Flexible Material Or Hingedly Interconnected Slats Or Panels Patents (Class 108/67)
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Patent number: 11793303Abstract: The present disclosure provides a telescopic panel component and a table, relates to the technical field of furniture, and solves the technical problem that the size of a panel component of a table is fixed and cannot be adjusted. The telescopic panel component comprises a frame, a first panel and a second panel, wherein a slideway is provided on the frame, and the second panel is slidably connected with the slideway; the panel component has a retracted state and an unfolded state, and when the second panel slides along the slideway to the side of the first panel under the action of an external force, the first panel is rotatable on the frame; the first panel turns over forward, and the first panel is rotatable below the second panel, so that the panel component is in the retracted state; the first panel turns over reversely, and the first panel is rotatable to the position where the first panel is spliced with the second panel, so that the panel component is in the unfolded state.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SOPHIA & WILLIAM BRANDS CO. LTDInventor: Meidi Chen
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Patent number: 10638883Abstract: A collapsible grilling assembly for cooking includes a plurality of slats that is pivotally interconnected. An upper set of slats is configured to be positioned perpendicularly to a lower set in an extended configuration to define a grate. The slats are configured to be selectively and fixedly positioned in the extended configuration. Each of a plurality of legs has a first end that is configured to selectively couple to a perimeter of the grate. Each leg is configured to be extended from the grate. A second end of each leg is positioned on a surface and the grate is configured to position a heat source between the grate and the surface to heat an item that is positioned upon the grate. The slats of the upper set also are configured to position adjacently and colinearly, as are the slats of the lower set, to define a collapsed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey Kalstrom
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Patent number: 10631636Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a table assembly comprising a set of tables and a plurality of extension members, each extension member configured to be inserted between two tables positioned adjacent to each other such that the extension member when inserted to be in a coplanar relationship in a horizontal plane along with adjacent tables forms an extended table system.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Inventor: Robert Schwenke
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Patent number: 10492598Abstract: A motorized extendable table having a tabletop assembly, first and second extension assemblies, a frame assembly, first and second extension frame assemblies, a motor housing, a computer assembly, a motor assembly, and a base assembly. In operation, the motor assembly moves the extension frame assemblies from a retracted to an extended configuration. Before reaching a fully extended configuration, the extension assemblies are raised to a same plane as that of the tabletop assembly. To go from the extended to the retracted configuration, the motor assembly moves the system in an opposite direction, moving the extension frame assemblies down and back onto a lower plane. Extension frame assemblies continue moving back until the fully retracted configuration is reached.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Hadida Worldwide Company, LLC.Inventor: Isaac Hadida
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Patent number: 9869114Abstract: A hinge assembly for an electronic device includes a joint assembly including joint components hinged one by one. Each joint component includes a first plate, a second plate, and a link component disposed between the first and second plates. Each of the first and second plates has two first slots diametrically extending in a first direction. The first plate has a second slot disposed between the two first slots and diametrically extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The second plate has a third slot disposed between the two first slots and diametrically extending in a third direction mirror-symmetrical to the second direction with respect to the first direction. The link component has an engaging hole and a guide portion. The engaging hole is corresponding to one of the first slots of each of the first and second plates, and the guide portion is formed on a surface of the link component and movable within the second or third slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: SHIN ZU SHING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shin Yu Hung, Jui Lin Chu
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Patent number: 9010885Abstract: A cabinet table has a cabinet body, a front face, an interior box, and a sliding mechanism permitting the interior box to slide out of the cabinet body. The front face is connected to the interior box and has a top front face and a bottom front face. The interior box has a plurality of table components which are moveable into a table surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Kahle's Kitchens, Inc.Inventor: David A. Kahle
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Patent number: 8528996Abstract: A table or similar structure is provided having an expandable surface area arrangement where the usable or working surface area is retractable into and out of a housing along a curvilinear path that includes both horizontal and vertical components and wherein weight compensating structure is provided to offset the impact of vertical movement of the surface area. The usable surface is formed from an array of adjacent panels connected by a backing web which allows them to lie flush together when the surface area is retracted for use and to separate as needed to follow the curvilinear path when retracted into the housing for storage. The extent of movement into and out of the housing is variable according to the amount of surface area required in a given instance. When implemented into a dining table, for example, vertical support legs for one end of the table can be attached to the end panel of the surface area which is first withdrawn from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Newmar CorporationInventors: Carl Chupp, Robert Fisher, Steve Hulse, Doug Kemp, Mike Walter, Mahlon Miller
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Patent number: 8104849Abstract: An expandable table device for allowing a user to change a baby's diaper or to care for the baby which is composed of a base, a storage compartment disposed in the base, and an expandable table component disposed in the base. The table component is composed of a plurality of wings that can be stacked atop each other and stored in the storage compartment, or the wings can be expanded from the storage compartment and unstacked so as to create a generally flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Inventor: Claudia Urioste-Risso
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Patent number: 7849803Abstract: An expandable table of the type in which a number of table top sections are caused to move outwardly and expand upon rotation of the table top and a center alignment assembly for such an expandable table. The center alignment assembly includes a first plate member adapted to be secured to a center portion of a guide plate of the expandable table, a plurality of fasteners arranged to be attached to the plate member to define a plurality of receiving structures, and a plurality of second plate members adapted to be secured to each of a plurality of separate table top sections moveably arranged over a top surface of the guide plate, wherein each of the plurality of second plate members includes a projecting member adapted to be received in one of the receiving structures.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Century Furniture LLCInventor: James R. Conley
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Patent number: 7681946Abstract: An apparatus includes a table and a bench movably coupled to the table. The table and the bench collectively have a first configuration and a second configuration. The table has a first width when the table and the bench are in the first configuration. The table and the bench collectively have a first height when the table and the bench are in the first configuration. The table and the bench collectively have a second width and a second height when the table and the bench are in the second configuration. The second width is less than half of the first width, and the second height is less than half of the first width.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Swimways CorporationInventors: David A. Arias, Kevin O'Doherty, Sai Kei Wong, Chak Por Lee
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Patent number: 7661374Abstract: An expandable table assembly having a table top, a base, a plurality of legs supporting the base, and a plurality of releasably attachable expansion members that can be used to expand the table surface beyond the surface area of the unexpanded table top. The table top is repositionable from a first use position to a second use position by lifting the table top above the base, rotating the table top 90 degrees relative to the base in a substantially horizontal plane, and then lowering the table top back onto the base. The expansion members are attachable to the base only when the table top is in the second use position and, when attached, become part of the total surface area of the table.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Inventor: John W. Mullen, III
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Patent number: 7644665Abstract: A new and improved knockdown pallet structure comprises a relatively flexible base panel which is fabricated from a suitable woven plastic material, such as, for example, polypropylene, and a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending pockets are secured upon undersurface portions of the base panel so as to accommodate rigid support members, which may comprise rigid thermoplastic tubes or pipes, for accommodating the fork tines of a forklift truck when a pallet structure, having a palletized load disposed thereon, is to be lifted and transported.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Thomas W. Creighton, Selamawit T. Desta Rogowsky, Edward J. Cavenagh
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Patent number: 7516706Abstract: A new and improved knockdown pallet structure comprises a relatively flexible base panel which is fabricated from a suitable woven plastic material, such as, for example, polypropylene, and a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending pockets are secured upon undersurface portions of the base panel so as to accommodate rigid support members, which may comprise rigid thermoplastic tubes or pipes, for accommodating the fork tines of a forklift truck when a pallet structure, having a palletized load disposed thereon, is to be lifted and transported.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Thomas W. Creighton, Selamawit T. Desta Rogowsky, Edward J. Cavenagh
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Patent number: 7464653Abstract: A table comprises a table base having a table top, horizontally-fixed sections positioned atop the table base, and a plurality of self-storing expansion leaves that have at least a first length and a second length. The expansion leaves have a first length when stored within the table base and a second length when placed between the fixed sections. Double pivoting hinges connect the expansion leaves to the table base.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Statecraft International Inc.Inventor: Martin J. Dodge
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Patent number: 7455018Abstract: An expandable table of the type in which a number of table top sections are caused to move outwardly and expand on rotation of the table top. The table top sections are coupled to a guide plate, which defines the positions between which the sections move. The guide plate is mounted for rotation and engages low friction rub blocks mounted along the inner perimeter of the outer edge of the table. The table top sections themselves are mounted on guides, which are at least partially received in the guide plate. Once the table top sections have been moved into the expanded configuration by rotation of the table top, table leaves are inserted in the spaces between adjacent table top sections to form a larger contiguous table surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Century Furniture LLCInventors: James R. Conley, Andrew D. Rudisill
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Patent number: 7337731Abstract: A conjoined folding table includes a table plane and plane support frames, wherein under the table plane are disposed two groups of identical support frames. Each group of plane support frames includes two support legs, two slide support rods, a slide block, two slant support rods, a pull rod, a stay bar, two plane support traverse tubes, a pivotal member, and a U-shaped hinge. The slide support rod is connected to the support leg via a slide block, and the upper end of the slide support rod is movably hinged with the plane support traverse tube. The lower ends of the two slide support rods are rotatably connected via a rotary member, or one end of slide support rod is connected to the support leg via a slide block, and the other end is connected to the plane support traverse via a slide block and is provided with a cross support rod.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Changzhou Qiaoyu Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiawei Mu, Shudong Wang
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Patent number: 7311047Abstract: An expanding table of the type in which a number of table top sections are caused to move outwardly and expand on rotation of the table top. The table top sections are coupled to a guide plate, which defines the positions between which the sections move. The guide plate is mounted for rotation and engages low friction rub blocks mounted along the inner perimeter of the outer edge of the table. The table top sections themselves are mounted on guides, which are at least partially received in the guide plate. Once the table top sections have been moved into the expanded configuration by rotation of the table top, table leaves are inserted in the spaces between adjacent table top sections to form a larger contiguous table surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Century Furniture LLCInventors: James R. Conley, Andrew D. Rudisill
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Patent number: 7203997Abstract: A hinge includes a link with two lateral sides, and an assembly comprising a pair of side plates. Protruding from each lateral side of the link is a pair of parallel pins, and each side plate includes a pair of non-parallel guide slots. The assembly and the link are positioned such that each pin slidably engages one of the guide slots and the pins can simultaneously slide in their respective guide slots. Since the guide slots are non-parallel, when one pin is forced to slide in one direction, the other pin of the pair is forced to slide in a different direction, causing the assembly to both turn and translate with respect to the link.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Inventor: James C. Morgan
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Patent number: 7096797Abstract: A portable collapsible table or tray having multiple wooden panels hinged to each other from underneath by a piece of fabric. The panels fold in a zigzag manner into a compact, folded form which is easily carried in a bag. The panels are secured to form a rigid table surface by inserting removable support rods laterally and crosswise through the wooden panels. The end panels each receive a locking rod at its respective outer side. Support panels having handle cutouts and legs are attached at each end of the table by hinges. These support panels have bores therethrough for inserting the support pins, and are thus locked in place, along with the wooden surface panels when the rods are inserted. The support panels fold with the surface panels when the support rods are removed forming a compact configuration. A game board version without support panels is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Inventors: Melanie A. Sharpe, Anton J. Sharpe
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Patent number: 6994032Abstract: An expanding table of the type in which a number of table top sections are caused to move outwardly and expand on rotation of the table top. The table top sections are coupled to a guide plate, which defines the positions between which the sections move. The guide plate is mounted for rotation and engages low friction rub blocks mounted along the inner perimeter of the outer edge of the table. The table top sections themselves are mounted on guides, which are at least partially received in the guide plate. Once the table top sections have been moved into the expanded configuration by rotation of the table top, table leaves are inserted in the spaces between adjacent table top sections to form a larger contiguous table surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Century Furniture, LLC.Inventors: James R. Conley, Andrew D Rudisill
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Patent number: 6986722Abstract: The present invention provides a tennis table that is collapsible into a relatively small profile. The table can be partially assembled in relatively small boxes for easy storage and display on store shelves and for easy shipment in commercial or customer vehicles with limited cargo space. The table can be fully assembled without tools relatively quickly. The table is capable of being opened from the collapsed configuration by young or physically disabled persons with a relatively small amount of force and has a low profile, both height and lengthwise, in the collapsed configuration In a first embodiment the collapsible tennis table comprises two table halves, each table half having two table portions and legs secured to the bottom of each table portion. Each of the legs receives a connecting member that spans the joint between two table portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2002Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: SOP Services, Inc.Inventor: Benanali H. Dadbeh
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Patent number: 6929230Abstract: A multiple-purpose foldable frame includes a plurality of reinforcement rods, an adaptation holder, a plurality of sleeves and arms in conjunction with a plurality of posts and pivot holders. One end of each reinforcement rod is pivoted to a respective pivot holder at the lower end of each post and extending towards the center of the frame at a certain inclination with another end of the reinforcement rod pivoted to the adaptation rod. Each sleeve is inserted onto a respective post. One end of each arm is pivoted to a respective sleeve and another end to a respective reinforcement rod. Each arm is provided with a track to hold onto the reinforcement rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Inventor: Ming-Liang Tsai
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Publication number: 20040250739Abstract: An extendable sectional table, which is tough and easily foldable, can be extended in length as needed. Depending on the length thereof, the extendable sectional table is composed of a number of supporting units and a tabletop unit having a corresponding number of laths. A supporting unit further consists of a plurality of legs, collapsible connecting frames, cross bars, and fixers and sleeves for combining the above components. A tabletop unit consists of a plurality of laths, connecting tubes, a string, and a couple of fixing covers. The supporting units and the tabletop unit combine to form a firm body, which can be taken apart without tools and can be folded to fit in with a compact storage space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventor: Jung Wen Yang
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Patent number: 6688573Abstract: A pedestal base which is a hollow tube having a first periphery and a second periphery. At least one of the first and second peripheries includes at least two pairs of open channels. Each pair of open channels is sized and spaced around the periphery so that a support member of constant cross-section can be slidably fitted into the pair of channels. The pairs of channels are spaced around the periphery so that, when a straight support member is fitted into each pair of channels, all the support members are parallel to each other and form a platform for supporting objects. The pedestals are particularly useful in the catering industry for supporting food and beverage containers, tableware, flower vases and sculptures.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Inventors: Petra Reed, James P. Reed
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Patent number: 6367393Abstract: A table is provided with a collapsible tabletop that can be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled by simply tightening or loosening a drawstring and then either snapping the individual legs in or out, under the end leaves of the tabletop. The entire collapsed configuration is light, compact and easy to carry and store. The tabletop has a drawstring that is looped through two holes drilled laterally through the width of each of the individual tabletop leaves to link them together in assembly order. This allows the user to assemble them very quickly by simply pulling on both ends of the string with one hand while using the other to hold and disengage a spring loaded string locking device through which both ends of the string are threaded. This action draws the individual leaves together until all the dowels are firmly seated within their respective dowel holes. After the dowels in all four legs are snapped into their holes in the bottom of the two end leaves, the table is ready for use.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Inventor: Diane Kasten
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Patent number: 6283045Abstract: A tabletop has a plurality of panels connected by rope-type connections and pole-shaped legs that can be folded up by way of links. Bars with grooves are provided to maintain the tabletop panels in an outstretched position. Connectors provided on the legs and connectors provided on the panels both engage the grooves on the bars such that the legs are properly positioned with respect to the panels of the tabletop.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: On Way Co., Ltd.Inventor: Satoshi Izumi
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Patent number: 6125771Abstract: A conformally folding table comprises a surface assembly and a support member adapted to pivotally attach the surface assembly to a structure such as a post or mast. The surface assembly comprises a plurality of surface members and is adapted, upon being pivoted into a stowed position, to fold or "wrap," by means of relative rotations between adjacent surface members, around the structure and into close conformance with it, so as to allow storage of the table in a minimum of space. When the table is to be used, the table is pivoted away from the structure into a deployed position and the surface members are unfolded or "unwrapped" to form a flat table surface. Preferred embodiments of the table also comprise one or more legs for stability and a lateral support member to help support the surface members in forming a flat table surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: David L. Garrison PSInventors: Steven H. Platt, Robert W. Platt
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Patent number: 6125769Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Inventors: Ting-sheng Tsai, Wei-sin Chang
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Patent number: 5884566Abstract: A roll-up table top assembly includes a plurality of slats that are disposed side by side, and a plurality of coupling units. Each of the slats has opposed parallel longitudinal sides. Each of the coupling units couples pivotally an adjacent pair of the slats, and includes a first coupling member and a second coupling member. The first coupling member is formed integrally on one of the longitudinal sides of one of the slats and includes a connecting portion and a cylindrical mounting shaft portion formed on the connecting portion. The second coupling member is formed integrally on one of the longitudinal sides of another one of the slats and includes a resilient coupling ring which has an axially extending notch with a size smaller than the diameter of the mounting shaft portion of the first coupling member. The mounting shaft portion of the first coupling member is extendible into the coupling ring via the notch to couple pivotally the adjacent pair of slats.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Inventor: Kao-San Chen
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Patent number: 5711229Abstract: An extensible table comprises a foldable board and a pair of basis structures, at least one of which is mounted on wheels, the two basis structures rigidly support respective end portions of the foldable board and are displaceable between a first operative condition in which they are spaced apart from each other, with the foldable board fully extended, and a second operative condition in which they are adjacent to each other, with the foldable board folded.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Pro-Cord S.R.L.Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
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Patent number: 5513576Abstract: A self adjusting lap table includes a strap to maintain the table in a coiled position when not in use. When used the storage strap is released and the lap table is uncoiled and placed on the users lap. When the table is placed on the users lap it tends to return to the coiled position causing the table edges to grip the users legs. Openings in the table top provide locations to insert drinking cups or other items.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1995Date of Patent: May 7, 1996Inventor: Thomas A. Ward
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Patent number: 5475880Abstract: A foldable bathtub seat that includes a plurality of elongated parallel generally rectangular slats interconnected by hinges such that the slats are foldable to a configuration in which the slats are in stacked facing engagement parallel to each other and unfoldable to a configuration in which the slats are in a planar array. A rider at one end of each of the slats cooperates with a track affixed to a wall adjacent to the bathtub rim such that the slats are foldably and unfoldably supported by the bathtub rim while extending across the rim. In the unfolded configuration, the coplanar slats form a transfer seat supported along one end by the track affixed to the wall, and along the other end by the wall-remote edge of the bathtub rim. In the folded configuration, the seat may be readily removed for full access to the tub.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignees: Torbett B. Guenther, Dolores GuentherInventor: Torbett B. Guenther
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Patent number: 5329863Abstract: A table with table leaves displaceable away from one another so as to extend the table area, and with additional leaves (6, 7) which are hingedly interconnected and stored in a folded condition in a storing chamber situated centrally below the table when the table leaves are in the non-extended condition. The additional leaves (6, 7) are connected to a vertically displaceable carrying member (11) in turn connected to a driving means (22). Guide means (12) are provided in connection with the additional leaves (6, 7), said guide means supporting each additional leaf (6, 7) at a substantially fixed and relatively short distance from the hinged rims (8, 9) thereof substantially along the entire moving path thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1993Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Assignee: Skovby Mobelfabrik A/SInventors: Preben Rasmussen, Per Hansb k
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Patent number: 5090337Abstract: The shelving apparatus, especially for a goods-carrying motor vehicle, includes two horizontal guide rods, each having a fixed support mounted thereon as well as a slider, at least one adjustable shelf including a set of rectangular components, each of the rectangular components being positionable lengthwise side-by-side, and two foldable parallelogram devices (80,81) for mounting the rectangular components on the horizontal guide rods.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Inventor: Maurizio Magistrelli
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Patent number: 5042863Abstract: A portable storage assembly for use in the cargo space of a truck comprising foldable sets of shelf panels, each set including at least two shelf panels hingedly connected to one another and to an interior side wall of the truck so as to be movable between a folded, stored position and an extended, operable position. The shelf sets are hingedly mounted along opposite interior walls at various levels spaced from the truck floor so as to form storage shelves extending transversely across the width of the truck at various height levels in the cargo space when in the extended, operable position. A pair of transverse support bars extending between the opposite interior walls, and secured at opposite ends by U-shaped braces, provide support to an under side of the shelf panels so that a load can be placed on an upper support surface of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Inventor: Otto F. Fraga
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Patent number: 4958577Abstract: A lap tray is amenable to being rolled up into a cylindrical storable configuration, and to being unrolled into a set-up configuration. The tray includes slats mounted on one side of a layer of flexible material, and a brace assembly located on the other side of the layer of flexible material. The brace assembly includes brace elements connected to the slats by a pivot pin and are in an X-shape when supporting the slats in the set-up configuration. The rolled up tray is carried and stored in a carrying case.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1989Date of Patent: September 25, 1990Inventors: Richard Demaio, James Piera
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Patent number: 4571799Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 1982Date of Patent: February 25, 1986Assignee: Anorad CorporationInventor: Anwar Chitayat
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Patent number: 4384379Abstract: An expansion bed which is easily expansible and contractible along its longitudinal direction. The bed comprises a frame having at least two support links on each side which connect front and rear upstanding frame plates. Each of the pairs of support links comprises a support leg which adjustably connects the front and rear frame plates. A plurality of arms are connected to the upper end of the support links and a plurality of mounting plates are positioned upon the support arms for receiving a mattress or other bed surface. The frame plates can be provided with rollers for facilitating movement of the bed and a stopper can be provided for preventing movement of the rollers. If desired, the mounting plates can be placed upon rather than connected to the arms and can be formed so that the widths of adjacent pairs of the plates increase in the longitudinal direction of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1980Date of Patent: May 24, 1983Assignee: Yamada Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Yamada
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Patent number: 4341164Abstract: A folding camp table comprising a collapsible lightweight frame and a compactable table surface. The frame comprises a pair of spaced apart side rails, a pair of spaced apart end rails perpendicular to the side rails, two pairs of spaced apart legs, removable cross bars retained by cross bar retainers and connecting and perpendicular to each leg in each pair of legs, locking supports having one end attached to the side rail and the opposite end attached to a leg located normal to the side rail, hinges midway on each end rail and latches midway on each side rail. The table surface comprises a flexible, easily compacted material having support members located along the length of the table surface and extending the width of the table surface. The invention folding camp table is designed so as to be lightweight and easily compacted into a unit that can be transported in a minimal amount of space yet have considerable stability and structural integrity.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1980Date of Patent: July 27, 1982Assignee: Charles H. RubleInventor: Johnny L. Johnson
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Patent number: 4154476Abstract: The system includes a side-folding, extendable frame comprising a plurality of generally U-shaped tubular frame members arranged on their sides so that the base of the "U" alternately forms rear and front legs for the frame. The ends of adjacent frame members are connected for rotation about horizontal axes by couplers which limit rotation of the frame members so that the frame has a zig-zag shape in the use position with all rear legs inclined toward one side of the frame and all front legs inclined uniformly toward the other side of the frame. Seats extend between and are supported by the frame members. Although various types of seating may be used, in a preferred embodiment, each seat is hinged at its side to an associated frame member, so that in the storage position, the frame members and seats are folded vertically to side-by-side relation, and the seats nest within each other for minimum space. A dolly may be used to fold the seating, and transport it to and from storage.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1978Date of Patent: May 15, 1979Inventor: Leif Blodee
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Patent number: 4101164Abstract: The present invention is for an integral folding seat and table unit in which the seats are mounted on arms which rotate about a vertical axis on legs of the table and the seats themselves rotate about the arms from the horizontal to the vertical position during folding of the table and seats.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1976Date of Patent: July 18, 1978Assignee: Manufacturas Vega S.A.Inventor: Luis Vega Urdanoz
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Patent number: 4073456Abstract: A manual suspension support, in which a pair of tubes are telescoped using a vacuum source. A slidable piston in a cylinder is selectively brakable by manipulation of a handle which also carries a valve operable to vary the vacuum in the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1976Date of Patent: February 14, 1978Assignee: Alex D. KarapitaInventors: Alexander D. Karapita, James D. Orr
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Patent number: 4026219Abstract: A table for occasional or regular use that can be easily set-up from knocked down and preferably rolled up carrying condition, and vice versa, comprises a preferably roll-up table top of side-by-side slats hingedly interconnected by a flexible sheet or strip covering, and a knock-down four-legged, supporting structure for the table top. The table top, whether roll-up or otherwise, is reversible and is securable to the set-up supporting structure by snap fasteners or the like. A male member of mating snap fasteners is secured on top and preferably at one side of one end of the supporting structure and a similar member is secured on top and preferably at the opposite side and other end of the supporting structure. Female members are secured in corresponding locations on both sides of the table top.The supporting structure preferably comprises a pair of interfitting, two-legged, mutually opposite end sections, which are similarly foldable for association with the roll-up top as a small bundle.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1976Date of Patent: May 31, 1977Inventors: Robert N. Shupe, David C. Haines