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US 5,683,135 AGranted
Collapsible table and chair apparatus
OwnerWillis Ray Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible table and chair apparatus 10 including a pair of table top halves 20, 21 pivotally associated with two pairs 32 and 33 of support legs that are pivotally secured to one another. A seat member 40 pivotally associated with one of the pairs 32 of support legs and provided with means 42 for maintaining the seat member 40 in a fixed position relative to the pair of support legs 32 when the apparatus 10 is deployed in the operative mode.
Claims7
A collapsible table and chair apparatus comprising:
- a table unit including two table top halves wherein each table top half is provided with a pair of table support arms;
- a table support unit including a first pair of support legs and a second pair of support legs;
- wherein, the support legs are pivotally connected to one another and each pair of table support arms are pivotally connected to one of the pair of support legs;
- and
- a seat unit including at least one seat member provided with a pair of seat support arms, which are pivotally connected to one of said pairs of support legs;
- and
- means connected with said seat unit for maintaining said at least one seat member in a horizontal disposition when said seat unit is deployed in the operative mode, wherein at least one of said pair of table support arms, both of said pairs of table support legs, and said pair of seat support arms are provided with the same generally contoured configuration which includes:
- a generally narrow parallel portion;
- an outwardly flared intermediate portion;
- and a generally wide parallel portion.
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A collapsible table and chair apparatus comprising:
- a pair of table top halves wherein each table top half is pivotally associated with a selected one of two pairs of support legs including a first pair of support legs and a second pair of support legs wherein said pairs of support legs are pivotally connected to one another;
- a pair of seat members wherein each seat member is pivotally associated with one of said pairs of support legs and provided with means for maintaining said seat member in a fixed position relative to said one of said pairs of support legs;
- and
- an auxiliary leg assembly pivotally connected to said two pairs of support legs and including a pair of relatively short leg members connected to one another, wherein, each of said relatively short leg members comprise a pair of contoured leg elements, and wherein one of said pair of contoured leg elements is dimensioned to be received within the other pair of contoured leg elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.