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US 11,559,135 B1Granted
Umbrella support post with rotatable table
OwnerMark L. Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A method of deploying a collapsible table by sliding both a top hub and a bottom hub in a first direction along the central post toward the hub stop, expanding the collapsible table into the expanded position by forcing one of the top hub and the bottom hub against a hub stop while continuing to slide the other of the top hub and the bottom hub in the first direction along the central post, sliding the adjustable stop along the central post to a first height of the plurality of selectable heights, and affixing the adjustable stop at the first height.
Claims20
A method of deploying a collapsible table, comprising:
- providing a support post with a collapsible table in a collapsed position, the support post having:
- a central post;
- a hub stop fixedly coupled to the central post;
- a top hub slidably coupled to the central post;
- a plurality of table arms hingedly coupled to the top hub;
- a bottom hub slidably coupled to the central post below the top hub;
- a plurality of support arms each with a hub end and a support end opposite the hub end, wherein each hub end is hingedly coupled to the bottom hub and each support end is hingedly coupled to a corresponding table arm of the plurality of table arms;
- and
- an adjustable stop slidably coupled to the central post below the bottom hub, the adjustable stop configured to lock onto the central post at any of a plurality of selectable heights and define a minimum height for the bottom hub;
- wherein the top hub moves with respect to the bottom hub when the collapsible table expands from the collapsed position in which the top hub is distal to the bottom hub to an expanded position in which the top hub is adjacent to the bottom hub;
- sliding both the top hub and the bottom hub in a first direction along the central post toward the hub stop;
- expanding the collapsible table into the expanded position by forcing one of the top hub and the bottom hub against the hub stop while continuing to slide the other of the top hub and the bottom hub in the first direction along the central post;
- sliding the adjustable stop along the central post to a first height of the plurality of selectable heights;
- and
- affixing the adjustable stop at the first height.
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A method of deploying a collapsible table, comprising:
- providing a support post with the collapsible table in a collapsed position, the support post having:
- a central post;
- a hub stop fixedly coupled to the central post;
- a top hub slidably coupled to the central post;
- a plurality of table arms hingedly coupled to the top hub;
- a bottom hub slidably coupled to the central post below the top hub;
- and
- a plurality of support arms each with a hub end and a support end opposite the hub end, wherein each hub end is hingedly coupled to the bottom hub and each support end is hingedly coupled to a corresponding table arm of the plurality of table arms;
- wherein the top hub moves with respect to the bottom hub when the collapsible table expands from the collapsed position in which the top hub is distal to the bottom hub to an expanded position in which the top hub is adjacent to the bottom hub;
- sliding both the top hub and the bottom hub in a first direction along the central post toward the hub stop;
- expanding the collapsible table into the expanded position by forcing one of the top hub and the bottom hub against the hub stop while continuing to slide the other of the top hub and the bottom hub in the first direction along the central post;
- and
- with the collapsible table in the expanded position, sliding the bottom hub along the central post to a first height of a plurality of selectable heights.
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A method of deploying a collapsible table, comprising:
- providing a support post with the collapsible table in a collapsed position, the support post having:
- a central post;
- a hub stop fixedly coupled to the central post a top hub slidably coupled to the central post;
- a plurality of table arms each hingedly coupled to the top hub;
- a bottom hub slidably coupled to the central post below the top hub;
- and
- a plurality of support arms each hingedly coupled to the bottom hub and hingedly coupled to a corresponding table arm of the plurality of table arms;
- wherein the top hub moves with respect to the bottom hub when the collapsible table expands from the collapsed position in which the top hub is distal to the bottom hub to an expanded position in which the top hub is adjacent to the bottom hub;
- expanding the collapsible table into the expanded position by forcing one of the top hub and the bottom hub against the hub stop while sliding the other of the top hub and the bottom hub along the central post;
- and
- with the collapsible table in the expanded position, sliding the bottom hub along the central post to a first height of a plurality of selectable heights.
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