US 12,071,966 B2
Piece of furniture
Luc Maertens, Ardooie (BE); Luc Deman, Izegem (BE); Guy Van Hooydonck, Schoten (BE); and Benny Schacht, Vlamertinge (BE)
Assigned to INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V., Delft (NL)
Filed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., Delft (NL)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,280.
Application 18/350,280 is a continuation of application No. 17/074,052, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,739,779.
Application 17/074,052 is a continuation of application No. 15/522,847, granted, now 10,844,891, issued on Nov. 24, 2020, previously published as PCT/IB2015/058116, filed on Oct. 21, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2014/5044 (BE), filed on Oct. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349410 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 12/12 (2006.01); A47B 47/00 (2006.01); F16B 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 12/12 (2013.01) [F16B 12/46 (2013.01); A47B 47/0075 (2013.01); A47B 2230/0081 (2013.01); F16B 2012/466 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A piece of furniture, comprising:
a first furniture part having at least first, second and third male parts provided on a first end of the first furniture part;
a second furniture part arranged to be coupled to the first furniture part, the second furniture part having at least first, second and third female parts provided on a first end of the second furniture part;
wherein the female parts are formed as an oblong slot in said second furniture part, the oblong slot comprising an insertion opening for introducing of one of said male parts, wherein, when coupling the first furniture part and the second furniture part to each other, the male part is brought from an insertion position in said insertion opening to an end position in said female part by moving the male part and the female part along each other in a longitudinal direction of said oblong slot;
wherein the male parts and the female parts each comprise one or more cooperating grooves and protrusions;
wherein a first distance defined between the first and second male parts and along the first end of the first furniture part is less than a second distance defined between the second and third male parts and along the first end of the first furniture part;
wherein a first distance defined between the first and second female parts and along the first end of the second furniture part is less than a second distance defined between the second and third female parts and along the first end of the second furniture part;
wherein the first furniture part and the second furniture part form a contact surface, the contact surface defines a plane between the first furniture part and the second furniture part, along which the first, second and third male parts correspond to the first, second and third female parts, respectively.