Automotive trunk table
OwnerIsrael Torresinventor
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Abstract
An automotive table for installation inside a vehicle in compact collapsed form attached to the vehicle floor, and extendable to a position outside the vehicle for use as a work platform or display of merchandise or the like. The table has on the underside two lazy tongs that are at their lower ends, attached to the vehicle floor, typically the floor of the vehicle trunk. From its normal collapsed position inside the vehicle, the table is extended by pulling out the table top while the lazy tongs expand to their fully extended position. A pair of support brackets attached to the base of the table may be manually rotated or raised to a position so that they support the weight of the table and prevent it from collapsing.
Claims5
For use on a passenger car having a trunk compartment with a floor, a table assembly comprising:
- a table top dimensioned to be completely received inside said trunk compartment;
- a pair of pivoted lazy tong linkages connected at the back end of each to the underside of said table top at laterally spaced locations thereon;
- and a respective mounting member at the front end of each lazy tong linkage for attachment to the floor of the trunk compartment;
- said lazy tong linkages being pivotally adjustable to a collapsed position holding said table top inside said trunk compartment or to an extended position holding said table top in a horizontal position to the rear of said trunk compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.