US 12,232,609 B1
Foldable furniture assembly
Nicholas Van Raalte, Denver, CO (US); Michael Yim, San Jose, CA (US); Jonathan Thai, San Jose, CA (US); David Suttie, Galesville, WI (US); Blake Johnson, Hilo, HI (US); and Peter Van Raalte, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US)
Assigned to FURNIGAMI INC., Denver, CO (US)
Filed by FURNIGAMI INC., Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/924,666.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/592,735, filed on Oct. 24, 2023.
Int. Cl. A47B 3/083 (2006.01); A47C 4/20 (2006.01); A47B 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 3/083 (2013.01) [A47C 4/20 (2013.01); A47B 2003/0821 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable furniture assembly, comprising:
four leg joints, each leg joint comprising a plurality of indentations;
a plurality of ratchet leg sleeves, each of the ratchet sleeves fittable around one of the leg joints and movable along at least a portion of a length of that leg joint along the indentations;
a plurality of toggles, wherein each of the toggles is engageable to one of the ratchet leg sleeves and a portion of that toggle is removably insertable into one of the indentations, wherein each of the toggles prevents movement of the engaged ratchet leg sleeve along the length of the leg joint around which the coupled ratchet sleeve is fitted when the portion of the toggle is inserted into one of the indentations;
a base frame attachable to a body of a furniture item and comprising two leg sleeve sub-assemblies rotatably attachable to a central sub-assembly, each of the sub-assemblies comprising two outer leg sleeves, wherein each of the leg joints is insertable into one of the outer leg sleeves to a level on which the ratchet leg sleeve is set on that leg joint, the base frame configured to alternate between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration through rotation of the leg sleeve subassemblies relative to the central sub-assembly.