FR2842086A1 - Table has top in two halves which fits on top of flower pot and has cut-outs in center which fit around trunk of plant and slides together on bars which are staggered sideways from each other - Google Patents

Abstract

The table has a top in two halves (1, 2) which fits on top of a flower pot. It has cut-outs (E, F) in the center which fit around the trunk of the plant and slides together on bars (A - D) which are staggered sideways from each other. The inner edges of the top have a rib (G) and groove (H) which lock together when the table top is in place.

Description

The present invention relates more particularly to a removable table

  composed of two distinct tray elements, provided with at least a 1/2 cutout for the passage of the plant or shrub, and which, when assembled, are intended to rest on a flowerpot or shrub which forms then the base of the table.

  More precisely, the table includes two identical tray elements

  and of semi-circular shape, in the case where one wishes to form a round table top.

  According to the invention, this table is more particularly characterized in that it comprises two slides fixed under each half-plate projecting sufficiently on either side of each plate at the level of the common junction plane.

  The cutout located on each half-tray is established equidistantly, it

  is intended to create the space necessary for the passage of a trunk of a shrub or a plant.

  When the table is joined, the slides protrude from each half-plate and respectively slide against each other under each neighboring half-plate.

  The final junction being assisted by a tongue rebate or a cut to 450 or else a fixing by trunnions, materialized on the horizontal edge of the common junction plane.

  Thanks to the various means of nesting materialized at the level of the junction force in the same horizontal plane, as well as to the sliding system provided as a general support, the table rests and stabilizes at the same time on the pot. flowers, so that the pot forms the support of the table.

  The particularities of the invention lie in the method of attachment and the preferentially central opening, leaving space for the passage of the trunk of the shrub,

  or the body of the flower or plant.

  Various systems of magnets or metal fixings can also perfect

  or compose the general grip at the level of the joint connection of the two elements.

  The table can be designed with a personalized pot. In this case, it would be better to choose the molded plastic manufacturing solution for the pot + table assembly. Keeping the table fixing ideas, we can add a system of grooves

  circular, the same diameter as the pot, and this under the table to engage the pot.

  This table could be made from another quality of material (not limiting) such as wood, cork, cardboard, PVC, resin, molded plastic, plexiglass, metals or even terracotta.

  The installation of the table is simplified by the weight and the small footprint of

  it. It is practical and easily stowable, it is installed on a pot, in all stability.

  Decorative, it can be used temporarily inside or outside. Sober

  in appearance, it can thus merge and form one with the pot.

  The diameter of the table top, when provided round, may be different

  depending on the pot and the space available, it is adaptable.

  An embodiment of the invention will be described below, by way of nonlimiting example, with reference to the appended needs in which:

  * Figure 1 is a schematic perspective of the two half-trays which form the table.

  * Figure 2 is a view illustrating the principle of a sliding block locking mode

in the closed position.

  * Figure 3 is a side view showing a mode of use.

  As shown in Figure I, the table is made of six pieces: * namely two separate pieces made of wood by way of example and not limiting (plastic, cardboard, metals, terracotta, resin, cork, etc.

  ) provided with a 1/2 cutout (E and F) on one of the edges interrupting a groove for F and a tongue for E ... DTD: * know two separate parts (1 and 2) produced, for example, in wood. One provided at its edge with a groove (H) and for the other a tongue (G), each of the respective edges 1 and 2 also being provided with a cutout E and F. These assembled pieces form the table and they are assisted by four identical wooden slides A, B and C, D, but fixed in a different way under each half-tray 1 and 2. Indeed, we can see very clearly Figure II the offset position of the four slides B and A girdling the pot.

  Allowing the lateral blocking of the table on the pot, C and D are fixed under the other half-tray so as to slide against A and B at the time of the general interlocking of the table. The Slides are naturally put in place to slide over each other and run their races on the final nesting: the groove H and the tongue G. obviously E and D are located in the same places of their parts,

  1 and 2 respectively, and preferably centrally.

  As shown in Figure II, we can observe parts 1 and 2 in position,

  namely groove H and tongue G engaged, slides A, B, C, D also.

  We also notice the position of the slides installed differently

under each half tray.

  As shown in Figure III, the principle in the final illustration: the two

  half trays are assembled and thus installed, blocked and stabilized.

Claims (1)

claims   1) Table composed of two separate half-trays, characterized in that it comprises: a common opening (E and F) at the junction of parts 1 and 2 allowing the passage of a plant or a trunk; slides A, B, C and D, arranged under the half-plates, intended to be positioned adjacent to each other. The slides of one of the half-trays come inside the slides of the other half-tray, and they surround the pot, to block the lateral movement of the half-trays relative to each other, and to serve as abutment and stabilization elements, relative to the external or internal edges of the pot forming the table base, and a groove H and tongue   G materialized on the horizontal edge of the common junction plane.