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Table attachment for chairs

  • US 4,591,206 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1984
  • Issued: 05/27/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A table attachment for a chair having right and left arm rests, comprising right and left supports adapted to lie respectively along the right and left arm rests and being fore-and-aft elongated so as to project respectively ahead of the arm rests, each support having front and rear ends and each rear end portion including upright pivot means for the removable and laterally swingable attachment thereof to the respective arm rest, a table member dimensioned to span the mounted supports and being of rigid end-to-end construction to provide right and left end portions respectively overlaying and resting on the right and left front end portions of the supports, and right and left means respectively cooperative between the right and left end portions of the table member and the front end portions of the supports for mounting the table member on the supports, and each of said means including, for each support, front and rear similar round holes on vertical axes spaced apart lengthwise of the associated support and, for the table member, right and left round pegs depending respectively from the undersides of the right and left end portions of the member and dimensioned to snugly but turnably fit any of the holes, and a third round peg depending from the underside of the member at an intermediate portion thereof and also dimensioned to snugly but turnably fit any of the holes, wherein the distance between the first and third pegs and the second and third pegs is the same and is equal to the spacing between the front and rear holes in either support, whereby the table member may be supported on only one support by locating the intermediate peg in the forward hole of the support and one of the right or left pegs in the rear hole of the support.

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