Adjustable table extension

• US 5,317,977 A
• Filed: 07/09/1991
• Issued: 06/07/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Benjamin Omessi
• Original Assignee: Benjamin Omessi
• Inventors: Omessi, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V.
• Application Number:
  US07/727,609
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 108/108, 108/152, 108/107, 108/98, 108/70, 108/97, 211/86, 211/187, 248/214, 248/223.3, 248/275.2, 248/243
• US Class Current: 108/97
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 17/033 with parts added to the original furniture to enlarge its surface
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0038 Brackets having a pincer shape supporting a cantilever shelf
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/027 Cantilever shelves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/063 C-shaped brackets for gripping the shelf edge
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0068 Shelf extensions, e.g. fixed on price rail

Abstract

An adjustable table extension includes a clamp member of sheet metal formed to compressedly engage a table top The clamp member includes a plurality of outwardly directed barbs or projections. A hanger member includes a vertical wall with slots for engaging the barbs, and a horizontal table surface A plurality of slots are formed to provide vertical adjustment of the hanger member.

Claims

1. An adjustable table extension, comprising:

a clamp member including a body with a pair of generally opposed engaging portions for engaging the upper and lower opposed surface of a table top, comprising upper and lower free end portions, respectively, coupled together by an intermediate bight portion comprising a series of a first, a second and a third part, with retention means carried on the first part, said retention means including at least one outwardly and upwardly inclined projection with the lower free end extending beyond the upper free end, said second part of said bight portion defining a biasing means extending along an incline, below said upper and said lower free end portions and said third part of said bight portion extending upwardly from said second part toward the lower free end portion, and

a hanger member including an L-shaped body with a generally upright mounting wall and a generally horizontal portion including a table means, the mounting wall including internal edge means defining an aperture, with the edge means interlocking with said projection when said projection is received in said aperture.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a table member secured to said horizontal body portion to define said table means.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said clamp member comprises an integral one-piece body with said engaging means comprising generally flat, horizontally extending end portions of said body.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein one said end portion is disposed below and horizontally offset from the other end portion.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said intermediate bight portion has at least two spaced retention means, each including a plurality of spaced outward projections, and said hanger member vertical wall includes a plurality of edge means defining at least two spaced apart series of apertures, with apertures of the series spaced apart by portions of said vertical wall which interlock with ones of said projections received in said apertures.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said series of apertures extend in generally vertical direction sand said projections comprise finger members upwardly and outwardly extending from said first wall.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said series of apertures comprise a sequence of evenly spaced, similarly sized apertures separated by a strip portions portion to define said table means.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising a table member secured to said horizontal body portion to define said table means.

9. An adjustable table extension, comprising:

a clamp member including a body with a pair of generally opposed engaging portions for engaging the upper and lower opposed surfaces of a table top, comprising upper and lower free end portions, respectively, coupled together by an intermediate bight portion comprising a series of a first, a second and a third part, with at least two spaced retention means carried on the first part, said retention means each including a plurality of spaced outward projections, said second part of said bight portion defining a biasing means and extending along an incline below said upper and said lower free end portions and said third part of said bight portion extending from the second part, upwardly toward the lower free end portion; and

a hanger member including an L-shaped body with a horizontal portion including a table means and a generally upright mounting wall including a plurality of edge means defining at least two spaced apart series of apertures, with apertures of the series spaced apart by portions of said mounting wall which interlock with ones of said projections received in said apertures.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said series of apertures extend in generally vertical directions and comprise a sequence of evenly spaced, similarly sized apertures separated by a strip portions of said mounting wall, and wherein said projections comprise finger members upwardly and outwardly extending from said first wall.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising a table member secured to said horizontal body portion to define said table means.