Portable animal training table interlockable with like tables
AssigneeBlue-9, LLC
InventorDavid R. Blake
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Abstract
A table configured to aid in the training of animals. The table can include legs that can be in multiple positions, one of which allows the legs to be stored. Multiple of such tables and/or table tops can be stacked atop each other to alter the height of the table top and still be laterally stable between the tables and/or table tops. The tables can also include projections and recesses that enable lateral interlocking of the tables to form a larger table top surface. Each table can be designed to be lightweight, portable, rigid, and stable for use as an animal training aid.
Claims32
A table suitable for stacking whether or not its legs are in position, comprising:
- a. several legs each having a base end and an attachment end;
- b. a table top having several mating locations on its top and several corresponding mating locations on its bottom;
- c. said table top also having several attachment locations each allowing at least one orientation for the attachment end of one of said legs to position it with its base end mating with corresponding mating locations on the top of an identical table top, who when all of said several legs are so positioned, an identical table stacked is laterally stable as referenced to said table top;
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- d. said table top is also adapted so that two of such tops, without legs in position, would interlock to substantially inhibit lateral movement between the two tops when the top of one is next to the bottom of another so as to prevent horizontal movement between them when interlocked.
A four-sided table suitable for use as an animal training aid with protruding members on adjacent sides to facilitate interlocking with three other identical tables when forming a 2-by-2 array, comprising:
- a four-sided table, having a table top and four legs each capable of two different positions with respect to said table top;
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- a projection extending from each of two adjacent sides of said table top, and a corresponding recess in each of the two other sides, each projection shaped to lockingly fit a recess like the recess on the opposite side of said table;
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- with the top of the table top extending over the recesses and the opening for the recesses extending to the bottom of the table top, whereby a projection fitting in the recess can only be removed by lowering it, and its upward motion is blocked by the table top.
A portable, stable table with storable legs, comprising:
- a. a table top;
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- b. at least three blow-molded legs each having a base end and an attachment end;
- c. said table top also having several attachment locations each allowing at least one first orientation for the attachment end of one of said legs to position it with its base end extending away from said table top a distance less than the largest dimension of the table top;
- d. said legs being storable in a different orientation from the first orientation that is substantially parallel with the table top;
- e. said legs when in the first position together do not have any cross sectional areas parallel to the table top that is less than two percent of the area of the top of the table top;
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- f. wherein the length of said legs is not greater than about half the width of the table top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.