Chair mounted table

• US 5,918,550 A
• Filed: 04/09/1998
• Issued: 07/06/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dave Weir, Jeff Mannell
• Original Assignee: Dave Weir, Jeff Mannell
• Inventors: Weir, Dave, Mannell, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US09/057,755
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 108/42, 108/25, 108/157.11, 108/157.18, 108/49, 108/127, 108/134, 108/135, 108/148, 108/152, 108/47, 108/48, 297/135, 297/188.2
• US Class Current: 108/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/16 Holders for glasses, ashtrays, lamps, candles or the like forming part of tables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/06 with legs for supporting the table on the floor tables combined with cabinets A47B83/045
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/622 Receptacles, e.g. cup holders, storage containers
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/70 of foldable type

Abstract

A lawn chair attachment is provided including a table with a clamp for securing the table to a lawn chair. Also included is a leg connected to the table for supporting the same.

Claims

1. A lawn chair attachment comprising, in combination:

a table having a square planar top with a peripheral lip integrally formed to a periphery of the top and extending downwardly therefrom a constant predetermined distance, the top of the table having a pair of cylindrical recesses formed therein adjacent to a side edge thereof;

a pair of clamps each having a length of about 1/3 that of the table and a C-shaped cross-section along an entire length thereof, the clamps each being coupled about a horizontal axis to a central extent of opposite side edges of the peripheral lip of the table for snappily coupling with a horizontal bar of a lawn chair seat;

a leg clamping assembly including a plurality of snap locks each having a length which is less than 1/4 that of the clamps and having a C-shaped cross-section along an entire length thereof thereby defining an opening, the snap locks including two pairs of first snap locks mounted about a first horizontal axis to a bottom surface of the top of the table adjacent to the opposite side edges of the peripheral lip along a common axis which is parallel with that of the opposite side edges of the peripheral lip, a pair of second snap locks mounted about a vertical axis to an interior surface of a central extent of an associated one of the opposite side edges of the peripheral lip, and a third snap lock mounted about a second horizontal axis perpendicular with the first horizontal axis to a central extent of the bottom surface of the top of the table; and

a T-shaped leg including a horizontal extent which is snappily and rotatably coupled between one of the pairs of the first snap locks and a vertical extent which is pivotable between a horizontal orientation with the vertical extent engaged with the third snap lock and a vertical orientation with the vertical extent engaged with a corresponding one of the second snap locks, wherein the vertical extent has an adjustable length.

2. A chair attachment comprising:

a table with a top and a peripheral lip extending downwardly therefrom;

a leg clamping assembly including two pairs of first snap locks each mounted about a horizontal axis to a bottom surface of the top of the table adjacent to opposite edges of the peripheral lip of the table and a pair of second snap locks each mounted about a vertical axis to an interior surface and on opposite sides of the peripheral lip of the table; and

a T-shaped leg including a horizontal portion snappily and rotatably coupled between one of the pairs of the first snap locks and a vertical portion which engages with a corresponding one of the second snap locks in a vertical orientation.

3. A lawn chair attachment as set forth in claim 2:

wherein a pair of recesses are formed in the top of the table along an edge perpendicular with said horizontal axis.

4. A lawn chair attachment as set forth in claim 2 wherein the leg is extendible.