Patents Assigned to Berco Industries
  • Patent number: 5638761
    Abstract: A foldable table leg for use in combination with a tabletop, the combination having a table surface including a top surface and a bottom surface, at least one foldable leg, the foldable leg includes a leg connecting template fixed to the table surface bottom for securing the foldable leg to the table, a column base support attached to the leg connecting template for pivotally receiving the foldable leg reciprocally between a folded position and a supporting position, a track for positioning the foldable leg between folded position and supporting position, an arm support pivotally secured at one end to the table leg and slidably engaged at another end to the track, the arm support for guiding the leg between folded position and supporting position, structure for locking the table leg in supporting position, a release mechanism for releasing the table leg from a supporting position into a folded position wherein the foldable table leg is light-weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Berco Industries
    Inventors: Alan J. Berkowitz, Elliott W. Baum, Lucian N. Chirea
  • Patent number: 5379975
    Abstract: An intermating table leg assembly formed to support a table top, with the table pedestal providing the support being formed of two pairs of table legs, each pair of table legs having two aligned legs provided therein, and rigidly held together by means of a connector, with the connector of one pair of table legs interfitting into the connector of another pair of table legs, which are arranged in perpendicularity, when the legs are assembled into a pedestal structure, for support of a table top thereon, when the table is assembled for usage. A styled foot is provided at the bottom end of each table leg to buffer it upon the floor when the table is utilized, and the upper end of each table leg connects a mounting plate, that accommodates threaded fasteners for securement of the pedestal to the underside of a table top, when fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Berco Industries
    Inventors: Alan J. Berkowitz, Elliott W. Baum, Lucian N. Chirea
  • Patent number: 5121697
    Abstract: A flip top table includes a table surface which is hingedly connected to a pedestal leg so that the table surface may be pivoted between a generally vertical storage position and a generally horizontal use position. The hinge which connects the table surface to the pedestal leg includes a lock mechanism which holds the table surface down when in its horizontal and usable position, a release which releases the lock and a latch or arm which will prevent the table surface from falling when it is in its vertical storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Berco Industries
    Inventors: Elliott W. Baum, Alan Berkowitz, Lucian Chirea
  • Patent number: 5109778
    Abstract: A folding table is disclosed. The table includes legs pivotably connected to the underside of a table surface so that when the table is folded, the legs lay flat against the underside of the table. A locking mechanism is provided to lock the legs in an unfolded position, and a release mechanism is provided to unlock the legs, thereby allowing the table to be folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Berco Industries
    Inventors: Alan Berkowitz, Elliott W. Baum, Curt Angel
  • Patent number: 4064815
    Abstract: A table leg locking mechanism that secures the legs of a table into operative position when a retaining member of the locking mechanism is engaged, with said retaining member normally being biased into this engaging disposition through the agency of a spring; the locking mechanism includes a cross bar that secures to the table leg(s), a pair of housings having the cross bar pivotally mounted therethrough, with one of said housings incorporating a pair of sleeves, one of the sleeves being rigidly secured internally to the housing, and the other sleeve being rigidly fixed to the cross bar. The retaining member includes a wedging member(s) projecting from one of the sleeves, with a complementary groove(s) provided in the other sleeve, whereby the pivoting of the leg into its operative position allows the wedging member to become wedged within the groove for fixing the table leg into a supportive position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: Berco Industries
    Inventor: Elliott W. Baum
  • Patent number: D354411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Berco Industries
    Inventors: Alan J. Berkowitz, Elliott W. Baum, Lucian N. Chirea