US 12,419,419 B2
Furniture components and assemblies
Christopher Paul Chambers, North Shore City (NZ)
Assigned to CPC ENGINEERING DESIGN LIMITED, (NZ)
Appl. No. 17/265,596
Filed by CPC ENGINEERING DESIGN LIMITED, North Shore City (NZ)
PCT Filed Aug. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NZ2019/050090
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/027667, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 744906 (NZ), filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321772 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47B 96/20 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 96/205 (2013.01) [A47B 96/201 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A furniture panel used to form a component of a furniture assembly, the panel comprising:
a first structural component being a first edge structure;
a second structural component selected from a second edge structure and at least one cover sheet;
a third structural component selected from any combination of: at least one edge structure, at least one cover sheet and/or at least one mid-beam;
an interior volume defined by each interior surface of the first structural component, the second structural component and the third structural component, and confined between the interior surfaces of the first structural component, the second structural component and the third structural component; and
at least one internal fixing element disposed within the interior volume, the internal fixing element configured to engage together the first, second and third structural components to form the panel,
wherein the interior volume at least partially conceals the internal fixing element from view.