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US 4,070,057 AGranted
Combined folding table and seat assembly
AssigneeFranklyn M. Markus
InventorWilliam C. Jones
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Abstract
A collapsible combined table and seat assembly including an improved lightweight collapsible leg for each seat and an improved lightweight collapsible linkage for connecting the seats to the table for supporting the table in its upright condition.
Claims21
In a collapsible combined table and seat assembly of the type comprising a table, a seat disposable adjacent one end of and below the plane of said table, and leg means, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a cross-piece non-rotatably fixed to and supporting said seat;
- a bracket pivotally mounted at one end to said table for movement between an open position in which said bracket extends downwardly away from said table and a closed position in which said bracket is in close confronting relation with said table;
- means for preventing pivotal movement of said bracket away from said closed position beyond said open position thereof;
- said cross-piece being pivotally mounted on the other end of said bracket, whereby said seat can be moved into close confronting relation with said table upon the movement of said bracket between its open and closed position without pivoting said seat relative to said cross-piece;
- means for pivotally mounting said leg means on said cross-piece for movement about the longitudinal axis of said cross-piece between an open position in which said leg means extends downwardly from said cross-piece and a closed position in which said leg means is in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said seat;
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- means for releasably holding said leg means in said open position, whereby said one end of said table is supported in an elevated position when said leg means and said bracket are in their respective open positions.
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