Pedestal Supported Patents (Class 108/150)
  • Patent number: 4920897
    Abstract: A beach and lawn table which is affixed to the ground on which it rests by an auger projecting from the base of the table. The table has a single axially located leg which also provides a holder for the shaft of an umbrella. The table top is removably mounted on the upper end of the table's leg and also serves as a wrench to screw the auger into the ground until the base of the table rests firmly on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Lil Twister Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Reed, Charles Reed, Carl H. Gran
  • Patent number: 4901998
    Abstract: A multi-functional activity table to be used as a play/learning tool for children of all ages. The apparatus comprises three main components including a table top, pedestal and domed base, each of which can be employed separately or in combination with one or more of the others for a child's amusement and instruction. The apparatus is easily converted into the following: art table, water table, sandbox, rocker, toss game, crawl-through and tee ball toy. The apparatus not only represents a substantial saving in cost over that which would be required to acquire an individual toy for each activity but also has nesting features which allow one to store the apparatus in much less space than would be possible with equipment designed only for each individual game. Furthermore, the multi-functional activity table offers many attractive features not available with single game-type apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventor: Betty L. Griffith
  • Patent number: 4838180
    Abstract: A folding table includes a tabletop and a number of legs operable between a folded and an extended position. A folding table leg apparatus associated with each of the legs comprises a top plate mounted to the tabletop, the top plate having a pair of side flanges. Each of the side flanges has a height greater than the effective diameter of one leg. The flanges and the top plate define an envelope within which the leg is contained in its folded position and the folding apparatus itself is fully contained within the envelope when the leg is in its folded position. The folding table leg apparatus includes a pair of brace links straddling the leg, each of the pair of brake links being pivotably mounted at a first end to the top plate and pivotably connected at a second end to diametrically opposite portions of the leg, such that the brace links provide support for the leg in its extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Ditto Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Gutgsell
  • Patent number: 4833999
    Abstract: A portable filleting table is provided consisting of a table top and base, which connect together when used as the two halves of a carrying case. Telescopic leg elements provide support for the top and the base. The table top and bottom are each recessed on one side to provide for carrying space when they are joined together in the carrying case mode. The table top and base may be rotated with respect to one another as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Inventor: Melvin F. Rhoades
  • Patent number: 4825781
    Abstract: A collapsible table is provided which requires no tools for assembly or disassembly. A free-standing base is comprised of two interlocking I-shaped members. One I-shaped member is permanently and pivotably affixed to the under surface of the tabletop, and the other I-shaped member is entirely removable. In operation, the removable leg member is interconnected with the fixed leg member, and locked down under the table by a height-adjustable locking mechanism. The table is broken down by disengaging the removable leg member from the locking mechanisms, folding down the pivotable leg, placing the removable leg on top of the fixed leg, and locking both down by the same locking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Palmer/Snyder Furniture Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Palmer
  • Patent number: 4805542
    Abstract: A table is provided with a single retractable caster to facilitate manually transporting the table from one location to another. The retractable caster is located substantially directly below the center of gravity of the table, so that when the caster is extended to an "on" position, the table can be held in a generally poised condition over the caster wheel, and manually rolled across the floor. A pedestal-type base, having radially outwardly extending feet with glides provides outrigger support for the table during transport. The caster is shifted between the extended "on" position, and a retracted "off" position by simply tilting the table slightly about its base, such that a person having ordinary strength and dexterity can easily and safely move the table about a room without assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Joerns Healthcare, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren J. Peterson, Charles E. Warner, Peter J. Waldmann
  • Patent number: 4799734
    Abstract: This device comprises at least one pair of screw-and-nut elements cooperative with the fixed and movable parts in respect of which elements the screw angle is large enough to ensure that the efficiency of the translation to the rotation is slightly positive, and is provided with means for locking the rotary element of the pair after adjustment of the position of the movable part. This system permits the locking of the movable part in the chosen position by a relatively small force as compared to the forces to which the device is subjected. The device is useful for adjusting a table guide of a woodworking machine, or for adjusting a car seat or the seat of a stool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Rockwell-CIM
    Inventor: Pierre Periou
  • Patent number: 4789122
    Abstract: A table base construction includes a plurality of leg assemblies, a central attachment assembly integrating each of the leg assemblies, a vertical standard assembly mounted on the central attachment assembly, and a support plate assembly mounted on the vertical standard assembly. The leg assemblies include a plurality of elongated strips that are interconnected by machine screws in an overlayed construction.The central attachment assembly centrally connects each of the leg at its inner end in juxtaposed radial relation. The central attachment assembly includes a column washer and an attachment washer. The legs are affixed at their inner ends to the attachment washer by attachment screws extending through the aligned bores in the leg assemblies and the column washer and engaged in threaded bores in the attachment washer. When the leg assemblies are so connected, free edges at the inner ends of the leg assemblies form a non-circular opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Ditto Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Gutgsell
  • Patent number: 4782764
    Abstract: There is disclosed a circular table suitable for use as a dining table or the like, including a round, rotatably mounted table top supported by four outwardly extending feet and a standard which is provided with removably attachable arms to be secured to the top portion thereof, which arms extend beyond the periphery of the table top to support a plurality of leaves in the form of sectors of an annulus, such leaves being removably securable at the ends of the arms whereby the rotatable circular table top can be extended to a larger circular area with the outer annular surface thereof flush with the table top and non-rotatable. The entire table top and extensions are solely supported from the central standard with no other vertical legs for support. The rotatable table top is provided with means for locking it in position if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Inventor: Floyd E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 4773337
    Abstract: Mating hinge parts are respectively attached to the top of a pedestal and to the bottom of a table top to permit the top to rest in a substantially upright, yet stable position, the hinge parts also being readliy separable to permit facile removal of the table top from the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Johnson Industries
    Inventor: Richard I. Ball
  • Patent number: 4760802
    Abstract: A table and stool set in which identical tubular columns are used for the table and for the stool. The columns are formed of a resilient plastic. A rigid table top is provided with a circular groove in its lower surface which receives the upper lip of the tubular column. A base for the table is provided with a circular groove in its upper surface for receiving the lower lip of the table column. Two grooved lids are provided for receiving the upper and lower lips of the stool column to form a stool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Walter Fleisher Company
    Inventor: Po S. Leong
  • Patent number: 4756496
    Abstract: A continuously adjustable levelling column for chairs comprises a guide tube having a lower end and an upper end. A telescopic tube is guided within the guide tube and has a tapered upper end portion extending beyond the upper end of the guide tube. A gas spring is accommodated within the telescopic tube. This gas spring is axially fixed within the telescopic tube. The upper end of a container of the gas spring abuts through a distance piece a support face at the upper end of the tapered portion of the telescopic tube. A piston rod passing through the lower end of the gas spring is axially fixed with respect to the lower end of the guide tube. A locking control pin extends through the upper end of the gas spring and is engageable through a transmission pin by a control handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Hosan, Axel Knopp, Herbert Freitag, Peter Schlottermuller
  • Patent number: 4724773
    Abstract: A pedestal table which is to be releasably secured to the floor area of a smooth surfaced hot tub, spa or whirlpool. The table includes a base member or pedestal having at least three elastomeric suction cups facing downwardly to come into contact with the floor area. An elongate, cylindrical column extends upwardly from the base member or pedestal through the water in the hot tub, spa or whirlpool to support a table top above the surface of the water. A supplemental column can be provided which supports the table top substantially in the plan of the top of the spa, and in such position, the table top serves as a center support for a rigid cover placed over the spa when the spa is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Inventors: Tim R. Newberry, Robin C. Newberry
  • Patent number: 4721046
    Abstract: A structure for fittings, including a base stable because of its proper weight; a top plane superimposed to said base and connected to it; and supports engaged with and projecting towards the outside from said base, each one consisting of three stem type components working respectively as a strut and a tension rod, which converge at the outer end in order to form a supporting point for said plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Lavorazione Artigiana Onice di Luciano Cionini & C.S.n.c.
    Inventor: Luciano Cionini
  • Patent number: 4700914
    Abstract: A stool has a saddle-like seat (1) pivotally mounted at the top of a tubular leg (2). A catch can hold the seat horizontal or vertical, and in the latter position a slot (3) in the seat provides a carrying handle (4). The catch is a spring-loaded plunger (7) housed in the upper end of the leg (2) and retained by the pivot pin (11) which extends through a slot in the plunger. The plunger is engageable in holes (5, 13) in the seat and a boss (8) beneath the seat and can be released by pressing its exposed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: G&C Home & Leisure Supplies Limited
    Inventor: Donald O. Cheetham
  • Patent number: 4700915
    Abstract: A table leg assembly and method of assembling table legs comprises two pairs of leg members, each pair having linear intermediate portions fixedly connected by a connecting member in one of two pair of diametrically opposed axial indentations in the connecting member. The two pair of leg members are connected by disposing one connecting member over the other connecting member with the intermediate portions of the one pair of leg members sliding through the unused pair of indentations in the other connecting member and the intermediate portions of the other pair of leg members sliding through the unused pair of indentations in the one connecting member until the one connecting member contacts the other connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Finkel Outdoor Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Edmund Killian
  • Patent number: 4688748
    Abstract: Support construction for a desk- or table-top, said construction comprising at least one foot consisting of an upper and lower horizontal beam connected by means of force fit to a common vertical post provided with a longitudinally extending channel which is open to the outside and can be closed by a lid for inserting electric cables in said channel. If two feet are used they can be connected by a horizontal beam positioned in the center and near the upper end of said feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Ahrend Groep B.V.
    Inventor: Johan S. Pruyser
  • Patent number: 4685401
    Abstract: An easy-to-assemble coffee table made entirely of corrugated fiberboard for reduced shipping costs.All components in the coffee table kit are designed to be shipped in a flat or knockdown position to reduce shipping volume requirements.A unique component interlocking design allows the coffee table kit to be simply built-up into a highly durable and attractive piece of furniture without the need for separate fasteners of any kind.The inventive interlocking design also avoids the complex assembly procedures often associated with furniture of the knockdown variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Merchandising Innovations Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Phil B. Sheffer
  • Patent number: 4674415
    Abstract: A support comprising generally a plurality of stiff wire or rod members in detachable combination with a sleeve and locking ring. Each wire or rod has a generally vertical intermediate portion, and is bent outwardly on its lower portion. The sleeve holds the lower bent portions in place so that they act as support legs which can have additional appendages on their feet. The upper portion of each wire rod member is likewise bent outwardly to accomodate the supporting structure such as a plant pan or table top. On the intermediate portions adjacent to the upper bent portions is a similar sleeve and locking ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Inventor: Raymond Smith
  • Patent number: 4653710
    Abstract: A support trolley comprises a central leg pillar and at least three legs radiating therefrom, each supported at its outer end by a respective castor wheel assembly. The inner end of each leg joins the lower end of the leg pillar by a sliding engagement of complementary splined surfaces, so that assembly or disassembly is easily effected. The outer end of each leg has a downwardly facing recess which receives the upwardly directed pintle of a respective castor wheel assembly, that pintle being tubular and of resilient material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: F. F. Seeley Nominees Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Maxwell Dickison
  • Patent number: 4653817
    Abstract: An easy-to-assemble and highly durable and attractive student desk kit. The kit is comprised preferably of corrugated fiberboard materials with the inventive concepts also applicable to a wide range of other material uses.The unique design of the factory pre-cut component parts permits a method of construction which may be effected without tools and by personnel unskilled in furniture assembly, thus rendering the student desk kit highly marketable.The light-weight preferred materials and knockdown features greatly reduce shipping costs as compared to other furniture articles, thereby significantly reducing unit cost to the consumer and enhancing sales potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Merchandising Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Phil B. Sheffer
  • Patent number: 4643105
    Abstract: A table top support for use in securing the top of a table to its upstanding column, the support incorporating a first base member securing to the top of the column, a second and connectible member securing to the underside of the table top, various recesses provided within the base member and connectible member disposed for reception of shafts operatively associated with both of said base and connectible members, to provide stable support for the table top into its usable and horizontal position, but each recess including at offset portion for reception of a support shaft therein so as to facilitate the stable adherence of the support members together as the table top is pivoted into its vertically arranged and storage condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Berco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Elliott W. Baum
  • Patent number: 4624598
    Abstract: A table leg locking plug is provided with a planar stop member, a tubular member receptive of one end of the table leg and extending outwardly from one surface of the stop member with the longitudinal axis thereof perpendicular to the one surface and two resiliently deformable ears extending outwardly from the periphery of the tubular member and on which a table top lies during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Finkel Outdoor Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmond Gabriel, Edmund Killian
  • Patent number: 4620741
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle has a dining area including a table mounted above the floor with a storage compartment being provided in the floor with at least a substantial part of the storage compartment being positioned below the top of the table. An access cover for the storage compartment is removably disposed over the entrance to the compartment, the same being positioned directly below the table top to allow access to the storage compartment from either the front or the rear relative to vehicle. The table includes a first leg mounted in or on the floor and adapted to support the table top at a point adjacent one end thereof. A second leg is detachably secured at its upper end to another point on the table top and at its lower end to either one of a spaced pair of points on the floor adjacent the entrance to the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Hanmar Home Equipment Limited
    Inventor: Jacobus N. Hanemaayer
  • Patent number: 4599950
    Abstract: An article of furniture and a method of making the same wherein a glass enamel is fused to the supporting surface of an extended surface glass member. A supporting member is then adhesively secured to the fused glass enamel to provide the desired support for the glass member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Design Institute America, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Evans
  • Patent number: 4594950
    Abstract: A decorative table combination includes a transparent top supported above a base, and a marine or aquatic creature figure representing a duck, beaver, whale, etc. To create the illusion that the creature is swimming or floating, with the transparent top representing the surface of the creature's habitat, the figure is cut at its natural water line. An upper portion of the figure is supported on the table top, and a lower portion, representing the submerged legs and feet, e.g., of the swimming or floating creature, is supported on the under surface of the table top, directly beneath the upper portion. The two portions can be joined magnetically across the table top. Supports for the table can be fashioned to resemble submerged driftwood, tree branches, or lily pad stems, with suitable continuation members on the table top to give the illusion that the support members break the water's surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Inventor: Keith Morris
  • Patent number: 4574709
    Abstract: To provide support for a plurality of shelf elements disposed one above another, each shelf element is provided with one or more apertures for receiving tubular shelf supporting posts and each aperture is arranged to be closed by means including a support sleeve projecting from a lower surface of each shelf element together with support means mounted on the inner surface of said support sleeve for supporting and positioning suitable closure means disposed within each shelf aperture and mounted on said support means so as to provide a partial closure therefor but which is adapted to receive the lower end of a support post for another higher shelf. Each shelf element affords a multiplicity of arrangements for receiving mounting posts so that the unused shelf apertures are partially closed so as not to derrogate from the function of the shelf as a supporting device for various items to be supported or displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Lackey, James L. Gebhardt
  • Patent number: 4571799
    Abstract: Air bearing pads for supporting a one-axis table in a granite bridge positioning apparatus on a thin film of air include machine-thinned sections for providing resilience to the pads in order to permit flexing sufficient to accommodate surface irregularities on the supporting surface. A single air pressure regulator provides a source of pressurized air to flow-control devices of a plurality of air bearing pads supporting a one-axis table. The individual flow-control devices adjust the flow of air to their respective air bearing pads to individually adjust the lift of the pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: Anorad Corporation
    Inventor: Anwar Chitayat
  • Patent number: 4566661
    Abstract: A support assembly, for use with a table assembly for a recreational vehicle includes at least three support legs which pivots on a support collar which slides along a central support tube for the table. The outward pivoting motion of the legs is limited by struts which are pivotably mounted between the central support tube and each of the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Donald C. Mestler
  • Patent number: 4560135
    Abstract: A support apparatus is arranged for use with a van or camper table, wherein a table top is mounted by a cylindrical table support tube to the floor of a van or similar vehicle using sockets mounted on the underside of the table top and the floor of the vehicle which receive tapered ends of a central cylindrical support tube. The support apparatus includes a collar, which engages the support tube, and legs which extend from the collar. With the support apparatus attached, the support tube can be mounted with the support apparatus at the bottom, so that the table can be used on a ordinary horizontal surface, or with the support apparatus at the top, immediately below the table top, so that the tube can support the table top inside a vehicle by engagement of the tapered end to a received socket mounted to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Inventor: Donald C. Mestler
  • Patent number: 4541343
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable television/video recorder stand incorporating a cassette-holder, wherein the two adjustable shelves adapted to receive the television set and the video recorder are arranged on two crossbars connected to each other by lateral uprights whose lower ends support a tray for storing video cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Inventor: Henri Erard
  • Patent number: 4501201
    Abstract: A removably mounted tray is clampable to a microphone stand or the like. The tray includes two pivotally attached half sections, each of which includes an indentation for receiving and engaging the stand and the cord from a microphone. A latch pivotally attached to one of the half sections engages a depending flange from each half section to mate the two half sections and retain the tray clamped to the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Inventors: Marcel Fitzner, Vesta P. Pinnell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4448378
    Abstract: A modular furniture support structure comprises first and second pluralities of arm members lying respectively in common upper and lower planes and associated by an upright. Respective ends of the arm members are connected to the uprights, at least the arm members of the second plurality being movably associated with the upright by individually inserting each arm member of the second plurality into clamping jaws effective to be movably engaged with the upright at the other end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: C.D. & C Centro Design & Communicazione S.r.l.
    Inventor: Francesco Binfare
  • Patent number: 4437411
    Abstract: A multi-purpose table is adapted for use in schools, and particularly in science or art labs, as a desk or laboratory table. The top of the table may be adjusted in height either to a sitting height or to a standing height. The top may also be placed in either horizontal or sloping position at either adjusted height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: General Equipment Manufacturers
    Inventor: Ronald M. Maxwell
  • Patent number: 4428305
    Abstract: A table top having the major part of its surface surrounding a central opening and including a plurality of radially disposed integrally formed locking means associated therewith for removably securing the same to a receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Inventor: Edward J. Creske
  • Patent number: 4422385
    Abstract: The office furniture item is provided with at least two lateral parts (1) interconnected by a connective support (21). The lateral parts (1) and the connective support (21) are provided with a continuous cavity. Each lateral part (1) comprises a core element (2) with a supporting column (6) from which a leg part (5) and a supporting arm (7) protrude. The core element (2) is provided with recesses (9,10,11) which are at least partly sealed by the cover means (3,4,16). The office furniture item is appropriate for the working station design in modular design. Signal cables and electrical conduits can be inserted at any time without any problem. They are invisible from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Embru-Werke, Mantel & Cia.
    Inventors: Wendolin Rutsche, Urs Langenegger
  • Patent number: 4401036
    Abstract: A table is provided for use in association with a bed including a base member, a tubular support column and a table top. The support column includes an upper tubular portion telescopically mounted over a lower tubular portion; a locking spring mechanism for maintaining upward tension against the upper portion; release means for overcoming the spring mechanism to permit lowering of the upper portion; and means to permit the table top to horizontally pivot a pre-determined amount relative to the support column and be locked in a fixed position. The table top is mounted to the support column, in cantilever fashion, and includes a mirror recessed in the table top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: Simmons Universal Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Russo, Richard Sonder, Robert E. Miller, Mark E. Cauthen
  • Patent number: 4383487
    Abstract: A removably mounted tray is clampable to a microphone stand or the like. The tray includes two pivotally attached half sections, each of which includes an indentation for receiving and engaging the stand. A latch pivotally attached to one of the half sections engages a depending flange from each half section to mate the two half sections and retain the tray clamped to the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Inventors: Marcel Fitzner, Vesta P. Pinnell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4372224
    Abstract: A knockdown furniture construction includes a member having recesses therein, a support structure having shoulders received in the recesses and configurations mating therewith, and separable fasteners for connecting the member with the support structure having strips of complementary gripping elements secured in the recesses of the member and on the shoulders of the support structure such that the mating configurations of the shoulders and recesses reinforces the connection of the complementary gripping elements to provide a sturdy furniture construction capable of being assembled and disassembled without tools or special hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Gary J. Knostman
    Inventor: Richard A. Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 4323630
    Abstract: A support column for a trophy or the like comprising two parts, both of which are substantially flat so that they may be readily packed, shipped or inventoried. The column includes a weight-supporting front plate, and a semi-resilient back panel with connecting means therebetween by which the weight-supporting front plate will present a continuous front, while the back panel is disposed in a semi-circular position to form the hollow column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Inventors: William H. Mackey, Lee R. Smith
  • Patent number: 4323291
    Abstract: A desk or like unit with full duct internal wire management includes rectangular horizontal top and vertical wood support panels therefor, and longitudinally aligned elongate enclosure brackets cooperating with the wood panels to form an elongate horizontal wiring duct or ducts extending the length or width of the desk, or both, for hidden storage of wires or the like. The top panel has an elongate access opening therein extending co-extensively with the wiring duct to facilitate handling and feeding of wires therein, and a removable snap-in closure receivable in such access opening normally closes the same. The closure, which is so profiled to form a continuation of the top surface of the desk, includes a number of notches at selected positions therealong for egress of wires from the wiring duct to the top surface of the top panel for connection to an appliance supported thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Hauserman Ltd.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Ball
  • Patent number: 4321875
    Abstract: A support structure for use in furniture which is comprised of upper and lower support assemblies that are spatially separated one from the other by an even number of connecting panels. Alternate pairs of the panels converge with respect to the upper support assembly and alternate pairs of the panels converge with respect to the lower support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Inventor: Peter J. Danko
  • Patent number: 4303018
    Abstract: A convertible table which is moveable from a high position to a low position and vice-versa may function, for example as a dining table and as a coffee or lounge table. The tabletop is supported by a centrally located leg extending between the table top and the base of the table. The table leg includes at least three outwardly collapsible walls each including an upper panel and a lower panel, these panels being hinged together and to the table top and base respectively. In the high position of the table and panels are biased into alignment with one another and a device is provided to move at least one of each of the panels of each pair of panels outwardly against the biasing force to permit the walls constituting the central table leg to collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Inventor: Edmund J. Lehmann
  • Patent number: 4289724
    Abstract: The molding process comprises pouring a plastic compound around a natural tree trunk to make a mold which has the tree trunk surface impressed therein. The plastic mold is supported in a frame made from wood which has a galvanized metal support therein. The metal brackets and structural rods are positioned on the base of the frame and a plastic core member may be used and removed to create the hollow interior of the tree trunk base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Inventor: Shirley Baynard
  • Patent number: 4242971
    Abstract: A merchandise display table which allows a plurality of customers to simultaneously select and view a plurality of eyeglass frames has a pedestal, a multi-sided mirror vertically mounted atop the pedestal, an annular table member disposed about the pedestal including an annular track, and an annular compartmented display tray disposed within the annular track and arranged for rotation about the annular table member. The periphery of the table member has a plurality of customer seating stations, each station facing one side of the multi-sided mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Inventor: Edward B. Kleinman
  • Patent number: 4232896
    Abstract: A portable and collapsible seat which can be suspended on a flexible strap from the belt of a user including a rectangular base which ultimately constitutes the seat, a pair of spaced parallel flanges extending outwardly perpendicular to the base along the long edges of the base, a leg somewhat longer than the base itself pivotally and slidably connected to the base, the leg adapted to lie against the base in the collapsed condition of the seat and extending at right angles to the base or seat when the same is in the operable condition, a V-shaped link having a flattened portion adjacent its center and being curved at its ends, the flattened portion of the link being received in a hole in the leg between the ends of the leg, the curved ends of the link being received in openings in the flanges adjacent one end of the base, a clamp being provided at this one end of the base and formed by extensions of the flanges for holding the leg in the collapsed condition of the seat, a clip pivotally connected to the leg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: Lloyd Caldwell
    Inventor: Lloyd Caldwell
  • Patent number: 4224881
    Abstract: A table is made by cutting a portion of a tree trunk longitudinally with one limb remaining thereon which is cut parallel to the tree trunk so that the truncated limb comprises a support for the trunk, the flat surface of which functions as a table top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Inventor: James F. Berry
  • Patent number: 4223860
    Abstract: Multiple pivotable legs are radially extendable from a pole stand for a table top to permit support of the table top by pivotal extension of the legs for supporting the stand or the legs may be radially collapsed to permit engagement of the lower end of the stand with a fixed recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Inventor: John D. Prest
  • Patent number: D306107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventor: Raymond Grosfillex
  • Patent number: D306108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventor: Raymond Grosfillex