Work briefcase and table system
OwnerPaul Polatovinventor
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Abstract
A combination briefcase and table arrangement includes a set of telescoping legs mounted at the underside of a briefcase body, so that the legs support the briefcase a certain height above a floor surface when the legs are extended. The legs are stored in recessed compartments that open at the underside of the briefcase body. A set of shelves are supported in a cover portion of the briefcase, for sliding movement between a withdrawn position at which the shelves are concealed inside the cover portion, and a working position at which the shelves project from the cover portion in a plane parallel with a top surface of the cover portion. The projecting shelves and the cover portion together define a flat table surface on which papers, tools, instruments and the like carried in the briefcase, can be placed at a work site.
Claims13
A handy work briefcase and table system, comprising:
- a briefcase including:
- a briefcase body portion, and
- a briefcase cover portion attached to the body portion for relative movement between an open position and a closed position;
- a set of extensible legs each mounted at an underside of said body portion for supporting said briefcase a desired height above a floor surface when the legs are set at an extended position;
- the body portion of said briefcase having recessed compartments that open at the underside of the body portion for storing said legs in a storage position;
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- at least one shelf supported in the briefcase cover portion for sliding movement between a retracted position in which the shelf is carried inside said cover portion, and a working position in which the shelf projects out from said briefcase cover portion substantially parallel with a top surface of said cover portion, so that the projecting shelf and the cover portion together define a generally flat table surface when the legs are in the extended position and the cover portion is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.