Portable folding table
OwnerGary Haddyinventor
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Abstract
A portable folding table system with folding and slide locking mechanism that secures the folding table in both storage and in-use position and can be wearable on a person. The table comprises at least two panels, with hinges between the section such that they may be folded along the intersections of the panels until the folding table is the size of one panel. Additionally, the table panels incorporate sliding locking mechanisms operable to lock the table in an unfolded position. Other features include: a cup holder operable to adjust for various sizes of beverage containers, strap attachment points operable to allow the table to be strapped to a person and kept level, and telescoping legs operable to be attached to the table and used to support it.
Claims16
A portable folding table comprising:
- at least two panels defining an outer perimeter of the portable folding table, wherein the at least two panels are operable to move between a flat position and a folded position;
- a first side along a first panel;
- a second side opposite said first side along a second panel;
- a first sliding hinge alongside said first side and said perimeter operable to slide and lock the at least two panels together in the flat position;
- a second sliding hinge alongside said second side and said perimeter operable to slide and lock the at least two panels together in a flat position;
- wherein said first sliding hinge and said second sliding hinge slide along a first rail and a second rail, respectively, wherein both said first rail and said second rail have a first end and a second end, wherein said sliding hinges slide along said rails from said first end toward said second end, and said rails terminate in an angled protruding tab at said second end, wherein said angled protruding tab is operable to prevent said sliding hinges from sliding further along said rails, and wherein when said sliding hinges are slid to or past said first end, then said at least two panels may be set into a folded position and when said first sliding hinge is moved to said second end against said angled protruding tab said at least two panels are locked in a flat position.
A portable folding table system comprising:
- four panels operable to form a tabletop when extended into a flat position, wherein each panel has an outer side and an inner side;
- a hinge, wherein two panels are hinged together by the hinge along the outer sides of the panels;
- a first panel is configured to fold onto a second panel about a first axis defined by one or more outer edges of the first and second panel;
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- a fourth panel is configured to fold onto a third panel about a second axis defined by the outer edges of the third and fourth panel, wherein said second axis is perpendicular to said first axis, wherein the four panels are operable to fold the tabletop into a portable carrying device.
A method of folding and deploying a portable folding table comprising the steps of:
- a. moving a sliding hinge along a rail and away from a protruding tab at one end of said rail, on each of a plurality of panels of the portable folding table, wherein said rail extends onto at least two of said plurality of panels when said plurality of panels is in a flat position;
- b. unfolding each of said plurality of panels to lay the portable folding table in a flat position;
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- c. moving said sliding hinge along said rail, so that said sliding hinge engages said rail on both of said at least two of said plurality of panels and thereby locks said plurality of panels in a flat position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.