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US 2006/0075935 A1Published application
Umbrella table with inlaid turntable
AssigneeHanamint Corporation, Inc.
InventorJun Li
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Abstract
An umbrella table with an inlaid turntable is disclosed. The table includes a tabletop having a substantially planar top surface with a circular aperture therein. A disc is rotatably mounted in the circular aperture. The disc has a substantially planar upper surface and a central opening therethrough. The top surface of the tabletop and the upper surface of the disc are substantially coplanar, and the central opening is capable of receiving a cylindrical shaft such as the shaft of an umbrella.
Claims20
An umbrella table comprising:
- (a) a tabletop having a substantially planar top surface with a circular aperture therein;
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- (b) a disc rotatably disposed in the circular aperture such that the disc has no substantial contact with the tabletop, the disc having a substantially planar upper surface and a central opening therethrough;
- (c) wherein the top surface of the tabletop and the upper surface of the disc are substantially coplanar and the central opening is capable of receiving an umbrella pole;
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- (d) wherein the table defines a substantially open bottom capable of receiving an umbrella stand, such that the umbrella pole can extend through the central opening and be received by the umbrella stand.
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An umbrella table comprising:
- (a) a tabletop having a first surface portion and a second surface portion that is substantially coplanar with the first surface portion and includes an umbrella-receiving opening therein;
- (b) means for rotating the second surface portion relative to the first surface portion such that first surface portion does not contact the second surface portion;
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- (c) a table support having a substantially open center that permits an umbrella stand to be positioned beneath the table such that an umbrella pole can extend between the umbrella-receiving opening and the umbrella stand.
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An umbrella table comprising:
- (a) a tabletop having an aperture therein;
- (b) a circular hub;
- (c) a plurality of braces supporting the hub proximate to the aperture;
- (d) a turntable having a spindle rotatably received in the hub, the turntable being received within the aperture such that the turntable is substantially coplanar with the tabletop and has no substantial contact with the tabletop, and the turntable and spindle being configured to receive an umbrella pole therethrough;
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- (e) a table support having a substantially open center that permits an umbrella stand to be positioned beneath the table, and provides substantially unobstructed access to the umbrella pole when the umbrella pole is received in the spindle and in the umbrella stand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.