DE29811203U1 - Extending table - Google Patents

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Dipl.-lng. A. Wasmeier Dipl.-lng. H. Graf

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22 June 1998 gr-kar

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OTM-Möbelwerke Helmut Seidel GmbH & Co Pommernstraße 19

93073 Neutraubling

Title: Extending table

Accounts: Bayerische Vereinsbank (bank code 750 200 73) 5 839 Postgiroamt München (bank code 700 100 80) 893 69-801 Place of jurisdiction Regensburg

A18345.DOC
05.06.98 15:24

Extending table

The invention relates to an extendable table according to the preamble of claim 1.

The aim of the innovation is to present an extendable table that is characterized by high stability when extended and, when not extended, is a table with four spatially separated feet in terms of both visual appearance and usability.

To solve this problem, the extendable table is designed in accordance with claim 1.

In the new extendable table, an extendable table top is provided on at least one side of the body (extendable side), but preferably on two opposite sides. Each extendable table top is provided with two additional or second feet, so that this table top, when extended, rests on the body on the one hand and on its additional feet on the other, thus providing a high level of stability. The body has four spatially separate first feet. When pushed in, the additional feet of the table top are immediately adjacent to one foot of the body, so that when pushed together, the table is a table with four separate feet.

Further developments of the innovation are the subject of the dependent claims.

The innovation is explained in more detail below using the figures. They show: Fig. 1 in a simplified representation and in plan view an extendable table according to the innovation with a table top extended on one side;
Fig. 2 the extending table in side view.

The extendable table, generally designated 1 in the figures, consists of a body 2 and two table tops 3 and 4, which are guided on this body 2 with the aid of a sliding fitting (not shown) in a horizontal direction for extending the table 1 or for pushing the table 1 together. In the figures, the left table top 3 there is in the pushed-in state and the right table top 4 is in the pulled-out state.

When pushed together, in which the table tops and 4 complement each other to form the overall table top, the table has a rectangular shape. The body 2 is also rectangular in shape accordingly.

In the embodiment shown, the body 2 consists of a surrounding frame 5 and a support plate 6, so that the body 2 forms a shelf on the top below the level of the table tops 3 for holding inserts 7, which are placed between the table tops 3 and 4 when the table is extended and supplement them. When the table 1 is completely pushed together, the table tops 4 adjoin one another in the area of a vertical center plane M, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the body 2 or the pushed-together table 1.

At the corners, the body 2 is provided with four inner feet 8, which in the embodiment shown have a rectangular cross-section with narrower cross-sectional sides 8' and wider cross-sectional sides 8" and are each fastened to the underside of the body or the support plate 6 with the aid of a support wedge 9. The feet 8 are arranged in such a way that the long sides 8" of the cross-section of these feet form an angle α of 45° with the horizontal plane of the adjacent frame section.

The table tops 3 and 4 are also provided with frames 10 on the underside, which each consist of three sections 10' adjoining each other at right angles and which, when the table tops 3 and 4 are pushed together, form a closed frame. Furthermore, each table top 3 or 4 has two outer feet

provided, namely on the outside of the respective table top 3 or 4 facing away from the table center axis M, at the transition between two sections of the frame 10 that are connected at right angles to one another.

The outer feet 11 each have a cross-sectional profile with an inner, flat surface 11', which, when the table 1 is pushed together, rests against the outer narrow side 8' of an associated inner foot 8. A convexly curved surface 11" is provided on the outside opposite the inner surface 11'. The surface 11" is curved around an imaginary axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the respective foot 11.

Table 1 therefore has a total of eight feet 8 and 11. These feet are visible when the table is fully extended, i.e. when both table tops 3 and 4 are extended. If one or both table tops 3 and 4 are pushed in, an inner foot 8 and an outer foot 11 complement each other to form a single foot, so that the table then visually only has two spatially separated feet on the pushed-together side.

The described design ensures that the extended table top 3 or 4 is supported by its outer feet 11, so that the table can be extended a long way in relation to the length of the body without losing the necessary stability. When the table top 3 or 4 is pushed in, the table has 1 or two feet, which are formed by the inner foot 8 and the outer foot 11 and are also spaced apart from one another at the front of the table, so that when pushed together, the table not only looks like a normal table with four individual feet, but in particular also enables comfortable sitting at the front of the pushed together table, since the feet being separated from one another provide space for the user's legs.

The embodiment shown has the particular further advantage that when the table top 3 or 4 is inserted, the inner feet 8 are optically largely covered by the outer feet 11 and these inner and outer feet complement each other to form a visually appealing profile.

The innovation has been described above using an example embodiment. It goes without saying that numerous changes and modifications are possible without thereby departing from the inventive concept underlying the innovation.

Claims (6)

···· »·&zgr; ·· ·· ** ** Protection claims 1. Extendable table with a body (2) with four first feet (8) spatially offset from one another and with at least one extendable table top (3, 4) provided on an extendable side of the body, characterized in that two second feet (11) are additionally provided on the at least one table top (3, 4), and that the second feet (11) and the first feet (8) are assigned in such a way that when the table top is pushed in, each additional foot (11) is adjacent to a first foot (8) and when the table top is pulled out, the first feet (8) and the second feet (11) are spaced apart from one another. 2. Extendable table according to claim 1, characterized in that the second feet (11) in the pushed-in state of the table top (3, 4) at least partially cover the associated first foot (8) on the body (2). 3. Extendable table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second feet (11) have an inner side surface (11') which lies in a vertical plane which encloses an angle (α) of approximately 45° with the edges of the table top, and that the first foot (8) of the body (2) has an outer surface (8') lying in a parallel plane. 4. Table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the respective second foot (11) at least partially surrounds the associated first foot (8) when the table top (3, 4) is pushed in. 5. Table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the respective second foot (11) at least partially covers the associated first foot (8) when the table top (3, 4) is pushed in. 6. Table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that two extendable table tops (3, 4) each with two second feet (11) are provided. A18345.DOC