US3276815A - Foldable table and bench assembly - Google Patents

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US3276815A
US3276815A US426503A US42650365A US3276815A US 3276815 A US3276815 A US 3276815A US 426503 A US426503 A US 426503A US 42650365 A US42650365 A US 42650365A US 3276815 A US3276815 A US 3276815A
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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
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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
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    • A47B3/14—Foldable table and seat units
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • An object of the invention is to provide .a table top and two bench assembly with supporting leg structure connected respectively to the table top and to the two benches such that in operative position such leg structure supports both the table top and the two benches at the free end thereof.
  • the invention consists of an arrangement of two bench members located at opposite sides of a table member.
  • the two bench members 'and the table member are hngedly interconnected for pivotal movement in unison between a horizontal position and a vertical position.
  • the upper surfaces of the bench members and the table member when in the horizontal position, become coplanar when elevated to the vertical position.
  • the bench members and the table member are pivotally connected to ixed supporting means.
  • the free end portions are pivotally interconnected by two separate leg members.
  • Each leg member is formed of an elongated continuous length of rigid material such as a metallic rod or tubing.
  • Each leg member includes a horizontal reach which is engageable with a floor to support one end of the assembly when in use with both bench members and the table member in their respective horizontal positions.
  • Upwardly extending from the ends of the horizontal reach of each leg member are two vertical reaches, namely a shorter reach which is connected to a free end portion of one of the bench members and a longer vertical reach which is connected to a free end portion of the table member.
  • the continuous length of material which forms each leg portion has rounded corners and terminates in two horizontally directed end portions which are continuations of the vertical reaches and which are pivotally connected to the bench members and to the table member.
  • the end portion of each shorter vertical reach is connected to one of the bench members and end portions of the longer vertical reaches are both connected to the table member.
  • FIG. l is an elevational view of a table and two bench assembly with the table and two bench members in their vertical positions;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the assembly of FIG. l with the table and bench members in their horizontal positions;
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the assembly of FIGS. 1 and 2 in its horizontal position as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the two benches are substantially the same -length as the table and are movable between a vertical position in which their operative upper surfaces are coplanar and an operative horizontal position in which the bench members ⁇ are in parallel spaced relationship with respect to the table member by virtue of pivotal connection to a leg member or structure at one end and to 3,276,815 Patented Oct. 4, 1966 another fixed leg structure or to a wall or other vertically extending xed supporting means at the other end.
  • FIGS. l, 2 and 3 show -a table and two bench assembly with metal rod or tube leg members having the advantage of providing space for the free entry of the legs of a person entering upon or leaving either of the two bench members.
  • the assembly comprises a table member 11 and two bench members 12 and 13.
  • Two leg members -14 and 15 are connected to the table member 11 and bench members 12 and 13 for movement in unison between a horizontal position as shown in FIG. 2 and a vertical position as shown :in FIG. 1.
  • Each leg member is formed of a continuous length of metal rod or tubing and comprises a horizontal reach 16 which engages a floor 17 when the assembly is in its horizontal position as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Extending upwardly from each end of each horizontal reach 16, there is a shorter vertical reach 18 and a longer vertical reach 19.
  • Each continuous length of rod or tubing terminates in two horizontal directed end portions 20 and 21 each of which is .a continuation of one of the vertical reaches 18 and 19, respectively. As shown, each of the end portions 20 is directed toward the other end portion 21.
  • the two horizontal end portions 21 are axially aligned and connected by straps 22 to .the underside of table member 11 at the free end portion thereof for pivotal movement about a Iiirst horizontal axis 23.
  • the end portions 20 which are continuations of the shorter vertical reaches 18 are axially aligned and are connected by straps 24 and 25 to the undersides of bench members 12 and 13, respectively, at the free end portions thereof -for pivotal movement about a second horizontal axis 26.
  • the end portions of the table member 111 and lbench members 12 and .13 which are remote from the -free end portions described above are pivotalfly connected by straps 27 and 28, respectively, to tixed supporting means such as a wall 29 Ifor pivotal movement about .a third pivotal axis 30 and a fourth pivotal axis 31.
  • the fixed supporting means further comprises two leg members 32 ⁇ and 33 which are similar in all respects to the leg members 14 and 15 described above. Straps 34 connect the fixed leg members 32 and 33 to the table member 11 for pivotal movement about the third axis 30 and straps 27, 28 connect the tixed leg members 32 and 33 to the bench members 12 and 13 for pivotal movement about the fourth axis 31.
  • a baseboard 36 adjacent to the floor 17 ' provides spacing whereby the surfaces of the table -member 11 and bench members 12 and 13, which are upper surfaces in FIGS. 2 and 3, are caused to become coplanar vertical surfaces as illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the -ixed leg member 32 is shown secured to baseboard 36 by straps 37 and 38 and to wall 29 by blocks 39 and straps 40.
  • the other iixed leg member 33 may be likewise secured to baseboard 36 and wall 29, if desired.
  • the leg members 14, 15 are connected together by connecting pieces 41 and the tixed leg members 32 and 33 are interconnected by connecting pieces 42.
  • a ifolding bench and table assembly movable beltween horizontal and vertical positions, said assembly comprising: an elongated table member; a pair 0f elongated bench members disposed in spaced parallel relationship at opposite sides of said table member; two leg members eachy connecting ya freeY end portion of one of saidbench members to a free end portion of said table member, each leg member being formed by a continuous length of rigid Amaterial consisting of a lower horizontal reach for engagement with a lloor, a shorter vertical reach extending upwardly from one end of said horizontal reach and a longer vertical reach extending upwardly from the other end of said horizontal reach, said length of material terminating in two horizontally directed terminations; means connecting said terminations of both leg members which are terminations of their longer reaches to a free end portion of said table member in axialV alignment for pivotal movement about a common horizontal -rst axis; means connecting the termination of one of said leg members which is a termination of its shorter vertical reach to a free end portion of one of said bench
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