Multi-mode sensory table
AssigneeSkip Hop, Inc.
InventorVincent Ventola
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Abstract
A table includes a tabletop surface having an opening. The opening is configured to removably receive a bin. The table further includes a ledge within the opening. The ledge is configured to support a lip of the bin while the bin is within the opening. The table further includes a plurality of posts connected to the ledge and within the opening. Each of the plurality of posts are configured to fit into a respective opening in the lip of the bin to hold the bin in place within the opening. The plurality of posts are further configured to support a lid.
Claims20
A table comprising:
- a tabletop surface having an opening, wherein the opening is configured to removably receive a bin;
- a ledge within the opening, wherein the ledge is configured to support a lip of the bin while the bin is within the opening;
- and
- a plurality of posts connected to the ledge and within the opening, wherein each of the plurality of posts are configured to fit into a respective opening in the lip of the bin to hold the bin in place within the opening,
- wherein, while the bin is placed within the opening, a top surface of each of the plurality of posts is exposed and configured to support a lid.
A sensory table kit comprising:
- a table comprising:
- a tabletop surface with an opening;
- a ledge within the opening;
- and
- a plurality of posts connected to the ledge and within the opening;
- a bin comprising a lip around an outside edge of the bin;
- and
- a lid,
- wherein:
- the opening in the tabletop surface is configured to removably receive the bin;
- the ledge is configured to support the lip of the bin while the bin is within the opening;
- each of the plurality of posts are configured to fit into a respective opening in the lip of the bin to hold the bin in place within the opening;
- while the bin is placed within the opening, a top surface of each of the plurality of posts is exposed and configured to support the lid;
- and
- while the lid is placed to rest upon the plurality of posts, a top surface of the lid is generally aligned with the tabletop surface irrespective of whether the bin is placed within the opening.
A sensory table kit comprising:
- a table comprising:
- a tabletop surface with a tabletop opening;
- a ledge within the opening, the ledge further forming a first bin opening and a second bin opening;
- a first set of posts connected to the ledge, adjacent to the first bin opening, and located within the tabletop opening;
- and
- a second set of posts connected to the ledge, adjacent to the second bin opening, and located within the tabletop opening;
- a first bin comprising a first lip around a first outside edge of the first bin;
- a second bin comprising a second lip around a second outside edge of the second bin;
- a first lid;
- a second lid,
- wherein:
- the tabletop opening and the first bin opening together are configured to removably receive the first bin;
- the tabletop opening and the second bin opening together are configured to removably receive the second bin;
- the ledge is configured to support the first lip of the first bin while the first bin is within the tabletop opening and the first bin opening;
- the ledge is configured to support the second lip of the second bin while the second bin is within the tabletop opening and the second bin opening;
- the first set of posts are configured to fit into first respective lip openings of the first lip of the first bin to hold the first bin in place within the tabletop opening and the first bin opening;
- the second set of posts are configured to fit into second respective lip openings of the second lip of second first bin to hold the second bin in place within the tabletop opening and the second bin opening;
- the first of posts are further configured to support the first lid;
- the second of posts are further configured to support the second lid;
- and
- while the first lid is placed to rest upon the first set of posts and the second lid is placed to rest upon the second set of posts, a first top surface of the first lid, a second top surface of the second lid, and the tabletop surface together generally form a level tabletop of the sensory table kit.
A table comprising:
- a tabletop surface having an opening, wherein the opening is configured to removably receive a bin;
- and
- a post within the opening, wherein the post is configured to fit into a corresponding opening in a lip of the bin to hold the bin in place within the opening,
- wherein, while the bin is placed within the opening, a top surface of the of post is exposed and configured to support a lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.