EP0505545A1 - Upper table - Google Patents

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EP0505545A1
EP0505545A1 EP19910918731 EP91918731A EP0505545A1 EP 0505545 A1 EP0505545 A1 EP 0505545A1 EP 19910918731 EP19910918731 EP 19910918731 EP 91918731 A EP91918731 A EP 91918731A EP 0505545 A1 EP0505545 A1 EP 0505545A1
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brackets
arrangement
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Luis Mestre Boix
Valentin Mestre Sors
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B1/00—Extensible tables
    • A47B1/08—Extensible tables with extensible frames or with additional legs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B7/00—Tables of rigid construction
    • A47B7/02—Stackable tables; Nesting tables

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  • the invention relates to an upper table, adapted to be placed over a lower table in one direction of superimposition, the upper table being provided with a horizontal working element and a first support structure comprising a plurality of cross members orientated transversely to said direction of superimposition and which bear on two stringers and said lower table is provided with a board and two rows of legs.
  • the invention relates to a table of the type stated at the beginning which is characterized in that said horizontal working element of the upper table is adapted to accommodate said board of the lower table and comprises: a) a generally rectangular thin rigid upper sheet, having two opposite side edges generally parallel to said direction of superimposition, a rear edge and a front edge, defining two side areas adjacent the side edges, a rear area adjacent the rear edge and a central area comprised between the side and rear areas; b) a bottom sheetlike arrangement, generally parallel to said upper sheet and having at least two side sections situated generally as a straight projection of said side areas and one rear section situated generally as a straight projection of said rear area; and c) a vertical peripheral connexion structure, rigidly attached to the upper sheet and with the sheetlike arrangement; and in that there are folddown vertical supports, each of which is rigidly attached to a shaft of rotation, attached to a cross member, and is adapted to rock between a vertical position in which it supportingly engages
  • said bottom sheetlike arrangement is provided with a central section materialized by at least some longitudinal arms, each of which, on the one hand, bears on said cross members and, on the other hand, defines with one of the side sections of the arrangement a longitudinal free space in which one of said lines of legs of the lower table may be inserted, there being brackets rotating around a corresponding vertical axis extending between a arm and the corresponding stringer, each bracket being adapted to rotate between a first position transverse to said longitudinal free spaces, from under the arm to under the side section, corresponding to the separated position of the upper and lower tables and a second folded position in which in which the bracket is generally orientated in said direction of superimposition and corresponding to the superimposed position of the upper and lower tables, there being provided resilient means urging said rotating brackets to said first position.
  • the upper table of the present invention is provided with a horizontal working element 2; with this expression there is indicated the top of the table, for forming a support for the objects chosen by the user for work, ornaments or others; the adjective horizontal is used since this is the usual situation thereof.
  • This horizontal element 2 is formed by a thin rigid upper sheet 4, preferably of metal, the configuration of which is generally rectangular, it having therefore two opposed parallel side edges 6, a rear edge 8 and a front edge 10. It should be pointed out that in said upper sheet 4, there should be considered side areas 12, adjacent the edges 6, a rear area 14 adjacent the rear edge 8 and finally a central area 16 comprised between the previous named ones; very little of this central area is to be seen in Figure 1, since a large portion thereof has been deleted to allow an adequate representation of the remaining parts of the horizontal element 2.
  • Said horizontal working element 2 also comprises a bottom sheetlike arrangement 18 which is essentially parallel to the element 2; in the sheetlike arrangement there are two side sections 20 generally forming a straight projection of the side areas 12, as well as a rear section 22 which is in turn a straight projection of the rear area 14.
  • the sheetlike arrangement 20 also comprises a central section which is at least materialized by longitudinal arms 24, with the possibility of there also being a front section 26 connecting the ends of the longitudinal arms 24.
  • the horizontal working element 2 is completed with a peripheral vertical connexion structure 30, which is constituted preferably by partitions rigidly attached to the upper sheet 4 and the sheetlike arrangement 18, although it may be formed by discontinuous elements or other means ensuring rigidity of the whole. From the illustration, it will be seen that the horizontal element 2 forms an envelope determining an inner space which is adapted to house the board 32 of a lower piece of furniture 34 of adequate dimensions and which also comprises lines of legs 36 and 38.
  • the upper table is adapted to be superimposed on the corresponding lower table 34, such that in the superimposed position they occupy practically the same volume as that occupied by the upper table.
  • two useful tables are obtained.
  • the upper table is provided with folddown vertical supports 40 (for greater clarity only one of them is illustrated in Figure 1), each of which is attached to a rotating shaft 42 which is duly attached to a cross member 44 supported on the stringers 46.
  • folddown supports 40 may rock between a vertical position ( Figures 1 and 6) in which the support is supportingly engaged below the upper sheet and a folded down position (righthand side of Figure 7).
  • the first position corresponds to the position of separation of the upper and lower tables and the folded down position corresponds to the position of superimposition, such that as the board 32 is inserted in the inner space of the horizontal element 2, said board 32 successively overrides the folddown supports 40 and there are return means (not shown) consisting of springs or counterweights urging the supports 40 to the vertical position thereof.
  • the invention contemplates the existence of brackets 48 which rotate around a vertical axis 50, extending in each case between a arm 24 and the corresponding stringer 46.
  • Each bracket 48 is capable of rotating between a first transverse position (shown in Figure 1 and the lefthand side brackets in Figures 7 and 8) and a position generally orientated in said direction of superimposition, i.e. longitudinally (brackets of the righthand side in Figures 7 and 8); resilient means, not shown either, urge the rotating brackets to the said first position.
  • each longitudinal free space 28 allows the passage of a line of legs 36, 38 of the lower table 34; as these aligned legs 36, 38 enter in the space 28, they force the brackets to the second position thereof and the stress supported thereby until then is then supported by the board 32 of the lower table 34, which bears in the normal way on said legs 36, 38.
  • Each side section 20 of the bottom sheetlike arrangement 18 is attached (for example by welding), at the under surface thereof, to an inclined plate 52 ( Figures 2, 4 and 9). These plates 52 cover the respective free edges 54 ( Figure 7) of the rotating brackets 48 when the latter are in the first position thereof. These plates 52 transmit the rising vertical stresses and the horizontal stresses to the brackets 48.
  • the invention also contemplates the existence of fixed front brackets 56 which extend from the front cross member 58 and engage below the front section 26 of the sheetlike arrangement 18, whereby they transmit the rising stresses which may occur when the upper table is raised by the front section.
  • brackets 60 which are fixedly attached to the rear cross member 62 and which engage below the rear section 22 of the sheetlike arrangement 18. These brackets 60 form part of a fixed connection structure between the upper sheet 4 and the support structure (cross members 44, stringers 46 and legs 64).
  • the upper table is provided preferably with a closing cover 66 ( Figures 2 and 6) which is swingingly attached to the front edge 10, 50 that it closes the inner space of the horizontal working element 2 when the tables are Separated and yields before the board 32 when this is inserted to superimpose the tables.
  • the board 32 is provided with two handles 68 to facilitate removal thereof.
  • FIG 10 there is to be seen another closing cover 67, attached to the lower edge, there being a housing 71 for the upper flange 73 thereof in the folded down position, which also contributes to sustain, in the raised position, the upper sheet 4; a spring, not shown, urges the cover 67 to the raised position thereof.
  • the upper table be provided with female guide members 70 adapted to engage in male guide ways 72 of the lower table.

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EP19910918731 1990-10-17 1991-10-17 Upper table Ceased EP0505545A1 (en)

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ES9002608A ES2026339A6 (es) 1990-10-17 1990-10-17 Mesa cobertora>
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JP (1) JPH05503237A (es)
AU (1) AU8757491A (es)
ES (1) ES2026339A6 (es)
WO (1) WO1992006614A1 (es)

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ES2044738B1 (es) * 1991-05-08 1994-07-16 Espamoble S L Mesa cobertora.

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DE599253C (de) * 1931-04-09 1934-06-28 Werkstaetten A G Deutsche Tische ohne Zargen
US2626843A (en) * 1951-03-10 1953-01-27 Shenker Joseph Interfitted and interengaged nesting tables
DE1291481B (de) * 1963-06-20 1969-03-27 Ostertag Werke Ag Tischplatte
GB1240951A (en) * 1969-01-02 1971-07-28 Grant Furniture Ltd S Improvements in domestic or other tables
US3760744A (en) * 1971-04-19 1973-09-25 I Cruckshank Expansible shelf addition

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