Collapsible table assembly

• US 4,834,449 A
• Filed: 04/18/1988
• Issued: 05/30/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fred Engelman
• Original Assignee: Fred Engelman
• Inventors: Engelman, Fred
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Green, Brian K.
• Application Number:
  US07/182,857
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 108/79, 108/134, 108/152, 211/1.3, 211/104, 248/240.1, 297/150, 297/162, 297/194, 297/145
• US Class Current: 297/145
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/14 Foldable table and seat units
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/70 of foldable type
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/10 Parts, details or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1094 Tables, working plates or trays

Abstract

A collapsible table capable of being supported either in an obvious location such as being mounted on a wall or in a somewhat hidden location such as in the arm of a furniture structure such as a chair, couch, etc. A base is fixed to the supporting wall or furniture piece structure and a carriage member is slidably movable thereon. A table top is pivotal relative to the carriage but movable therewith relative to the base so that the table top may selectively be disposed in an operative, substantially horizontal orientation or in an inoperative, stored location. A top support structure is also carried by the carriage and is selectively positionable beneath and in supporting relation to an under surface of the table top.

Claims

1. A collapsible table assembly designed for selective disposition between an operative and an inoperative position, said assembly comprising:

a. a base fixedly secured to a supporting structure and having a substantially elongated configuration along at least one dimension thereof,

b. a carriage structure movably mounted on said base in substantially parallel relation thereto and selectively disposable between a retracted position and an outwardly extending position relative to said base,

c. a table-top pivotally connected to said carriage structure and movable therewith relative to said base, said table-top movable between said operative position defined by an outwardly extending transverse and substantially horizontal orientation relative to said carriage structure and said inoperative position defined by a parallel, side-by-side orientation relative to said carriage structure,

d. a top support having an elongated configuration and pivotally mounted on said carriage structure and movable therewith relative to said base, said top support positionable beneath and in supporting engagement with an under surface of said table top, and

e. said inoperative position further defined by said top support and said carriage structure disposed in parallel relation to said table top and said carriage structure disposed in said retracted position in substantially overlying relation to at least a major portion of said base,

f. said carriage structure comprises a cut-out portion formed therein and dimensioned and configured to receive said top support therein in substantially co-planar relation said carriage structure when in said inoperative position.