Stabilizing a table
OwnerDavid Hastings Bahnsoninventor
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Abstract
A table stabilizing device is configured to remedy wobble of a tabletop on a table. These configurations may include a slider that attaches or secures to a table leg of the table. The slider may have wedge W that interposes between the table leg and the floor. An end user can move the slider to change the position of the wedge W relative to the table leg, thus raising or lowering the table leg to stabilize the table. On a pedestal table with multiple legs, this feature will distribute weight across the other table legs.
Claims20
A table stabilizing device comprising:
- a body that is configured to change from a first configuration to a second configuration about a pair of pivots that are spaced longitudinally apart from another, the body terminating at an end that has an inclined plane;
- and
- a friction brake coupled to the body,
- wherein the pair of pivots comprise lateral slots that extend from a first side to a second side of the body and about which the body flexes to change from the first configuration to the second configuration.
A table stabilizing device comprising:
- a body that is configured to change from a first configuration to a second configuration about a pair of pivots that are spaced longitudinally apart from another, the body terminating at an end that has an inclined plane;
- and
- a friction brake coupled to the body,
- wherein the body comprises a first linkage that terminates at the inclined plane, a second linkage, a third linkage, and pins that connect a first end of the second linkage to the first linkage and a second end of the second linkage to the third linkage and about which the body rotates to change from the first configuration to the second configuration.
A table stabilizing device comprising:
- a body configured to fit into hollow space within a table leg, the body having a distal end that forms an inclined plane;
- a knob removeable from the body;
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- a tension mechanism securing the knob to the body, the tension mechanism configured to generate a clamping force between part of the knob and part of the body,
- wherein the tension mechanism comprises a bolt that penetrates the body and the knob and a coil spring that fits onto the bolt.
A pedestal table comprising:
- a pedestal having a first end and a second end;
- a tabletop coupled to the first end;
- a base coupled to the second end, the base comprising table legs extending outwardly from the pedestal;
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- a table stabilizing device disposed on one of the table legs, the table stabilizing device comprising a body that fits inside of the leg and terminates in an inclined plane,
- wherein the table stabilizing device translates longitudinally in the table leg to change the position of the inclined plane relative to a load bearing point on the table leg,
- wherein the table stabilizing device comprises a friction brake that is configured to counter a load on the inclined plane at the load bearing point on the table leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.