Automobile passenger's individual table

• US 3,985,374 A
• Filed: 07/07/1975
• Issued: 10/12/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tadeusz Powaska
• Original Assignee: Tadeusz Powaska
• Inventors: Powaska, Tadeusz
• Primary Examiner(s): Betts, Kenneth H.
• Application Number:
  US05/593,793
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 280/150 AB, 280/150 B, 280/730, 280/736, 280/751, 108/106-109, 211/90, 211/103, 297/163, 248/243, 248/240.4
• US Class Current: 280/730.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/004 of foldable trays mounted on the back-rest
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/20 Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components

Abstract

A retractable table located in front of each passenger of an automotive vehicle, so that a person can write a letter or place a meal thereupon; the table being made of soft rubber material so to cushion a person while holding him from being thrown forwardly in case of a car collision, the table being pivotably supported at its forward end so to be swinged upwardly into a stored, out-of-the-way position when not needed.

Claims

1. In an automobile passenger'"'"'s individual table the combination of a table top pivotably located in front of passengers of a car, and a pair of stationary rails in which said table top is vertically adjustable and pivotable between an upward vertical stored position and a rearwardly downwardly horizontal utility position, said table top being made of resilient rubber having a transverse pivot rod near one end extending through a slot, the ends of said rod protruding from each opposite side of said table top and a pair of hooks located on said one end of said table top, said rails being formed of configurated steel and each including a vertical channel in which said rod ends are vertically slidable and a vertical row of inverted U-shaped hooks for being selectively engaged by said table top hooks for retaining said table top in said horizontal position.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein said table top is comprised of telescopic sections having an interfitting tongue and groove arrangement for permitting securement together in selected positions.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein said table top includes a transverse weakened portion for being compressed when squeezed, an air valve bridging said weakened portion and being along an air line between a cannister of compressed air and an uninflated air bag in a chamber formed in said table top, said chamber being closed by an upwardly pivotable flap of said table top when in a horizontal position.