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US 2007/0175369 A1Published application
Fold away service tray
OwnerKenneth Reinerinventor
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Abstract
To pairs of elongated legs for supporting a tray and shiftable from a deployed position orienting the tray in a horizontal working orientation and including one or more connector lengths connecting the tray and legs for shifting to a vertical position when the legs are collapsed together to a self-supporting position.
Claims17
Foldable tray apparatus comprising:
- first and second pairs of elongated legs having respective first and second pairs of upper and lower ends and medial sections crossed centrally and pivotally connected to be rotated to deployed positions with the upper end of the respective pairs spaced apart and the medial sections angling downwardly therefrom toward one another to cross one another in one direction and then angle downwardly away from one another and configured to, when rotated to collapsed positions, project parallel to one another, the legs formed on their bottom ends with respective knee portions angled to, when in the collapsed position, cross one another in the direction opposite the one direction;
- a tray pivotally connected on one side to the first pair of upper ends;
- at least one link pivotally connected between the side of the tray opposite the one side and constructed to, when the legs are in the deployed position, provide for the tray to nest on the connector ends, and when in the collapsed position, provide for the knees to cross one another in the opposite direction;
- first and second pairs of roller on the bottom ends of the first and second legs and configured to clear one another as the legs are rotated from the deployed to the collapsed position.
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Foldable tray apparatus comprising:
- first and second pairs of elongated legs pivotally connected together medially to pivot from a deployed to collapsed positions;
- a rigid tray to be supported from the upper extremities of the respective pairs of legs, the tray having a first actuation side and an apparently disposed second side;
- pivot pins pivotally mounting the first pair of legs to the bottom of the foldable side of the tray;
- a pair of connector links having respective on ends connected pivotally to the medium under side of the tray and having the opposite ends pivotally connected to the upper extremities of the second pair of legs, the connector links being so configured and arranged as to, when the pairs of legs are in their deployed positions, provide for such legs to support the tray in its horizontal working position and being further so configured that as the actuation of the tray shifted from its working position and its stand position provide for rectilinear translation of the tray relative to the legs to cause the tray and legs to pivot a substantially coextensive positions;
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- a latch mounted under the tray for latching the legs in their deployed positions.
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Foldable tray apparatus comprising:
- first and second pairs of legs pivotably connected together medially to pivot from deployed to collapsed positions, the legs included upper ends respective first and second pairs of upper ends spaced apart when the pairs of legs are in the deployed positions;
- a rigid tray to be supported from the first and second pairs of upper ends;
- mounting means mounting the tray from the respective first and second pairs of upper ends and operative upon shifting of the legs from their deployed positions to orient the tray in a horizontal position and upon shifting of the legs to their collapsed position to orient the tray in a vertical position generally coextensive with the legs;
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- the legs including stabilizing means operative when the legs are in the collapsed position to support the legs and tray in a generally vertical position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.