Tray with folding legs
AssigneeNew Products I, Ltd.
InventorRobert C. Geschwender
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Abstract
A generally rectangular tray having a pair of legs pivoted on the tray at opposite sides thereof for swinging between a folded position and an unfolded position in which the legs extend down from the tray for supporting it. Each leg has spaced apart side portions interconnected for resilient springing movement of the side portions with respect to one another, latches engageable by the legs for releasably latching the legs in folded position and actuators operable by a person holding the tray at opposite sides thereof for springing the side portions of each leg with respect to one another to move the legs out of latching engagement with their respective latches. This disengagement enables the legs to swing down by gravity from their folded position to their unfolded position for supporting the tray.
Claims18
A generally rectangular tray having a pair of legs pivoted on the underside of the tray at opposite sides thereof for swinging between a folded position in which the legs are folded up adjacent the underside of the tray and an unfolded position in which the legs extend down from the tray for supporting it, each leg having spaced apart side portions interconnected for resilient springing movement of the side portions with respect to one another, latches on the underside of the tray for releasably latching the legs in folded position, and actuator means on the tray engageable with said legs and operable by a person while holding the tray in a serving position for springing the side portions of each leg with respect to one another thereby to disengage the legs from their respective latches for enabling the legs to swing down by gravity from their folded position to their unfolded position for supporting the tray, said actuator means comprising a pair of actuators movably mounted on said opposite sides of the tray and positioned generally midway of respective sides whereby said actuators may be moved by hand while holding the tray in said serving position with both hands positioned generally midway of said opposite sides thereby to spring respective side portions of respective legs with respect to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.