Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployable furniture table
- Patent Title (中): 可部署的家具桌
-
Application No.: US13713581Application Date: 2012-12-13
-
Publication No.: US08434415B1Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Betsy Federici , Jamie Hathaway
- Applicant: Betsy Federici , Jamie Hathaway
- Agent Daniel Boudwin
- Main IPC: A47B23/00
- IPC: A47B23/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a combination furniture article and table support. The device comprises an article of furniture having an upstanding seatback and a flush-mounted frame therealong. The frame supports a hingeable tabletop that is flush with the seatback when in a stowed state. When deployed, the table is pulled away from the frame, rotated outward and secured within a cavity along the upper interior portion of the frame. This cavity secures over the upper edge of the table and supports the table in a horizontal configuration. The preferred embodiment utilizes a spring and damper element to draw the table into the cavity; however several embodiments are contemplated. The lower underside of the table includes a magnet or ferric material that aligns with a magnet within the lower portion of the frame to retain the table within the frame when stowed.
Information query