Abstract 969,506. Tables; seats. W. P. NAIL. Jan. 31, 1961 [Aug. 27, 1960], No. 3717/61. Headings A4H, A4J, A4M and A4W. An inflatable hassock or stool has rigid top and bottom walls 3, 1 and a side wall 3 of plastic which is transparent or translucent, the hassock containing an ornamental display piece 10. The walls 1, 3 each consist of sheets 9 of plastic and an intermediate rigid plate 8. In a modification the lower plate serves as a support base for legs. In a further modification Fig. 6 a coffee table comprises a tubular side wall 37 of plastic, a rigid bottom wall 38 of plastic having integrally moulded legs 38<SP>1</SP> and a top wall which includes a glass plate 44. In another embodiment Fig. 11 a coffee table is formed of a plass plate 58 supported by inflatable chambers 59 and in another form Fig. 13 the table has a rectangular frame 69 carrying legs 70. A hassock as shown in Fig. 15 has in the bottom and top walls 73, 74 annular discs 75, 76 which impart resilience to the assembly. Specification 860,296 is referred to.
AN INFLATABLE ARTICLE COMPRISING A TUBE OF FLEXIBLE COLLAPSIBLE SUBSTANTIALLY NON-EXTENSIBLE MATERIAL HAVING ITS ENDS SEALED THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PERIMETER THEREOF TO CHAMBER DEFINING END WALL FORMATIONS, THE ARRANGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT THE SAID TUBE END PERIMETERS ARE PERMANENTLY CONFORMED TO A FIXED PREDETERMINED PERIMETRAL CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE DESIRED CROSS-SECTION OF THE ARTICLE AND SAID TUBE EXTENDS FREE OF ANY RIGID SUPPORT BETWEEN SAID END WALL FORMATIONS, SAID END WALL FORMATIONS BEING RESISTANT TO DEFORMATION AXIALLY OF SAID TUBE, VALVE MEANS FOR INFLATING THE CHAMBER DEFINED BY SAID TUBE AND END WALL FORMATIONS WHEREUPON THE TUBE ASSUMES THE CROSS-SECTION DETERMINED BY SAID FIXED PERIMETRAL CONFIGURATION, AT LEAST A PORTION OF ONE OF SAID TUBE AND END WALL FORMATIONS BEING AT LEAST TRANSLUCENT TO FORM A VIEWING AREA INTO SAID CHAMBER, AND A DISPLAY ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER TO BE VIEWED THROUGH SAID VIEWING AREA.
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AN INFLATABLE ARTICLE COMPRISING A TUBE OF FLEXIBLE COLLAPSIBLE SUBSTANTIALLY NON-EXTENSIBLE MATERIAL HAVING ITS ENDS SEALED THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PERIMETER THEREOF TO CHAMBER DEFINING END WALL FORMATIONS, THE ARRANGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT THE SAID TUBE END PERIMETERS ARE PERMANENTLY CONFORMED TO A FIXED PREDETERMINED PERIMETRAL CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE DESIRED CROSS-SECTION OF THE ARTICLE AND SAID TUBE EXTENDS FREE OF ANY RIGID SUPPORT BETWEEN SAID END WALL FORMATIONS, SAID END WALL FORMATIONS BEING RESISTANT TO DEFORMATION AXIALLY OF SAID TUBE, VALVE MEANS FOR INFLATING THE CHAMBER DEFINED BY SAID TUBE AND END WALL FORMATIONS WHEREUPON THE TUBE ASSUMES THE CROSS-SECTION DETERMINED BY SAID FIXED PERIMETRAL CONFIGURATION, AT LEAST A PORTION OF ONE OF SAID TUBE AND END WALL FORMATIONS BEING AT LEAST TRANSLUCENT TO FORM A VIEWING AREA INTO SAID CHAMBER, AND A DISPLAY ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER TO BE VIEWED THROUGH SAID VIEWING AREA.