DE9004371U1 - Table with a safety device for small children - Google Patents

Description

Dr. rer. nat. Konrad Walzer, ATImendstr. 7, D-7820 Titisee-Neustadt

Table with a safety device for Kleirs-

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Invention enters «a». Table with a safety device for small children with a table top supported on feet or the like and having a surface.

As has been shown in practice, when there are small children in the family, there is a considerable risk that jugs or pots with intact contents will be pulled down from the table by the children. This can cause severe burns to the head, upper torso and arms, and can even leave lifelong disfiguring scars.

The invention is based on the object of creating a table of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is provided with a safety device to prevent children from pulling down jugs and pots with hot contents.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the safety device has a lowered standing area compared to the surface of the table top for holding pots and pans with hot contents, and that the lowered standing area has a 1m essentially vertical border that surrounds it on all sides. This achieves with the simplest of means that it is no longer possible to pull pots and pans off the table, since they first have to be moved upwards essentially vertically from the lowered standing area. The all-round enclosing

Limitation prevents lateral movement out of the standing area.

In a particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention, it is provided that the lowered standing area is formed by the bottom of a tray inserted into a correspondingly shaped opening in the table top, that the tray is provided with side walls that form the boundary, that in the area of the upper edges of the side walls of the tray

¹ C bearing projections are arranged, by means of which the tray is removably mounted on the area of the table top surrounding the opening. This has the advantage that the containers with hot contents can be placed on the tray in the kitchen and the tray can then be inserted into the opening in the table top together with the containers, so that the inadvertent placement of such containers in an accident-prone area of the table is ruled out.

Preferably, the tray is provided with handles or similar to make it easier to remove from the opening.

It has proven to be useful and sufficient for the lowered base to have a size of about 30 x 50 cm and for the base to be lowered by about 13 cm compared to the surface of the table top.

In an embodiment according to the invention, the bearing projections are supported on the surface of the table top.

In a modified embodiment according to the invention, it can be provided that the bearing projections are accommodated in recesses which are lowered relative to the surface of the table top, such that the upper edge of the tray is flush with the surface of the table top.

In this embodiment, it is advantageous that ivm closing the area formed by the tray ^p i η mi*·

The surface is flush with the lid. This combination ensures that, despite the safety device, the table retains its normal appearance when not in use, with the exception of the small gaps caused by the tray and the lid.

In order to achieve the most pleasing appearance possible, it is preferred that the bearing projections are formed by a circumferential, outwardly projecting edge of the tray.

In order to be able to use such a table normally even after the small children in the family have grown up, it is preferable that the opening in the table top that accommodates the tray can be closed by a filler piece that is flush with the surface.

In one embodiment, the filler piece can be formed by a removable insert.

Alternatively, the filler piece can be designed as a floor that can be lowered into rails or similar.

In a further modification of such filling devices, the filling piece is designed as one or more flaps that can be swung out downwards from the opening.

In detail, this embodiment can be further developed in that the flaps can be locked in the position flush with the surface by means of a locking device.

Furthermore, it is preferred that the flaps are held by a holding device in the position pivoted out of the opening on the underside of the table top. 35

For simplicity, the holding device can be magnetic fasteners that hold the flaps to the underside of the table top.

In the following, the invention is described with reference to the drawings
The embodiments illustrated by way of example are explained in more detail. It shows: %

Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a table according to the invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the central region of the table containing the safety device.

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Figure 3 is a sectional view corresponding to Figure 2 of a modified embodiment; *\

Figure 4 is a sectional view of a further embodiment corresponding to Figure 2;

Figure 5 shows a first embodiment of a device for closing an opening provided in the table top;

Figure 6 is a sectional view corresponding to Figure 5 of a cut-off %

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Figure 7 is a sectional view of a further embodiment corresponding to Figures 5 and 6. ■

As shown in Figures 1 and 2 in a first embodiment ,

shows, the invention consists in a table 1 with an all- |

common with 5 designated safety device for small i

children, which prevents children from accidentally pulling containers with 1 hot contents off the table.

The table has a table top 3 with a surface 4 supported on feet 2 or similar.

The safety device 5 is based on the basic idea
of the invention from a surface 4 of the table

plate 3 lowered standing area 6, which accommodates the containers with hot contents. The lowered standing area 6 is provided on all sides with an essentially vertical limitation 7, which prevents containers with hot contents from being pushed sideways out of the standing area.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, the lowered standing area 6 is formed in a tray 6 and is formed by the bottom 9 of the tray 8, which is removably inserted into a correspondingly shaped opening 11 in the table top 3.

The tray 8 has all-round side walls 10 which form the boundary 7. In the area of the upper edges 12 of the side walls 10 of the tray 8, bearing projections generally designated 13 are provided, by means of which the tray 8 can be supported in the area 14 which surrounds the opening 11 in the table top 3.

is removably mounted.
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In order to be able to remove the tray 8 from the opening 11 more easily, handles 15 or the like are provided, which can also [ - as illustrated in the embodiment according to Figure 4 ; be designed as recessed grips or grip holes. ; 25

In the embodiment shown, the table has the usual dimensions of about 83 x 135 cm and a height of 72 cm. The central opening 11 has a size of 30 x 50 cm and the tray 8 is correspondingly dimensioned and about 13 cm; 30 deep.

In the embodiment according to Figure 2, the bearing projections 13 are supported on the surface 4 of the table top 3 and are formed by a circumferential edge 19 which projects outward beyond the contour of the tray 8.

In the embodiments illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the bearing projections 13 are in relation to the surface

recesses 16 lowered below 4 of the table top 3, so that the upper edge 17 of the tray 8 is flush with the surface 4 of the table top 3.

In order to be able to use the table with the safety device 5 normally, the embodiment according to Figure 3 provides that the area formed by the tray 8 is covered by a cover that is flush with the surface 4 of the table top 3.

cle is closed.
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In Figures 5 to 7, various possibilities are schematically indicated for closing the opening 11 in the table top 3, which accommodates the tray 8, by means of a filler piece generally designated 20, in such a way that the surface 4 of the table top 3 is continuous and without projections. This measure is therefore preferred in order to enable normal use of the table when the children have grown older.

In the embodiment according to Figure 5, the filler piece 20 is formed by a removable insert 21, which is mounted in the recess 16 in accordance with the embodiments according to Figures 3 and 4.

In the embodiment according to Figure 6, the filler piece 20 is designed as a floor 22, which - as illustrated - can be lowered in rails 22A or the like and can be fixed at two different heights, whereby the lower position, illustrated in dashed lines, makes it possible to use the opening 11 directly as a safety device 5, since the lowered floor 22 forms the lowered standing area 6 at almost the same time.

In the embodiment according to Figure 7, the filler piece 20 is formed as two flaps 23 and 24 that can be swung downwards out of the opening 11 and are mounted on the table top 3 in hinges 25.

In the solid line diagram in Figure 7,

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When in a position aligned with the surface 4 of the table top 3, the flaps 23, 24 can be locked together by a locking device 26, which can be of a known design, so that a continuous table top 3 is created.

In the dashed position shown in Figure 7, the flaps 23 and 24 are held in the position swung downwards out of the opening 11 by a holding device generally designated 27 on the underside 28 of the table top 3. For the sake of simplicity, the holding device 27 can be magnetic closures attached at appropriate locations.

All features and advantages of the invention arising from the description, claims and drawings, including structural details and spatial arrangements, can be essential to the invention both individually and in any combination.

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LIST OF REFERENCE SYMBOLS

1 = Table 2 = Feet 3 = Table top 4 = surface v. 2 5 = Safety device 6 = lowered standing area 7 = Entry v. 6 8 = tray 9 = Floor v. 8 10 = Side walls v. 8 11 = opening in 3 12 = Top edges of 10 13 = Bearing projections 14 = Area around 11 15 = Handles 16 = Recess in 4 17 = Top edge of 8 18 = Lid 19 = Edge at 8 20 = Filler piece 21 « Mission 22 = Floor 22A = rails 23 = flap 24 - flap 25 ■ hinge 26 -. Locking device 11 = Haitei nri chtung 28 = Bottom of 3

Claims (1)

Patantamuäte Brose&Brose gPJ JS^ ? t D-8023 Pullach, Dipl. Ing. D. Karl Broee 17.04.1990 D-8023 PuJlach/Munich DBr-au Wwnarttr. 2.TeI. 089/7883071 -72 Dr. rsr. nat. Konrad Walzer, Allmendstr. 7, D-7820 Tit PROTECTION ASSISTANCE: &Xgr; 1. Table with a safety device for small children with a table top which is raised on feet or the like and has a surface, characterized in that the safety device (5) has a standing area (6) which is lowered relative to the surface (4) of the table top (3) for receiving pots and pans with hot contents, and that the lowered standing area has an essentially vertical boundary (7) which encloses it on all sides. |i 2. Table according to claim 1, characterized in that the lowered standing area (6) is formed by the bottom (9) of a tray (8) inserted into a correspondingly shaped opening (11) in the table top (3), that the tray (8) is provided with side walls (10) forming the boundary (7), and that in the region of the upper edge (12) of the side walls (10) of the tray (8) bearing projections (13) are arranged, by means of which the tray (8) is removably mounted on the region (14) of the table top (3) surrounding the opening (11). 3. Table according to claim 2, characterized in that the tray (8) is provided with handles (15) or the like. 4. Table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening (11) formed in the table top (3) has a size of iü * i~ cm, and that the lowered standing surface (6) is lowered by ϳ cm relative to the surface (4). 5. Table according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the bearing projections (13) are supported on the surface (4) of the table top (3). 6. Table according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the bearing projections (13) are accommodated in recesses (16) which are lowered relative to the surface (4), such that the upper edge (17) of the tray (8) is flush with the surface (4) of the table top (3). 7. Table according to claim 6, characterized in that Closing the area formed by the tray a cover (18) flush with the surface (4) is provided. £. Table according to one of claims 2 to 7, characterized in that the bearing projections (13) are formed by a circumferential, outwardly projecting edge (19) of the tray (8). 9. Table according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the opening (11) in the table top (3) which receives the tray (8) can be closed by a filler piece (20) flush with the surface (4). 1ü. Table according to claim 9, characterized in that the filling piece (20) is designed as a removable finsa^z (?1). 3 11. Table according to claim 9, characterized in that the filling piece (2ü) is designed as a floor which can be lowered into rails (22h) or the like. 12. Table according to claim 9, characterized in that the filling piece (20) is designed as one or more flaps (23, 24) that can be swung out downwards from the opening (11). 13. Table according to claim 12, characterized in that the flaps (23, 24) are arranged in the direction aligned with the surface (4). Position can be locked by a locking device (26). 14. Table according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the flaps (23, 24) are held by a holding device (27) in the position pivoted out of the opening (11) on the underside (28) of the table top (3). 15. Table according to claim 14, characterized in that the holding device (27) is designed as a magnetic closure.