Party ensemble

• US 6,659,546 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2002
• Issued: 12/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Josef Schmeing, Karl-Heinz Schmeing
• Original Assignee: Josef Schmeing, Karl-Heinz Schmeing
• Inventors: Schmeing, Josef, Schmeing, Karl-Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US10/096,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 297/157.1, 297/159.1, 297/184.1, 297/184.15, 297/170, 297/172, 108/27, 108/50.12, 135/96, 135/124, 135/906
• US Class Current: 297/157.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/14 Foldable table and seat units
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 37/04 Tables specially adapted for use in the garden or otherwise in the open air, e.g. with means for holding umbrellas or umbrella-like sunshades

Abstract

So that a device for use at beer gardens, wine gardens, parties, celebrations, or similar is gladly used by guests, is easily erected, and is stable, the tabletop element (1), the seat elements, and the roof element (8) are at least partially connected via a rod system with one another, and the rod system includes support elements that are positioned at least outside the outer circumference limit (14) of the tabletop element (1).

Claims

1. A table-seat combination for beer gardens or similar, comprising in combination:

(a) a tabletop element having a circumferential limitation;

(b) a plurality of individual seat elements, each seat element comprising a stool for supporting a single person;

(c) a roof element, under which the tabletop element and the seat elements are positioned;

(d) an arrangement of rods connecting the tabletop element and the seat elements with one another, said rod arrangement including a plurality of stool support elements, supporting the seat elements; and

(e) a plurality of roof holding elements supporting the roof element, each roof holding element being positioned outside the circumferential limitation of the tabletop and being connected to a stool support element at a point beneath the respective stool.

2. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, wherein the tabletop element and the seat elements are shaped like a bar, whereby, similar to bar stools, the seat elements can be used either by standing persons to lean on or as a seat.

3. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, wherein the rods of the rod arrangement are at least one of insertable into each other, boltable together and foldable.

4. A table-seat combination as in claims 1, wherein the roof holder elements are connectable in a telescope-like manner, capable of being inserted into each other, the roof element being adjustable in height with respect to the tabletop element using said roof holder element.

5. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, wherein the roof holder elements extend with curved shape into the stool support elements.

6. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, further comprising tabletop support elements, disposed beneath the tabletop element, which are held together by a support holder element, in an at least partially rotatable manner.

7. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, further comprising at least one foot rest element, located below at least one seat element, which is at least partially connected with the stool support element of the respective stool.

8. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, further comprising a back rest element located on at least one seat element.

9. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, further comprising a holding element at least partially surrounding the tabletop element.

10. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, wherein the tabletop element includes holding connection elements for connecting the tabletop element and the holding element.

11. The table-seat combination as in claim 10, further comprising a bracing device for bracing the tabletop element and the holding element.

12. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, wherein the tabletop element has a shape selected from the group consisting of circular, rectangular, hexagonal, Ω

-shaped, U-shaped and cube-shaped.

13. A table-seat combination as in claim 1, wherein the roof element has a shape selected from the group consisting of circular, rectangular, hexagonal, Ω

-shaped, U-shaped and cube-shaped.