Table cover assembly
OwnerAndre Bynuminventor
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Abstract
A table cover assembly for enclosing items over a table to protect the items from pests or other environmental hazards includes a base and a canopy. The canopy defines a cavity and is removably positionable atop the base in a covering position wherein the base covers an opening to the cavity. The canopy defines a plurality of access openings which extend through the canopy to the cavity. A plurality of doors is mounted to the canopy. Each door is movable to access the cavity from outside the canopy through at least one of the plurality of access openings of the canopy. The canopy may be rigid and may support a track for slidably moving the doors over any of the access openings. A turntable is provided for moving the items closer to a user.
Claims19
A table cover assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a canopy defining a cavity, the canopy being removably positionable atop the base in a covering position wherein the base covers an opening to the cavity, the canopy defining a plurality of access openings which extend through the canopy to the cavity;
- a plurality of doors mounted to the canopy, each door being movable to access the cavity from outside the canopy through at least one of the plurality of access openings of the canopy;
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- a track mounted to the canopy, each door of the plurality of doors being slidably coupled to the track.
A table cover assembly comprising:
- a base, the base being shaped and configured to be coextensive with an upper surface of a tabletop when the base is positioned atop the tabletop, the base comprising a bottom member and a top member, the top member being rotatably mounted to the bottom member, the top member being coextensive with the bottom member, the base comprising ball bearings positioned between the top member and the bottom member which facilitate rotation of the top member with respect to the bottom member, the top member comprising a central portion and a lip portion, the lip portion surrounding the central portion, the lip portion extending upwardly and outwardly with respect to the central portion;
- a canopy defining a cavity, the canopy being removably positionable atop the base in a covering position wherein the base covers an opening to the cavity, the canopy defining a plurality of access openings which extend through the canopy to the cavity, the canopy having a break defining a pair of segments of the canopy, the segments being equal in size and shape to each other, the canopy comprising a rigid material, the canopy having a dome shape, each segment of the pair of segments defining an air vent configured for permitting air to flow through the segment while preventing insects from passing therethrough;
- a plurality of doors mounted to the canopy, each door being movable to access the cavity from outside the canopy through at least one of the plurality of access openings of the canopy;
- a track mounted to the canopy, each door of the plurality of doors being slidably coupled to the track, the track extending around the canopy across each segment of the pair of segments, each door being movable between the segments via the track, the track being endless such that each door is selectively positionable over any of the plurality of access openings, the track comprising an upper rail and a lower rail, each door being mounted between the upper rail and the lower rail;
- a closure for selectively securing the canopy in the covering position on the base, the closure comprising a plurality of magnetic fasteners coupled to the base, the plurality of magnetic fasteners being engageable with the canopy, the plurality of magnetic fasteners being distributed along the lip of the top member of the base, the plurality of magnetic fasteners being engageable to a rim of the canopy;
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- a table mount configured to couple the base to the tabletop, the table mount comprising a plurality of mounting clips coupled to the base, the plurality of mounting clips being configured to extend around a periphery and underside of the tabletop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.