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US 12,660,913 B2Granted
Furniture top structure
OwnerScott Stewartinventor
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Abstract
A table top can include a first table leaf and a second table leaf configured to define a half-lap joint with the first table leaf. The first table leaf and the second table leaf can be configured to form a planar top surface of the table top when coupled to form the half-lap joint. Each one of the first table leaf and the second table leaf can include an upper lobe, a lower lobe, and a pin rotatably connecting the upper lobe and the lower lobe.
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A table top comprising:
- a first table leaf;
- a second table leaf;
- and
- a third table leaf,
- wherein each one of the first table leaf, the second table leaf, and the third table leaf comprises an upper lobe, a lower lobe, and a pin rotatably connecting the upper lobe and the lower lobe,
- wherein, in a first configuration, the first table leaf and the second table leaf are configured to form a planar top surface of the table top when coupled,
- wherein, in a second configuration, the first table leaf, the second table leaf, and the third table leaf are configured to form a planar top surface of the table top when coupled, and
- wherein relative rotation about the pin between the upper lobe and lower lobe provides for a first orientation between the upper lobe and lower lobe that defines the first configuration and a second orientation between the upper lobe and lower lobe that defines the second configuration.
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A top comprising:
- a plurality of leaves configured to form a closed loop structure,
- wherein each leaf of the plurality of leaves comprises an upper lobe, a lower lobe, and a pin rotatably connecting the upper lobe and the lower lobe, and is configured to slidingly connect to a first adjacent leaf to form a first imbricated joint and to slidingly connect to a second adjacent leaf to form a second imbricated joint,
- wherein, in a first configuration, the plurality of leaves comprises a first number of leaves coupled to form a planar top surface, and wherein, in a second configuration, the plurality of leaves comprises a second, greater number of leaves coupled to form a planar top surface, and wherein relative rotation about the pin between the upper lobe and lower lobe of each leaf provides an orientation of the leaf that defines the first configuration and the second configuration.
A method comprising:
- mating a convex surface of a top lobe of a first epicyclic unit with a concave surface of a top lobe of a second epicyclic unit;
- and
- mating a concave surface of a bottom lobe of the first epicyclic unit with a convex surface of a bottom lobe of the second epicyclic unit,
- wherein the top lobe and the bottom lobe of the first epicyclic unit are pivotably connected, and
- wherein the top lobe and the bottom lobe of the second epicyclic unit are pivotably connected, and further comprising, prior to mating, rotating the top lobe relative to the bottom lobe of each epicyclic unit about a pin positioned at a diametric center of the respective unit, the pin rotatably connecting the top lobe and the bottom lobe, wherein, in a first configuration, the first epicyclic unit and the second epicyclic unit are oriented by rotation about the respective pins to define an orientation that forms a planar top surface when coupled, and wherein, in a second configuration, the first epicyclic unit, the second epicyclic unit, and a third epicyclic unit are oriented by rotation about the respective pins to define an orientation that forms a planar top surface when coupled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.