Portable folding table
AssigneeAnyplace Concepts Co., Ltd.
InventorKwan Jun Choi
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Abstract
An improved portable folding table includes a folding frame and a table top supported by the folding frame. The folding frame includes a connecting sleeve, supporting blocks, supporting rods coupled to the connecting sleeve and the supporting blocks and first/second cross-bars coupled to the supporting blocks. The table top includes a tablecloth, third/fourth cross-bars at the bottom of the tablecloth and coupled to the supporting blocks, auxiliary cross-bars positioned between the third and fourth cross-bars and holders fixedly attached to the bottom of the tablecloth to receive ends of the auxiliary cross-bars. The holders prevent the auxiliary cross-bars from sliding out during normal operation.
Claims12
An improved portable folding table comprising:
- (A) a folding frame comprising:
- (i) a connecting sleeve;
- (ii) a plurality of supporting blocks including first, second, third and fourth supporting blocks arranged clockwise, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth supporting blocks includes a first slot and a second slot;
- (iii) a plurality of supporting rods coupled to the connecting sleeve, wherein a lower end of each supporting rod is configured to contact a floor, and an upper end of each supporting rod is connected with a correspond supporting block;
- (iv) a first cross-bar disposed in the first slots of the first and second supporting blocks;
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- (v) a second cross-bar disposed in the first slots of the third and fourth supporting blocks;
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- (B) a table top supported by the folding frame and comprising:
- (i) a tablecloth;
- (ii) a third cross-bar formed at a bottom of the tablecloth and along one side of the tablecloth, the third cross-bar configured to be disposed in the second slots of the second and third supporting blocks;
- (iii) a fourth cross-bar formed at the bottom of the tablecloth and along another side of the tablecloth, the fourth cross-bar configured to be disposed in the second slots of the fourth and first supporting blocks;
- (iv) a plurality of auxiliary cross-bars positioned between the third and fourth cross-bars;
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- (v) a plurality of holders fixedly attached to the bottom of the tablecloth to receive ends of the plurality of auxiliary cross-bars, wherein
- each holder includes an opening part for inserting a corresponding auxiliary cross-bar and an abutting part for restricting the corresponding auxiliary cross-bar from sliding out, and
- two holders are provided to each auxiliary cross-bar, with one holder at each end of the auxiliary cross-bar, wherein at least one holder is formed with a through-hole between the abutting part and the opening part to allow the corresponding end of the auxiliary cross-bar to extend.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.