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Folding table

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Granted: 1964-03-10
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Expires: 1981-03-10
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Abstract

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 14:57
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B3/00; A47B3/002; A47B2003/008

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 200 words
A FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LEGS, A RIGID BRACER SECURING THE UPPER ENDS OF A PAIR OF SAID LEGS, FOLDABLE BRACERS SECURING THE REMAINING LEGS TO SAID PAIR OF LEGS AND ARRANGED TO PERMIT THE REMAINING LEGS TO BE SWUNG TO LIE CONTIGUOUSLY IN A PLANE ADJACENT THE PLANE OF SAID PAIR OF LEGS, A TOP PANEL, AND A JOINT CONNECTING THE TOP PANEL AND LEGS INCLUDING AN OPEN FRAME HAVING TWO OPPOSITE PARALLEL RODLIKE ARMS CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT THEIR ENDS BY RODLIKE MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID FRAME ARMS BEING ROTATABLY SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL, THE OTHER OF SAID FRAME ARMS BEING ROTATABLY SECURED TO AND PARALLEL WITH SAID RIGID BRACE CONNECTING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF TABLE LEGS, SAID FRAME ARMS BEING OF A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE COMBINED LENGTH OF THE RIGID BRACE AND CONNECTED PAIR OF TABLE LEGS, WHEREBY SAID TOP PANEL MAY BE SWUNG FROM A VERTICAL POSITION PARALLEL TO SAID PAIR OF LEGS TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION RESTING ON THE PLURALITY OF UNFOLDED LEGS WITH SAID RIGID BRACE AND THE UPPER ENDS OF THE CONNECTED PAIR OF LEGS PARTIALLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE OPEN FRAME.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 200 words
A FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LEGS, A RIGID BRACER SECURING THE UPPER ENDS OF A PAIR OF SAID LEGS, FOLDABLE BRACERS SECURING THE REMAINING LEGS TO SAID PAIR OF LEGS AND ARRANGED TO PERMIT THE REMAINING LEGS TO BE SWUNG TO LIE CONTIGUOUSLY IN A PLANE ADJACENT THE PLANE OF SAID PAIR OF LEGS, A TOP PANEL, AND A JOINT CONNECTING THE TOP PANEL AND LEGS INCLUDING AN OPEN FRAME HAVING TWO OPPOSITE PARALLEL RODLIKE ARMS CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT THEIR ENDS BY RODLIKE MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID FRAME ARMS BEING ROTATABLY SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PANEL, THE OTHER OF SAID FRAME ARMS BEING ROTATABLY SECURED TO AND PARALLEL WITH SAID RIGID BRACE CONNECTING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF TABLE LEGS, SAID FRAME ARMS BEING OF A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE COMBINED LENGTH OF THE RIGID BRACE AND CONNECTED PAIR OF TABLE LEGS, WHEREBY SAID TOP PANEL MAY BE SWUNG FROM A VERTICAL POSITION PARALLEL TO SAID PAIR OF LEGS TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION RESTING ON THE PLURALITY OF UNFOLDED LEGS WITH SAID RIGID BRACE AND THE UPPER ENDS OF THE CONNECTED PAIR OF LEGS PARTIALLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE OPEN FRAME.

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