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US 2011/0030589 A1Published application
Foldable table
OwnerLibin Cheninventor
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Abstract
A foldable table has a frame and a panel removably placed thereon. The frame has a pair of beams, four legs pivotally linked to ends of the beams with four links, a sleeve slidable with respect to each leg, a pair of scissoring end bars linking sleeves and links of each same ends of opposite beams, a tilt bar linking each sleeve and respect beam. The foldable table is able to be folded or expanded by a one-step simple operation and has a small folded volume and a large expanded use area.
Claims3
A foldable table comprising a frame and a panel removably placed on said frame, said frame having:
- a first beam having a first end and an opposite second end,
- a second beam having a first end and an opposite second end,
- a first leg pivotally linked to said first beam in a vicinity of said first end thereof with a first link,
- a second leg pivotally linked to said first beam in a vicinity of said second end thereof with a second link,
- a third leg pivotally linked to said second beam in a vicinity of said first end thereof with a third link,
- a fourth leg pivotally linked to said second beam in a vicinity of said second end thereof with a fourth link,
- a first, a second, a third, and a fourth sleeves respectively slidable with respect to said first, said second, said third, and said fourth legs,
- a first end bar pivotally linked to said first link at one end thereof and to said third sleeve at a free end thereof,
- a coupling first end bar pivotally linked to said third link at one end thereof and to said first sleeve at a free end thereof, with said first and said coupling first end bars being hinged at about a middle portion thereof and able to scissor with respect to each other,
- a second end bar pivotally linked to said second link at one end thereof and to said fourth sleeve at a free end thereof,
- a coupling second end bar pivotally linked to said fourth link at one end thereof and to said second sleeve at a free end thereof, with said second and said coupling second end bars being hinged at about a middle portion thereof and able to scissor with respect to each other,
- a first and a second tilt bars respectively and pivotally linked to said first and said second sleeves at one end thereof and pivotally linked to said first beam at a free end thereof, and,
- a third and a fourth tilt bars respectively and pivotally linked to said third and said fourth sleeves at one end thereof and pivotally linked to said second beam at a free end thereof.
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