Folding balcony

• US 5,528,993 A
• Filed: 08/22/1995
• Issued: 06/25/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vincos Balcony Table Incorporated /Table de Balcon Vincos Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Vincos Balcony Table Incorporated /Table de Balcon Vincos Incorporated
• Inventors: Vincelli, Richard F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V.
• Application Number:
  US08/517,652
• Time in Patent Office: 308 Days
• Field of Search: 108/48, 108/40, 108/42, 108/44, 108/35, 108/47, 108/34
• US Class Current: 108/48
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/00 Suspended or hinged panels forming a table; Wall tables bed tables A47B23/00; adapted for use in vehicles A47B31/06; in combination with other furniture A47B83/00; arm-rest tables for chairs A47C
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/06 with legs for supporting the table on the floor tables combined with cabinets A47B83/045

Abstract

A balcony table movable between a vertical, storage position and a horizontal, operative position. The table has a base and a table top. The base is adapted to be mounted on the balcony railing and has a first support from which the table hangs in the storage position. The base also has a second, separate support to support the table top in its operative position. The table top is movable both vertically and horizontally relative to base when moving between both positions. The horizontal component of movement allows the table top to be mounted flush against the railing. The table can include a support leg that is mounted on the side of the table top when not in use.

Claims

1. A table having:

a relatively narrow base;

a relatively wide table top;

the base having means for use in mounting the table against a vertical support;

cooperating first support means on the base and on one end of the table top for vertically suspending the table top from the base in a storage position;

the first support means having spaced-apart supports on the base extending transversely therefrom, and spaced-apart slots on the one end of the table top for receiving the supports with hanger rods in the slots for use in suspending the table top from the supports;

cooperating second support means on the base and on the one end of the table top for supporting the table top in a horizontal operative position on the base, the second support means having a horizontal abutment surface on each support on the base and abutment means on the bottom of the table top at the one end cooperating with the abutment surfaces to help support the table top in the operative position.

2. A table as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first support means includes a horizontal arm on each support, each arm carrying one of the hanger rods when the table top is in the storage position.

3. A table as claimed in claim 2 wherein the second support means includes a top plate on the base, spaced above the horizontal abutment surfaces, the table top being held in the operative position between the top plate and the horizontal abutment surfaces on the support.

4. A table as claimed in claim 3 wherein the second support means includes a depression on the top surface of the table top at the one end, the top plate on the base fitting snugly into the depression when the table top is in the operative position.

5. A table as claimed in claim 1 including retaining means for retaining the table top to the base in the operative position to prevent horizontal movement of the table top on the supports.

6. A table as claimed in claim 1 including a table leg, means on the table leg for frictionally holding it onto a side of the table top when not in use.

7. A table as claimed in claim 1 including a table leg, and means on the bottom of the table top adjacent its other end for receiving one end of the leg to help support the table top in its operative position.

8. A table as claimed in claim 7 including a plate at the outer end of the leg and means for adjustably mounting the plate to the outer end of the leg to vary the length of the leg.

9. A table having:

a relatively narrow base and a relatively wide table top;

the base having a back plate for use in mounting the base and thus the table, against a vertical support;

the table top having a top sheet and a skirt depending from the top sheet, the skirt forming a back wall for the table top;

the table top mounted by its back end onto the base, when the base is mounted through its back plate on a vertical surface, for movement between a storage position, where the table top is suspended from the base, and an operative position where the table top extends horizontally from the base;

the table having first cooperating support means on the base and the back end of the table top for suspending the table top from the base in the storage position;

the first support means having a pair of spaced-apart supports extending transversely from the back plate of the base;

a pair of spaced-apart slots in the back wall of the table top to receive the supports; and

hanger rods on the table top extending across the slots and the supports to support the table top from the supports in the storage position.

10. A table as claimed in claim 9 including second cooperating support means on the base and the back end of the table for supporting the table top in a horizontal position from the base, the second support means having a horizontal abutment surface on each support and abutment means on the bottom of the table top at the back end cooperating with the abutment surfaces on the support to help support the table top in a horizontal position.

11. A table as claimed in claim 10 wherein the second support means has a top plate on the base above the horizontal abutment surfaces, the table top being held in the operative position between the top plate and the horizontal abutment surfaces on the supports.

12. A table as claimed in claim 11 wherein the second support means includes a depression on the top surface of the table top at the one end, the top plate on the base fitting snugly into the depression when the table top is in its horizontal, operative position.

13. A table as claimed in claim 10 including a table leg, means on the table leg for frictionally holding it onto a side of the table top when not in use.

14. A table as claimed in claim 10 including a table leg, and means on the bottom of the table top adjacent its front end for receiving one end of the leg to help support the table top in its operative position.

15. A table as claimed in claim 14 including a plate at the outer end of the leg and means for adjustably mounting the plate to the outer end of the leg to vary the length of the leg.

16. A table as claimed in claim 10 wherein the back wall of the table top lies adjacent and substantially parallel to the back plate of the base when the table top is in the operative position.

17. A table as claimed in claim 9 including a table leg, means on the table leg for frictionally holding it onto a side of the table top when not in use.

18. A table as claimed in claim 9 including a table leg, and means on the bottom of the table top adjacent its front end for receiving one end of the leg to help support the table top in its operative position.

19. A table as claimed in claim 18 including a plate at the outer end of the leg and means for adjustably mounting the plate to the outer end of the leg to vary the length of the leg.

20. A table as claimed in claim 9 wherein the back wall of the table top lies adjacent and substantially parallel to the back plate of the base when the table top is in the operative position.