Patents Assigned to The Simple Furniture Company
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Patent number: 7631605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Simple Furniture CompanyInventor: Scott Willy
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Patent number: 7516708Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: The Simple Furniture CompanyInventors: Scott Willy, William J. LePage, Jason Shannon Slifer
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Publication number: 20080245277Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: THE SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANYInventors: Scott Willy, William J. LePage, Jason Shannon Slifer
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Publication number: 20080245281Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANYInventor: Scott Willy
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Publication number: 20080185492Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: THE SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANYInventor: Scott Willy