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US 12,628,940 B2Granted
Platform assembly with rotatable seating assemblies having adjustable support platforms
OwnerAlexis Webbinventor
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Abstract
A table and seating assembly may be used to provide a safe means for securing one or more children. The table and seating assembly may comprise a table assembly and one or more seating assemblies, wherein each seating assembly is coupled to a leg of the table assembly. A pivotable assembly may couple each seating assembly to the table assembly, wherein each pivotable assembly may enable each seating assembly to rotate between an open position and a closed position with respect to the table assembly.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a platform assembly comprising a first frame and a platform affixed to a top portion of the first frame, wherein the first frame comprises one or more first legs;
- a plurality of seating assemblies, wherein each seating assembly of the plurality of seating assemblies comprises at least two second legs and at least two support platforms affixed to an inner surface of each second leg of the at least two second legs, wherein each second leg of the at least two second legs of each seating assembly comprises a plurality of grooves on an inner surface of each second leg, wherein each groove of the plurality of grooves is positioned in a vertical manner from a bottom portion of each second leg to a top portion of each second leg;
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- a plurality of pivotable assemblies, wherein the plurality of pivotable assemblies comprises a plurality of hinges, wherein each hinge of the plurality of hinges is affixed to a surface of a first leg of the one or more first legs of the first frame and an outer surface of a second leg of the at least two second legs of each seating assembly, wherein each first leg of the platform assembly comprises an inner portion and an outer portion that are slidable relative to each other to adjust a length of each corresponding first leg and lockable in different axial positions to each other via a plurality of detents, and wherein each hinge is configured to cause each seating assembly to rotate to at least one of a closed position or an open position.
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A method comprising:
- engaging an apparatus comprising:
- a platform assembly comprising a first frame and a platform affixed to a top portion of the first frame, wherein the first frame comprises one or more first legs;
- a plurality of seating assemblies, wherein each seating assembly of the plurality of seating assemblies comprises at least two second legs and at least two support platforms affixed to an inner surface of each second leg of the at least two second legs, wherein each second leg of the at least two second legs of each seating assembly comprises a plurality of grooves on an inner surface of each second leg, wherein each groove of the plurality of grooves is positioned in a vertical manner from a bottom portion of each second leg to a top portion of each second leg;
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- a plurality of pivotable assemblies, wherein the plurality of pivotable assemblies comprises a plurality of hinges, wherein each hinge of the plurality of hinges is affixed to a surface of a first leg of the one or more first legs of the first frame and a second leg of the at least two second legs of each seating assembly, wherein each first leg of the platform assembly comprises an inner portion and an outer portion that are slidable relative to each other to adjust a length of each corresponding first leg and lockable in different axial positions to each other via a plurality of detents, and wherein each hinge is configured to cause each seating assembly to rotate to at least one of a closed position or an open position;
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- causing, via one or more hinges, of the plurality of hinges, one or more seating assemblies of the plurality of seating assemblies to rotate into at least one of the closed position or the open position, wherein the closed position comprises the one or more seating assemblies rotated inward to the platform, and wherein the open position comprises the one or more seating assemblies rotated away from the platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.