Furniture combination

• US 3,957,302 A
• Filed: 04/21/1975
• Issued: 05/18/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ferris E. Jones
• Original Assignee: Ferris E. Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Ferris E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, James C.
• Application Number:
  US05/569,791
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 297/119, 297/126, 297/135, 297/144, 297/172-174
• US Class Current: 297/126
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/05 Service tables resting on the floor and also being fixed or related to an item of furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 83/02 Tables combined with seats folding or stowable tables with separable parts combined with seats A47B3/063; foldable table and seat units A47B3/14

Abstract

A furniture combination including a seat and a table mounted on the seat for movement between a position of use in front of the seat and a storage position wherein the table top is disposed in an edgewise upright position at the rear of the seat. The table, when in its use position, may be adjustable toward and away from the seat to locate the table in a comfortable position for a person occupying the seat. The seat may be a chair, sofa, convertible sofa or the like.

Claims

1. A furniture combination comprising:

a seat having a seat portion and backrest hinged along the rear edge of said seat portion on a fixed pivot axis relative to said seat portion for swinging forwardly and downwardly from its normal upright position to a lowered position,

a table top, and

means mounting said table top on said seat for swinging movement of said table top when said backrest is lowered between a position of use wherein said table top is horizontally situated in front of said seat for use by a person occupying the seat and a storage position wherein said table top is situated in an edgewise upright altitude behind said backrest and for fore and aft edgewise adjustment of said top relative to said seat in said use position of said top.

2. A furniture combination according to claim 1 including:

a support along the rear of said seat portion on which the lower edge of said table top rests in said storage position of said table top.

3. A furniture combination according to claim 1 wherein:

said table top mounting means comprises a supporting base below and mounting said table top, and slide-pivot means connecting said base and seat for swinging movement of said top and base between said use and storage positions of said top and for fore and aft adjustment of said top and base relative to said seat in said use position of said top.

4. A furniture combination according to claim 3 wherein:

said base comprises leg means secured to and extending below the normally underside of said table top and a pair of arms rigidly joined to and extending transversely of said leg means into straddling relation with said seat portion, and

said slide-pivot means comprises slide-pivot connections securing said arms to said seat portion in a manner such that in said use position of said table top said base is disposed to rest on the floor forwardly of said seat portion.

5. A furniture combination according to claim 4 wherein:

in said use position of said table top, said arms extend forwardly of said seat portion at floor level for resting on the floor.

6. A furniture combination according to claim 5 including:

a support along the rear of said seat portion on which the lower edge of said table top rests in said storage position of said table top.

7. A furniture combination according to claim 4 wherein:

said slide-pivot connections comprise mounting brackets secured to the underside of said seat portion adjacent the ends and front side of the seat portion and means joining said table base arms to said brackets for swinging of said arms relative to said brackets to accommodate swinging movement of said table top and base between said use and storage positions and movement of said arms relative to said brackets in the fore and aft direction of said seat to accommodate adjustment of said table top and base toward and away from said seat when the table top occupies said use position.

8. A furniture combination according to claim 7 wherein:

said seat comprises a convertible sofa wherein said seat portion is a folding seat portion which is foldable between a sofa configuration and a bed configuration, and

said table is movable between its use and storage positions in both said sofa and bed configurations of said seat portion.

9. A table for attachment to a seat comprising:

a table top,

supporting base means including leg means secured to and extending below the normally underside of said table top and arm means rigidly joined to and extending transversely of said leg means,

means for attaching said base means to said seat for swinging of said table between a position of use wherein said table top is horizontally situated in front of said seat for use by a person occupying the seat and a storage position wherein said table top is situated in an edgewise upright altitude behind said seat, and for adjustment of said table toward and away from said seat when the table occupies said use position, and

said attaching means comprising bracket means for attachment to the underside of said seat, and slide pivot connecting means joining said arm means to said bracket means for swinging of said arm means relative to said bracket means and adjustment of said arm means along said bracket means.

10. A table according to claim 9 wherein:

said arm means comprises a pair of arms rigidly joined to the lower end of and extending transversely of said leg means for straddling said seat,

said bracket means comprise a mounting bracket for each arm, and

said slide pivot means comprises a slide pivot connection between each arm and its mounting bracket.