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US3091196A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Table tennis table

Assignee: KLAUBER GAMES Inc
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Filing: 1962-01-12
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Granted: 1963-05-28
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Expires: 1982-01-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James C Hirsch

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 01:54
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B25/00; A47B25/003

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 212 words
A TABLE TENNIS TABLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A PAIR OF TABLE HALVES HAVING TABLE TOPS WHICH FORM A TABLE TENNIS TABLE WHEN POSITIONED IN HORIZONTAL JUXTAPOSED RELATION, AND LEG SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING SAID TABLE HALVES IN SAID HORIZONTAL JUXTAPOSED RELATION ALSO A STORAGE POSITION WHERE THE TABLE HALVES EXTEND UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY TO FORM A PYRAMID STRUCTURE, SAID LEG STRUCTURE COMPRISING LEG-FORMING PORTIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TABLE HALVES, SAID LEG-FORMING PORTIONS RESTING ON THE FLOOR IN THE NORMAL PLAYING POSITION OF THE TABLE AND SUPPORTING AT LEAST THE INNER ENDS OF SAID TABLE HALVES IN A HORIZONTAL PLAYING POSITION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTIANG EACH OF SAID TABLE HALVES FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT UPON SAID LEG STRUCTURE ABOUT HORIZONTAL TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED PIVOT AXES POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE INNER ENDS OF THE TABLE HALVES INVOLVED WHEN IN A HORIZONTAL PLAYING POSITION AND AT SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED ELEVATIONS NEAR THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF SAID LEG-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE LEG STRUCTURE, AND STOP MEANS LOCATED OUTWARDLY OF THE PIVOT AXES OF EACH TABLE HALF FOR ENGAGING THE BOTTOM END PORTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE HALF WHEN THE OUTER END THEREOF IS PIVOTED UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY BEYOND THE VERTICAL, TO HOLD THE TABLE HALF IN AN UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY INCLINED POSITION INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER TABLE HALF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 212 words
A TABLE TENNIS TABLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A PAIR OF TABLE HALVES HAVING TABLE TOPS WHICH FORM A TABLE TENNIS TABLE WHEN POSITIONED IN HORIZONTAL JUXTAPOSED RELATION, AND LEG SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING SAID TABLE HALVES IN SAID HORIZONTAL JUXTAPOSED RELATION ALSO A STORAGE POSITION WHERE THE TABLE HALVES EXTEND UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY TO FORM A PYRAMID STRUCTURE, SAID LEG STRUCTURE COMPRISING LEG-FORMING PORTIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TABLE HALVES, SAID LEG-FORMING PORTIONS RESTING ON THE FLOOR IN THE NORMAL PLAYING POSITION OF THE TABLE AND SUPPORTING AT LEAST THE INNER ENDS OF SAID TABLE HALVES IN A HORIZONTAL PLAYING POSITION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTIANG EACH OF SAID TABLE HALVES FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT UPON SAID LEG STRUCTURE ABOUT HORIZONTAL TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED PIVOT AXES POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE INNER ENDS OF THE TABLE HALVES INVOLVED WHEN IN A HORIZONTAL PLAYING POSITION AND AT SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED ELEVATIONS NEAR THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF SAID LEG-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE LEG STRUCTURE, AND STOP MEANS LOCATED OUTWARDLY OF THE PIVOT AXES OF EACH TABLE HALF FOR ENGAGING THE BOTTOM END PORTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE HALF WHEN THE OUTER END THEREOF IS PIVOTED UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY BEYOND THE VERTICAL, TO HOLD THE TABLE HALF IN AN UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY INCLINED POSITION INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER TABLE HALF.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-05-27 1966-11-26 1967-05-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-05-27 1970-11-26 1971-05-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-05-27 1974-11-26 1975-05-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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