Table assembly
AssigneeChampion International Corporation
InventorsDouglas F. Owens, Thomas D. Aders
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Abstract
A table assembly having a top portion and a base portion which are secured together by supplying the base portion with a circular ring and the top portion with a plurality of clips supported on the bottom surface of the top portion by cross braces. The clips align with the circular ring of the base portion by sliding the top portion therealong whereby one of the clips is situated in the interior of the circular ring and the other clips are situated exteriorly of the circular ring. The clips are then secured to the bottom surface of the circular ring as by screws.
Claims7
A table assembly comprising a top portion, base portion and means for securing said portions together;
- said bottom portion having a plurality of legs for supporting the table assembly and a circular ring mounted at the top of said plurality of legs, said circular ring having an inner radius measured from the center of said circular ring to the inner peripheral surface of said circular ring, and an outer radius measured from said center of said circular ring to the outer peripheral surface of said circular ring;
- said top portion having a bottom surface, a plurality of cross braces spaced equiangularly about the center of said bottom surface, and a plurality of clips, one clip being supported by one of said plurality of cross braces, whereby said top portion is assembled to said base portion by sliding the top portion along the circular ring until the clips are in flush engagement therewith, each of said clips including a vertical member extending perpendicular to its respective brace, and two horizontal members extending horizontally from said vertical member, each of said vertical members having an inner surface nearest said circular ring and an outer surface farthest from said circular ring;
- and one of said clips having an inner surface of its vertical member positioned on its respective cross brace a distance from the center of said bottom surface slightly less than said inner radius of said circular ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.