Knock-down light weight table kit
AssigneeKessler Products Co., Inc.
InventorsMilton Kessler, Myron E. Ullman, Jr.
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Abstract
A low table about the height of a coffee table, to be retailed as a kit of parts which can be quickly and simply assembled without tools, and which is made essentially of heavy cardboard or fiberboard finished to resemble wood, and consisting of a flat base, a hollow column fixed to said base, and a table top fixed to said column. The column is weighted with sand which is immobilized at the bottom of the column by means of hot wax or a similar agent.
Claims12
In a knock-down kit of light weight table components including a top, a base, a supporting column, trim and a tie rod for quick assembly without tools, in combination the improvement comprising:
- a centrally located blind hole in the underside of said top;
- fastener means in said hole to secure an end of said tie rod therein;
- said supporting column including an outer hollow columnar member, an inner hollow columnar member within said outer columnar member, a pair of end plates adapted to concentrically position said columnar members, means to concentrically secure said end plates between said columnar members, ballast means between said columnar members adjacent their lower ends, and means to secure said ballast means adjacent said lower ends;
- a hole centrally located in said base;
- said trim being adapted to snap on the periphery of said base and to extend beneath the underside thereof;
- the length of said tie rod being sufficient to extend through said hole in said base, and said inner columnar member with one end projecting into said blind hole in the underside of said top to be secured by said fastener means therein;
- and means to fasten the outer end of said tie rod adjacent the underside of said base, said trim extension providing clearance for said means to fasten the said other end of said tie rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.