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US 9,844,721 B2Granted
Games tables and corner assemblies for same
OwnerMark Pavey, Leung Cheong Shing +2inventors
InventorsMark Pavey, Leung Cheong Shing, Anthony Fiscella, Mak Siu Fung
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Abstract
A games table features a unique corner assembly in which upper and lower corner members respectively embrace about upper and lower edges of an elongated perimeter frame member of the table and are clamped together to secure the frame member in place. Matable male and female features on the corner assemblies also enable stacking of two table top units to enable convenient switching of a games table between two modes of game play.
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A games table apparatus comprising:
- a set of elongated frame members for placement end-to-end with one another to form a frame for supporting a game play surface;
- a set of corner assemblies each configured for coupling together a respective adjacent pair of said elongated frame members at a respective corner of the frame;
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- a set of table legs each connectable to a respective one of the corner assemblies in a position depending downward therefrom to support the frame and the playing surface in an elevated position;
- each corner assembly comprising:
- an upper corner member having a first hub and a pair of open-bottom channels diverging outwardly from the first hub and arranged to embrace over upper edges of the adjacent pair of said elongated frame members at respective ends thereof;
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- a lower corner member having a second hub and a pair of open-top channels diverging outwardly from the second hub and arranged to embrace around lower edges of the adjacent pair of said elongated frame members at respective ends thereof in alignment with the open-bottom channels that embrace over the upper edges of said adjacent pair of said elongated frame members;
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- a tightening mechanism operable to force the upper corner member and the lower corner member toward one another against the upper and lower edges of the adjacent pair of said elongated frame members to clamp said adjacent pair of said elongated frame members together at the respective corner of the frame.
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A games table apparatus comprising:
- a set of elongated frame members for placement end-to-end with one another to form a frame for supporting a game play surface;
- a set of table legs;
- a set of corner units each configured for coupling together a respective adjacent pair of said elongated frame members at a respective corner of the frame, each corner unit comprising a split collet body having external threads and a downwardly-opening hollow interior sized for sliding receipt of a respective one of the table legs therein;
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- a respective threaded collar for each table leg, the collar being slidable along the table leg and having internal threads matable with the external threads of the respective collet body, whereby rotation of the respective collar around the table leg in an advancing direction while in threaded engagement with the collet body tightens said split collet body around said table leg to clamp said table leg in place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.