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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042475 | Table A table may include a table top, a frame and one or more legs that may be movable between extended and collapsed positions relative to the table top. Advantageously, the table top may include a generally planar upper surface and a generally planar lower surface. The... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7308858 | Locking device for foldable stand for machine and foldable stand for machine comprising the same A foldable stand for a machine includes a tabletop, a plurality of legs each having one end pivotally mounted to the tabletop such that the legs are turnable relative to the tabletop between an extended position and a received position, a plurality of first locking ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293792 | Transportable child booster seat/carrying bag A transportable booster seat and optional carrying bag are provided. The booster seat has a seat cushion, optional arms on respective sides of the seat cushion, wheels beneath the booster seat in the rear area of the booster seat, and a retractable handle in or adja... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7201451 | Aircraft passenger seat A drive (35, 37) reversible to two active states for optional generation of a force of displacement effecting retraction or extension of a foot rest configuration (11) is provided in an aircraft seat. The seat has seat components such as backrest seat ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174838 | Collapsible table A collapsible table includes a table top formed of a pair of pivotable table top half-sections hinged to one another at their adjacent edges along a center-line of the table and displaceable between an open position where the half-sections are coplanar, and a folded... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137797 | Turntable with gerotor A gerotor mechanism is used to guide the rotation of a turntable having a Reuleaux triangle shape. The mechanism includes a gerotor having three lobes; the gerotor guide has a guide profile including four recesses for receiving the lobes of the gerotor. Rotation is ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128001 | Foldable table A foldable table includes a tabletop and two leg frames for supporting the tabletop, each of the leg frames having a transverse member pivotally attached to a underside of the tabletop and a standing leg extended from the transverse member and pivotally moveable wit... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111563 | Edge and corner for a table top A table includes a table top with an upper surface and a lower surface. The table top is preferably constructed from blow-molded plastic and it includes a generally hollow interior. The table top includes a downwardly extending lip one or more strengthening members ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107915 | Locking mechanism for folding legs A locking mechanism for a support leg hingedly attached to a support surface includes a base, attached to the support surface, with a plurality of angularly spaced, radial teeth, and a coupler, attached to the support leg, having a plurality of angularly spaced, rad... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073450 | Stackable tabletop for fordable table A stackable tabletop includes a tabletop member having a top surface defining a peripheral edge portion and a first contour formed therealong and a bottom surface adapted for pivotally connecting two leg assemblies thereon, and an engaging rim, which is provided alo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069865 | High strength, lightweight blow-molded plastic structures Blow molded plastic structures are provided for use in various structures such as, but not limited to, tables, chairs, walls, backboards, storage bins, sports equipment and the like. The blow molded plastic structure has a first surface and a second surface extendin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063025 | Table with foldable legs A table may include a table top, a frame and one or more legs. The legs are preferably pivotally attached to the frame by brackets and the brackets may be rotatable with respect to the table top. The table may also include a drawer and the legs may be sized and conf... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6890032 | Pivotal mounting mechanism A pivotal mounting mechanism and a method of mounting an axle in an axle mount. A plug is inserted in a receptacle such as the open end of a tube which has at least one J-shaped track. The axle is held in its final position by inter-engagement of the plug and tube. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6877441 | Foldable table A foldable table includes a table top coupled to a frame, and a pedestal that is movably coupled to the frame via a first and second element, wherein first and second elements are coupled via a connector such that the connector limits a movement in which the table i... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6598544 | Locking mechanism for folding legs A locking mechanism for a support leg hingedly attached to a support surface. The locking mechanism includes a base, attached to the support surface, with a plurality of angularly spaced, radial teeth, and a coupler, attached to the support leg, having a ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6431086 | Collapsible table A collapsible massage table includes two folding table pieces hingably connected to each other so that when the table is set up it has four comer regions. Each corner region is supported by a leg that is connected to the table via a folding link. Each lin... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6000346 | Leg mounting device and related table A leg mounting device for a table includes a body portion having a bar receiving cavity formed at a radius and extending along a first axis. A nose portion extends from the body portion along a second axis angled with respect to the first axis. Convenient... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5974979 | Portable tables for massage and physical therapy Portable folding tables which are particularly adapted for massage and other body therapy uses wherein each table includes two top sections which are hingedly connected at one end and which are supported by legs which are pivotally connected thereto. Each... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5769005 | Adjustable length table leg for a massage table An adjustable length member, which can serve as a leg for an adjustable height table, is disclosed. A first channel of the adjustable length member contains a rack mechanism on the inside surface while the internesting second channel contains a pawl, whic... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5394808 | Folding table construction and method of fabrication A folding table has a unitary table top formed of molded plastic preferably having an outer shell of non-cellular plastic with a filling of light weight hardened foam. Pairs of spaced apart sockets are formed in the table top material at the underside of ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5363613 | Rigid supporting structures A supporting structure of one piece of sheet material constituting a top and several legs depending from that top in one piece has for each of these several legs an angled profile of that one piece of sheet material and in one piece with the top across th... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5325793 | Folding table A two section folding table is disclosed which folds in the middle. A leg arrangement is hingedly attached to the underside of each section. The legs have two parts pivotally attached together with one end of a first part hingedly attached to the undersid... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5070796 | Folding table A folding table of the type comprising a table top, two leg assemblies pivotally mounted to one of the faces of the table top, and fixing means for fixing the leg assemblies to the table top when the table is in the erected position. Each leg assembly com... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5067417 | Foldable light weight table A foldable table is provided including a pair mirror image half table sections. The half table sections include adjacent margins pivotally joined together for upward swinging of the remote margins of the table sections toward positions with the table half... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5020799 | Folding billiard table A folding billiard table is provided with a pair of supports having legs and wheels thereon respectively for stability and easy handling purposes when the table is in correspondingly normal unfolded and folded configuration. A table formed of two symmetri... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4944546 | Foldable truck ramp A three-section folding ramp that can also serve as an endgate for a truck bed. The ramp has mechanically folding and unfolding legs, so that the user doesn't have to pull the legs open one by one. A special latch allows all three sections to be held toge... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4520897 | Portable steps Portable steps are disclosed herein including a plurality of step rungs arranged next to each other in parallel side-by-side relationship wherein each step rung has an elongated rigid member intended to be stepped upon by a riser which incorporates a pair... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4437413 | Folding structure employing a Sarrus linkage A Sarrus linkage is a type of folding linkage or structure in which two opposed links are connected by two sets of connecting links, each of which sets includes two separate links. The links of such a linkage are hinged together in such a manner that the ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4424912 | Container with extendable legs A collapsable basket is disclosed, in which legs can be erected to a position in which the basket is supported above a floor, and in which the legs can be collapsed to allow the basket to rest on a floor without being supported by the legs. This erection ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4383488 | Foldable stool A folding stool including a top having a depending peripheral skirt and support leg members operatively mounted on the underside of the top, and inward of the peripheral skirt. Leg members are mounted at opposite ends of the stool. Each leg member include... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4318353 | Table with folding legs A table with folding legs is provided in which the legs are hingedly connected through leg spans to the underside of the top which also contains a pair of opposing aprons extending downwardly and affixed to the underside of the top, said aprons extending ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4193352 | Folding table A table with foldable legs which includes a table top having a flange extending around the edge with pivotally mounted legs at the corners moveable between a folded and an extended position, with guide elements mounted on the flange adjacent each leg for ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4120249 | Folding table equipped with improved latch mechanism that holds table top sections coplanar and prevents accidental injury during unfolding A folding table having a top formed by a pair of hingedly connected sections, the adjacent edges of which approach one another as the table is unfolded and its top sections are brought into coplanar orientation, is equipped with a latch that is mounted at... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4005898 | Convertible seat/bed structure and associated foldable table for pickup trucks and the like A foldable, convertible structure is adapted to be removably mounted on the inside wall of a pickup truck, van, etc., and is unfoldable into a seat for sitting purposes and is further unfoldable into a bed for sleeping purposes. When folded, the structure... | 02/01/1977 |
