Back to results
US 8,894,121 B2Granted
Table with a rotatable tabletop
AssigneePACCAR Inc
InventorsBenjamin C. Eilers, Benjamin T. Grover, Jonathan Duncan, Wallace A. Peltola
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A table having a vertical support structure and a tabletop that is rotatable relative to the vertical support structure. The rotatable tabletop is configured to lock and unlock at a variety of positions relative to the vertical support structure via a latch mechanism.
Claims17
A table for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a vertical support structure configured to be coupled to an interior portion of the vehicle;
- a tabletop rotatable coupled to the vertical support structure such that the tabletop rotates about a longitudinal axis of the vertical support structure;
- and
- a latching mechanism configured to selectively lock and unlock, the tabletop relative to the vertical support structure, wherein the latching mechanism comprises:
- a pin configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vertical support structure to engage with one or more voids in a surface of the vertical support structure to lock the tabletop relative to the vertical support structure, and
- a latch handle operatively coupled to the pin and configured to cause the pin to disengage from the one or more voids when the latch handle is moved in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vertical support structure.
3 more elements
A table mounted within an interior portion of a vehicle, the table comprising:
- a support member having a lower end supported by the interior portion of the vehicle and an upper end;
- and
- a tabletop rotatably coupled to the support member proximate the upper end, the tabletop rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the support member, wherein a planar support surface of the tabletop is orientated substantially parallel with a floor surface of the interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein the tabletop selectively rotates with respect to the support member between a plurality of fixed positions;
- and
- a latching mechanism configured to conditionally permit and prohibit rotation of the tabletop with respect to the support member between the plurality of fixed positions, the latching mechanism comprising:
- a handle carried by the tabletop, and
- a pin configured to engage with a plurality of voids in an upper surface of the support member,
- wherein movement of the handle in a direction substantially parallel to the tabletop causes the pin to move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the tabletop to disengage the pin from one of the plurality of voids to allow the tabletop selective rotation with respect to the support member.
5 more elements
A table for use in a vehicle, the table comprising:
- a support member configured to be connected to an interior portion of the vehicle, the support member having an upper surface;
- a tabletop;
- and
- means for rotatably coupling the tabletop to the support member, wherein the tabletop is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the support member, the longitudinal axis being substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the support member;
- wherein the upper surface of the support member comprises one or more voids;
- and
- wherein the tabletop comprises at least one pin extending into one of the one or more voids of the upper surface of the support member and a handle that, when moved in a direction substantially parallel to the upper surface, causes the at least one pin to retract from the one of the one or more voids.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.