Bar counter attachable to balcony rails

• US 20070101908A1
• Filed: 11/06/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tatsuhito Makita
• Original Assignee: Tatsuhito Makita
• Inventors: Makita, Tatsuhito
• Application Number:
  US11/593,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20070101908A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/47
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/02 detachable

Abstract

A bar counter is easily attached to a vertical support such as balcony rails to instantly create a table in a small area such as a balcony without sacrificing the space. The bar counter includes a table, a pair of arms for mounting the table thereon, a hanger having a horizontal beam and a pair of vertical beams where each of the vertical beams has a first hook for attaching the hanger to the horizontal rail. The pair of arms mounting the table is attached to a desired location of the hanger, and the hanger is mounted on the vertical and horizontal rails of the support member through the first hooks on the pair of vertical beams.

Claims

1. A bar counter that is attachable to and detachable from a support member having vertical and horizontal rails, comprising:

a table;

an arm for mounting the table thereon;

a hanger having a first hook for attaching the hanger to the horizontal rail;

wherein the arm mounting the table is attached to a desired location of the hanger, and wherein the hanger is mounted on the vertical and horizontal rails of the support member through the first hook.

2. A bar counter as defined in claim 1, wherein said first hook is formed on a vertical beam of the hanger at an upper end thereof, wherein the first hook includes a clamping member for clamping the horizontal rail and an adjustment member for driving the clamping member when clamping the horizontal rail.

3. A bar counter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arm has a second hook for attaching the arm to the hanger by engaging the second hook with a hole formed on a vertical beam of the hanger.

4. A bar counter as defined in claim 1, wherein said hanger includes a vertical beam on which a plurality of holes are provided, and where said arm has a second hook for attaching the arm to the hanger by engaging the second hook with a selected hole formed on the vertical beam of the hanger.

5. A bar counter as defined in claim 1, wherein said hanger includes an adjustment plate to adjust a forward and backward position of a lower end of the hanger to compensate differences in size and shape between the vertical rail and the horizontal rail.

6. A bar counter as defined in claim 5, wherein said adjustment plate on the hanger includes an adjustment member for changing the position of the lower end of the hanger and an elastic member for flexibly contacting the hanger with the vertical rail.

7. A bar counter as defined in claim 2, wherein said first hook includes a hole which is elongated in a vertical direction to attain flexibility for movement of the clamping member and the adjustment member depending on a size and shape of the horizontal rail.

8. A bar counter as defined in claim 2, wherein said clamping member in said first hook has an L-shape to support the horizontal rail, and wherein an elastic member is provided on a surface of the clamping member to flexibly contact with the horizontal rail.

9. A bar counter as defined in claim 2, wherein said arm for mounting the table has a triangle shape and said second hook is provided on a vertical beam of the triangle shape at an upper position.

10. A bar counter as defined in claim 1, wherein said first hook is integrally formed on said vertical beam of the hanger at the upper end thereof.

12. A bar counter as defined in claim 10, wherein said first hook is formed on each of said vertical beams of the hanger at an upper end thereof, wherein the first hook includes a clamping member for clamping the horizontal rail and an adjustment member for driving the clamping member when clamping the horizontal rail.

13. A bar counter as defined in claim 10, wherein each of said pair of arms has a second hook for attaching the arm to the hanger by engaging the second hook with a hole formed on the corresponding vertical beam of the hanger.

14. A bar counter as defined in claim 10, wherein said hanger includes a plurality of holes formed on each of said pair of vertical beams, and wherein each of said pair of arms has a second hook for attaching the arm to the hanger by engaging the second hook with a selected hole formed on the vertical beam of the hanger.

15. A bar counter as defined in claim 10, wherein said hanger includes an adjustment plate formed on said horizontal beam to adjust a forward and backward position of a lower end of the hanger to compensate differences in size and shape between the vertical rail and the horizontal rail.

16. A bar counter as defined in claim 15, wherein said adjustment plate on the hanger includes an adjustment member for changing the position of the lower end of the hanger and an elastic member for flexibly contacting the hanger with the vertical rail.

17. A bar counter as defined in claim 12, wherein said first hook provided on each of said vertical beams includes a hole which is elongated in a vertical direction to attain flexibility for movement of the clamping member and the adjustment member depending on a size and shape of the horizontal rail.

18. A bar counter as defined in claim 12, wherein said clamping member in said first hook has an L-shape to support the horizontal rail, and wherein an elastic member is provided on a surface of the clamping member to flexibly contact with the horizontal rail.

19. A bar counter as defined in claim 12, wherein each of said pair of arms for mounting the table has a triangle shape and said second hook is provided on a vertical beam of the triangle shape at an upper position.

20. A bar counter as defined in claim 10, wherein said first hook is integrally formed on said vertical beam of the hanger at the upper end thereof.

11. A bar counter that is attachable to and detachable from a support member having vertical and horizontal rails, comprising:

a table;

a pair of arms for mounting the table thereon;

a hanger having a horizontal beam and a pair of vertical beams, each of the vertical beams having a first hook for attaching the hanger to the horizontal rail;

wherein the pair of arms mounting the table is attached to a desired location of the hanger, and wherein the hanger is mounted on the vertical and horizontal rails of the support member through the first hooks on the pair of vertical beams.