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Light-weight folding massage table

  • US 4,943,041 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1989
  • Issued: 07/24/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A light-weight folding massage table, comprising:

  • a pair of hingedly connected rectangular sections, having a padded upper surface and a peripheral underframe, said sections in an optionally opened position, with the sections being coplanar, or in a closed position, with the sections being parallel;

    two pairs of telescoping legs rotatably connected to the side of the underframe near each end, which when the table is either in the closed position or in the flat opened position is coplanar to the undersurface of the table, and when the table is in the raised opened position extend angularly outward and downward from the underside of the table, providing substantial longitudinal stability;

    a horizontal brace tube affixed to each leg of each leg pair;

    two pair of leg brace cables overlappingly attached, in an X-configuration, from the lower end of one leg to the upper end of the other leg of the leg pair by an adjustment means, providing the leg pairs with a high degree of stability;

    a pair of table locking bolts which pass through holes in the inner ends of the undersurface of both sections of the table, locking both sections together, when the table is in a fully open position and is held in place by a locking means;

    a pair of bridge tubes rotatably connected to the locking bolts at the upper end and slit lengthwise at their lower end, which when the table is in the closed position or in the opened flat position is attached to the undersurface of the table and when the table is in the raised opened position extends angularly downward from the undersurface of the table, wedging the bridge tube againt the frame;

    a pair of bridge cables running longitudinally in a V-shaped manner along the inner edge of the underframe, connected at each end to the upper leg joints and passing through the slit in the bridge tube, providing for compression of the table sections;

    a bridge support cable is connected from the lower end of each bridge tube, and is secured at its center to the table end frame in an inverted V-shape;

    a pair of end cables at each end of the table, attached to the horizontal leg brace by an adjustable means and detachably connected at the other end of the end cable to the end of the table providing longitudinal stability independent of the bridge cables;

    two pairs of table-leg brace cables on each side of the table, each being attached at one end to the near end to the lower part of a leg, and attached at the other end to the near end of the opposite section, providing a tension on the end cable and longitudinally stabilizing the leg pairs;

    a head rest detachably affixed to the outer end of one section;

    a horizontal hand rest removably affixed to the head rest;

    carrying handles affixed to one of the outer edges of each section;

    a carrying strap is detachably affixed to the edge of the table.

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