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US 4,069,770 AGranted
Table with an undivided table-top
OwnerHenry Filso Bertelseninventor
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Abstract
The table is provided with extension leaves which can be stored in a concealed position under the main table top. The underframe of the table has a top and bottom which serve to support the extension leaves in the extended position and the retracted position. The table top has a downwards facing edge. In a preferred embodiment the sliding bars are broad but of small height and form an angle to each other.
Claims3
A table comprising
- an undivided circular table top having a downwardly facing peripheral edge;
- a frame below said table top;
- a cross-member carried in said frame and having radiating arms;
- a bottom plate carried below said cross-member, said bottom plate being of less extent than said table top;
- a top plate carried above said cross-member in spaced relation to said bottom plate, said top plate being of less extent than said table top;
- a plurality of pairs of extension leaves;
- and
- a plurality of pairs of sliding bars slidably mounted between said plates, each pair of said sliding bars supporting a pair of said extension leaves, each said pair of sliding bars being slidable between an inserted position and an extended position relative to said plates to selectively position a respective pair of extension leaves under said table top in a concealed manner and astride said table top, each said sliding bar having a free end slidable along an arm of said cross-member whereby said pairs of sliding bars are disposed on said frame and under said top plate in said extended position and between said plates in said inserted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.