WO2026104882 - JOINT MECHANISMS FOR MODULAR FURNITURE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Publication Number
WO/2026/104882
Publication Date
21.05.2026
International Application No.
PCT/IB2024/061439
International Filing Date
15.11.2024
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[English]
JOINT MECHANISMS FOR MODULAR FURNITURE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
[French]
MÉCANISMES D'ARTICULATION POUR MOBILIER MODULAIRE ET SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS
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BAREFOOT CITIZENS IP PTY LTD
DOBLE, Simon
SMITH, Jason Robert
Inventors
DOBLE, Simon
SMITH, Jason Robert
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| Country | Stages | Total | |
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| China | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2882 | |
| EPO | Filing, Examination, Granting | 21716 | |
| Japan | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2712 | |
| South Korea | Filing, Examination, Granting | 3117 | |
| USA | Filing, Examination, Granting | 7740 |
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Abstract[English]
Joint mechanisms for modular systems of assembling furniture items, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, a modular system can include a plurality of structural rods and a plurality of knuckles that can be attached to openings in the structural rods to join two or more structural rods together. Each of the knuckles can include a connective core (e.g., a core portion) that has a joint region and at least two connecting regions extending from the joint region. The knuckle can also include two or more locking components individually couplable to each of the two or more connecting regions. The locking components and the connecting regions can be positioned within an opening of a corresponding structural rod, then attached so that the knuckle forms a joint between the structural bars.[French]
Sont divulgués ici des mécanismes d'articulation pour des systèmes modulaires d'assemblage d'articles de mobilier, ainsi que des systèmes et des procédés associés. Par exemple, un système modulaire peut comprendre une pluralité de tiges structurales et une pluralité d'articulations qui peuvent être fixées à des ouvertures dans les tiges structurales pour relier deux tiges structurales ou plus ensemble. Chacune des articulations peut comporter un noyau de liaison (par exemple, une partie noyau) qui présente une région d'articulation et au moins deux régions de liaison s'étendant à partir de la région d'articulation. L'articulation peut également comprendre au moins deux composants de verrouillage pouvant être accouplés individuellement à chacune des deux régions de liaison ou plus. Les composants de verrouillage et les régions de liaison peuvent être positionnés à l'intérieur d'une ouverture d'une tige structurale correspondante, puis fixés de sorte que l'articulation forme une jonction entre les barres structurales.