Expandable table device for diaper changes

• US 8,104,849 B1
• Filed: 07/02/2009
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Claudia Urioste-Risso
• Original Assignee: Claudia Urioste-Risso
• Inventors: Urioste-Risso, Claudia
• Primary Examiner(s): Jayne, Darnell
• Assistant Examiner(s): TEFERA, HIWOT E
• Application Number:
  US12/497,494
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 108/39, 108 65- 68, 108/91, 108/69, 108/102, 108/93, 312/241, 312/203, 312/237, 312/277, 160/222, 160/223, 160/134, 248/240.1, 248/244, 248/298.1, 248/144, 248/118.5, 52/29
• US Class Current: 312/241
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 1/00 Extensible tables extensible shelf units A47B46/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/081 Movable, extending, sliding table tops
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 46/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having one or more surfaces adapted to be brought into position for use by extending or pivoting A47B63/04, A47B77/10 take precedence; writing tables with extensible leaves A47B17/03; with extensible garment holders A47B61/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 83/045 Tables combined with cabinets wall tables A47B5/00

Abstract

An expandable table device for allowing a user to change a baby'"'"'s diaper or to care for the baby which is composed of a base, a storage compartment disposed in the base, and an expandable table component disposed in the base. The table component is composed of a plurality of wings that can be stacked atop each other and stored in the storage compartment, or the wings can be expanded from the storage compartment and unstacked so as to create a generally flat surface.

Claims

1. An expandable table device for allowing a user to care for a baby, said expandable table device comprising:

(a) a base having a first side panel, a second side panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, an open front, and a back panel;

(b) a storage compartment disposed in the base near the top panel;

(c) a table component for supporting a baby slidably disposed in the storage compartment, the table component comprising a base wing connected to a middle wing and an end wing;

wherein the table component can move between an expanded position and a retracted position;

wherein when the table component is in the expanded position the table component provides a generally flat surface;

wherein in the retracted position the middle wing is stacked atop the base wing and the end wing is stacked atop the middle wing;

wherein in the expanded position the base wing, middle wing, and end wing are unstacked and are extended outwardly from the storage compartment;

(d) a locking groove disposed on a first side of each of the base wing and the middle wing;

a locking tab disposed on a second side of each of the middle wing and the end wing;

wherein the locking groove of the base wing is for engaging the locking tab of the middle wing and the locking groove of the middle wing is for engaging the locking tab of the end wing;

wherein the locking tab and locking groove both allow the base wing, middle wing, and end wing to be secured together in the expanded position;

wherein the end wing is secured on one side to the middle wing while the other side of the end wing is not connected to any other structure; and

(e) a track disposed in the storage compartment for slidably enaging the base wing, wherein the track allows the base wing to slide in and out of the storage compartment;

wherein the middle wing has a top edge and a bottom edge;

wherein a guide is disposed in the top edge and is for allowing an adjacent wing to slide atop the middle wing or below the middle wing.