Folding table
AssigneeLifetime Products, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Winter, Jay Calkin, Mitch Johnson, Joel H. Bennett
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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 include a first section and a second section that are movable between folded and unfolded positions. A first portion of a side rail may be connected to the first section of the table top and a second portion of the side rail connected to the second section of the table top. A hinge assembly may connect the first and second portions of the side rail in an offset configuration. When the table is in the folded position, an inner surface of the first portion of the side rail may be disposed at least proximate an outer surface of the second portion of the side rail.
Claims20
A folding table that is capable of being disposed in a folded position and an unfolded position, the folding table comprising:
- a first section of a table top;
- a second section of a table top;
- a first portion of a first side rail connected to the first section of the table top;
- a second portion of the first side rail connected to the second section of the table top;
- and
- a hinge assembly connecting the first portion and the second portion of the first side rail in an offset configuration with the first portion of the first side rail generally disposed in a first plane and the second portion of the first side rail generally disposed in a second plane, the first plane and the second plane aligned along a length of the table top and spaced apart by a distance, the hinge assembly comprising:
- a first portion of the hinge assembly connected to an end of the first portion of the first side rail;
- and
- a second portion of the hinge assembly connected to an end of the second portion of the first side rail, the end of the first portion of the first side rail and the end of the second portion of the first side rail disposed at least proximate and aligned along a width of the table top when the table is in the folded position;
- wherein an inner surface of the first portion of the first side rail is disposed at least proximate an outer surface of the second portion of the first side rail when the table is in the folded position.
A folding table that is capable of being disposed in a folded position and an unfolded position, the folding table comprising:
- a table top comprising:
- a first section;
- and
- a second section;
- a frame comprising:
- a first side rail 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, the first portion and the second portion of the first side rail connected in an offset configuration by a first hinge assembly, a sidewall of the first portion of the first side rail being disposed at least proximate a sidewall of the second portion of the first side rail when the table is in the folded position;
- a second side rail 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, the first portion and the second portion connected in an offset configuration by a second hinge assembly, a sidewall of the first portion of the second side rail being disposed at least proximate a sidewall of the second portion of the second side rail when the table is in the folded position;
- a first leg assembly movable relative to the first section of the table top between an extended position and a collapsed position;
- a second leg assembly movable relative to the second section of the table top between an extended position and a collapsed position;
- and
- a first cross member connected to the first side rail and the second side rail, the first cross member comprising:
- a first inwardly extending receiving portion that receives a portion of the first side rail when the table is in the folded position;
- and
- a second inwardly extending receiving portion that receives a portion of the second side rail when the table is in the folded position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.