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US3304891A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Portable folding table

Assignee: METAL DYNAMICS CORP
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Filing: 1965-05-17
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Granted: 1967-02-21
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Expires: 1985-05-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Isadore B Rachman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 14:14
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B3/00; A47B3/08; A47B3/083

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A PORTABLE COLLAPSIBLE FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING: A RECTANGULAR TOP DIVIDED INTO A PAIR OF ABUTTING DEMI-SECTIONS EACH HAVING PERIPHERAL BORDER FLANGES; REINFORCEMENT FLANGES AFFIXED TO SAID BORDER FLANGES ALONG INSIDE PERIPHERY THEREOF; A HINGE CONNECTING SAID DEMI-SECTIONS AT JUXTAPOSED BORDER FLANGES, SAID HINGE EXTENDING ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID JUXTAPOSED BORDER FLANGES, SAID HINGE BEING FASTENED TO EACH JUXTAPOSED BORDER FLANGES, AND ITS RESPECTIVE REINFORCEMENT FLANGE; A PAIR OF SLIDEWAYS ON EACH OF SAID SECTIONS, A RIGID BAR SLIDABLY RECEIVED BY SLIDEWAYS ON EACH OF SAID SECTIONS FOR EXTENSION THEREALONG BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS TO RIGIDLY FASTEN SAID SECTIONS IN COPLANAR ALIGNMENT; LOCK MEANS ON ONE OF SAID SECTIONS FOR LOCKING SAID BARS WHEN THE SECTIONS ARE IN CO-PLANAR ALIGNMENT; CAM MEANS SUPPORTED BY ONE OF SAID SECTIONS FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN SAID BARS AND SLIDEWAYS FOR JAMMING SAID BARS INTO A RIGID AND LOCKED POSITION; A PAIR OF COLLAPSIBLE LEGS PIVOTED IN EACH OF SAID SECTIONS ON SAID REINFORCEMENT FLANGES SO THAT SAID LEGS MAY BE COLLAPSED WITHIN SAID SECTIONS TO EFFECT A PARALLEL FOLDING THEREOF, SAID SLIDEWAYS BEING CHANNELS, AND SAID BARS HAVING AN INCLINED SURFACE AT ONE END THEREOF FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID CAM MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A PORTABLE COLLAPSIBLE FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING: A RECTANGULAR TOP DIVIDED INTO A PAIR OF ABUTTING DEMI-SECTIONS EACH HAVING PERIPHERAL BORDER FLANGES; REINFORCEMENT FLANGES AFFIXED TO SAID BORDER FLANGES ALONG INSIDE PERIPHERY THEREOF; A HINGE CONNECTING SAID DEMI-SECTIONS AT JUXTAPOSED BORDER FLANGES, SAID HINGE EXTENDING ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID JUXTAPOSED BORDER FLANGES, SAID HINGE BEING FASTENED TO EACH JUXTAPOSED BORDER FLANGES, AND ITS RESPECTIVE REINFORCEMENT FLANGE; A PAIR OF SLIDEWAYS ON EACH OF SAID SECTIONS, A RIGID BAR SLIDABLY RECEIVED BY SLIDEWAYS ON EACH OF SAID SECTIONS FOR EXTENSION THEREALONG BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS TO RIGIDLY FASTEN SAID SECTIONS IN COPLANAR ALIGNMENT; LOCK MEANS ON ONE OF SAID SECTIONS FOR LOCKING SAID BARS WHEN THE SECTIONS ARE IN CO-PLANAR ALIGNMENT; CAM MEANS SUPPORTED BY ONE OF SAID SECTIONS FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN SAID BARS AND SLIDEWAYS FOR JAMMING SAID BARS INTO A RIGID AND LOCKED POSITION; A PAIR OF COLLAPSIBLE LEGS PIVOTED IN EACH OF SAID SECTIONS ON SAID REINFORCEMENT FLANGES SO THAT SAID LEGS MAY BE COLLAPSED WITHIN SAID SECTIONS TO EFFECT A PARALLEL FOLDING THEREOF, SAID SLIDEWAYS BEING CHANNELS, AND SAID BARS HAVING AN INCLINED SURFACE AT ONE END THEREOF FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID CAM MEANS.

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