Claims
- 1. A lightweight, high-strength support platform for use in constructing plastic furniture, comprising:
- (a) a support member including a generally planar first surface having a peripheral portion including a downwardly depending flange and a spaced-apart second surface;
- (b) a structural reinforcement core connected to said support member, said core having a central portion and a peripheral portion circumscribing said central portion, said central portion being provided with a multiplicity of structural reinforcement members comprising a multiplicity of spaced-apart, generally perpendicularly extending walls, each of which includes an upper extremity disposed proximate said second surface of said support member and a lower extremity;
- (c) an enclosure panel connected to said core, said enclosure panel having a central portion and a channel shaped portion circumscribing said central portion, said lower extremities of said multiplicity of walls of said reinforcement core being disposed proximate said central portion of said enclosure panel; and
- (d) a reinforcement frame received within said channel shaped portion.
- 2. A support platform as defined in claim 1 in which said multiplicity of walls of said reinforcement core cooperate to provide a multiplicity of open spaces extending between said second surface of said support member and said central portion of said enclosure panel.
- 3. A support platform as defined in claim 1 in which said support platform further includes an edge reinforcing frame disposed between said downwardly depending peripheral flange and said channel shaped portion of said enclosure panel.
- 4. A support platform as defined in claim 1 in which said multiplicity of walls of said reinforcement core are connected together.
- 5. A lightweight, high-strength support platform for use in constructing plastic furniture comprising:
- (a) a support member including a generally planar first surface having a peripheral portion including a downwardly depending and spaced apart peripheral flange;
- (b) a structural reinforcement core connected to said support member, said core having a central portion and a peripheral portion circumscribing said central portion, said central portion being provided with a multiplicity of structural reinforcement members comprising a multiplicity of spaced-apart, generally perpendicularly extending walls which cooperate to define a multiplicity of open spaces extending downwardly from second surface of said support member;
- (c) an enclosure panel connected to said core, said enclosure panel having a central portion and a channel shaped portion circumscribing said central portion;
- (d) a reinforcement frame received within said channel shaped portion; and
- (e) an edge reinforcing frame disposed between said downwardly depending peripheral flange and said channel shaped portion of said enclosure panel.
- 6. A support platform as defined in claim 5 in which said multiplicity of generally perpendicularly extending walls of said structural reinforcement core extend substantially the entire distance between said second surface of said support member and said enclosure panel.
Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation-In-Part application of application Ser. No. 08/592,458 filed Jan. 26, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,694,865 which is a Continuation-In-Part of application, Ser. No. 08/547,658 filed Oct. 24, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No 5,732,637.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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