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'@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@ {{Redirect|Flatpack|the type of electronic component|Flatpack (electronics)|the software|Flatpak|the aircraft|Mikoyan Project 1.44}} {{Unreferenced|date=September 2019}} -[[Image:IKEA Billy bookshelf (80x106 cm birch veneer).jpg|thumb|A completed [[IKEA]] flat pack bookshelf (with a spare shelf leaning on the right side)]] +[[File:IKEA Billy bookshelf (80x106 cm birch veneer).jpg|thumb|A completed [[IKEA]] flat pack bookshelf (with a spare shelf leaning on the right side)]] -'''Ready-to-assemble furniture''' ('''RTA'''), also known as '''knock-down furniture (KD)''', '''flat pack furniture''', or '''kit furniture''', is a form of furniture that requires customer assembly. The separate components are packed in cartons which also contain assembly instructions. The furniture is generally simple to assemble with basic tools such as [[screwdriver]]s, which are also sometimes included. +'''Ready-to-assemble furniture''' ('''RTA'''), also known as '''knock-down furniture (KD)''', '''flat pack furniture''', or '''kit furniture''', is a form of furniture that requires customer assembly. The separate components are packed in cartons which also contain assembly instructions. The furniture is generally simple to assemble with basic tools such as [[screwdriver]]s, which are also sometimes included. Ready-to-assemble furniture is popular with consumers who wish to save money by assembling the product themselves and collecting the furniture from the store, saving delivery costs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flatpackmates.co.uk/blog/12-diy-ikea-assembly-survival-do-and-donts/|title=Detailed guide for any DIY Ikea assembly: DO's and DON'Ts for none professional assemblers|date=|accessdate=|website=|publisher=Flatpackmates|last=|first=}}</ref> -Ready-to-assemble furniture is popular with consumers who wish to save money by assembling the product themselves and collecting the furniture from the store, saving delivery costs. - -Producers and merchants benefit from selling ready-to-assemble furniture because furniture is bulky once assembled, and thus more expensive to store and to deliver. Since the assembly work is done by the consumer instead of by the manufacturer, its price is lower. - -A furniture assembly service industry has developed, where consumers can employ someone to assemble their furniture for them. +Producers and merchants benefit from selling ready-to-assemble furniture because furniture is bulky once assembled, and thus more expensive to store and to deliver. Since the assembly work is done by the consumer instead of by the manufacturer, its price is lower. A furniture assembly service industry has developed, where consumers can employ someone to assemble their furniture for them.<ref>{{US patent|202505}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></ref> ==History== -The ''Ready-to-assemble furniture'' has a long history. The New American Cyclopaedia of 1859 listed the assembly of furniture as an "American invention", [3] which emphasized ease of transport. The American patent of 1878 defines furniture prefabricated as follows: "The invention refers to a class of furniture in kit to be packaged and transported in pieces and assembled by specialized and unqualified people." [4] +The ''Ready-to-assemble furniture'' has a long history. The New American Cyclopaedia of 1859 listed the assembly of furniture as an "American invention",<ref>Ripley, George; Anderson, Charles Anderson (1859). The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 8. New York: Appleton. p. 30. Retrieved 31 August 2016.</ref> which emphasized ease of transport. The American patent of 1878 defines furniture prefabricated as follows: "The invention refers to a class of furniture in kit to be packaged and transported in pieces and assembled by specialized and unqualified people."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/patents/US202505|title=Improvement in chairs}}</ref> In the Scandinavian countries, the furniture kit was invented by Swedish technician Gillis Lundgren, who had the idea when trying to transport a table in his car. According to reports, he had to break his legs so he could put the table inside the car and take it home. He talked about the idea with a businessman, creating IKEA, specializing in DIY furniture. '