Extendable sectional table

• US 20040250739A1
• Filed: 06/11/2003
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jung Wen Yang
• Original Assignee: Jung Wen Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Jung Wen
• Application Number:
  US10/458,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20040250739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/67
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 1/06 with flexible roll-tops

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. An extendable sectional table comprising:

at least one supporting unit having a predetermined number of legs, a plurality of connecting frames, and a plurality of cross bars;

each of said legs having a fixer on top and a sleeve sliding thereon;

said fixer and said sleeve each having a predetermined number of pivot plates pivotably connected to said connecting frames;

four fixing pins and a dowel pin respectively erecting at four corners and at a center of a top of a fixer;

a hole being formed to be close to an end of each of said cross bars, and a fixing connector with a dowel hole being received at another end of each said cross bar;

said cross bars being combined by said fixing connectors;

said cross bars being locked on said fixers by said fixing pins and said dowel pins;

said hole on each of said cross bars receiving a dowel pin, whereas said dowel hole on each of said fixing connectors receiving a dowel pin on an adjacent fixer; and

a tabletop unit having of a predetermined number of laths, a plurality of hollow connecting tubes, and a string;

each of said laths having two transverse holes on each end thereof;

a pair of said connecting tubes connecting two laths by extending two ends of each connecting tube into said transverse holes;

said string going through each of said transverse holes and said laths, and being tightened and knotted so as to form a firm tabletop;

two fixing covers being placed on a lower surface of two outmost laths of said tabletop;

an open end of each of said fixing covers receiving said fixing connectors of two cross bars underneath, thereby combining said tabletop unit and said supporting unit;

said extendable sectional table being extended by means of connecting a number of extra supporting units to said supporting unit and adding more laths to said tabletop unit;

wherein in assembly above structure, by the cross bars and the fixers, the at least one supporting unit will be fixed and is not folded by mistake;

a number of supporting unit can be assembled as desired;

moreover, the tabletop unit can be assembled to have a larger area by the connecting tubes and capable to being connected to the cross bars of the supporting unit;

thereby a table with a desired area can be achieved.

2. The extendable sectional table of claim 1, wherein only one supporting unit is utilized to support a tabletop unit;

laths of different lengths being arranged together to form a round tabletop unit;

said supporting unit and said tabletop unit combining to form a round table.