Patents Assigned to The Simple Furniture Company
  • Patent number: 7631605
    Abstract: An article of furniture comprises a horizontal planar member, and a support member for supporting the horizontal planar member. A connection system releasably secures the horizontal planar member to the support member. The connection system comprises a plurality of arcuate guide grooves on a bottom surface of the planar member and radially disposed about an axis of rotation, and a plurality of locking projections projecting from a top of the support member in positions corresponding to the plurality of guide grooves. The plurality of locking projections are configured to be received in the plurality of guide grooves and moved in the plurality of guide grooves between an insertion section of the groove and a locking section of the groove in response to relative rotation between the planar member and the support member about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Simple Furniture Company
    Inventor: Scott Willy
  • Patent number: 7516708
    Abstract: An article of furniture comprises a support assembly including an elongate cross-member, a first end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot at one end of the cross-member, a second end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at the other end of the cross-member, and an intermediate support member having a pair of top edges and an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot at an intermediate portion of the cross-member. A tabletop panel is supported on the top edges of the end panels and the intermediate support. The article of furniture includes a magazine holder comprising an opening formed in the table top over an intersection point, the intersection point corresponding to a base for supporting magazines inserted through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: The Simple Furniture Company
    Inventors: Scott Willy, William J. LePage, Jason Shannon Slifer
  • Publication number: 20080245277
    Abstract: An article of furniture comprises a support assembly including an elongate cross-member, a first end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot at one end of the cross-member, a second end panel having a top edge and an interlocking slot for engagement with the interlocking slot at the other end of the cross-member, and an intermediate support member having a pair of top edges and an interlocking slot for engagement with an interlocking slot at an intermediate portion of the cross-member. A tabletop panel is supported on the top edges of the end panels and the intermediate support. The article of furniture includes a magazine holder comprising an opening formed in the table top over an intersection point, the intersection point corresponding to a base for supporting magazines inserted through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: THE SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Willy, William J. LePage, Jason Shannon Slifer
  • Publication number: 20080245281
    Abstract: An article of furniture comprises a horizontal planar member, and a support member for supporting the horizontal planar member. A connection system releasably secures the horizontal planar member to the support member. The connection system comprises a plurality of arcuate guide grooves on a bottom surface of the planar member and radially disposed about an axis of rotation, and a plurality of locking projections projecting from a top of the support member in positions corresponding to the plurality of guide grooves. The plurality of locking projections are configured to be received in the plurality of guide grooves and moved in the plurality of guide grooves between an insertion section of the groove and a locking section of the groove in response to relative rotation between the planar member and the support member about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANY
    Inventor: Scott Willy
  • Publication number: 20080185492
    Abstract: A configurable drinking coaster combination includes at least one pair of coasters adapted for individual placement on a furniture surface to protect the furniture from a drinking glass or cup placed on the coaster. Each pair of coasters is configured for interlocking engagement so that the pair of coasters can form a decorative three-dimensional accent piece when the coasters are not in use to support a drinking vessel. In one embodiment, a collection of substantially identically configured coasters have an identical perimeter, such as circular, rectangular or triangular, and each defines a substantially identically sized and arranged slot so that when the coasters are interlockingly engaged at the slots the perimeters of the coasters coincide in the three-dimensional accent piece configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: THE SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANY
    Inventor: Scott Willy