US 4,068,601 A · Folding table construction

Abstract

A wall mounted folding table movable from a collapsed and recessed position includes a folding bracket arrangement having first and second arms pivotally interconnected and pivotally connected to the table top and to the wall structure. The foldable bracket includes a reciprocating latch which releasably connects the folding bracket members in a linear support position and also maintains the folding leg in a collapsed and recessed position.

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A wall mounted table including a table top,

means hingedly connecting said table top to a vertical wall for movement from a horizontally extending use position to a vertical non-use position substantially parallel to said wall, the improvement comprising;
a folding bracket construction including a first bracket member, and a second bracket member,
means pivotally connecting said first bracket member to said table top,
means pivotally connecting said second bracket member to said vertical wall,
means pivotally connecting adjacent ends of said first and second bracket members whereby said folding bracket may be collapsed from a linear diagonal supporting position to a stored folded position in the non-use position of said table top,
a latch arrangement for releasably maintaining said folding bracket in said linear diagonal position including,
a latch member supported on said first bracket member for relative reciprocating sliding movement,
first guide means on said second bracket member for guiding said latch member,
said latch member having one end portion overlapping said second bracket member and engaging said second bracket member at a point laterally spaced to one side of said means pivotally connecting said adjacent ends of said first and second bracket members in the linear position of said folding bracket and thereby lock said bracket members against folding movement,
manually operated means on said latch member for moving said latch members whereby said one end portion is laterally movable to another side of said pivotal means connecting said adjacent ends of said bracket members and is disengaged from said second bracket member whereby said folding bracket and table top may be moved to said collapsed position,
said one end portion comprising a guided extension having a rounded edge,
said one end portion and guided extension having spaced side wall portions providing a groove,
said first guide means on said second bracket slidably engaging said groove in guiding relation, said first guide means on said second bracket comprising a boss projecting from said second bracket,
said side wall portion of said extension having a concave upper surface,
a first stop member on said latch member having a stop surface,
a second stop member on said first bracket member engageable by said stop surface of said first stop in the linear position of said folding bracket, and
said second stop member engaging said undercut surfaces of said side wall portion in sliding relation during reciprocating movement of said latch member.

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A wall mounted table including a table top and means connecting the table top to a vertical wall for movement from a horizontal use position to a vertical, non-use position, the improvement comprising:

folding bracket means including a first bracket member and a second bracket member;
first support means connecting said first bracket member to said table top;
second support means connecting said second bracket member to said vertical wall;
said bracket members having overlapping portions;
hinge means pivotally connecting said first and second bracket members at said overlapping portions whereby said second bracket members may by rotated from an upright stored position to an aligned, diagonal supporting position as limited by said overlapping portions of the bracket members;
latch means for releasably maintaining said folding bracket means in said aligned, diagonal supporting position;
said latch means including a spring biased latch member supported for relative reciprocal, sliding movement;
guide means on one of said bracket members;
said latch member having one end portion and having means adapted to receive said guide means;
said latch member being movable to a first position with said one end portion overlapping an associated bracket member for engaging same beyond said hinge means for locking said bracket members against folding movement and maintaining in said supporting position;
said latch member being movable to a second position with said one end portion withdrawn from said associated bracket member sufficiently to permit folding of the bracket members;
said latch member being movable to a third position with said one end portion in abutting contact with the first guide means when the table top is in the vertical, non-use position;
and
said latch member including spring means urging said latch member to dispose one end portion of said latch members into engagement with the guide means when the bracket members are in the non-use position for holding the same in said non-use position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description1,940 words

Summary421 words

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present improvement relates to foldable table constructions and more specifically to the type which are wall mounted and adapted to be placed into a recessed collapsed position.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

Brief description of the drawings7 figures

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a railway passenger compartment showing a folding table in use position;

#FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view through a portion of a railway passenger car side wall disclosing a storage compartment for a folding table with the wall mounted table placed in a use position;

#FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line 3--3 of FIG. 2;

Detailed description1,385 words

#Referring now particularly to FIG. 1, a railway passenger compartment 10 comprises a side wall 11 having a window 12 contained therein. The compartment 10 includes a car roof 13 and a car floor 14. Approximately only one-half of the compartment is shown in FIG. 1, the other half being substantially identical. The compartment 10 includes a pair of partition walls 15, only one of which is shown. The partition walls 15 are inter-connected by means of a longitudinally extending divider wall 16 provided with a door and door opening generally designated at 17. The compartment also includes passenger seating arrangements 18 which are disposed in opposed relation only one of said arrangements being disclosed. A conventional type of upper berth 19 which is disclosed in a stored position may be lowered for accommodating one of the passengers when placed in a use or sleeping position.

#The side wall 11 comprises an outside panel 20 connected to a horizontally extending wall stringer 21, a number of such stringers, supporting an inside wall panel 22. A pan shaped storage compartment 23 is supported by the stringer 21 and panel 22 and comprises an upper wall 24, a lower wall 25, a rear wall 26 and side walls 27.

#FIGS. 1, 2 and 7, disclose a wall mounted table 28 comprising a table top 29 which by means of pivot or hinge members 30 is hingedly supported on the side walls 27 of the storage compartment 23. A folding or collapsible bracket 31 includes an upper first bracket member or leg 32 of channel shaped construction which includes side flanges 33 and a web 34. The upper bracket member 32 is hingedly connected to the outer most end of the table top 29 by means of a hinge pin 35 supported on a hinge bracket 36 suitably connected to the underneath side of the top 29. The upper bracket 32 supports a latch member generally designated at 37 which include a rectangular head or stop member 38 as best shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6. The stop member 38 includes a stop engaging edge 39 on one side and has projecting therefrom on an opposite side a longitudinally extending rod 40. The rod 40 is slidingly supported on a guide member 41, supported on the upper bracket member 32 and extends into a bore 42 therein. A coil spring 43 is held captive between the stop member 38 and the guide member 41. A handle 44 supported within a base 45 at the latch member 37 projects outwardly therefrom.

Facts

Application

05/720,020Filed 2 Sep 1976

Granted

17 Jan 1978

Term ended

17 Jan 1995

Estimated · how

Pre-1995 term; greater of 17 years from grant or 20 years from filing when eligible. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification4 codes

A47B 5/04
Suspended or hinged panels forming a table; Wall tables: foldable
Y10T 403/32393
Including pivot stud: including bridging keeper
A47B
Tables
Y10T
Technical subjects covered by former us classification

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