US 11,866,969 B2
Integrated hinge for furniture
Chen Ying Paulina Chu, Hong Kong (HK); Frederic Frans Petrus Gooris, Hong Kong (HK); and Francesco Pozzato, Hong Kong (HK)
Assigned to Chen Ying Paulina Chu, Hong Kong (HK)
Appl. No. 17/424,503
Filed by Chen Ying Paulina Chu, Hong Kong (HK)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/080195
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/187290, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19121204.2 (HK), filed on Mar. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090423 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. E05D 1/00 (2006.01); A47C 4/00 (2006.01); A47C 17/04 (2006.01); A47D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 1/00 (2013.01) [A47C 4/00 (2013.01); A47C 17/04 (2013.01); A47D 1/006 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/678 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/68 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge for hingedly connecting an article of a furniture assembly to one or more articles or a main body of the furniture assembly comprising:
a rigid structure comprising at least a first rod and a second, juxtaposed rod, wherein each of the rods functions as a hinge arm and wherein the first and second rods are positioned to touch each other at a rod intersection, and being rotatable relative to one another at the rod intersection; and
a flexible membrane configured to enclose the rigid structure including the first and second rods and the rod intersection, the flexible membrane holding the first and second juxtaposed rods and permitting rotation of the rods relative to one another; and
wherein the first rod is connected to one of the articles of the furniture assembly and the flexible membrane is connected to another one of the articles of the furniture assembly such that the connected articles are rotatable, pivot-able, or moveable in respect with one and other about the hinge; or the first rod is connected to one of the articles of the furniture assembly and the flexible membrane is connected to the main body of the furniture assembly such that the connected article is rotatable, pivot-able, or moveable in respect with the main body of the furniture assembly about the hinge.