Nested, independently deployable bench and table apparatus and method
AssigneeLifetime Products, Inc.
InventorsStephen F. Nye, Lynn C. Strong
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Abstract
A portable, storable table and bench system may be collapsed and nested. Benches may nest within the envelope of the table. Benches may be deployed independently from the table. The table may be deployed independently from the benches. The table may be deployed, with the benches maintained in nested storage within the table envelope, without requirement to deploy the benches. Tables may be formed by several suitable methods including fabrication from wood, framing with metal and wood, blow molding, tumble molding, vacuum forming, and the like. Cavities in the table for nesting the bench may fit within the envelope or cross-section of the table, or may be formed as recesses in outside surfaces underneath the table top.
Claims34
An apparatus comprising:
- a table comprising a table top and pedestals for supporting the table top above a surface;
- the table top formed to present a cavity therein;
- a bench sized to operate in conjunction with the table the bench comprising a bench top sized to support more than one user thereon, and a pedestal adapted to support the bench top above the surface;
- the table top sized to receive therein, within the cavity, the bench;
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- a retainer for securing the pedestals of the table to the table top securing therebetween the bench captured between the pedestal and the table top.
The apparatus of 13, wherein the bench, the other bench, and the table are all independently and remotely storable with respect to one another, and all completely useable and storable in conjunction with one another, and wherein such use and storage is selectable by a user.
An apparatus comprising:
- a table having a table top and pedestals for supporting said table top above a surface;
- said table top formed to present a cavity therein;
- a bench sized to operate in conjunction with said table, said bench comprising a bench top sized to support more than one user thereon, and a pedestal adapted to support said bench top above said surface;
- said table top sized to receive therein, within said cavity, said bench;
- a securement mechanism adapted to retain said bench within said cavity during deployment and storage of said table;
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- wherein said table and said bench are constructed to render the table independently freestanding in the absence of the bench and the bench independently freestanding in the absence of the table, both the table and the bench being independently useable remotely from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.