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US 4,282,817 AGranted
Expandable furniture
OwnerGary Guttermaninventor
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Abstract
An article of furniture forming a cube when side table height and comprising hingedly connected side and top members and a pedestal which lifts to enable said cube to open to form a large size dinner table. The top can also be opened when at side table height.
Claims9
An article of furniture comprising
- a pedestal and a table top, said table top including a central top portion, said pedestal comprising an expandable assembly to enable said top selectively to be at side table height and to be raised to be at dinner table height,
- said central top portion having straight sides,
- a panel extending from each of said sides and being hingedly connected thereto,
- each of said panels including a side member and an extension member, said extension member hingedly connected to said side member,
- said extension member being folded under said side member,
- each of said panels being folded down about its respective hinge connection to sandwich said extension member between said pedestal and said side member to form a cubular configuration when all of said panels are so folded down.
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