Retainers and foldable table having same
AssigneeInno-Sports Co., Ltd.
InventorRenhua Chen
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Abstract
A table includes a frame and a tabletop coupled with the frame. The frame includes first and second longitudinal bars, each having first and second bars pivotally connected with each other. The tabletop includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is coupled with the first bars of the first and second longitudinal bars. The second panel is coupled with the second bars of the first and second longitudinal bars. The tabletop also include one or more first retainers integrally formed or coupled with the first panel and one or more second retainers integrally formed or coupled with the second panel. When the first and second panels are folded onto each other, the first and second retainers engage with each other and lock the table in the folded state.
Claims20
A table comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- a first longitudinal bar disposed at a first side of the table;
- a second longitudinal bar disposed at a second side of the table and substantially parallel to the first longitudinal bar;
- a first lateral bar disposed at a third side of the table and having a first end pivotally connected with the first longitudinal bar and a second end pivotally connected with the second longitudinal bar;
- and
- a second lateral bar disposed at a fourth side of the table and having a first end pivotally connected with the first longitudinal bar and a second end pivotally connected with the second longitudinal bar,
- wherein each of the first and second longitudinal bars comprises a first bar and a second bar pivotally connected with each other;
- and
- a tabletop coupled with the frame and supported by the frame when in use, the tabletop comprising:
- a first panel coupled with the first bars of the first and second longitudinal bars;
- a second panel coupled with the second bars of the first and second longitudinal bars;
- one or more first retainers integrally formed or coupled with the first panel at the third side of the table, wherein each first retainer in the one or more first retainers comprises a first receiving portion and a first engaging portion, wherein the first receiving portion receives cross-section-wise the first lateral bar of the frame;
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- one or more second retainers integrally formed or coupled with the second panel at the fourth side of the table, wherein each second retainer in the one or more second retainers comprises a second receiving portion and a second engaging portion, wherein the second receiving portion receives cross-section-wise the second lateral bar of the frame,
- wherein when the table is in a folded state, the first engaging portion of each respective first retainer in the one or more first retainers engages with the second engaging portion of a corresponding second retainer in the one or more second retainers, thereby retaining the table in the folded state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.