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AssigneeLifetime Products, Inc.
InventorsMitch Johnson, Kevin Boydston
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Abstract
A molded plastic structure may comprise a tabletop with an upper surface and a lower surface. A lip may extend downwardly relative to the lower surface of the tabletop, and the lip may include an outer surface and an inner surface. An inwardly extending portion may extend inwardly from the inner surface of the lip. A frame may be connected to the table top and the frame may include a side rail of a frame. The side rail may include a receiving portion that receives the inwardly extending portion. The side rail may also include a portion that supports the lower surface of the table top and a portion that supports the lip.
Claims20
A blow-molded plastic structure constructed using a blow-molding process, the blow-molded plastic structure comprising:
- a tabletop including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a hollow interior portion disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface of the tabletop;
- a lip extending downwardly relative to the lower surface of the tabletop, the lip including an outer surface and an inner surface;
- an inwardly extending portion extending inwardly from the inner surface of the lip;
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- a side rail including an upper wall, a lower wall, an inner side wall, an outer side wall, and a receiving portion, the receiving portion including a first wall and a second wall, the upper wall, the lower wall, the inner side wall, the outer side wall, and the receiving portion at least partially forming a boundary about an interior volume of the side rail, the receiving portion formed in the upper wall and the outer side wall of the side rail, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive the inwardly extending portion, the first wall of the receiving portion disposed at least proximate a first portion of the inwardly extending portion, the second wall of the receiving portion disposed at least proximate a second portion of the inwardly extending portion;
- wherein the upper wall of the side rail supports a lower portion of the tabletop;
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- wherein the outer side wall of the side rail supports a distal portion of the lip.
A molded plastic structure comprising:
- a tabletop including an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a lip extending downwardly relative to the lower surface of the tabletop, the lip including an outer surface and an inner surface;
- an inwardly extending portion extending inwardly from the inner surface of the lip;
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- a side rail including an upper wall, a lower wall, an inner side wall, an outer side wall, and a receiving portion, the upper wall, the lower wall, the inner side wall, the outer side wall, and the receiving portion of the side rail having a generally tubular configuration that encloses a volume, the receiving portion formed in the upper wall and the outer side wall of the side rail, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive the inwardly extending portion, a first wall of the receiving portion disposed at least proximate a first portion of the inwardly extending portion, a second wall of the receiving portion disposed at least proximate a second portion of the inwardly extending portion;
- wherein a fastener extends through the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the side rail and into the inwardly extending portion to connect the side rail to the tabletop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.