Collapsible bistro table
AssigneeZhuhai Shichang Metals Ltd.
InventorWen-Sheng Lin
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Abstract
A collapsible table includes a tabletop, a first pair of collapsible legs, and a second pair of collapsible legs. The first pair of legs includes a first support bar for connecting a first leg to a second leg adjacent their top end portions, and the first support bar is pivotally connected to the bottom surface of the tabletop. The second pair of legs includes a second support bar for connecting a third leg to a fourth leg and a third support bar spaced apart from the second support bar for connecting the third leg to the fourth leg. One or more brackets are disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the tabletop and are positioned and configured to removably secure the second support bar to the bottom surface of the tabletop in a use position and removably secure the third support bar to the bottom surface in a storage position.
Claims17
A collapsible table comprising:
- a tabletop comprising a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first pair of collapsible legs comprising a first leg having a top end portion, a second leg having a top end portion, and a first support bar for connecting the first leg to the second leg adjacent their top end portions, the first support bar pivotally connected to the bottom surface of the tabletop;
- a second pair of collapsible legs comprising a third leg having a top end portion, a fourth leg having a top end portion, a second support bar for connecting the third leg to the fourth leg adjacent their top end portions, and a third support bar spaced apart from the second support bar for connecting the third leg to the fourth leg, the first and second pair of collapsible legs operable to move between a use position wherein the legs extend from the bottom surface to support the tabletop to a storage position wherein at least the top end portions of each of the legs are disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the tabletop;
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- one or more brackets disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the tabletop, the one or more brackets positioned and configured to removably secure the second support bar to the bottom surface of the tabletop in the use position and removably secure the third support bar to the bottom surface of the tabletop in the storage position,
- wherein each of the legs of the first and second pairs of collapsible legs is of a length that is greater than a distance between the first and second ends of the tabletop.
A collapsible supporting structure comprising:
- a supporting structure comprising a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end;
- a first pair of collapsible legs comprising a first leg having a top end portion and a second leg having a top end portion, each of the top end portions of the first and second legs secured to the bottom surface of the supporting structure adjacent the first end;
- a second pair of collapsible legs comprising a third leg having a top end portion, a fourth leg having a top end portion, a first support bar for connecting the third leg to the fourth leg adjacent their top end portions, and a second support bar spaced apart from the first support bar for connecting the third leg to the fourth leg, the first and second pair of collapsible legs operable to move between a use position wherein the legs extend from the bottom surface to support the supporting structure to a storage position wherein at least the top end portions of each of the legs are disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the supporting structure;
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- one or more brackets disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the supporting structure, the one or more brackets positioned and configured to removably secure the first support bar to the bottom surface of the supporting structure in the use position and removably secure the second support bar to the bottom surface of the supporting structure in the storage position,
- wherein each of the legs of the first and second pairs of collapsible legs is of a length that is greater than a distance between the first and second ends of the supporting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.