Formed By Collapsible Surface Patents (Class 108/34)
  • Patent number: 12036906
    Abstract: A baby changing table assembly for a vehicle includes a support, a connecting member connected to the support, first and second brackets connected to the connecting member, and a table movably connected to the support. The first bracket is configured to be connected to a first headrest of the vehicle and the second bracket is configured to be connected to a second headrest of the vehicle. The table is movable between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Canales Delgado
  • Patent number: 11998111
    Abstract: A foldable frame with enhanced stability includes a mounting assembly, a first leg assembly and a second leg assembly. Each of the first and second leg assemblies are pivotally coupled with the mounting assembly and rotatable with respect to the mounting assembly between a use position and a storage position. Each of the first and second leg assemblies includes a substantially straight first leg and a substantially straight second leg. The first and second legs are slanted outwardly to increase the supporting area and thus enhance the stability of the foldable frame and stability of other structures supported by the foldable frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11963595
    Abstract: A combination bag workbench is provided herein. The combination bag workbench may include a rectangular bottom portion, a pair of wheels, and four legs rotatably coupled to the bottom portion. The bottom portion may include a length, a width, a pair of lengthwise sides defined parallel to the length, and a pair of widthwise sides defined parallel to the width. The pairs of lengthwise and widthwise sides define corners of the bottom portion. The pair of wheels may be coupled to the bottom portion along one widthwise side of the pair widthwise sides. Each leg may be coupled adjacent to a respective corner of the bottom portion. The four legs are configurable in a retracted position or an extended position associated with at least one of the legs extending beyond at least one of a nearest respective lengthwise side or a nearest respective widthwise side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Caleb Crye
  • Patent number: 11660994
    Abstract: Described are table assemblies for a passenger seat. The table assemblies may include a paddle arm, a table support, and a leveling assembly. A first end of the paddle arm may include a paddle arm tab extending outwards from the paddle arm. The table support may be pivotably connected to the first end and configured to support a table. The table support may include a top side that defines a latch receiving area. The leveling assembly may include a latch and a latch adjuster. The latch may be pivotably supported on the table support within the latch receiving area. The latch adjuster may selectively engage a first end of the latch and control a tilt angle range of the table support. The latch adjuster may engage the latch at a first tilt angle, and the paddle arm tab may engage the latch at a second tilt angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Newbold, Klay Ethan Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10232793
    Abstract: A foldable table structure is structured to be mountable on a vehicle. The table structure includes a first panel structured to form a first portion of a table top when the table structure is in a deployed condition, a second panel structured to form a second portion of a table top when the table structure is in a deployed condition, and at least one first support. Each of the at least one first support, the first panel, and the second panel are rotatably connected to at least one other of the at least one first support, the first panel, and the second panel, such that the first panel is rotatable to reside along a first side of the at least one first support, and such that the second panel is rotatable to reside along a second side of the at least one first support opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott L. Frederick, Scott P. Robison, Adam D. Holmstrom
  • Patent number: 9924792
    Abstract: A collapsible furniture item having a set of panels that a person without the aid of tools can slidingly interlock with each other to form a standalone upright furniture item and once assembled can be quickly disassembled also without the aid tools to allow the panels to be transported to a different location for quick and efficient assembled into a standalone upright furniture through interlocking engagement between the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Casmir Valeri
  • Patent number: 9914507
    Abstract: An extendable table platform assembly for use with a multihull boat is disclosed. The platform assembly includes a pair of opposing guide channels to be mounted on the underside of the horizontal deck of the multi-hull boat. A rigid elongated platform is including having a platform surface supported by a structural platform frame positioned along the platform surface perimeter. The rigid elongated platform includes a table portion and a cantilever portion. The structural platform frame engages the guide channels such that the rigid elongated table section may be manually slid from a stowed position, underneath the deck, to a deployed position exposing the table portion. The cantilever portion remains underneath the horizontal deck and engaged to the opposing guide channels to support the table portion in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Falahee
  • Patent number: 9380861
    Abstract: The collapsible table with auger anchors is a table adapted for use with a grills and a hibachi. The collapsible table with auger anchors is a metal table that is designed to be anchored into a lake or river bed. This allows the grill or hibachi to be placed on the table top of the collapsible table with auger anchors for use in the water at a safe distance from a boat. The collapsible table with auger anchors further comprises a table top, a plurality of legs, and a plurality of struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventor: Chris Newman
  • Patent number: 9332833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable and configurable furniture. In one embodiment, a table includes a collapsible top with optional slat(s), a collapsible top support frame, a collapsible leg frame and leg extenders. The top support frame provides tension to the top. The leg frame is coupled to top support frame. The leg extenders extend independently from the leg frame to provide stability. In another embodiment, a cot includes collapsible top(s), corresponding pair(s) of support bars and legs. The legs are coupled to the support bar pairs to provide support and tension to the top(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Alite Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Wan Kim, Kang S. Lim
  • Patent number: 8826829
    Abstract: A work bench station comprises a pair of spaced-apart mounting brackets for attachment to a building wall. A workbench tabletop is hingedly attached to the wall brackets so that the tabletop can swing between a horizontal working position upwardly or downwardly to a generally vertical storage position. K-shaped end supports are hingedly attached to the wall brackets and can swing from a working position supporting the tabletop in its working position, inwardly to a storage position generally against or adjacent to the building wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Harry Randall Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140150696
    Abstract: A folding table may include a table top and a supporting frame. The supporting frame may have a leg portion, an interconnecting portion and a central supporting structure; and the table top that is detachable from the supporting frame may have a plurality of connected table pieces. The leg portion includes a plurality of legs and the interconnecting portion is used to connect the legs of the leg portion, and the central supporting structure is located at center portion of the supporting frame to provide additional support to the supporting frame and is configured to start a table folding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: CHENG PENG
  • Patent number: 8418282
    Abstract: “The Fold Up Dormitory” is intended for use in situations where living and working quarters for a small or large number of people are required on short notice or irregular intervals. The apparatus is made of wood, steel and premanufactured hardware, and comprises components for sleeping, working and storage of small items. It is mobile, simple to operate and offers many options to those who use it. The apparatus comprises: a central core; a pair of folding frames, each pivotally connected to the central core on opposite sides thereof, for rotation about vertical frame-to-core axes of connection; a bed platform pivotally connected to a first side of the central core, for rotation about a horizontal bed-to-core axis of connection; a desk surface pivotally connected to a second side of the central core, for rotation about a horizontal desk-to-core axis of connection; and storage shelving within the central core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Michael E. Luft-Weissberg
  • Patent number: 8188410
    Abstract: A portable party table [1000] for holding hot and cold foods is described. It employs at least two sections [1100, 1500] held together with a hinge [1600] for holding foods. The party table [1000] has folding legs [1111, 1511] and leg supports [1113, 1513] to support the legs. Each section [1100, 1500] has a tapered base [1101, 1501] with a drain hole [1107, 1507] and a drain plug [1109, 1509]. As ice melts it is directed toward the drain holes [1107, 1507]. Electric receptacle [1525] provide electricity for a heating plate. Alternatively, the hinge [1600] is a type which provides spacing between the sections [1100, 1500] to thermally insulate the hot from the cold section. The hinge [1600] may be allowed to slide to provide an insulation gap [1607], or eliminate the gap [1607].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventors: Marlene Dean, Larry Dean
  • Patent number: 7950337
    Abstract: A foldable frame structure of the foldable table or bed comprises main frames, secondary frames, L-shaped folding hinges and connecting members. An adjacent side of each main frame and the secondary frame is formed a foldable joint which is connected by the connecting members and the L-shaped folding hinges. The size of the secondary frames is smaller than the main frames, wherein each of the secondary frames is able to be folded in the main frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20090223418
    Abstract: A tray liner of flexible construction relies on the rigid airline or railroad car seat tray underneath it to create a horizontal clean and sanitary surface useful for supporting food and drink utensils. While it is especially useful for handling food items for toddlers or small children during travel, the tray liner may also be used on a high chair in a restaurant. It may also be used by older children to provide a play area for toys with multiple parts that may easily fall off a tray. Adult use by the general public or by handicapped people also offers a more secure dining platform with spill protection during travel. It has soft semi-rigid edges which function to keep objects or fluids from falling off the supporting tray. It has a sturdy outer covering with an impervious interior surface which is impermeable to liquids and waterproof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Ferrara
  • Patent number: 6874427
    Abstract: An outdoor table comprising a tabletop slat members connected to each other to be deployed and folded, a pair of table-leg assemblies spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the slat members and each mounted to two of the slat members at the center in the deploying and folding direction and adapted to be folded underneath the tabletop, two pair of bars connected to the two slat members at a location near the ends of the slat members such that each pair of bars can be rotated in opposite directions around the location between a state where the bars are directed almost in parallel to the slat members in its lengthwise direction and a state where the bars are directed orthogonal to the slat members, joint members provided on two of the slat members located at the opposite ends of the tabletop such that the joint members are located near the opposite ends of the two slat members on the lower surface, and engagement structures provided on the outside ends of the bars so as to be engaged with th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: On Way Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Izumi
  • Patent number: 6776105
    Abstract: A collapsible and portable work station, comprising a collapsible and portable leg structure and a top portion which may be flat or comprise a basin. The leg structure has a plurality of legs movably attached to each other, each leg having a top end, a bottom end and longitudinally extending axis. The legs are movable to a first configuration wherein the legs are in close proximity to one another such that the longitudinally extending axes of the legs are generally parallel to one another, and to a second configuration wherein the spacing between the legs is maximal. The top portion is removably attached to the top ends of the legs, the top portion comprising two sections movably attached to one another so as to allow the top portion to be folded such that the sections confront each other when the top portion is not attached to the leg structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Josue′ Diaz Rivera, Peter Lavigne
  • Publication number: 20030167978
    Abstract: A pseudo-tree shaped table is composed of a tabletop and a leg part. The tabletop is made of the fiber reinforced plastics by way of a mold with an inner pattern imitating real annular rings. The tabletop provides a pattern and a color imitating real annular rings at the upper face thereof and an engaging recess at the bottom face. The leg part is made of the fiber reinforced plastics by way of a mold to form a trunk section. The tabletop provides a shape and a color thereof imitating a real trunk and has a projection end at the top thereof to engage with the engaging recess. The leg part further comprises four upper branches and four lower branches. The upper branches are attached to the upper portion of the trunk section with a respective upper end thereof extending upward to a common elevation and the lower branches are attached to the lower portion of the trunk section with a respective lower end thereof extending downward to another common elevation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Jaimy Chuang
  • Patent number: 6494147
    Abstract: A collapsible table includes an integrated storage space for folding chairs. The storage space is formed by an open frame base that is not enclosed with side panels or a floor panel. The open frame configuration thus prevents the accumulation of rain water inside the storage area and makes the table better suited for outdoor recreational use. The table includes a center leaf having an opening into which a table umbrella may be inserted to shade users from sun and rain. Rubber bumpers may be placed along one of the sides of the table to allow a user to store the table on that side without fear of damaging the table, providing a user with more choices as far as storage space is concerned. Side leaves are also included and designed to releasably lock in the folded position, facilitating transportation and storage without the threat of the leaves swinging open unexpectedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: The Coleman Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Schulte, David Hawkins, Lauren Worley
  • Patent number: 6467843
    Abstract: A collapsible seat having a human support position when in an assembled condition and a transportable condition. The collapsible seat includes a seating member and a base member that are both substantially identical wherein the seat member and the base member are removably interengaged by a telescopic pedestal. When in the assembled condition, the pedestal is in at least one extended position and a top end of the pedestal is rigidly connected to the seat member while the bottom end of the pedestal is rigidly connected to the base member. When in the transportable condition, the pedestal is in a retracted position and is separate from the seat member and the base member and can be stored between the seat member and the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: EZ Seat, Inc.
    Inventor: W. Neil Rossborough
  • Patent number: 6401630
    Abstract: A convertible article of furniture that is converted between a first position, in which the article preferably provides a relatively low, flexible, flat surface, where the article can act as a bed, and a second position, in which the article acts preferably provides a relatively high, rigid, flat surface is provided, where the article can act as a table. The transition between bed and table, and back again, is provided by changing the position of engagement of the support of the surface structure as provided by a base member with respect to the surface member. In the first position, the base member provides support distant from a central longitudinal axis of the surface, substantially about the sides of the surface, thereby allowing the surface member to be flexible along and about its central longitudinal axis and the surface is supported in a lower position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: William F. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20020043182
    Abstract: The invention concerns a portable and folding table consisting of a base (2) designed to support a plate (3) whereon a person can lie down, characterised in that: the plate has length and width greater than the support surface of the base on the ground; The lower part of the plate (3) comprises means to be fitted onto the base while being supported around and against the peripheral edge of the box forming said base; the articulation between the two panels (9) forming the plate, is formed by a connecting strip (12) on either side of which the elementary panels (9) are linked so as to form two articulations (13), the width of said connecting strip (12) being not less than the total thickness of the folded side walls of the box(es) forming the base, the dimensions of the two elementary panels (9) forming said plate corresponding substantially to the height and the width of the non-folding side surfaces of the elementary box(es) forming the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: LPG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Simonin
  • Patent number: 6234089
    Abstract: A foldable table top for use with a portable table frame includes a plurality of longitudinal table strips laying side by side, a connecting band extended perpendicularly across the longitudinal table strips for connecting the longitudinal table strips side by side together to form a table top-board, a pair of crossing bands extended across and affixed to the longitudinal table strips in a “X” manner, and a securing device for securely mounting the table top on the collapsible table frame. The plurality of longitudinal strips are made of rigid and tensile material, interconnected by bands of stretchable material running diagonally in a crossing pattern and running vertically along the bottom surface of the table in such a manner as to allow the table to be stretched when placed on the portable table frame for use and to be easily folded for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Tofasco of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Zheng, Paul Zheng
  • Patent number: 6199489
    Abstract: A folding table is provided that includes four legs, a top and two side panels. Two lateral tubes are fixed to those legs and the top is comprised of multiple planks connected with ropes. Locking bolts are respectively provided in the vicinity of each end of each of the lateral tubes. A pin protrudes from below each end of two of the outermost planks of the top. A step is provided in each side panel, and a connection hole and a locking hole are each provided in the vicinity of each end of each step. The connection hole is provided to secure the side panel to the legs and the locking hole is provided to receive a corresponding pin from a respective outermost plank to lock the planks to the side panel, so that the ends of each plank of the top are all butted with the step of the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Teamnox International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ting-Sheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 6125769
    Abstract: A folding table comprises a foldable table surface and a support frame. The table surface is formed with six pieces of wood boards and four clamps. The wood boards, or strips, are coupled one to the other, and the table surface is formed with clamps. The foot support includes a connecting device, four upper legs, four lower legs, four angle connectors and two rods. Wherein, the connecting device is a frame with four parallel boards, each board is connected to an upper leg and a lower leg, respectively. Each upper leg is connected to an angle connector and every two angle connectors are secured to a rod, thus, the table surface is secured to the rods and assembled with the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventors: Ting-sheng Tsai, Wei-sin Chang
  • Patent number: 6079338
    Abstract: A collapsible leisure table mainly includes a collapsible support portion and a foldable tabletop. The support portion includes four telescopic legs each having an inner tube and an outer tube and four pairs of intersected and pivotally connected diagonal struts. Lower ends of the outer tubes and upper ends of the inner tubes of the telescopic legs as well as lower and upper ends of the diagonal struts are connected to four lower and four upper locating seats, respectively. Two links are pivotally connected at their respective one end to two diagonally opposite upper locating seats. The two links may be located in two long grooves provided on top surfaces of another two upper locating seats with their another right-angled ends firmly hooking to outer ends of the long grooves and thereby lock the diagonal struts in a fully extended and stably erected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Chin-Chung Yeh
  • Patent number: 6047750
    Abstract: A modular utility stand storage apparatus includes a plurality of components for storage/transport and utility stand operations. The components are stacked on top of one another in a utility stand mode (use mode) and collapsible into one another in a storage/transport mode (non-use mode). The apparatus also includes a platform which can serve as a working platform or a handle for storage/transport. The stacked utility stand storage apparatus provides various working heights, and the collapsed utility stand storage apparatus is compact in size and easily lifted and portable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Steven M. Jensen
  • Patent number: 6026751
    Abstract: A collapsible table structure includes a table top having a plurality of top leaves arranged side by side and pivoted to each other. A plurality of legs support the table top. Every two adjacent legs are connected to each other by mean of a pair of centrally pivoted bars, each having an end pivoted to one of the two adjacent legs and another pivoted to a collar that is slidable along the leg, thereby allowing the legs to be moved between a collapsed position and an opened position. One of the legs comprises a joint device provided on the top end thereof for forming a two direction pivotal joint with the table top and another one of the legs has a top retaining device mounted on the top end thereof for releasably retaining the table top thereon. The table top may be released from the legs and the top and legs may be separately collapsed. The collapsed legs may be enclosed in the collapsed table top, thereby minimizing the storage space that is needed for the collapsed table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: Ming-Liang Tsai
  • Patent number: 5833200
    Abstract: A portable lap desk which is readily selectively adjustable in the height of the desk over the user's lap and includes a desk top which is readily selectively adjustable in tilt relative to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Lawrence W. Patterson Trust
    Inventor: Lawrence W. Patterson
  • Patent number: 5765487
    Abstract: A portable table is described, having a top, one or more legs, a reversible sheet secured to the edge of the top and extending, alternately, either upward of downward from the top, with pockets on the outwardly facing side of the sheet when the table is set up and the sheet serves as a table cloth or skirt. When the sheet extends upward from the top, the pockets are one the inside and the sheet is gathered into a bag so that the table, contents of the pockets and other accouterments can be carried by a drawstring threaded through the gathered material or by a handle attached to the table. A retainer ring holds the sheet in place, and may be removed so that the sheet can be removed and cleaned, repaired or replaced. The table finds many uses, including as a beach table, baby tending table, picnic table, informal table, and so forth. It may be made of wood, metal, plastic or hard rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Inventor: Bonnie K. Neff
  • Patent number: 5421273
    Abstract: A collapsible table includes four stretchers connected at four sides by four four-way pipe joints and two stretcher connectors, four upright supporting frames respectively and vertically connected to the four-way pipe joints at the bottom, a table cloth having four sleeves at four sides respectively mounted around the four stretchers, and a bracing device having four bracing bars radially suspended below the table cloth and respectively connected to either upright supporting frame by a respective clamping plate, and four anchoring devices respectively mounted on the upright supporting frames for fastening to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventor: Yuan-Hsiung Lin
  • Patent number: 5265541
    Abstract: An apparatus in association with a bed organizer that includes foldable leg tubes telescopingly receiving extensions therewithin for mounting upon a top surface of an associated bed permitting an individual to project that individual's legs between the leg tubes and below an associated desk housing that in turn includes a lid mounted to the housing for storage of components therewithin, as well as lid plate hingedly mounted to the lid to include extension legs received within a groove within a top surface of the desk lid. A support shelf is reciprocatably mounted within the support housing, with the leg tubes pivotally mounted to a folded position in contiguous communication with the support housing for ease of storage thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Inventor: Chester D. Gordon
  • Patent number: 5056439
    Abstract: A portable table includes a pair of side members and a pair of end members. Structure is provided for detachably interconnecting the side members and the end members to thereby form a table frame. A plurality of support members are detachably interconnected to the side members for supporting the table frame above a surface. Each of the support members includes first and second ends. The first ends thereof are detachably interconnected to the pair of side members, and the second ends thereof extend to the surface. The support members second ends are spaced apart greater than the length of the end members and greater than the length of the side members for generating a torque pressure on the table frame when assembled. The table further includes a top supported by the table frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Inventors: William G. Hodge, Jr., William G. Hodge, III
  • Patent number: 4824163
    Abstract: A convertible cover for an open-top vehicle box such as a trailer or the box of a pick-up truck. The cover is removably secured to the box and has a top wall with at least one opening therein spaced from an edge of the top wall to form a seat section on the top wall intermediate the opening and an adjacent side edge of the top wall. A flat removable panel is secured in close fit on the top wall and overlies at least the opening. The panel is supportable elevated from the top wall to constitute a table top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Inventor: Jaroslav Hendrych
  • Patent number: 4660904
    Abstract: A portable voting booth/lectern having a generally horizontal support panel mounted on a plurality of detachable legs and to an upper surface of which may be attached a multi-section enclosure panel is disclosed. The enclosure panel is securely mounted to an upper surface of the support panel by inserting each of its foldably attached sections into a respective groove on an upper surface of the support panel. Four apertures on a lower surface of the support panel are adapted to receive a respective support leg, each of which is angled outwardly to provide a wide base for increased structural stability. The lower surface of the support panel includes a plurality of grooves, or recessed portions, into which the detached legs of two support panels may be positioned. With two support panels positioned adjacent one another and in alignment, the support legs of both panels may be positioned within the adjacent grooves of the two support panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Inventor: Richard J. Stephens
  • Patent number: 4602446
    Abstract: An ironing board comprises a plurality of sections which are connected by a link system. The sections are graded in size such that adjacent sections can be nested within one another. The link system comprises individual links having sufficient length to permit the sections to go from a nested condition to an aligned condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Inventor: Josephine Guion
  • Patent number: 4569564
    Abstract: A compact, foldable voting booth of corrugated cardboard or other suitable material can be set up in seconds into a sturdy voting booth of standard height. In storage or transit configuration, it is folded and forms into a compact, portable box/carrying case. The voting booth is of two components, a top portion which is the carrying case and also forms the voting table, and a base portion which can be folded and stored inside the carrying case. The top portion is in the form of a container having a lid which is swung pivotally around against the bottom of the container to expose a back shield and a pair of side shields, forming the voting table. The container is placed, with its open side down, on the erected rectangular base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Inventor: John E. Ahmann
  • Patent number: 4537443
    Abstract: A portable table with integral seating is disclosed. All of the components of the inventive apparatus fit within a carrying case which also serves as the table top. Unique standoffs and corner braces are pivotally attached to the table top which folds for storage. The table top, bench seats and braced leg assemblies are removably and interlockingly attached to two crossbeams. The bench seats are uniquely attached by pairs of pegs and holes which are at right angles which trap the seats and provide stiffness to the assembly. Folding legs are pivotally attached to braces which when unfolded provide strong cross bracing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Inventor: Gilbert Bray
  • Patent number: 4223945
    Abstract: A collapsible combined table and seat assembly wherein the table top, its legs and the associated seats are all defined by plastic plate-like members that are pivotally joined to one another for folding and unfolding. Pivots are defined either by integral fold lines in plastic or by mechanical hinges. The seats are formed of four pivotally connected plate-like members defining a three sided vertical wall structure supporting a plate-like top which are mutually pivotally connected and releasably positioned in the operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Franklyn M. Marcus
    Inventor: Edwin Nikitits
  • Patent number: 4210085
    Abstract: A folding table unit for camping, boating and traveling which includes a multipanel top which folds to provide an elongate rectangular enclosure, and a folding leg assembly which can store within the table top enclosure and which opens to provide a table top support. A unique hinge plate at the juncture of multiple leg supports facilitates the folding of the legs and provides a location for mutual leg support all in a single plane to reduce the folded dimension of the leg assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Inventors: Robert C. McLravy, II, Michael F. Zakowski