Protective device for a tabletop

• US 20070227413A1
• Filed: 03/29/2007
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Triuso-Qualitatswerkzeuge GmbH
• Original Assignee: Triuso-Qualitatswerkzeuge GmbH
• Inventors: Rinberger, Gabriele
• Application Number:
  US11/729,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20070227413A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/90
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 37/04 Tables specially adapted for use in the garden or otherwise in the open air, e.g. with means for holding umbrellas or umbrella-like sunshades

Abstract

A protective device (10) for a tabletop (14) has a covering (12) and at least two mounting elements (18). The mounting elements (18) each have a longitudinal extent (18a), a fastening member (20) and a retaining member (22). The tabletop (14) extends along a table plane (16). The fastening members (20) are configured for fastening the associated mounting element (18) on the tabletop (14) so that the respective longitudinal extent (18a) of the associated mounting element (18) runs transverse to the table plane (16). The retaining members (22) are configured to retain the covering (12) and to withstand tensile forces that act on the associated retaining member (22) transverse to the longitudinal extent (18a) of the respective mounting elements.

Claims

1. A protective device (10) for a tabletop (14), having a covering (12) and at least two mounting elements (18), the mounting elements (18) each having a longitudinal extent (18a), a fastening member (20) and a retaining member (22), the tabletop (14) extending along a table plane (16), the fastening members (20) being configured in each case for fastening the associated mounting element (18) on the tabletop (14) so that the respective longitudinal extent (18a) of the associated mounting element (18) runs transverse to the table plane (16), the retaining members (22) being configured for retaining the covering (12), and the mounting elements (18) being configured such that, in the state in which they are fastened on the tabletop (14), they withstand tensile forces acting on the associated retaining member (22) transverse to the longitudinal extent (18a) of the respective mounting element (18).

2. The protective device of claim 1, characterized in that the mounting elements (18) each have an elongate spacer (24) arranged between the respective fastening member (20) and the respective retaining member (22), the spacer (24).

3. The protective device of claim 2, characterized in that, the respective mounting element (18), fastened on the tabletop (14), can be flexed elastically by a tensile force acting on its retaining member (22) transverse to the longitudinal extent of the mounting element (18).

4. The protective device of claim 2, characterized in that the spacer (24) and the fastening member (20) of each said mounting element (18) are configured so that it is possible to fasten on one another the spacer (24) and the fastening member (20) for each plug-in connection.

5. The protective device of claim 1, characterized in that the fastening members (20) each have a clamping element (21) for clamping the associated mounting element (18) firmly on the tabletop (14).

6. The protective device according to claim 1, characterized in that the covering (12) has a net, in particular an insect net, and/or a sheet-like material, for example a sheet-like fabric.

7. The protective device of claim 1, characterized in that the covering (12) is of elastically expansible configuration.

8. The protective device of claim 1, characterized in that the covering (12) has contact means (28) for fastening the covering (12) on the fastening members (20) of the mounting elements (18).

9. The device of claim 8, characterized in that the contact means (28) are configured so that the covering (12) can be tensioned by the contact means (28).

10. The protective device of claim 9, characterized in that the contact means (28) have a plurality of contact elements (30), that are arranged so that the covering (12) is suitable for spanning tabletops (14) of different sizes and/or shapes.