Multi-Position Table

• US 20090249982A1
• Filed: 04/04/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Palethorpe G. Chandler
• Original Assignee: Palethorpe G. Chandler
• Inventors: Palethorpe, G. Chandler
• Application Number:
  US12/062,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20090249982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/44
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/00 Suspended or hinged panels forming a table; Wall tables bed tables A47B23/00; adapted for use in vehicles A47B31/06; in combination with other furniture A47B83/00; arm-rest tables for chairs A47C

Abstract

The present application is directed to a multi-position table for use in confined spaces, particularly a multi-position table attached to a wall in a recreational vehicle. In one embodiment, the table comprises a table top and a bracket pivotably connected to the table top to the wall. The table top is movable between a storage position in which the table top is folded against the wall, a first deployed position, and a second deployed position without disconnecting the table top from the bracket. The table top may include clearance openings to allow the bracket to pass from a first side of the table top to a second side of the table top when the table top is moved from the first deployed position to the storage position.

Claims

1. A multi-position table for attachment to a wall, comprising:

a table top;

a bracket pivotably connecting the table top to the wall such that the table top is movable between a storage position in which the table top is folded against the wall, a first deployed position, and a second deployed position without disconnecting the table top from the bracket; and

a clearance opening in the table top to allow the bracket to pass from a first side of the table top to a second side of the table top when the table top is moved between the first deployed position and the storage position.

2. The table of claim 1 wherein the bracket comprises a support rod pivotably connected to the first side of the table top and pivotably connectable to the wall.

3. The table of claim 1 wherein the table top has a first height in the first deployed position and a second height less than the first height in the second deployed position.

4. The table of claim 1 wherein said clearance opening is a first clearance opening;

wherein the table further comprises a second clearance opening in the table top disposed in spaced relation to said first clearance opening;

wherein said bracket extends through said second clearance opening when the table top is in the storage position;

wherein the bracket does not pass through said second clearance opening when said table top is in said first deployed position.

5. The table of claim 1 wherein the bracket is positioned below the clearance opening when the table top is in the first deployed position and extends through the clearance opening when the table top is in the storage position.

6. The table of claim 1 wherein the bracket at least partially enters the clearance opening when the table top is in the second deployed position.

7. The table of claim 1 wherein the table top comprises a first section and a second section foldably connected to the first section such that the table top has a first length when the second section is in a folded position and a longer second length when the second section is in an unfolded position;

the second section connected to the bracket via said first section.

8. The table of claim 7 wherein the first section includes an edge positioned adjacent to the wall when the table top is in either the first or second deployed positions, the bracket pivotably connected to the first section in proximity to the edge.

9. The table of claim 8 wherein the clearance opening is disposed along the edge of the first section.

10. The table of claim 9 wherein the clearance opening extends generally perpendicular to the edge such that the bracket passes through the clearance opening as the table top is moved from the deployed position to the storage position.

11. The table of claim 7 wherein the first deployed position and the second deployed position are generally parallel to each other, and said storage position is generally perpendicular to said first and second positions.

12. The table of claim 7 comprising a support member positioned on a lower surface of the first section, the support member extendable at least partially under the second section when the second section is in the unfolded position.

13. The table of claim 7 wherein the first section remains attached to the wall when moving the table top between any of the following positions:

the storage position;

the first deployed position;

the second deployed position;

the first length; and

the second length.

14. The table of claim 7 wherein the second table section includes corners hingedly attached to the second table section and movable between folded and unfolded positions.

15. The table of claim 7 wherein each of the first and second sections includes a length measured perpendicular to the wall, the length of the first section greater than the length of the second section.

16. A camper assembly, comprising:

an interiorly facing wall;

first and second seats disposed proximate said wall and disposed generally perpendicular thereto;

a convertible table attached to said wall between said first and second seats;

said convertible table comprising;

a table top comprising a first section and a second section foldably connected to the first section such that the table top has a first length when the second section is in a folded position and a longer second length when the second section is in an unfolded position;

a bracket pivotably connecting the table top to the wall such that the table top is movable between a storage position in which the table top is folded against the wall, a first deployed position, and a second deployed position without disconnecting the table top from the bracket; and

a clearance opening in the table top to allow the bracket to pass from a first side of the table top to a second side of the table top when the table top is moved between the first deployed position and the storage position;

wherein the table top has a first height in the first deployed position and a second height less than the first height in the second deployed position;

wherein the bracket is positioned below the clearance opening when the table top is in the first deployed position and passes through the clearance opening when the table top is in the storage position;

the second section connected to the bracket via said first section.

17. The camper assembly of claim 16 wherein the first section includes an edge positioned adjacent to the wall when the table top is in either the first or second deployed positions, the bracket pivotably connected to the first section in proximity to the edge.

18. The camper assembly of claim 16 wherein the first and second sections each have opposing outer edges oriented generally perpendicular to the wall when the table top is in the second deployed position, the first and second sections supported along the outer edges by said first and second seats when the table top is in the second deployed position.

19. The camper assembly of claim 16 wherein the clearance opening is positioned such that the bracket at least partially enters the clearance opening when the table top moves from the first to the second deployed position.