Table with nesting table top
AssigneeLifetime Products, Inc.
InventorsWendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
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Abstract
A table may be sized and configured to nest with another table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration. The table may include a table top with a receiving portion disposed at least proximate an intersection of an upper surface and a sidewall. The table top may also include a lip and a lower portion of the lip may include a contact surface that is sized and configured to contact an upper surface of an adjacent, nested table. The lower portion of the lip may also include an engaging portion that is sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent, nested table. The contact surface and the engaging portion may be directly adjacent to each other in the lower portion of the lip.
Claims18
A table top sized and configured to nest with a table top of an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration, each table top of a plurality of stacked tables being substantially identical, the table top comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a sidewall extending downwardly relative to the upper surface;
- a nesting portion at least partially formed in the upper surface and the sidewall;
- a lower surface spaced apart from the upper surface;
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- a lip downwardly extending from the lower surface, the lip comprising:
- a contact surface in a first lower portion of the lip, the contact surface sized and configured to contact an upper surface of a table top of an adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
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- an engaging portion in a second lower portion of the lip, the engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a nesting portion of a table top of the adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table,
- wherein the table top is constructed from blow-molded plastic and the upper surface, the sidewall, the nesting portion, the lower surface, the lip, the contact surface and the engaging portion are integrally formed as part of a unitary, one-piece construction during a blow-molding process.
A table sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration, each table of a plurality of stacked tables being substantially identical, the table comprising:
- a table top constructed from molded plastic, the table top comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a sidewall extending downwardly relative to the upper surface;
- a lower surface spaced apart from the upper surface;
- a nesting portion disposed at least proximate a perimeter of the table top;
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- a lip extending downwardly, the lip comprising;
- a contact surface in a first lower portion of the lip sized and configured to contact an upper surface of a table to of an adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
- an engaging portion in a second lower portion of the lip sized and configured to be disposed in a nesting portion of a table top of the adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
- a frame comprising:
- a first side rail disposed at least proximate a first side of the table top, a lower portion of the first side rail sized and configured to contact an upper surface of the adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
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- a second side rail disposed at least proximate a second side of the table top, a lower portion of the second side rail sized and configured to contact an upper surface of the adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
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- one or more support structures connected to the table top, the support structures movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top.
A table top sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table top when the table tops are disposed in a stacked configuration, the table top comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a sidewall extending downwardly relative to the upper portion;
- a receiving portion disposed at least proximate an intersection of the upper portion and the sidewall;
- a lower portion spaced apart from the upper portion;
- a lip extending downwardly from the lower portion, the lip comprising:
- a contact surface formed by a first lower portion of the lip, the contact surface sized and configured to contact an upper portion of a table top of an adjacent, stacked table;
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- an engaging portion formed by a second lower portion of the lip, the engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of a table top of an adjacent, stacked table,
- wherein the contact surface has a width generally equal to or smaller than a width of the engaging portion in a corner of the table top;
- and wherein the contact surface has a width at least twice as large as a width of the engaging portion along a first side and along a second side of the table top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.