US 2006/0124822 A1Published application

Adjustable table podium

OwnerDesiree Munda, Grace Garcia +1inventors

InventorsDesiree Munda, Grace Garcia, Orlando Munda

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Abstract

A transportable, easily adjustable, readily assembled and collapsible podium for use in lectures. The podium comprises a solid front panel, against which the lecture material rests; a lip projecting outwardly from the substantial bottom of the front panel, upon which the lecture material sits; and a base, which may rest on a supporting surface. The podium further comprises a pivoting arm hingedly attached to the backside of the front panel providing stable, angularly adjustable prop means for the lecture material to be viewed at the angle most comfortable for the user. Once in its assembled form, the podium will not spontaneously collapse or disassemble when handled or if grabbed at the front panel because of the podium's interlocking means between the pivoting arm and base. The pivoting arm effortlessly slips into one of several openings in the base and interlocks with the rim of the opening, locking it into place.

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Dependent claims

a transportable podium for propping up lecture materials or other materials such as reports, notes, books, or other visual stimuli or materials of similar manner at an angled position, utilizing interlocking means to secure the position of said podium's prop means such that said podium does not lose structural stability, nor its particular angled position though it were to be handled, the podium comprising:

a.) a front panel having a substantial front surface against which the lecture material may rest;
b.) a lip at the substantial bottom of said front panel projecting substantially outward upon which the bottom edge of the lecture inaterial may rest;
c.) a base hingedly attached to the substantial back side of said front panel, comprising a bottom surface which may rest on a supporting surface
d.) said prop means comprising a pivoting arm or elongated pivoting member disposed on the substantial backside of said front panel, having a proximal and distal end wherein it is pivotably attached at its proximal end to the said substantial backside of said front panel;
e.) said interlocking means connecting said prop means to said base, such that the tip of said distal end of said prop means is of a fixed, predetermined shape that facilitates latching and interlocking onto base.

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