single-sided or double-sided groove in the composite material.
     
    4. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 3, characterised in that the cross-section of the groove in the AL/LDPE/AL laminate has the V-shaped or U-shaped profile.
     
    5. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 2 or 3 or 4, characterised in that at least one of the outer AL surfaces is covered with a plastic decorating element or varnish.
     
    6. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 2 or 3 or 4, characterised in that one of the AL layers is printed.
     
    7. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 1, characterised in that the incised sheet, once folded, is stiffened at the back with a flat element (12), (13), (14) inserted into the internal contour of the created geometric solid.
     
    8. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 7, characterised in that the element (12), (13), (14) stiffening the structure and closing the rear of the structure and joining parts of the overlaps (5) is made of plywood.
     
    9. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 1, characterised in that the self-supporting structure created by incisions of the sheet, when folded, is open on one side and fixed to a flat board with screws passing through the openings in the folded overlaps.
     
    10. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 1, characterised in that the self-supporting structure created by incisions of the sheet, once folded, is open on one side and fixed to a flat board by a block (16) covering the folded overlaps with bolts (17) or screws (17) passing through the openings in the block and the folded overlaps.
     
    11. A self-supporting spatial structure according to claim 1, characterised in that the laminated composite material used to create the walls is the AL/LDPE/AL laminate.
     


    Ansprüche

    1. Eine selbsttragende räumliche Struktur, insbesondere für Möbelkonstruktionen, umfassend Anschlüsse und Wände, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Struktur durch Falten eines Ausschnitts entlang der Einschnitte des Blattes, wobei die Einschnitte mindestens zwei parallele Reihen von Rechtecken (1) oder Quadrate erzeugt (1), getrennt durch symmetrisch angeordnete Dreiecke (2), deren Spitzen mit der Einschnittlinie der ersten Zeile übereinstimmt, und der Winkel zwischen ihnen ist der Zustand für den Winkel zwischen den Blöcken nach dem Falten, indem er den Winkel ergänzt, um 180 ° zu ergänzen und die parallelen Reihen von Rechtecken (1) sind mit Trapezoiden (4) verbunden, die an ihren Außenkanten mit falzbaren dreieckigen, trapezförmigen oder rechteckigen Überlappungen (5) ausgestattet sind, wobei in der zweiten Reihe der Rechtecke (1) oder Quadrate erzeugt (1 ) Die Rechtecke oder Quadrate werden durch symmetrische Trapezoiden (6) getrennt, die sich entlang kürzeren Basen berühren, wobei sich die Basen in der Zeile von Einschnitten der ersten Reihe der Rechtecke (1) oder Quadrate erzeugt (1), und ein rhombischer Durchlaufausschnitt (7) entsteht zwischen den symmetrisch angeordneten Dreiecke (2) und den symmetrischen Trapezoiden (6).
     
    2. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes der symmetrischen Trapez (6), das sich entlang kürzer berührt, mit einer quadratischen oder rechteckigen Öffnung (8) versehen ist, wobei die Öffnungen parallel relativ zu jedem angeordnet sind Andere und erstellen Sie Paare, in die der Vierregelungsverbindungseinsatz (9) installiert ist.
     
    3. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Blatt ein laminiertes Verbundmaterial in Form des AI/LDPE/AL Laminat ist, das entlang der durch einseitigen oder doppelseitigen Entfernung des AI-Materials erzeugten Linien gefaltet ist eine einseitige oder doppelseitige Nut im Verbundmaterial erstellen.
     
    4. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Querschnitt der Nut in dem AI/LDPE/AL Laminat das V-förmige oder U-förmige Profil aufweist.
     
    5. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 2 oder 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eine dem äußeren Alu Flächen mit einem Kunststoff-Dekorationselement oder einem Lack bedeckt ist.
     
    6. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 2 oder 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass einer der Al-Schichten gedruckt wird.
     
    7. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das einschließende Blatt, einst gefaltet, an der Rückseite mit einem flachen Element (12), (13), (14) versteift ist, das in die interne Kontur der erzeugten geometrischen eingesetzt ist fest.
     
    8. Selbststützende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Element (12), (13), (14) die Struktur steifen und die Rückseite der Struktur schließen und Teile der Überschneidungen (5) fügt, aus Sperrholz besteht.
     
    9. Selbststützende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die selbsttragende Struktur, die durch Einschnitte des Blattes erzeugt wird, wenn sie gefaltet ist, auf einer Seite offen und an einer Flachplatte befestigt ist, wobei Schrauben mit den Öffnungen in den gefalteten Überschneidungen durchlaufen werden.
     
    10. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die selbsttragende Struktur, die durch Einschnitte des Blatts erzeugt wird, einst zusammengefaltet ist, auf einer Seite offen und an einer Flachplatte von einem Block (16) befestigt, der die gefalteten Überlappungen abdeckt mit Bolzen (17) oder Schrauben (17), die durch die Öffnungen im Block und den gefalteten Überlappungen streiten.
     
    11. Selbsttragende räumliche Struktur nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das laminierte Verbundmaterial zum Erzeugen der Wände das AL/LDPE/AL -Laminat ist.
     


    Revendications

    1. Une structure spatiale autoportante, en particulier pour la construction de meubles, comprenant des connecteurs et des murs caractérisés en ce que la structure est créée en pliant une feuille de découpe le long des incisions de la feuille, les incisions créant au moins deux rangées parallèles de rectangles (1) ou de carrés (1), séparés par des triangles placés symétriques (2), dont les apex coïncident avec la ligne d'incision de la première rangée et l'angle entre eux est la condition de l'angle entre les blocs après le pliage en complétant l'angle d'atteindre 180 ° et les rangées parallèles de rectangles (1) sont reliées par des trapèze (4), qui sont équipées de leurs bords extérieurs avec des chevauchements triangulaires, trapézoïdaux ou rectangulaires pliables (5) dans la deuxième rangée des rectangles (1) ou des carrés (1 ) Les rectangles ou les carrés sont séparés par des trapèze symétriques (6) se touchant les uns avec les autres le long des bases plus courtes, dans lesquelles les bases sont situées dans la ligne d'incisions de la première rangée des rectangles (1) ou d'une squa Res (1) et une découpe de passage de la rhombique (7) est créée entre les triangles placés symétriques (2) et les trapèze symétriques (6).
     
    2. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chacun des trapèze symétriques (6) se toucher le long des bases plus courtes est doté d'une ouverture carrée ou rectangulaire (8), dans laquelle les ouvertures sont situées en parallèle parallèle à chaque autre et créer des paires dans lesquelles l'insert de jonction de verrouillage (9) est installée.
     
    3. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la feuille est un matériau composite stratifié sous la forme du stratifié AL/LDPE/AL plié le long des lignes créées par élimination recto verso ou double face du matériau AI créer une gorge recto verso ou double face dans le matériau composite.
     
    4. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la section transversale de la rainure dans le stratifié AL/LDPE/AL présente le profil en forme de V ou en U.
     
    5. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 2 ou 3 ou 4, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins une des surfaces extérieures est recouverte d'un élément de décoration en plastique ou d'un vernis.
     
    6. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 2 ou 3 ou 4, caractérisée en ce que l'une des couches AL est imprimée.
     
    7. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la feuille incisée, une fois pliée, est raidie à l'arrière avec un élément plat (12), (13), (14) insérée dans le contour interne de la géométrique créée solide.
     
    8. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que l'élément (12), (13), (14) raidise la structure et fermant l'arrière de la structure et des parties de jonction des chevauchements (5) est en contreplaqué.
     
    9. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la structure autoportante créée par des incisions de la feuille, lorsqu'elle est pliée, est ouverte sur un côté et fixée à une planche à plat avec des vis traversant les ouvertures dans les chevauchements pliés.
     
    10. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la structure autoportante créée par des incisions de la feuille, une fois pliée, est ouverte sur un côté et fixée à une planche à plat par un bloc (16) recouvrant les chevauchements pliés avec des boulons (17) ou des vis (17) traversant les ouvertures dans le bloc et les chevauchements pliés.
     
    11. Structure spatiale autoportante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le matériau composite stratifié utilisé pour créer les murs est le stratifié AL/LDPE/AL.
     




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