Surface Pivoted To One, Separably Supported On Other Patents (Class 108/119)
  • Patent number: 10918215
    Abstract: The presently disclosed footstool comprises a collapsible footstool that is useful for conveniently placing one's foot into comfortable reach to facilitate personal grooming, shoe tying, and the like. The collapsible footrest features a height adjustable footrest that positions one's toes at different selected heights relative to the footstool's table top. The table top includes raised edges that form a tray for holding personal grooming tools and the like. The table top likewise preferably includes a drawer for storing tools and like when not in use. The table top further includes one or more USB ports that power/support optional accessories that plug into the table top, such as a light, magnifying lens, and/or a fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Stuart Berger
  • Patent number: 10005178
    Abstract: A collapsible stand mainly includes a support unit including two stand legs pivotally connected together in a crossed manner and a support arm set pivotally connected to one stand leg, a positioning unit including an abutment member and a bearing member respectively mounted at one stand leg and the support art set and so configured that when the collapsible is extended out or collapsed, the abutment member is engaged with a different part of the bearing member, and a control unit mounted at one stand leg and operable to bias the abutment member, moving the abutment member into engagement or away from the bearing member. Thus, the collapsible stand has a simple structure, facilitates operation and ensures a high level of operational safety and structural stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: REXON INDUSTRIAL CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Thing-Tai Chou, Hung Jung Chiang, Chia-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 9848695
    Abstract: A folding portable table having a planar table top with a first half and a hingedly connected second half. A hinge fixedly connected to each table top half along adjoining side portions to allow the planar table top to fold along the hinge. A leg assembly bracket fixedly carried on a bottom surface of each table top half, each leg assembly bracket defining a first concave notch and a second concave notch, each concave notch configured to engage with and positionally maintain a leg assembly. Two leg assemblies for releasable engagement with the leg assembly brackets to support the folding portable table above a supporting surface and for storage adjacent a bottom surface of each table top half when folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: GSI Outdoors, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Gauss
  • Patent number: 9814317
    Abstract: The present invention provides a folding seat having a seating portion. The seating portion includes a seating panel, a first footstand, a movable stand, a second footstand, a first pull rod and a second pull rod. The upper end of the first footstand is hinged to the seating panel and the movable stand is also hinged to the seating panel. The upper end of the second footstand is hinged to the free end of the movable stand and is thus capable of rotating with regard to the hinged position and in relation to the movable stand. Both ends of the first pull rod are hinged to the first footstand and the movable stand respectively, and both ends of the second pull rod are hinged to the seating panel and the second footstand, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Kwai Yip
  • Patent number: 9776319
    Abstract: A work bench may include a body for supporting a power tool, a first leg connected to a first end of the body, a second leg connected to a second end of the body, the first and second legs being pivotally connected, the first and second legs being movable between a first position where the body is in a lowered position and a second position where the body is in an elevated position, and a spring connecting the first and second legs. The spring provides at least a portion of the force necessary to move the first and second legs from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Schell, Robert S. Gehret, Derek T. Tillery
  • Patent number: 9763516
    Abstract: A storage rack for use as a storage element on the underside of a folding table is fixed to a predetermined portion of the underside of the table and has a foldable configuration. The storage rack can be folded along with the table and can be unfolded into a horizontal state along with the table in order for the table to store an object on the storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Oasyschair Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toung-Chun Pan
  • Patent number: 9731432
    Abstract: A moveable rip fence of a table saw includes a housing including an elongated opening on a top, a seat secured to an underside of top of the housing, the seat having a lower through hole, and a stop member across two sides of the housing, a lever pivotably fastened in the elongated opening; a link pivotably interconnecting the lever and a spring biased rod, an inverted L-shaped limit member secured across two sides of the housing; a clamping member having a top secured by a support member and including an intermediate hole member and a projecting base member; and a locking member including a lower wedge member fastened on the base member, and a flexible inclined member on a top. The lever is flush with the top of the housing in a locked position. A pressing of a rear portion of the lever unlocks the rip fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Chin-Chin Chang
  • Patent number: 9637963
    Abstract: A hinged connector device for hingedly connecting portable wall units together. The hinged connector device includes a first connector assembly including a first engagement member for engaging a first portable wall unit; and a second connector assembly including a second engagement member in pivotable communication with the first engagement member for engaging a second portable wall unit and for connecting the portable wall units together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventor: Emily Patricia Heichel
  • Patent number: 9474365
    Abstract: A dual-rate tandem spring system is described. The system may include a higher force spring and a lower force spring. The spring system may comprise gas springs. The spring system may be included in a table system to provide lift or descent assist of objects such as a patient. A damper may be installed in the spring system to provide smooth transition between lower and higher force springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Allan Smith, Chad Allan Smith, Mark Tercha, Jaime Lehrer
  • Patent number: 9440559
    Abstract: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a commercial vehicle seat, includes a scissor-type (scissors) framework (3) for adjusting the height. The scissors framework has intersecting rockers (8a, 8b) and at least one frame (5, 7), and at least one bearing device (21) for movably guiding the rockers (8a, 8b) in the frame (5, 7). A rotatable bearing roller (14) interacts with a first guide and a rotatable compensation roller (36) interacts with a second guide attached to a base region (52) of an insert (60). A lateral region (54) of the insert (60) extends perpendicularly to the base region (52) and is fixed to the frame (5, 7) and/or a head region (50) of the insert (60), extending parallel to the base region (52), is fixed to the frame (5, 7). The base region (52) is resiliently designed and presses against the compensation roller (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Gundall, Uwe Reichel, Adolf Vogt
  • Patent number: 9432069
    Abstract: An audio mixing console can process at least one audio signal. The audio mixing console includes a main housing with a plurality of outer surfaces. The audio mixing console also includes a wireless transceiver provided substantially outside the main housing and an interface connected to the wireless transceiver. The audio mixing console further includes a radio-frequency permeable housing detachably coupled to a second outer surface of the main housing, wherein the wireless transceiver is positioned within the radio-frequency permeable housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Harman International Industries Limited
    Inventor: Matthew Rowe
  • Patent number: 9297127
    Abstract: A barricade assembly comprises a pair of laterally spaced uprights for supporting at least one barricade board, and a foldable leg assembly for selectively supporting the uprights in a generally upright position. The leg assembly comprises two pairs of legs, one of which has a sliding connection with the respective uprights, and the other of which has a pivotal connection with the respective legs of the one pair and with the respective uprights. When the legs of both pairs are unfolded, the legs of both pairs support the uprights in a generally upright position, whereas when the legs of both pairs are folded, the legs of the one pair are nested within the legs of the other pair substantially in line with the inner sides of the respective uprights to provide a substantially flat barricade assembly for ease of stacking of a plurality of such barricade assemblies on top of one another during storage and/or transit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Plastic Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Mettler, Gregory H. Brown
  • Patent number: 9185970
    Abstract: A portable cutting table including a free-standing frame capable of being transported between remote locations wherein the frame is biased between folded and unfolded positions, respectively. A cutting surface support platform is attached to a top of the frame and a cutting surface connected to the cutting surface support platform. The portable cutting table further includes a mechanism for selectively biasing the frame between the folded and unfolded positions while the cutting surface remains statically engaged with the cutting surface support platform. A plurality of knife-holding implements directly and fixedly mated to the frame in such a manner that the knife-holding implements are simultaneously articulated about a fulcrum axis and thereby automatically displaced between stored and exposed positions as the frame is biased between the folded and unfolded positions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Inventor: Abayomi Iyewarun
  • Patent number: 8820841
    Abstract: A chair includes a first component resembling sporting equipment and including a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion is pivotable about a first axis located on the handle portion. The chair also includes a second component that is substantially identical to the first component and interconnects with the first component to form a chair. The second component also resembles sporting equipment and includes a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion of the second component is pivotable about a second axis located on the handle portion of the second component. When assembled, one of the head portion of the first component and the head portion of the second component forms a seat of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventor: Erik Robert Donley
  • Patent number: 7992852
    Abstract: A pipe stand able to support a conduit includes a table having a first surface, supports pivotably coupled to the table for supporting the table in an elevated position with respect to the support surface, and a shelf extending between the supports and positioned between the table and the support surface. At least one of the supports includes an electrical connector, and a power cord is in electrical communication with the electrical connector and connectable to an external power source. The pipe stand includes a first jaw extending from the first surface of the table and shaped to engage a portion of the conduit, and a second jaw a second jaw extending from the first surface of the table and spaced a distance from the first jaw, the second jaw shaped to engage another portion of the conduit. A clamping device is supported by one of the first jaw and the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Melissa M. Marineau, Jonathan A. Zick, Edward D. Wilbert, Jeffrey M. Wackwitz, Benjamin Ludy, Scott D. Eisenhardt
  • Patent number: 7950338
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable keyboard support is mounted on a pair of U-shaped members having crossed legs pivoted on a horizontal axis providing scissor linkage support for adjusting the height of the keyboard to accommodate the keyboard operator in a standing position as well as in a sitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Trade Management Group Limited
    Inventor: Ole Falk Smed
  • Patent number: 7827921
    Abstract: A portable chair and table set is provided that is tiltable and nestable to simplify and accommodate compact storage. The chair includes a seat shell that is pivotably mounted to a nestable support frame. Hinges connect the shell to the frame and are configured to hold the seat shell in a tilted configuration for storage. In this tilted configuration, several chairs can be horizontally nested so that the overall length of the nest chairs is minimized. Similarly, the table includes a table top having a unitary desk surface and modesty panel that is pivotably mounted to a support frame by hinges that are configured to hold the table top in a tilted configuration that allows horizontal nesting of several tables in a minimal overall length. The hinges can be easily disengaged by manual movement of the table top to its in use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ditto Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Shields, Jerald W. Nichols, Mark R. Dilger
  • Publication number: 20100186640
    Abstract: A folding table with crossed legs is provided. The table comprises a tabletop board, first leg shelf and second leg shelf. The two leg shelves support the tabletop board under the tabletop board. The two leg shelves also cross and pivot with each other at their central locations. The top of the first leg shelf is pivoted on the one side of the undersurface of the tabletop board. A fastening device is fixed on the other side of the undersurface of the tabletop board. A transverse supporting rod is fixed on the top of the second leg shelf. The transverse supporting rod is fastened on the undersurface of the tabletop board by the fastening device. The top of the second leg shelf is not directly fixed on the undersurface of the tabletop board. When the table is unfolded, the undersurface of the tabletop board and the transverse supporting rod are fixed oppositely by the fastening device. When the table is folded, the transverse supporting rod is disengaged from the fastening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 7681567
    Abstract: A mobile barbecue grill includes a base, a first handle, an upper lid, a holding member, a first bracing rack, a second bracing rack and a pair of wheels. The base aims to hold a cooking grid. The first handle is located on an outer side of the base. The upper lid aims to cover the base. The holding member has one end coupling with the bottom of the base. The first bracing rack is located beneath the base and has two first upright bars and a first transverse bar coupling the first upright bars. The first transverse bar is leaned against the holding member and supports the base. The first bracing rack has one end remote from the base and resting on the ground surface. The second bracing rack is located beneath the base and has two second upright bars and a second transverse bar coupling the second upright bars. The second transverse bar is pivotally coupled with the bottom of the base. The second upright bars and the first upright bars are pivotally coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Kiosky Chung
  • Publication number: 20080271649
    Abstract: A height-adjustable folding desk includes a desktop and a leg-support connected to the lower surface of the desk. The leg support includes a first “” shaped rod and a second “” shaped rod. The two supporting-foot of the first “” rotationally cross-connected with the two corresponding supporting feet of the second “” shaped rod respectively. The horizontal rod of the first “” shaped rod is pivotally connected with an end of the lower surface of the desktop, and the other end of the lower surface of the desktop is fixed with an adjustable equipment, the lower surface of the adjustable equipment comprises grooves which may contain the horizontal rod of the second “” shape rod. The height of the folding table can be achieved by adjusting the position of the horizontal rod of the second “” shaped rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 6942229
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a collapsible stand for a bench-top power tool and methods therefore. The stand includes a structural member pivotally secured to a lower peripheral region of a base of a power tool. A slidable member is slidably and pivotally connected to the lower peripheral region and is pivotally connected to the pivotal structural member. Lower distal ends of both the pivotal and slidable structural members provide feet for supporting the associated power tool in an expanded orientation thereof. As the stand is collapsed, a top end of the slidable structural member slides towards a top end of the pivotal structural member. Both structural members may be pivoted to an orientation generally parallel with the lower peripheral region and may be locked thereto by a locking mechanism. A pair of wheels are rotatably connected to the base for transporting the stand and power tool thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: One World Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Brazell, Peter J. Shigo
  • Patent number: 6892860
    Abstract: A scaffold includes a platform, a pivotable leg unit, and a leg lock. The leg lock is used to lock the leg unit in an extended position for use of the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Gibson, Paul K. Meeker, Luke Hillebrecht
  • Patent number: 6837137
    Abstract: A cutting stand for sheet goods is disclosed that includes supports, with each support including a foot, a lower upright joined to the foot and an angled upper support joined to the lower support. The cutting stand additionally includes a carriage joined to the supports, and sheet goods may be removably mounted on the carriage. The cutting stand also includes a guide movably joined to sheet goods, and the guide is adapted to be removable from the sheet goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Inventor: Mark Ekern
  • Patent number: 6834450
    Abstract: An ironing board top made of a one-piece body of molded hard foam plastics material such as polypropylene. The hard foam plastics material may have a closed-cell structure. Guide and bearing rails may be integrally formed on the molded body to movably connect an ironing stand to the molded body. In the alternative, the guide and bearing rails may be separate from the molded body and then connected thereto. The molded body may include indentations and/or protuberances formed on a lower surface for receiving components of the ironing stand such as the legs of the ironing stand. One or more layers such as a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating can be provided on the upper surface of the ironing board top. An ironing board includes the ironing board top and a stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Leifheit AG
    Inventors: Christian Gross, Norbert Pakusa
  • Patent number: 6578856
    Abstract: A collapsible stand for supporting a table top machining tool, e.g., a table saw. The stand comprises a lateral support structure, such as a platform for holding the tool; a secondary support frame having a first end pivotally attached to a first end the lateral support structure; and a main support frame pivotally attached to the secondary support frame, wherein the main support frame comprises a handle at a first end for transporting the stand in its collapsed position, and wherein the handle comprises an out feed support for the table saw when the stand is in its set up position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Inventor: W. Scott Kahle
  • Publication number: 20020083870
    Abstract: A table with a foldable supporting device includes a tabletop and a supporting device provided to support the tabletop. The tabletop has a first face and a second face respectively extending down from a first side and a second side of the tabletop. A limit bar is mounted between the two faces to construct a gap between the limit bar and the tabletop. The supporting device has an H-shaped first leg and an H-shaped second leg pivotally attached to each other. The first leg is pivoted under the tabletop at top ends and the second leg is only abutting under the tabletop at top ends. Thus, the second leg enables to move along the gap between the limit bar and the tabletop via a crosspiece mounted between the two upper ends of the second leg when the table is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Kun-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 6340205
    Abstract: A foldable bench has a first leg member having a top portion and a bottom portion, a second leg member having a top portion and a bottom portion, and a seat having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an attachment member for slidably attaching the top portion of one of the leg members and for pivotally attaching the other leg member below the top surface of the seat, thereby preventing the top portion of each of the leg members from separating from the seat. In a first resting position, the first and second leg members are substantially disposed adjacent the seat, and in a second resting position, the first and second leg members generally criss-cross each other and generally extend away from the seat. A backrest may be attached to the seat, preferably pivotally. In a first resting position, the backrest is substantially disposed adjacent the seat. In a second resting position, the backrest is substantially disposed away from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Tubular Fabricators Industry
    Inventor: Joseph Battiston
  • Patent number: 6314893
    Abstract: A table frame for supporting cutting machine includes a foldable support frame and a tabletop frame having a connecting end portion pivotally connected with a top side of the foldable support frame. The foldable support frame includes two opposing pairs of leg frames each of which comprises a pair of first and second crossed legs pivotally connected together where the first and second crossed legs cross, and a stopper means for supporting between the first and second crossed legs of each of the two leg frames and limiting the inclination of each of the first and second crossed legs. Thereby, by pivotally rotating the connecting end portion, the tabletop frame can be lifted up to horizontally rest across the supporting bar or be dropped down to vertically overlap with the folded support frame. Accordingly, the table frame can be easily folded for storage and carriage and unfolded for supporting the cutting machine or other similar machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Inventor: Wy Peron Lee
  • Patent number: 6237734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-purpose traveling luggage which comprises a case body with an associated cover at front and a backboard in the back. When the luggage is positioned in an erect position, the outer comers at the bottom of the associated cover has two caster wheels and the lower portion of the backboard is connected to a pair of leg supports. The lower portions of the leg supports comprise a pair of leg wheels, and the upper portions of the leg supports are connected to the outer edges at the midportion of the backboard. There is a pair of drive rod members having their lower portions connected to the lower outer edges of the backboard and their upper portions connected to each other by a connecting rod member. The drive rod members are connected to the leg supports through the engagement of elongated scissor grooves on the leg supports and scissor pins on the drive rod members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Joseph Kuan-tan Chen
  • Patent number: 6085669
    Abstract: A new and improved multi-purpose table includes a tabletop which may be rotated between a lowered, horizontal position for use and a raised vertical position for storage. A plurality of the multi-purpose tables in their raised storage position may be stacked together in a high density nested and stacked array. The table includes a load bearing structure including a vertical frame member having an underside portion and an opposed upside portion and a divergent V-shaped frame member having a pair of divergent angled leg portions. The vertical height of the V-shaped frame is less than the height of the vertical frame member to permit nested stacking. The tabletop is hingedly pivotally mounted to the upside of the vertical frame member. In a preferred embodiment, rollers are rotatably mounted to the underside portion of the vertical frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Gebruder Thonet GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Marchand, Alfredo W. Haberli
  • Patent number: 5927745
    Abstract: A folding utility cart for a providing a movable work platform which may be raised and lowered without the use of tools. The cart employs an upper support member that is spaced apart from a lower support member by a pair of cross braces. A biasing spring helps raise the upper support member into an elevated position, and a releasable lock secures the upper support member into the elevated position. A lock release disengages the upper support member from the elevated position. The cart also has a handle, support feet, and wheels, allowing use in a conventional manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: John Cunningham
  • Patent number: 5909713
    Abstract: A foldable table device has an upper plate, a lower plate coupling with the upper plate, a drawer disposed on a bottom of the lower plate, a first link bar connected to the lower plate, a second link bar connected to the lower plate, a first leg plate connected to the first link bar, a second leg plate connected to the second link bar, a third leg plate connected to the lower plate, and a fourth leg plate connected to the lower plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Inventor: Ching-Tzong Liaw
  • Patent number: 5899148
    Abstract: A leg design for a folding table with rotationally attached leg segments. The folding table includes a table top with a pivoting leg, a pivoting top segment, at least one leg segment and a free standing leg. The number of pivoting legs and free standing legs can vary according to the table shape. The pivoting legs are connected to the table top by hinges. The free standing legs are connected to a leg segment by a crossbar and the leg segments rotationally interconnect with the pivoting top segment. The pivoting top segment and the leg segment or segments form a segmented leg when connected. The rotational connection allows for a free standing leg to rotate with respect to the segmented leg and the connection prevents the leg segments from separating. The free standing legs can be locked into a position that a fixed leg would normally be positioned. During disassembly, the pivoting legs are pivoted towards the table and the free standing legs are rotated towards the pivoting legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Meco Corporation
    Inventor: Steven A. Buono
  • Patent number: 5848822
    Abstract: A folding collapsible chair including a seat plate having a first longitudinal coupling groove and a second longitudinal coupling groove bilaterally disposed at a bottom side thereof, a plurality of vertical through holes, and two hand holes transversely disposed near two opposite ends; a folding stand adapted for supporting the seat plate, the folding stand including a first U-tube and a second U-tube pivoted together, and four retracting legs respectively mounted in two opposite ends of each of the first U-tube and the second U-tube, the first U-tube having a middle section peripherally forced into engagement with the first longitudinal coupling groove of the seat plate and turned therein, the second U-tube having a middle section adapted to be peripherally forced into engagement with the second longitudinal coupling groove of the seat plate; and a locating plate fixedly mounted on the bottom side of the seat plate over the middle section of the first U-tube to secure the seat plate and the first U-tube tog
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Inventor: Tien Tzu Wu
  • Patent number: 5647285
    Abstract: A panel portion includes at least two side pieces attached thereto, each of the side pieces containing a side piece notch and a side piece aperture. Two outer legs each contain an outer leg aperture and an outer leg bolt aperture. Two inner legs each contain an inner leg notch and an inner leg aperture. A bolt connects the outer leg to the inner leg, the bolt disposed within the outer leg bolt aperture and the inner leg aperture. A crossmember is attached to each of the side pieces and the panel portion. A joining piece is attached within each of the inner leg notches. A dowel is disposed within each of the outer leg apertures and each of the side piece apertures. Each of the inner legs has an inner leg top width edge opposite and parallel to an inner leg bottom width edge, and an inner leg bevel perpendicular to the inner leg top width edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Inventor: Ronald L. Steward
  • Patent number: 5542359
    Abstract: A portable and collapsible fish cleaning table has a tabletop member which includes a horizontal upwardly facing work surface for supporting a fish during the cleaning operation. A fish clamp is connected to the table and has at least one jaw located proximate to the work surface for clamping a fish in place on the work surface to stabilize the fish as it is being cleaned. Collapsible legs are connected to the tabletop. The legs can be shifted, e.g., by being pivoted from an erect position to a collapsed position for reducing the space occupied by the table to facilitate folding the table flat for compact storage when the table is to be transported from one location to another. A retaining means is also operatively associated with the table legs for releasably holding the legs in the erect position to support the tabletop member during use. A waste collection means comprises an opening in the tabletop through which the waste can be dumped into a receptacle, e.g., a garbage bag suspended below the tabletop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Inventor: Donald J. Polries
  • Patent number: 5509360
    Abstract: A foldable tray table includes a board member which has a bottom surface formed with a pair of spaced mounting seat units and a pair of spaced retaining hook units that are spaced from the mounting seat units. A leg frame assembly includes first and second leg frame units. The first leg frame unit has two opposed side frames. Each of the side frames of the first leg frame unit has an upper end portion connected pivotally to a respective one of the mounting seat units and an intermediate portion. The second leg frame unit has two opposed side frames and a horizontal upper frame. Each of the opposed side frames of the second leg frame unit has an upper end portion and an intermediate portion connected pivotally to the intermediate portion of a respective one of the side frames of the first leg frame unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Waffer Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Mike Chiu
  • Patent number: 5483901
    Abstract: The present invention is a foldable tray table of modular construction with readily replaceable and interchangeable plastic molded components which can be assembled by hand and include a tray having an underside with a pair of first legs and second legs connected thereto. The upper end of each first leg has a journal pin operatively adapted for being disposed and snap-fit between one pair of journal mounting brackets formed on the underside of the tray. When its journal pin is so disposed, each first leg is pivotal relative to the tray. The second legs are joined together at their upper ends by an integral locking bar. A pivot plug is formed intermediate the ends of and extending from one of each of the first legs and the second legs for interconnecting with a pivot hole formed intermediate the ends of and in the other of each of the first legs and the second legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Tisbo, Stephen P. Whitehead
  • Patent number: 5396398
    Abstract: An audio mixer console and a power amplifier are mounted in a self contained carrying case that provides both protection for the console and amplifier during transportation and storage and a support during use. A power amplifier is fixedly connected between lower portions of first and second spaced sides at the upper end of which is pivoted a front section of the mixer console. In stored position the mixer console extends downwardly between the sides to a position adjacent the amplifier, and a detachable cover is secured to the sides to extend over both the mixer console and amplifier. Parts of the mixer console and amplifier form at least portions of a forward cover of the completed carrying case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Randolph C. Gill
  • Patent number: 5379891
    Abstract: A footstool for use by a guitar player. The footstool includes a foot support member, a first leg structure that is attached to the foot support member and delineates a compartment beneath the foot support member. The foot support member and the first leg support member are designed having a composite shape, such that when the footstool is inverted, the footstool conforms to, and facilitates being enclosed within a neck-end of a guitar carrying case. The footstool also includes a second leg structure designed for attachment within the compartment and is intended for use as an elevation adjustment mechanical arrangement for accommodating the guitar player's desired playing position. The compartment's length, depth and width are sized for receiving, and facilitating an unobstructed placement of the neck end (tuning peg end) of a guitar in the guitar carrying case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Coleman
  • Patent number: 5353715
    Abstract: The invention relates to an article of furniture comprising a set of four legs supporting a table top. The first and second legs are pivotally attached to the underside of the table top whereas the third and fourth legs are pivotally mounted to a slide bar mechanism or alternatively selectively mounted to one of several leg mounting retainers on the underside of the table top through a support bar. The first and second legs are pivotally mounted to the third and fourth legs at a mid portion of the legs. The legs are oriented such that the table can be collapsed to a minimum thickness comprising the widest of all of the legs plus the table top. The table is capable of adjustment to one of at least two different height positions by altering the position of the third and fourth legs relative to the table top. A modesty panel can be pivotally mounted to the underside of the table top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: William S. Wilburn
    Inventor: Harley E. Luyk
  • Patent number: 5163414
    Abstract: Barbecue grills, particularly a portable barbecue grill with a snap-in cooking grill and pairs of intersecting and foldable supporting legs. The barbecue grill may be disassembled by folding the legs against the cooking bowl and without the cooking grill falling out of the cooking bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Meco Corporation
    Inventor: James P. Haynes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5086711
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a collapsible table comprising a table top, and first and second legs having a scissors action connection to one another. The first leg is pivotally secured at a first location to the table top, and the second leg is pivotally and removably secured by releasable securing means at a second location to the table top spaced from the first location. Releasable locking means are provided for releasably securing the securing means. In a further aspect of the invention, the locking means is provided by a locking lever having a securing means receiving means for releasably securing the securing means in the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Ernest Matthews
  • Patent number: 5046782
    Abstract: The rotatable sun chair includes a seat, a tubular ring beneath the seat, a plurality on angularly spaced channel-shaped brackets having their web portions secured to the underside of said seat, each bracket having a pair of downwardly extending and laterally spaced side panels. A grooved roller is journaled for rotation between each of said pair of side panels, the lower end portions of the side panels being inturned beneath the tubular ring to prevent disengagement of each bracket from the ring. A pair of U-shaped leg units are pivotally connected to the underside of the ring, one of the leg units having an upwardly facing notch and the other of the leg units having a downwardly facing notch where the leg units intersect each other so that the leg units will be maintained in a supporting relationship beneath the ring and can be folded into an adjacent relation with one side of the ring when the chair is to be transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Inventor: Jack M. Lundeen
  • Patent number: 5044690
    Abstract: A folding stool comprising a pair of hinged seat supports (10) connected to a pair of hinged leg supports (22) by way of a pair of pivots (26) in such a manner that the leg supports fold up into and fit within the seat supports thus making a compact package convenient to carry and store. Hinged leg supports and hinged seat supports cross each other at the point of the pivots in substantially X form when stool is open and in use. The leg supports are connected to each other by means of a flexible double acting hing (24) permitting rotation of the leg supports over the 180.degree. horizontal and, moving in concert about the pivots, leg supports and seat supports are brought into a position suitable for supporting an adult user at a comfortable, normal chair height. The dimension representing seat height when stool is in use is substantially greater than the longest dimension of the folded package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Inventor: Ralph H. Torrey
  • Patent number: 4769894
    Abstract: An adjustable ironing table (10) includes a top board (12) and collapsible legs (22,24). A housing (46) has a vertical wall (48) extending perpendicularly relative to the top board (12) and a horizontal wall (50). The vertical wall (48) includes an opening (52) for guiding a control element (36) through the housing (46). The horizontal wall (50) includes a slot (54). A plate (44) extends through the slot (54). A compression spring (42) is retained by the control element (36) between the vertical wall (48) and the plate (44), the spring (42) pivoting the plate (44) relative to the slot (54) to engage the control element (36). The top board (12) includes a peripheral flange (20) having an outwardly curled periphery (78). The top board (12) further includes flat stretched portions (16) extending along the length of the top board (12). One of the legs (22) is connected by a base member (92) to guide rails (74), the base member (92) having four point containment of the guide rails (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Lear Siegler Seymour Corp.
    Inventor: Danny Simpson
  • Patent number: 4760801
    Abstract: An outdoor cooking table has a top formed of spaced apart pieces to provide ventilation in the area of a cookstove supported by the table. The tabletop is adjustable to different heights, and an extension may be attached to the tabletop in cantilever fashion to extend its effective length. The tabletop is pivotally connected at one end to pivotally interconnected legs on each side of the table top and the tabletop and legs can be folded for storage and transportation without disassembly of the component parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Inventor: Ernest L. Campbell
  • Patent number: D304650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Inventor: T. David Price
  • Patent number: RE33918
    Abstract: An adjustable ironing table (10) includes a top board (12) and collapsible legs (22,24). A housing (46) has a vertical wall (48) extending perpendicularly relative to the top board (12) and a horizontal wall (50). The vertical wall (48) includes an opening (52) for guiding a control element (36) through the housing (46). The horizontal wall (50) includes a slot (54). A plate (44) extends through the slot (54). A compression spring (42) is retained by the control element (36) between the vertical wall (48) and the plate (44), the spring (42) pivoting the plate (44) relative to the slot (54) to engage the control element (36). The top board (12) includes a peripheral flange (20) having an outwardly curled periphery (78). The top board (12) further includes a flat stretched portions (16) extending along the length of the top board ( 12). One of the legs (22) is connected by a base member (92) to guide rails (74), the base member (92) having four point containment of the guide rails (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Lear Siegler Seymour Corp.
    Inventor: Danny Simpson
  • Patent number: D331505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: David J. Sylvester
    Inventor: David J. Sylvester