# US 8,739,707 B2 · Table top > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,707 B2 - Document ID: US8739707B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/778,102 - Filed: 2013-02-26 - Published: 2013-07-04 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 1998-10-21 - Assignees: Lifetime Products, Inc. - Applicants: Lifetime Products, Inc. - Inventors: Carl R. Stanford - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739707B2 ## CPC - A47B 13/08: Table tops; Rims therefor (not restricted to table tops A47B95/04) - A47B 3/08: with legs pivoted to top or underframe - A47B 3/0809: {with elastic locking means (A47B3/083, A47B3/087 and A47B3/091 take precedence)} - A47B 3/091: with struts supporting the legs (in combination with foldable top leaves A47B3/087) - A47B 3/0911: {the struts being permanently connected to top and leg or underframe and leg} - A47B 3/0912: {the strut being of two parts foldable relative to one another} - A47B 13/02: Underframes - B29C 49/20: of articles having inserts or reinforcements {; Handling of inserts or reinforcements} - B29D 7/00: Producing flat articles, e.g. films or sheets (B29D24/00 takes precedence) - B32B 3/085: {spaced apart pieces on the surface of a layer} - B32B 3/30: characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. {hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs (apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26)} - B29C 49/0031: {Making articles having hollow walls} - B29C 2049/2008: {inside the article} - B29K 2023/065: {HDPE, i.e. high density polyethylene} - B29K 2105/0032: {Pigments, colouring agents or opacifiyng agents} - B29K 2105/0044: {Stabilisers, e.g. against oxydation, light or heat} - B29K 2105/16: Fillers - B29L 2031/448: {Tables} - Y10S 108/901: Synthetic plastic industrial platform, e.g. pallet - Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining - Y10T 29/49947: by applying separate fastener - Y10T 29/4998: Combined manufacture including applying or shaping of fluent material - Y10T 428/1352: Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic] - Y10T 428/24008: including fastener for attaching to external surface - Y10T 428/24182: Inward from edge of web or sheet - Y10T 428/24479: including variation in thickness - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A folding utility table includes a table top having a pair of support pedestals pivotally attached. A first pivotal support brace includes a distal end and a proximal end attached to the first support pedestal. A second pivotal support brace includes a distal end and a proximal end attached to the second support pedestal. In addition, the support pedestals may comprise at least one support leg, and each support leg of the first and second support pedestals may be laterally offset from each other so as to permit an offset displacement of the support legs when the support pedestals are disposed in a collapsed position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A table top constructed from molded plastic, the table top comprising: an upper surface; a lower surface; a hollow interior portion that is at least partially disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface, the lower surface and the hollow interior portion integrally formed during the molding process as part of a unitary, one-piece construction; a first plurality of at least substantially aligned depressions integrally formed in the lower surface of the table top as part of the unitary, one-piece construction, the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions spaced at least substantially proximate and generally parallel to a first outer edge of the table top; and a second plurality of at least substantially aligned depressions integrally formed in the lower portion of the table top as part of the unitary, one-piece construction, the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions spaced at least substantially proximate and generally parallel to a second outer edge of the table top. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, further comprising: a first side rail connected to the table top, the first side rail disposed between and generally parallel to the first outer edge of the table top and the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions; and a second side rail connected to the table top, the second side rail disposed between and generally parallel to the second outer edge of the table top and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, further comprising a lip integrally formed with the table top as part of the unitary, one-piece construction, the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions spaced at least substantially proximate a first portion of the lip, the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions spaced at least substantially proximate a second portion of the lip. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The table top as in claim 3, further comprising: a first side rail connected to the table top, the first side rail disposed between and generally parallel to the first portion of the lip and the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions; and a second side rail connected to the table top, the second side rail disposed between and generally parallel to the second portion of the lip and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The table top as in claim 4, further comprising: a first channel disposed between and generally parallel to the first portion of the lip and the first side rail; and a second channel disposed between and generally parallel to the second portion of the lip and the second side rail. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The table top as in claim 4, wherein each depression of the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions is spaced a first distance from the first side rail that is equal to or less than a length of the depression; and wherein each depression of the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions is spaced a second distance from the second side rail that is equal to or less than a length of the depression. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The table top as in claim 3, wherein each depression of the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions is spaced a first distance from the first portion of the lip that is equal to or less than a length of the depression; and wherein each depression of the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions is spaced a second distance from the second portion of the lip that is equal to or less than a length of the depression. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The table top as in claim 3, further comprising: a first side rail connected to the table top; a first channel disposed between the first portion of the lip and the first side rail; a second side rail connected to the table top; and a second channel disposed between the second portion of the lip and the second side rail. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions is disposed at an angle generally equal to or greater than about 45° to the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein each depression in the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions has generally the same shape, size and configuration; and wherein each depression in the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions has generally the same shape, size and configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions includes at least ten depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions includes at least ten depressions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions includes at least twenty depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions includes at least twenty depressions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions includes at least thirty depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions includes at least thirty depressions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, further comprising a third plurality of substantially aligned depressions disposed between the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, further comprising a third plurality of substantially aligned depressions disposed between and generally perpendicular to the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions is offset from the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, further comprising: a first leg assembly connected to the table top, the first leg assembly generally disposed between the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions when the first leg assembly is in a collapsed position; and a second leg assembly connected to the table top, the second leg assembly generally disposed between the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions when the second leg assembly is in a collapsed position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The table top as in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of substantially aligned depressions and the second plurality of substantially aligned depressions form at least a portion of a generally uniform pattern of depressions that is sized and configured to support the upper surface in a generally consistent manner so that the upper surface of the table top has generally uniform characteristics. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The table top as in claim 18, wherein the generally uniform pattern of depressions includes a generally consistent spacing between adjacent depressions; and wherein the generally uniform pattern of depressions covers substantially the entire lower surface of the table top. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The table top as in claim 18, further comprising a first side rail disposed at least proximate a first side of the table top and a second side rail at least proximate a second side of the table top, wherein at least a portion of the generally uniform pattern of depressions are disposed proximate the first side rail and at least a portion of the plurality of depressions are disposed proximate the second side rail.