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US 11,583,068 B2Granted
Adjustable table apparatus and method
AssigneeHalcon Furniture LLC
InventorsBenjamin Saintmane Conway, Brady John Niebolte, Jacob Edward Snowbarger
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Abstract
An adjustable table apparatus and related method can include a table configured to adjust between an operative position and a collapsed position.
Claims19
An adjustable table apparatus, comprising:
- a tabletop including an upper surface and a lower surface and being movable about a tabletop hinge axis such that the upper surface of the tabletop extends in a horizontal orientation when the table apparatus is in an operative position and the upper surface of the tabletop extends in a vertical orientation when the table apparatus is in a collapsed position;
- fixed legs mounted in a fixed position relative to the tabletop hinge axis and configured to extend toward a ground surface for supporting the tabletop;
- a first movable leg that is pivotable about a first vertical axis relative to both the tabletop and the fixed legs and that includes:
- a first vertical leg portion configured to extend toward the ground surface for supporting the tabletop, and a first horizontal multiple-bend swing arm extending in a horizontal plane to the first vertical leg portion and comprising a first arm segment extending longitudinally from the first vertical axis and toward a first bend, a second arm segment extending longitudinally away from the first bend and toward a second bend, and a third arm segment extending longitudinally away from the second bend and toward the first vertical leg portion;
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- a second movable leg that is pivotable about a second vertical axis relative to both the tabletop and the fixed legs and that includes a second vertical leg portion configured to extend toward the ground surface for supporting the tabletop and a second horizontal multiple-bend swing arm extending in a horizontal plane to the second vertical leg portion.
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A method, comprising:
- pivoting a first movable leg of an adjustable table apparatus about a first vertical axis toward a first fixed leg of the adjustable table apparatus while a tabletop of the adjustable table apparatus extends in a horizontal orientation, wherein the tabletop includes an upper surface and a lower surface and being movable about a tabletop hinge axis such that the upper surface of the tabletop extends in a horizontal orientation when the table apparatus is in an operative position and the upper surface of the tabletop extends in a vertical orientation when the table apparatus is in a collapsed position, and wherein the first movable leg includes:
- a first vertical leg portion configured to extend toward the ground surface for supporting the tabletop, and a first horizontal multiple-bend swing arm extending in a horizontal plane to the first vertical leg portion and comprising at least two bends in the horizontal plane and a first distal arm segment extending longitudinally in the horizontal plane to the first vertical leg portion;
- pivoting a second movable leg of the adjustable table apparatus about a second vertical axis relative to a second fixed leg of the adjustable table apparatus, wherein the second movable leg includes:
- a second vertical leg portion configured to extend toward the ground surface for supporting the tabletop, and a second horizontal multiple-bend swing arm extending in the horizontal plane to the second vertical leg portion and comprising at least two bends in the horizontal plane and a second distal arm segment extending longitudinally in the horizontal plane to the second vertical leg portion;
- pivoting the tabletop about the horizontal hinge axis so that an upper surface of the tabletop moves to the vertical orientation and the first and second fixed legs are positioned on a first side of the tabletop while first and second vertical leg portions of the first and second movable legs are positioned on a second side of the tabletop opposite from the first side of the tabletop.
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