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US 7,461,601 B2Granted
Fold-in-half table
AssigneeLifetime Products, Inc.
InventorsJu-Young Jin, Arvin Patel
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Abstract
A foldable table may include a table top and legs that are movable between an extended position and a collapsed position. The table top may be divided into a first section and a second section, and a hinge assembly may connect the first section of the table top to the second section of the table top to allow the table top to be selectively moved between a folded position and an unfolded position. The hinge assembly may include a locking member that may be sized and configured to lock the hinge assembly in a fixed position. In addition, the hinge assembly may include a lever that is sized and configured to move the locking member between a locked and unlocked position.
Claims17
A table comprising:
- a table top including a first section and a second section that are movable between a folded position and an unfolded position;
- a table frame including a first portion connected to the first section of the table top and a second portion connected to the second section of the table top;
- a hinge assembly pivotally connecting the first section of the table top and the second section of the table top, the hinge assembly being movable between a first position in which table top is positioned in the folded position and a second position in which the table top is position in the unfolded position, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a first generally U-shaped bracket including a first flange and a second flange, the first flange including an aperture and a catch, the second flange including an aperture and a catch;
- a second generally U-shaped bracket including a first flange and a second flange, the first flange including an aperture and a slot, the second flange including an aperture and a slot;
- a lever including an aperture and a slot;
- a pivot member connecting the first bracket, the second bracket and the lever and
- a locking member disposed in the slot in the first flange of the second bracket, the slot in the second flange of the second bracket and the slot in the lever, the locking member being movable between a first position in which the locking member locks the hinge assembly and a second position in the hinge assembly is unlocked;
- wherein the lever is sized and configured to guide the locking member between the first position and the second position.
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A table comprising:
- a table top including a first section and a second section that are movable between a folded position and unfolded position;
- a frame connected to the table top, the frame including a first portion connected to the first section of the table top and a second portion connected to the second section of the table top;
- a hinge assembly pivotally connecting the first section and the second section of the table top, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a first bracket connected to the first portion of the frame, the first bracket including a first flange and a second flange, the first flange including an aperture, a catch and a notch, the second flange including an aperture, a catch and a notch;
- a second bracket connected to the second portion of the frame, the second bracket including a first flange and a second flange, the first flange including an aperture and a slot, the second flange including an aperture and a slot;
- a locking member disposed in the slot in the first flange of the second bracket and in the slot in the second flange of the second bracket, the locking member being movable between a locked position in which the table top may be locked in a fixed position and an unlocked position in which the table top may be moved between the folded position and the unfolded position;
- a lever at least partially disposed between the first flange and the second flange of the first bracket and between the first flange and the second flange of the second bracket, the lever including a slot and the locking member being disposed in the slot, the lever being sized and configured to move the locking member between the locked position and the unlocked position;
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- a pivot member pivotally connecting the first bracket, the second bracket and the lever;
- and
- one or more legs that are sized and configured to support the table top above a support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.