Fold away laptop and keyboard table
OwnerBrian Cavanaughinventor
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Abstract
A stowable tray assembly for upholstered sitting furniture includes an elongated storage compartment adaptable to installation either inside or outside an arm rest of a chair and a vertical telescoping post anchored inside the storage compartment. In addition, there is a means for releasably locking members of the vertical telescoping post in a fully extended position. A short horizontal support member is attached substantially perpendicular to the unanchored end of the vertical telescoping post, and a substantially horizontal tray support arm is pivotally attached to the free end of this horizontal support member. A tray table is rotatably attached substantially parallel to the axis of and along a portion of the tray support arm.
Claims11
A stowable tray assembly for upholstered sitting furniture comprising:
- a) an elongated storage compartment to be disposed one of inside and outside an arm rest of said upholstered sitting furniture, wherein said storage compartment defines a box with side and end panels;
- b) a vertical telescoping post anchored inside said storage compartment proximal one of said compartment end panels, wherein said vertical telescoping post includes at least two coaxial sliding tubular members;
- c) a means for releasably locking said tubular members of said vertical telescoping post in a fully extended position;
- d) a horizontal support member attached substantially perpendicular to unanchored end of said vertical telescoping post;
- e) a substantially horizontal tray support arm pivotally attached to said horizontal support member;
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- f) a substantially planar tray rotatably attached substantially parallel to axis of and along a portion of said tray support arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.