US 5,345,882 AGranted

Assembly-type table

AssigneeSanwa Supply Co., Ltd.

InventorTetsuya Yamada

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Abstract

A table which can be easily assembled without much labor for screw fastening or such operations is provided. For this purpose, pins are provided on lower portions of the inner surfaces of both side frames which constitute the table, and slots are formed in upper portions thereof and opened upwardly, while slots which are opened downwardly to be closely fitted on the pins of the side frames are formed in lower portions of a rear frame on both sides, and pins to be closely fitted in the slots in the upper portions of the side frames are provided on upper portions of the rear frame on both sides. The rear frame is connected to both the side frames. Then, side pins are provided on rear portions of both the side frames, and upwardly projecting pins are provided on front portions thereof, while engagement plates whose free-end portions can be inserted under the side pins are provided on both side portions of a table panel on the rear side at positions corresponding to the side pins, and push nuts are provided on both side portions of the table panel on the front side at positions corresponding to the upwardly projecting pins. The table panel is connected to both the side frames.

Claims1

Dependent claims

An assembly-type table comprising two side frames located on left and right sides, a rear frame for supporting said side frames, and a table top panel removably mounted and fixed on said side frames wherein:

a vertical groove is formed in a rear inner surface of each one of said side frames and has a pin at a bottom of said vertical groove and an upwardly opened slot at a top of said vertical groove, two slots are formed at a bottom of said rear frame so as to engage with said pins of said side frames, and two pins are formed at a top of said rear frame so as to engage with said slots of said side frames, so that said rear frame is fixed to said side frames when both side edges of said rear frame are slid into said vertical grooves of said side frames;
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said side frames are further provided with side pins at upper rear portions thereof and upwardly projecting pins at upper front portions thereof, and said table top frame is provided with engagement plates on an under surface thereof at positions that correspond to said side pins of said side frames and with push nuts on an under surface thereof at positions that correspond to said projecting pins of said side frames, so that said table top panel is fixed to said side frames when said engagement plates are inserted under said side pins and said push nuts are engaged with said projecting pins by pushing said top panel from above.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.