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US3164109A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Means for mounting a serving tray within a vehicle

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-01-14
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Granted: 1965-01-05
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Expires: 1983-01-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 A W Atkinson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 17:56
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N3/00; B60N3/001; B60N3/002; B60N3/007; A; A47; A47B; A47B31/00; A47B31/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 267 words
A SERVING TRAY FOR USE IN THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE COMPRISING A PLATFORM PORTION FORMED OF THERMO-PLASTIC MATERIAL, A PAIR OF STRAPS CONNECTED TO ONE MARGIN OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION AND EXTENDING BEYOND SAID MARGIN, SAID STRAPS BEING IMBEDDED IN SAID THERMO-PLASTIC MATERIAL AND BEING BENT WHEREBY THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN COOPERATING SLOTS FORMED IN A STRUCTURAL PORTION OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID STRAPS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE GEOMETRIC CENTER LINE OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION, A BRACKET HAVING A PORTION THEREOF IMBEDDED IN SAID THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AT AN OPPOSITE MARGIN THEREOF AND AT A POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID GEOMETRIC CENTER LINE, A SUPPORTING LEG, AN ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE END OF SAID SUPPORTING LEG AND SAID BRACKET, SAID ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION ACCOMMODATING AN ADJUSTMENT OF SAID ONE END IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION, SAID ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION PROVIDING ALSO ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT OF SAID LEG WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANE OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION, A FRICTION FOOT CARRIED BY THE OTHER END OF SAID LEG, SAID FRICTION FOOT BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A STATIONARY STRUCTURAL PART OF SAID VEHICLE, THE ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID ONE END OF SAID LEG AND SIAD PLATFORM PORTION COMPRISING AN ANGLE BRACKET HAVING ONE SIDE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM PORTION AND A RIGHT ANGLE SIDE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID ONE END OF SAID LEG, SAID RIGHT ANGLE SIDE BEING FORMED WITH AN ELONGATED SLOT, AND A BOLT RECEIVED IN SAID SLOT AND THROUGH A COOPERATING OPENING IN SAID LEG WHEREBY COMPOUND ADJUSTMENT OF SAID LEG WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM PORTION CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 267 words
A SERVING TRAY FOR USE IN THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE COMPRISING A PLATFORM PORTION FORMED OF THERMO-PLASTIC MATERIAL, A PAIR OF STRAPS CONNECTED TO ONE MARGIN OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION AND EXTENDING BEYOND SAID MARGIN, SAID STRAPS BEING IMBEDDED IN SAID THERMO-PLASTIC MATERIAL AND BEING BENT WHEREBY THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN COOPERATING SLOTS FORMED IN A STRUCTURAL PORTION OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID STRAPS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE GEOMETRIC CENTER LINE OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION, A BRACKET HAVING A PORTION THEREOF IMBEDDED IN SAID THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AT AN OPPOSITE MARGIN THEREOF AND AT A POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID GEOMETRIC CENTER LINE, A SUPPORTING LEG, AN ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE END OF SAID SUPPORTING LEG AND SAID BRACKET, SAID ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION ACCOMMODATING AN ADJUSTMENT OF SAID ONE END IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION, SAID ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION PROVIDING ALSO ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT OF SAID LEG WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANE OF SAID PLATFORM PORTION, A FRICTION FOOT CARRIED BY THE OTHER END OF SAID LEG, SAID FRICTION FOOT BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A STATIONARY STRUCTURAL PART OF SAID VEHICLE, THE ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID ONE END OF SAID LEG AND SIAD PLATFORM PORTION COMPRISING AN ANGLE BRACKET HAVING ONE SIDE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM PORTION AND A RIGHT ANGLE SIDE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID ONE END OF SAID LEG, SAID RIGHT ANGLE SIDE BEING FORMED WITH AN ELONGATED SLOT, AND A BOLT RECEIVED IN SAID SLOT AND THROUGH A COOPERATING OPENING IN SAID LEG WHEREBY COMPOUND ADJUSTMENT OF SAID LEG WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM PORTION CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.

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