Multi-position table

• US 4,106,413 A
• Filed: 12/05/1977
• Issued: 08/15/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Neal B. Hoaglund
• Original Assignee: Neal B. Hoaglund
• Inventors: Hoaglund, Neal B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
• Application Number:
  US05/857,375
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• Field of Search: 108/11, 108/12, 108/19, 108/133, 108/130, 108/65, 108/131, 108/92, 108/132, 108/116, 108/115, 108/33, 108/34, 108/35, 108/36, 312/194, 312/195, 248/439
• US Class Current: 108/12
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2009/006 of two distinct heights, e.g. coffee table - dining table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0039 Two position height adjustable table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/16 with means for, or adapted for, inclining the legs of the table for varying the height of the top, e.g. with adjustable cross legs

Abstract

A table apparatus having a flat top surface and leg structures hinged thereto, whereby the leg structures may be pivotally moved to at least three stable positions, providing a variable table top height, surface area and functional utilization. The leg structures may have built in shelves and receptacles for additional utilitarian purposes.

Claims

1. A table adapted for multiple positions, comprising a top surface having two opposite ends sloped downwardly and outwardly relative to said top surface;

a hinge attached along the bottom of each of said sloped table ends; and

a leg structure attached to each of said hinges, each of said leg structures constructed from generally triangular-shaped members with said hinge attachment along one triangular edge so as to permit said triangular edge to pivotally contact a sloped table end.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said each of said leg structures further comprise two generally triangular-shaped members spaced apart in rigid attachment by an intermediate panel extending therebetween along edges adjacent said edges contacting said sloped table end, whereby said intermediate panel forms an adjacent extension to said top surface.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said top surface sloped ends are positioned at an approximate angle of 120°

relative to said top surface.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said leg structures each further comprise generally triangular-shaped members of identical size but having unequal length edges with two of said edges being perpendicular relative to each other, and said hinge attachment being made along a non-perpendicular edge.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said leg structures each further comprise a plurality of shelves extending between said triangular shaped members.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising locking means for securing said leg structures in a fixed position relative to said top surface.

7. A multiple-position table having predetermined selectable elevational positions, comprising

(a) a table top having two opposite ends downwardly and outwardly sloping from a top surface;

(b) a hinge attached along the lower edge of each of said sloped ends;

(c) a pair of leg structures, each respectively attached to a hinge, and each comprising

(i) a pair of identical generally triangularly-shaped surface members

(ii) a separator surface member rigidly mounted between said triangularly-shaped surface members along respective edges thereof;

(iii) means for attaching to said hinge, extending between said triangularly-shaped surface members along respective edges thereof adjacent said edges where said separator surface member is attached;

whereby the pivotal movement of said leg structure about said hinge brings said separator surface member into adjacent planar alignment with said top surface.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said generally triangular-shaped surface members further comprise generally right-triangle-shaped members.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said means for attaching to said hinge extends between said surface members along hypotenuse edges.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of shelves extending between said triangularly-shaped surface members.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising means for securing said leg structures in a fixed position.