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US 9,307,831 B2Granted
Table
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 one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration. The table may include a table top constructed from molded plastic and the table top may include a receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of an adjacent table in the nested configuration. The table may also include a metal frame connected to the table top and the frame may include an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent table in the nested configuration. If desired, an outer surface of the engaging portion may be visible and exposed in the recess in the lip.
Claims30
A table sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration, the table comprising:
- a table top comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a receiving portion disposed in the upper portion of the table top, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of a first adjacent table when the table and the first adjacent table are in a nested configuration;
- and
- a lower portion, the upper portion, the receiving portion and the lower portion part of an integral, one-piece structure;
- a metal frame connected to the table top, the frame comprising:
- a body;
- and
- an engaging portion extending outwardly from the body, the engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of a second adjacent table when the table and the second adjacent table are in a nested configuration;
- a first support structure movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top, the first support structure sized and configured to support the table top above a surface when the first support structure is in the extended position, the first support structure disposed at least proximate the lower portion of the table top in the collapsed position;
- and
- a second support structure movable between the extended position and the collapsed position relative to the table top, the second support structure sized and configured to support the table top above a surface when the second support structure is in the extended position, the second support structure disposed at least proximate the lower portion of the table top in the collapsed position;
- wherein a height of the table in a nested configuration is reduced by about twenty percent (20%) or more in comparison to a height of the table in an un-nested configuration.
10 more elements
A table sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table when the tables are in a nested configuration, the table comprising:
- a table top comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a receiving portion in the upper portion, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of an adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
- a lower portion;
- a hollow interior portion disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion;
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- a lip extending from the lower portion of the table top, the upper portion, the receiving portion, the lower portion, the hollow interior portion and the lip integrally formed as part of a unitary, one-piece structure;
- a metal frame connected to the table top, the frame comprising:
- an elongated body disposed at least proximate the lip of the table top;
- and
- an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table;
- a first support structure movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top, the first support structure sized and configured to support the table top above a surface when the first support structure is in the extended position, the first support structure disposed at least proximate the lower portion of the table top in the collapsed position;
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- a second support structure movable between the extended position and the collapsed position relative to the table top, the second support structure sized and configured to support the table top above a surface when the second support structure is in the extended position, the second support structure disposed at least proximate the lower portion of the table top in the collapsed position;
- wherein the table and the adjacent table are at least substantially identical;
- and
- wherein the table top and the frame are sized and configured to allow a height of a table in a nested configuration to be reduced by about twenty percent (20%) or more in comparison to a height of the table in an un-nested configuration.
14 more elements
A table sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration, the table comprising:
- a table top constructed from plastic, the table top comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a receiving portion disposed at least proximate the upper portion, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of a first adjacent table when the table and the first adjacent table are in a nested configuration;
- and
- a lower portion, the upper portion, the receiving portion and the lower portion part of an integral, one-piece structure;
- a metal frame connected to the table top, the frame comprising:
- a body disposed at least proximate a lip of the table top;
- and
- an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of a second adjacent table when the table and the second adjacent table are in a nested configuration, the engaging portion disposed at least proximate the lip;
- a first support structure movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top;
- and
- a second support structure movable between the extended position and the collapsed position relative to the table top;
- wherein the table top and the frame are sized and configured to allow a height of the table in a nested configuration to be reduced by about twenty-five percent (25%) or more in comparison to a height of the table in an un-nested configuration.
10 more elements
A table sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration, the table comprising:
- a table top constructed from plastic, the table top comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a receiving portion disposed at least proximate the upper portion, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of a first adjacent table when the table and the first adjacent table are in a nested configuration;
- and
- a lower portion, the upper portion, the receiving portion and the lower portion part of an integral, one-piece structure;
- a metal frame connected to the table top, the frame comprising:
- a body disposed at least proximate a lip of the table top;
- and
- an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of a second adjacent table when the table and the second adjacent table are in a nested configuration, the engaging portion disposed at least proximate the lip;
- a first support structure movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top;
- and
- a second support structure movable between the extended position and the collapsed position relative to the table top;
- wherein the receiving portion of the table top has a generally L-shaped configuration with a sidewall and a lower surface;
- and
- wherein an engaging surface of the engaging portion of the frame is sized and configured to engage the receiving portion of the table top when the table and the first adjacent table are in a nested configuration.
12 more elements
A table sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration, the table comprising:
- a table top constructed from plastic, the table top comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a receiving portion disposed at least proximate the upper portion, the receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of a first adjacent table when the table and the first adjacent table are in a nested configuration;
- a lower portion of the table top;
- a lip disposed at least proximate a perimeter of the table top;
- a lower portion of the lip, the lower portion of the lip and the engaging portion of the frame sized and configured to be simultaneously disposed in the receiving portion of the second adjacent table when the table is nested with the second adjacent table;
- a metal frame connected to the table top, the frame comprising:
- a body disposed at least proximate the lip of the table top;
- and
- an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of a second adjacent table when the table and the second adjacent table are in a nested configuration, the engaging portion disposed at least proximate the lip;
- a first support structure movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top;
- and
- a second support structure movable between the extended position and the collapsed position relative to the table top;
- wherein a lower portion of the lip and the engaging portion of the frame are sized and configured to be simultaneously disposed in the receiving portion of the second adjacent table when the table is nested with the second adjacent table.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.