Furniture system and related methods

Abstract

A leg includes an outer surface, an inner surface, a first wall, a second wall, a first seam, and a second seam. The inner surface is opposite the outer surface. The first wall extends from the outer surface to the inner surface. The second wall is coupled to the first wall and extends from the outer surface to the inner surface. The first seam is formed in the inner surface. The second seam is spaced apart from the first seam and formed in the inner surface. The second seam forms a first non-parallel angle with the first seam and a second non-parallel angle with the first wall.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A leg comprising:
 an outer surface;   an inner surface opposite the outer surface;   a first wall extending from the outer surface to the inner surface;   a second wall coupled to the first wall and extending from the outer surface to the inner surface;   a first seam formed in the inner surface; and   a second seam spaced apart from the first seam and formed in the inner surface, the second seam forming a first non-parallel angle with the first seam and a second non-parallel angle with the first wall.   
     
     
         2 . The leg of  claim 1 , wherein the first non-parallel angle is equal to the second non-parallel angle. 
     
     
         3 . The leg of  claim 2 , wherein the first non-parallel angle is five degrees. 
     
     
         4 . The leg of  claim 1 , wherein the inner surface defines a multi-sided pyramidal shape. 
     
     
         5 . The leg of  claim 1 , wherein the first seam includes a first proximal portion and a first distal portion extending from the first proximal portion, and wherein the first proximal portion forms a third non-parallel angle with the first distal portion. 
     
     
         6 . The leg  claim 5 , wherein the second seam includes a second proximal portion and a second distal portion extending from the second proximal portion, and wherein the second proximal portion forms a fourth non-parallel angle with the second distal portion. 
     
     
         7 . The leg of  claim 6 , wherein the outer surface includes a proximal outer portion and a distal outer portion, the proximal outer portion extending between the first proximal portion and the second proximal portion, the distal outer portion extending between the proximal outer portion, the first distal portion, and the second distal portion, and wherein the proximal outer portion forms a fifth non-parallel angle with the distal outer portion. 
     
     
         8 . The leg of  claim 7 , wherein the proximal outer portion defines a pyramidal cross-sectional shape. 
     
     
         9 . The leg of  claim 8 , wherein the distal outer portion defines a shape having a uniform cross-sectional area. 
     
     
         10 . The leg of  claim 1 , wherein the outer surface defines a pyramidal shape. 
     
     
         11 . A leg extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the leg comprising:
 a first wall extending from the proximal end to the distal end;   a second wall coupled to the first wall and extending from the proximal end to the distal end;   a first seam spaced apart from the first wall and the second wall and extending from the proximal end to the distal end;   a second seam spaced apart from the first seam, the first wall, and the second wall and extending from the proximal end to the distal end; and   an outer surface including a first segment extending between the first wall and the first seam, a second segment extending between the first seam and the second seam, and a third segment extending between the second seam and the second wall,   wherein the first segment, the second segment, and the third segment define a pyramidal cross-sectional shape extending from the proximal end to the distal end.   
     
     
         12 . The leg of  claim 11 , wherein the second seam forms a first non-parallel angle with the first seam and a second non-parallel angle with the first wall. 
     
     
         13 . The leg of  claim 12 , wherein the first non-parallel angle is equal to the second non-parallel angle. 
     
     
         14 . The leg of  claim 13 , wherein the first non-parallel angle is five degrees. 
     
     
         15 . The leg of  claim 11 , further comprising an inner surface opposite the outer surface and defining a multi-sided pyramidal shape. 
     
     
         16 . The leg of  claim 11 , wherein the first seam includes a first proximal portion and a first distal portion extending from the first proximal portion, and wherein the first proximal portion forms a first non-parallel angle with the first distal portion. 
     
     
         17 . The leg of  claim 16 , wherein the second seam includes a second proximal portion and a second distal portion extending from the second proximal portion, and wherein the second proximal portion forms a second non-parallel angle with the second distal portion. 
     
     
         18 . The leg of  claim 17 , wherein the outer surface includes a first distal outer portion extending from the first segment, a second distal outer portion extending from the second segment, and a third distal outer portion extending from the third segment, and wherein the first segment forms a third non-parallel angle with the first distal outer portion. 
     
     
         19 . The leg of  claim 18 , wherein the first, second, and third distal outer portions define a shape having a uniform cross-sectional area. 
     
     
         20 . A leg comprising a substrate including a first proximal segment, a second proximal segment, and a third proximal segment, the second proximal segment hingedly coupled to the first proximal segment along a first seam, the third proximal segment hingedly coupled to the second proximal segment along a second seam, the first seam forming a first non-parallel angle with the second seam. 
     
     
         21 . The leg of  claim 20 , wherein the first proximal segment is coupled to the third proximal segment along a third seam forming a second non-parallel angle with the second seam, the first non-parallel angle being equal to the second non-parallel angle. 
     
     
         22 . The leg of  claim 21 , wherein the first non-parallel angle is five degrees. 
     
     
         23 . The leg of  claim 20 , wherein the first proximal segment includes a first proximal outer surface, the second proximal segment includes a second proximal outer surface, and the third proximal segment includes a third proximal outer surface, and wherein the first, second, and third proximal outer surfaces define a varying cross-sectional area. 
     
     
         24 . The leg of  claim 23 , wherein the varying cross-sectional area defines a pyramid. 
     
     
         25 . The leg of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 a first distal segment hingedly coupled to the first proximal segment and having a first distal wall and a second distal wall parallel to the first distal wall;   a second distal segment hingedly coupled to the second proximal segment and having a third distal wall and a fourth distal wall parallel to the third distal wall; and   a third distal segment hingedly coupled to the third proximal segment and having a fifth distal wall and a sixth distal wall parallel to the fifth distal wall.   
     
     
         26 . The leg of  claim 25 , wherein the first distal wall is coupled to the sixth distal wall, the second distal wall is coupled to the third distal wall, and the fourth distal wall is coupled to the fifth distal wall. 
     
     
         27 . The leg of  claim 25 , wherein the first distal segment includes a first distal outer surface, the second distal segment includes a second distal outer surface, and the third distal segment includes a third distal outer surface, and wherein the first, second, and third distal outer surfaces defining a uniform cross-sectional area. 
     
     
         28 . The leg of  claim 27 , wherein the uniform cross-sectional area defines a rectangle. 
     
     
         29 . The leg of  claim 25 , further comprising a polyurethane adhesive disposed between the first distal segment and the first proximal segment. 
     
     
         30 . The leg of  claim 25 , further comprising an endcap coupled to one or more of the first distal segment, the second distal segment, or the third distal segment, such that the endcap, the first distal segment, the second distal segment, and the third distal segment define an enclosed leg. 
     
     
         31 . The leg of  claim 20 , wherein the substrate include a base layer and a laminate layer. 
     
     
         32 . The leg of  claim 31 , wherein the base layer defines a channel. 
     
     
         33 . The leg of  claim 20 , wherein the first proximal segment is coupled to the third proximal segment along a third seam forming a second non-parallel angle with the first seam.