Releasable and tiltable table top

• US 5,174,225 A
• Filed: 09/05/1990
• Issued: 12/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Colby Metal Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Colby Metal Incorporated
• Inventors: Scheller, Thomas L., Reise, Brian C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US07/578,428
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 108/1, 108/4, 108/150, 108/157, 108/124, 49/382
• US Class Current: 108/150
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/023 with a central column
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/081 Movable, extending, sliding table tops
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0025 Hinge for pivotable, single column table top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/0812 the resilient force of the elastic locking means acting in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/12 Stowable tables with detachable top leaves

Abstract

A table is provided having a table top, a table base and coupling means for removable and tiltable coupling said table to said base. The coupling means being releasable and comprising two pair of spring biased elements and receptacles arranged so that the table may be tilted in opposite directions.

Claims

1. A table having a table top, a table base and coupling means for removably and tiltably coupling said table to said base, said coupling means comprising two pair of spring biased coupling elements and receptacles, each element independent of the other elements and having an engaging position and a disengaging position, each said pair of said elements and said receptacles defining an axis about which said table top can tilt, relative to the base, when the other said pair of said elements are disengaged from the other said pair of said receptacles, each element having a handle and each pair of elements having handles facing each other, said handles providing means for grasping each said element when said element is to be moved from said engaging position, toward which said elements are all spring biased, to the disengaging position.

2. The table as defined in claim 1 wherein said spring biased coupling element comprises a plunger component.

3. The table as defined in claim 2 wherein said receptacle comprises a cylindrical housing for receiving said protruding plunger component.

4. The table as defined in claim 1 wherein said spring biased coupling element comprises a plunger member normally latched in the retracted position and releasable to a protruding position.

5. The table as defined in claim 1 wherein said receptacle comprises a housing for receiving said spring biased coupling element.

6. The table as defined in claim 1 wherein said coupling means is supported by a rigid, complete frame attached to said table top.

7. The table as defined in claim 1 further including means for fixing the angle of said table top relative to said table base.