Portable table for use in vehicles

• US 4,795,210 A
• Filed: 11/20/1987
• Issued: 01/03/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lloyd E. Milat
• Original Assignee: Lloyd E. Milat
• Inventors: Milat, Lloyd E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cranmer, Laurie K.
• Application Number:
  US07/123,365
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 297/194, 297/145, 297/188, 297/467, 248/311.2, 248/558, 211/69.5, 108/43, 108/49, 108/24
• US Class Current: 108/43
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/002 of trays

Abstract

A portable table for use in automobiles has a rectangular planar table top surrounded by upstanding sides. A crayon supporting block and a cup receiving aperture are provided on the table top. The table top is designed to be supported by a pair of attached legs. The legs may have a contoured bottom corresponding to the contour of an automobile seat. By selectively utilizing one short straight bottomed leg and one contoured bottom long leg, the portable table may be supported on a backseat armrest in an automobile. Aligned slots through each leg receive an automobile seatbelt to secure the table on a car seat. An adjustable strap is provided to secure the table to an infant car seat when the seat belt is being used to secure the infant seat. A cup shelf secured to the table supports a cup in a level position, projecting through an opening in the table top.

Claims

1. A new and improved portable table for use in vehicles, comprising:

a flat rectangular planar table top;

a raised block having a plurality of holes for holding crayons adjacent an upper top edge portion of said table top;

four upstanding sidewalls surrounding said table top;

a cup receiving aperture formed through said table top;

a pair of opposed spaced slots formed beneath said table top;

a pair of legs received in said slots;

means for removably securing said legs in said slots;

each of said legs having a bottom edge contour matching a car seat contour or having a straight bottom edge;

a slot for receiving a vehicle seatbelt formed in each of said legs;

a cup supporting shelf positioned beneath said cup receiving aperture; and

means for removably securing opposite ends of said shelf to said table.

2. The portable table for use in vehicles of claim 1, wherein one of said pair of legs is a long leg and the other of said pair of legs is a short leg.

3. The portable table for use in vehicles of claim 2, further comprising a pair of cup support shelf channel brackets on opposite sides of said table, adjacent each of said leg mounting slots;

and

one end of said cup support shelf removably secured in each of said channel brackets, whereby said cup support shelf will be horizontally positioned when said table is mounted in a rear seat of a two door vehicle.

4. The portable table for use in vehicles of claim 1, wherein each of said pair of legs has an equal length.

5. The portable table for use in vehicles of claim 1, further comprising an adjustable strap on said table for securing said table to an infant car seat in a rear seat of a two door vehicle.