US 11,918,109 B2
Crossmember, crossmember set, and furniture kit
Stefan Keller, Steinen-Hofen (DE); and Helmut Schütt, Mülllheim-Hügelheim (DE)
Assigned to VITRA AG, Birsfelden (CH)
Appl. No. 17/779,462
Filed by VITRA AG, Birsfelden (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/105226, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 01486/19 (CH), filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408916 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 47/02 (2006.01); A47B 47/00 (2006.01); A47B 87/00 (2006.01); F16B 12/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 47/028 (2013.01) [A47B 47/0058 (2013.01); A47B 87/001 (2013.01); F16B 12/40 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crossmember set comprising:
at least two crossmembers, each crossmember comprising:
a longitudinal rod portion having a central longitudinal axis, a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end substantially opposite the first longitudinal end,
a first latching claw arranged at the first longitudinal end of the longitudinal rod portion, the first latching claw including a gripping portion shaped to correspond to a rod-shaped element and having two spaced-apart gripping fingers, and
a second latching claw arranged at the second longitudinal end of the longitudinal rod portion, the second latching claw including a gripping portion shaped to correspond to a rod-shaped element and having two spaced-apart gripping fingers,
wherein the gripping portion of the first latching claw is transversely offset from the gripping portion of the second latching claw with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the longitudinal rod portion, and
wherein the at least two crossmembers are configured to be mounted on a single rod-shaped element without tools and in such a way that central longitudinal axes of the longitudinal rod portions of the at least two crossmembers align with each to be in a straight line, and
wherein, when the at least two crossmembers are mounted on a single rod-shaped element, the two spaced-apart gripping fingers of the gripping portion of one of the first latching claw or the second latching claw of a first crossmember of the at least two crossmembers lie adjacent on the single rod-shaped element to the two spaced-apart gripping fingers of the gripping portion of one of the first latching claw or the second latching claw of a second crossmember of the at least two crossmembers, such that one of the gripping fingers of the one of the first latching claw or the second latching claw of the first crossmember is disposed between two of the gripping fingers of the one of the first latching claw or the second latching claw of the second crossmember.