Table
AssigneeCosco, Inc.
InventorJerry L. Neal
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Abstract
A table having a plurality of legs receivable in sockets on the underside of a table top to place said table in an upright condition. The legs are removable from the sockets and storable within clips on the underside of the top to place the table in a knocked-down condition.
Claims10
In combination, a table comprising a generally planar top unit, a plurality of legs, a plurality of sockets each having a sleeve connected to said top unit with its central axis generally normal to the plane of said top unit and an elastomeric bushing received within said sleeve and shaped for snug reception of one end of one of said legs, said bushings each having a radially inwardly extending upper face at the upper end thereof to limit upward leg movement therein, each of said bushings also having tabs extending radially outwardly from said upper face and radially outwardly extending flange means at the lower end thereof for respective reception over and engagement with the upper and lower extents of the associated sleeve to limit bushing movement within said sleeve, and a clip mounted on the underside of said top unit and having a plurality of recesses formed therein for receiving said plurality of legs, said plurality of legs being selectively and alternately receivable in said sockets for placing the table in an upright condition and in said clip for placing the table in a knocked-down condition.
In combination, a table comprising a generally planar top unit, a plurality of legs, a plurality of downwardly open rigid sleeves mounted on the underside of said top unit with their central axes generally normal to the plane of said top unit, a plurality of elastomeric bushings each carried in one of said sleeves and shaped for snug reception of one end of one of said legs, said bushings each having a radially inwardly extending upper face at the upper end thereof to limit upward leg movement therein, each of said bushings also having tabs extending radially outwardly from said upper face and radially outwardly extending flange means at the lower end thereof for respective reception over and engagement with the upper and lower extents of the associated sleeve to limit bushing movement within said sleeve, and a plurality of clips mounted on the underside of said top unit and each having a plurality of recesses formed therein for receiving said plurality of legs, said plurality of legs being selectively and alternately receivable in said sockets for placing the table in an upright condition and in said clips for placing the table in a knocked-down condition.
In combination, a table comprising a generally planar top unit, a plurality of legs, a plurality of sleeves mounted on said top unit with their axes generally normal to the plane of said top unit, a plurality of elastomeric bushings each received within one of said sleeves and shaped for snug reception of one end of one of said legs, and bushings each having a radially inwardly extending upper face at the upper end thereof to limit upward leg movement therein, each of said bushings also having tabs extending radially outwardly from said upper face and radially outwardly extending flange means at the lower end thereof for respective reception over and engagement with the upper and lower extents of the associated sleeve to limit bushing movement within said sleeve, said plurality of legs each having one end receivable in one of said sleeves for placing the table in an upright condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.