Rail Vertically Raised Or Lowered Relative To Bed Patents (Class 473/11)
  • Patent number: 10124240
    Abstract: A game table television and method that allows for more frequent or continuous use of the game table by enabling additional and/or simultaneous use as a television, which may be conveniently enjoyed and/or controlled by the participants and/or spectators of the table game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Lydia Parvanta
  • Patent number: 7654911
    Abstract: The invention provides a leveling apparatus that cooperates with a game table leg by vertically translating the leg, wherein the apparatus is actuated near the top of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Cartwright
  • Patent number: 6659879
    Abstract: A table assembly structured for selective positioning between a conventional table orientation and a gaming orientation which facilitates the playing of the game of billiards thereon. A plurality of side rails are connected to an under portion of a table top of the table assembly and movable between a stored position and an operative position which respectively define the conventional and gaming orientations. When in the stored position, the plurality of side rails are disposed in a primarily hidden location in order to enhance the table's appearance. A positioning assembly includes a plurality of linkage structures movably supporting the plurality of side rails along a complex path of travel as the plurality of side rails move between the stored and operative positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas Cartwright
  • Patent number: 6102808
    Abstract: A height-adjustable billiard table includes a table body and legs. The table body has a bottom portion. Securing plates are disposed at four corners of the bottom portion and have respective support screw rods secured thereto. Each support screw rod has a gear in the form of an umbrella disposed at a top end thereof. The legs have screw rod seats at top ends thereof for receiving the support screw rods that connect the securing plates to the top ends of the legs. A transmission shaft having opposed worms provided at two opposite ends thereof is disposed at the bottom portion of the table body to extend in a longitudinal direction. Two worm shafts are disposed at front and rear ends of the bottom portion of the table body. The worm shafts are transverse to the transmission shaft and parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Wan Chao Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hong-Mou Wong