Railing supported folding table

• US 5,653,178 A
• Filed: 09/12/1995
• Issued: 08/05/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Louis Huczka
• Original Assignee: Louis Huczka
• Inventors: Huczka, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDERSON, GERALD A
• Application Number:
  US08/527,196
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 108/47, 108/135, 108/134, 105/152, 312/315
• US Class Current: 108/47
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/04 foldable
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/067 Horizontal rails as suspension means in a cantilever arrangement suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls A47B95/008

Abstract

A folding table adapted to be hooked to the handrail of a vertical railing is disclosed herein. The table includes a pair of upright supports comprising adjustable hooks to allow for different widths of handrails. A table top is pivotally mounted, between the upright supports, to a bottom portion of the upright supports. The folding table also includes a vertical adjustment device to allow the levelling of the table regardless of the construction of the railing. A safety screen extending from the table top to the top of the upright supports, prevents objects from directly falling off the table.

Claims

1. A folding table adapted to be mounted to a railing having a handrail and a plurality of substantially vertical posts, said folding table comprising:

a support assembly;

securing means for securing said support assembly to the handrail of the railing;

a table top pivotally mounted to said support assembly so as to be pivotable between a first closed position and a second open position; and

adjustment means vertically spaced apart from said securing means and interposed between said railing and said support assembly for pivoting said support assembly about said securing means to an angular position in which said table top lies in a horizontal plane when in said open position;

said adjustment means including a substantially horizontal levelling bar so mounted to said support assembly as to be transversely movable with respect to said support assembly;

a portion of said bar being interposed between said railing and said support assembly and being adapted to rest on said vertical posts of said railing.

2. A folding table as defined in claim 1, wherein said bar is substantially C-shaped and includes first and second branches adapted to be mounted to said support assembly.

3. A folding table adapted to be mounted to a railing having a handrail and a plurality of substantially vertical posts, said folding table comprising:

first and second generally upright supports including apertures;

first and second securing means for securing said first and second upright supports to the handrail of the railing;

a table top pivotally mounted to said first and second generally upright supports so as to be pivotable between a first closed position and a second open position; and

adjustment means for adjusting said first and second upright supports so that said table top lies in a horizontal plane when in said open position;

said adjustment means including a substantially C-shaped horizontal levelling bar including first and second branches mounted to said apertures of said first and second upright supports, respectively;

a portion of said levelling bar being adapted to rest on vertical posts of the railing.

4. A folding table as defined in claim 3, wherein each said first and second upright supports includes a fastener to releasably secure said first and second branches of said c-shaped horizontal levelling bar to said first and second upright supports, respectively.

5. A folding table as defined in claim 4, wherein each said first and second securing means for securing said first and second upright supports to said handrail of said railing consists of an L-shaped hook member.

6. A folding table as defined in claim 5, wherein each said first and second upright supports includes apertures adapted to slidably receive said L-shaped hook member.

7. A folding table as defined in claim 6 wherein each said first and second upright supports includes a fastener to releasably secure said first and second L-shaped hook members.

8. A folding table as defined in claim 7, wherein one of said first and second upright supports includes a retaining member to releasably maintain said table top in said first closed position.

9. A folding table as defined in claim 8 further comprising a vertical safety screen mounted to said upright supports to thereby prevent objects placed on said table top from falling off between the vertical posts of said railing.

10. A folding table as defined in claim 9, wherein said vertical safety screen is made of a meshed fabric material.

11. A folding table adapted to be mounted to a railing having a handrail and a plurality of substantially vertical posts, said folding table comprising:

a support assembly including first and second generally upright supports;

securing means for securing said support assembly to the handrail of the railing;

a table top having first and second L-shaped table supports pivotally mounted to said first and second generally upright supports, respectively;

said table supports being so mounted to said first and second generally upright supports as to allow said table top to be pivoted between a first closed position and a second open position;

each of said first and second table supports having an abutting portion for abutting against said support assembly, a relatively long portion mounted to said table top and a relatively short portion pivotally mounted to said first and second upright supports, respectively, when said table top reaches said open position, therefore preventing further pivoting of said table top; and

adjustment means interposed between said railing and said support assembly for pivoting said support assembly about said securing means to an angular position in which said table top lies in a horizontal plane when in said open position.

12. A folding table as defined in claim 11, wherein said relatively short portion of each said first and second table supports has a free end provided with an aperture and wherein each said upright support is provided with a corresponding aperture, said first and second table supports being pivotally mounted to said first and second upright supports, respectively, through a pivot pin;

said abutting portion being formed by said short portions of said first and second table supports.

13. A folding table as defined in claim 11, wherein said adjustment means include a substantially horizontal levelling bar mounted to said first and second upright supports;

a portion of said bar being interposed between said railing and said support assembly and being adapted to rest on said vertical posts of said railing.

14. A folding table as defined in claim 13, wherein said bar is substantially C-shaped and includes first and second branches adapted to be mounted to said first and second upright supports, respectively.

15. A folding table as defined in claim 14, wherein each of said first and second upright supports includes mounting apertures sized to receive said first and second branches of said C-shaped horizontal levelling bar.

16. A folding table as defined in claim 15, wherein each of said first and second upright supports includes a fastener to releasably secure said first and second branches of said C-shaped horizontal levelling bar to said first and second upright supports, respectively.

17. A folding table as defined in claim 16, whereto each of said first and second securing means for securing said first and second upright supports to said handrail of said railing consists of an L-shaped hook member.

18. A folding table as defined in claim 17, wherein each of said first and second upright supports includes apertures adapted to slidably receive said L-shaped hook member.

19. A folding table as defined in claim 18, wherein each of said first and second upright supports includes a fastener to releasably secure said first and second L-shaped hook members.

20. A folding table as defined in claim 19, wherein of said first and second upright supports includes a retaining member to releasably maintain said table top in said first closed position.

21. A folding table as defined in claim 20, further comprising a vertical safety screen mounted to said Upright supports to thereby prevent objects placed on said table top from falling off between the vertical posts of said railing.

22. A folding table as defined in claim 21, wherein said vertical safety screen is made of a meshed fabric material.