FR2783141A1 - SIDE TABLE - Google Patents

Abstract

Auxiliary shelf (1) formed of an additional plate (2) intended to extend the main plate (3) of a table (4), characterized in that it comprises fixing means (MF) allowing the fixing of the complementary plate (2) in the extension of the main plate (3).

Description

SIDE TABLE

  The present invention relates to an auxiliary tablet intended for

  allow the extension of the table top.

  In catering, in particular, many dishes and specialties require the occupancy of a considerable space on the table and cause maximum congestion thereof; this is the case for example for raclette or seafood. This cluttering of the tables makes customer service difficult to perform for the waiter and sometimes requires the grouping of several tables together to allow the deposit of all dishes and accessories without overloading the table. Such a grouping of tables causes the restaurateur to use additional tables and therefore the dry loss of several covers when the crowds are high, which decreases

including its turnover.

  Some tables, to remedy this type of drawback, have extension devices which are either retracted under the table, or intended to be inserted between two table parts for example. However, such extension devices are not entirely satisfactory, they are most often impractical and their installation is long and they are often difficult to use and implement.

  especially in the context of restoration.

  Therefore, the invention aims to solve the above problems using simple, reliable, inexpensive and easy to implement. It is intended to allow the extension of the table top of a classic table with a simple and quick implementation in order to be able to deposit all the dishes and accessories for example, and this, so as to avoid the grouping of tables or long and tedious handling of extension devices of the type

classic.

  Thus, according to its main characteristic, the auxiliary shelf according to the invention which is formed of an additional tray intended to extend the main tray of a table is characterized in that it includes fixing means allowing the fixing of the tray

  complementary in the extension of the main platform.

  According to an additional characteristic, the auxiliary shelf is characterized in that the fixing means are removable and

  allow the installation and removal of the auxiliary shelf.

  According to another characteristic of the auxiliary shelf according to the invention, it is characterized in that the fixing means have at least one upper bearing surface intended to come into abutment against the upper face of the main table top and aluminum at least one lower abutment surface intended to bear against the

  underside of the main tray.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf, it has two upper bearing surfaces and two abutment surfaces

  lower integral with the complementary tray.

  According to this embodiment, the auxiliary shelf comprises two fixing members each carrying an upper support surface and

a lower abutment surface.

  According to another characteristic of the auxiliary shelf according to the invention, the upper bearing surfaces and the lower abutment surfaces are carried by fixing members arranged on the complementary plate in a movable manner between an active fixing position and a passive storage position where said organs are

  retracted under the complementary tray.

  According to an additional characteristic of the auxiliary shelf, the distances between the lower abutment surfaces and the edge of the complementary tray are greater than the distances between the

  upper bearing surfaces and said edge.

  According to an alternative embodiment of the auxiliary shelf, the upper bearing surfaces and the lower abutment surfaces are provided with damping means intended to protect the plate from the

main table.

  In addition, according to an additional characteristic of the auxiliary shelf according to the invention, it has adjustment means making it possible to adjust the height separating the upper bearing surfaces

  and the lower stop surfaces.

  According to another characteristic of the auxiliary shelf according to the invention, this is characterized in that the upper bearing surfaces are located in the horizontal reference plane which contains the upper face of the complementary tray, the adjustment means

  being arranged on the lower stop surfaces.

  Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge

  of the description which will follow with regard to the appended drawings which are not

  given only by way of nonlimiting examples.

  Figures 1 to 6b illustrate an embodiment of the tablet

booster according to the invention.

  Figure 1 illustrates in perspective the auxiliary shelf arranged

on the main table.

  Figure 2a shows in cross section the installation of

the extra shelf.

  Figure 2b illustrates in a similar view the auxiliary shelf

attached to the main table.

  FIG. 2c illustrates in a similar view the auxiliary shelf

  fixed on a main table provided with a ledge.

  Figure 3 illustrates in perspective the auxiliary shelf and its

fixing means.

  FIG. 4 represents a view from below of the auxiliary shelf and

  its fixing means in the active fixing position.

  Figure 5 illustrates in detail a fixing member.

  Figure 6a shows a view from below of the sliding of the

  fasteners to their passive position.

  Figure 6b shows a side view of the auxiliary shelf and its

  fixing means in passive position.

  According to the invention, the auxiliary shelf bearing the general reference (1) is formed by an additional tray (2) intended to extend the main tray (3) by a table (4) on which the auxiliary shelf ( 1) is intended to be put in place as shown in FIG. 1. It includes fixing means (MF) allowing its fixing to the table (4) so that the complementary plate (2) is located in

  the extension of the main plate (3).

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), the fixing means (MF) make it possible to position the complementary plate (2) edge against edge with the main plate (3) and make it possible to position the upper faces ( 2a, 3a) respective of each of the plates (2, 3) in the same horizontal reference plane (H). Thus, the auxiliary shelf has no height offset with the main plate (3) of the table (4) on which it is placed.

  place as shown in Figures 2a and 2b.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), this is intended to be fixed to a table (4) of the type comprising a straight edge (6), that is to say essentially shaped tables rectangular, square or any other polygon having a straight edge for example. To do this, the complementary plate (2) of the auxiliary shelf (1) has at least one rectilinear or straight edge (5) intended to cooperate with the straight edge (6) of the table (4) by coming into abutment against it. Note that according to the illustrated embodiment, the shape of the auxiliary shelf is rectangular, however it could be otherwise and it could only have a straight edge and have the shape of a semicircle for example, without going outside the protective field

of the invention.

  In addition, note that the auxiliary shelf could be intended to be fixed on a round or oval table for example. In this case, the shape of the auxiliary shelf has an edge whose shape and dimensions are complementary to those of the edge on which it is intended to be positioned. Thus, the shape of the auxiliary shelf can be crescent or rectangular with one side in an arc of a circle.

  example without departing from the scope of the invention.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), the fixing means (MF) are of the removable type and allow it to be put in place removably on the main table (4). In order to allow installation and removal quickly and easily, the fixing means (MF) of the auxiliary shelf (1) consist of a set of bearing and abutment surfaces (10, 11) integral with the complementary plate (2) and intended to come into abutment against the upper face (3a) of the main plate (3) and against the face

  lower (3b) of said plate as shown in Figure 2a.

  According to the invention, the fixing means (MF) comprise mu at least one upper bearing surface (10, 10a, 0lob) and at least one lower abutment surface (11, 11a, llb). Note that a bearing surface or abutment surface is also understood to be point or even linear type of support as illustrated in the embodiment of the

extra shelf.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), the upper bearing surfaces are formed by two point supports (O10a, 10b) while the lower abutment surfaces are also obtained by two point supports (lia, 11b). The upper bearing surfaces (O10a, 10b) are arranged so as to have a spacing (L) between them laterally, so as to prevent the pivoting of the auxiliary shelf around a transverse axis perpendicular to the straight edges (5 , 6) tables (1, 4). The lower abutment surfaces (11a, 11b) associated with the bearing surfaces (10a, 0lob) are advantageously arranged on the transverse axes (Y1, Y'1) (Y2, Y'2) which comprise said bearing surfaces ( 10a, 10b) and are advantageously located at a distance (D1) from the straight edge (5) greater than the distance (D2) between the upper bearing surfaces (1Oa, 10b) and the

  straight edge (5) as shown in Figure 4.

  Thus, the lateral spacing (2) between the bearing surfaces (10a, 10b) or between the abutment surfaces (la, 11b) prevents the table from pivoting about a transverse axis perpendicular to the straight edge (5), while the transverse spacing between the upper support surfaces (10a, 0lb) and the respective lower stop surfaces (11a, 11b) prevents any pivoting or tilting of the auxiliary shelf (1) around a longitudinal axis in the direction (R) illustrated in Figure 2b. It is important to note that the bearing and abutment surfaces (10, 10a, 10b, 11, 11a, 1lb) are arranged at a distance (D1, D2) from the right edge (5) greater than 5 cm in order to come resting respectively on the upper and lower faces (3a, 3b) of the main plate (3) even when the main table (4) has a table edge (12) as shown

Figure 2c.

  According to the invention, the height (h) separating the upper bearing surfaces (10, 10a, 10b) and the lower stop surfaces (11, 11a, 11b) is adjustable by means of adjustment means (MR) so to allow the extra shelf (1) to adapt to any

  what thickness of the main plate (3).

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), the upper bearing surfaces (10, 10a, 10b) are fixedly positioned, so as to be located in the horizontal reference plane

  (H) which contains the upper face (2a) of the complementary plate (2).

  The adjustment means (MR) are advantageously arranged on the lower abutment surfaces (11, 11a, 11b) so as to allow the adjustment of their positioning in height relative to the horizontal reference plane (H) and therefore relative to the surfaces support

upper (10).

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), the fixing means (MF) consist of two fixing members (9) each provided with an upper surface (10) and a stop surface lower (11). These members (9) are formed, for example, by a portion of curved tube whose two ends constitute the

  respective bearing and abutment surfaces (10a, 10b, 11a, 11b).

  Note that the fixing members (9) can be made of metal tube or any other material capable of supporting the

  various charges deposited on the auxiliary shelf (1).

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), the ends (10, 11) of the tube portions are advantageously provided with damping means such as caps or feet (13, 14) made of rubber or other. These caps (13) are intended, on the one hand, to constitute protective means to avoid damaging the upper and lower faces of the plate (3) of the table (4) and, on the other hand, to absorb the connection between the auxiliary shelf (1) and the table (4) to avoid

  too much rigidity of the assembly.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1) and as shown in FIG. 5, the end of the lower tube portion (11) intended to serve as the lower abutment surface is provided with an adjustable support. or foot (14). The feet (14) constitute the aforementioned adjustment means (MR), their adjustment being able to be carried out by means of a thread (20) of the portion of tube into which the said feet (14) are screwed or unscrewed. Note, moreover, that the curvature of the lower tube portions of the fixing members (9) advantageously makes it possible to bypass the edges of certain tables in order to be fixed on their

  platform using the support and stop surfaces.

  According to one embodiment of the auxiliary shelf (1), this comprises two fixing members (9) as previously described, these having an upper tube portion (9a) which extends above the plane horizontal (H) to bring its bearing surface (10) located at the end of its curvature in said plane and a lower portion (9b) which extends below the plates and has the adjustable foot (14) to its end; these fixing members (9) can be

  fixedly mounted on the complementary plate (2).

  However, according to an alternative embodiment, the fixing members (9) can be arranged on the complementary plate (2) in a mobile manner so that they can be positioned either in the active fixing position (A) where they are positioned in transverse planes orthogonal to the reference plane (H) as previously described, either in the passive storage position (B) where they are arranged under the underside (2b) of the complementary plate (2) in a plane parallel to the reference plane horizontal (H) as shown in Figures 6a and 6b. According to this embodiment, the two curved tube portions (9a, 9b) which carry the bearing and abutment surfaces (10, 11) are carried by a portion of rectilinear tube (9c) mounted movable in sliding along the axes transverse (Y1, Y'1) (Y2, Y'2) relative to the plate (2) of the table (1). In addition, the fixing members (9) are also mounted so as to be able to pivot around said transverse axes (Y1, Y'1), (Y2, Y'2) to pass from a substantially horizontal plane (H) in a transverse plane orthogonal to the plane (H). Note that in order to immobilize the fixing members (9) once these are arranged in their respective transverse planes, housings (25) are provided for this purpose in the rectilinear edge (5) of the auxiliary shelf ( 1) as illustrated in FIG. 5. Note that it is possible to provide elastic means, not shown, such as springs intended to urge the fixing member and more particularly its upper tube portion in its

respective accommodation.

  Thus, as shown in Figures 6a and 6b, the fixing members (9) can be retracted under the underside (3b) of the plate

  complementary (3) to allow the storage of additional shelves.

  It goes without saying that the configuration of the fixing means could be different without departing from the protective field of the invention, the lower and upper bearing and abutment surfaces being able to be produced in an equivalent manner by fixing members.

of different shape.

  It goes without saying that a retractable or telescopic leg could be added to the auxiliary shelf in order to ensure better resistance in the event of a heavily loaded or very wide shelf. It also goes without saying that the auxiliary tablet of the invention could be placed between two tables, said tablet possibly being able to include

second fastening means.

  Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described and shown by way of examples, but it includes

  also all technical equivalents and their combinations.

Claims (10)

  1. Supplementary table (1) formed of a complementary plate (2) intended to extend the main plate (3) of a table (4), characterized in that it comprises fixing means (MF) allowing fixing the additional plate (2) in the extension of the plate main (3).   2. side table (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing means are removable and allow the setting   place and removal of the extra shelf.   3. Extra shelf (1) according to any one of   previous claims, characterized in that the fixing means   (MF) have at least one upper bearing surface (10, 10a, 10b) intended to come into abutment against the upper face (3a) of the main plate (3) of the table (4) and at least one abutment surface lower (11, 11a, 11b) intended to bear against the lower face (3b) of the main plate (3).   4. auxiliary table (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises two upper bearing surfaces (10a, 10b) and two lower abutment surfaces (11a, 11b) integral with the plate complementary (2).   5. auxiliary table (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that it comprises two fixing members (9) each carrying a   upper bearing surface (10) and a lower abutment surface (11).   6. Extra shelf (1) according to any one of   Claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the bearing surfaces   upper (10, 10a, 10b) and the lower abutment surfaces (11, lia, 1lb) are carried by fixing members arranged on the complementary plate (2) in a movable manner between an active fixing position (A) and a passive storage position (B) o said organs   are retracted under the complementary plate (2).   7. Extra shelf (1) according to any one of   Claims 3 to 6, characterized in that the distances (DI) between the   lower abutment surfaces (11, 11a, 11b) and the edge (5) of the complementary plate (2) are greater than the distances between the upper bearing surfaces (10, 10a, 10b) and said edge (5). 8. Extra shelf (1) according to any one of   Claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the bearing surfaces   upper (10) and the lower stop surfaces (11) are provided with damping means intended to protect the table top (3) main (4).   9. Extra shelf (1) according to any one of   Claims 3 to 8, characterized in that it includes means for   adjustment (MR) for adjusting the height (h) separating the upper bearing surfaces (10, 10a, 10b) and the lower stop surfaces (11, 11a, 11b).   10. auxiliary table (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that the upper bearing surfaces (10, 10a, 10b) are located in the horizontal reference plane (H) which contains the upper face of the complementary tray (2), the adjustment means (MR) being arranged   on the lower stop surfaces (1 1, la, 11b).