Table and bench construction

Claim 2

A table and bench unit comprising a table top, a top surrounding seat, and a central base, said base including a pair of interlockable one-piece base members positionable in crossing relation at approximately 90* to each other, each base member including a pair of upwardly projecting table supports positionable to the opposite sides of the other base member so as to define four table supports oriented at approximately 90* for the reception and support of said table top, each base member also including a pair of upwardly projecting seat supports for the reception and support of said seat about said top, each of said seat supports being located outward of, below and in substantially the same vertical plane as one of the table supports so as to define four seat supports at approximately 90*, each of said base members being flat and including a central vertical body, the associated table supports flaring upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions from the upper end of said body, the associated seat supports projecting vertically in outwardly spaced generally parallel relation to said body to the opposite sides thereof, and a generally horizontal portion extending between and interconnecting the lower end of each seat support with the lower end of the body, said generally horizontal portion having a ground engaging lower edge.

Claim 3

The unit of claim 1 wherein a first one of said base members has a vertical slot extending inwardly from the upper end of said body for approximately half the height of said body, the second of said base members having a vertical slot in said body projecting inwardly from the lower end thereof and extending approximately one-half the height of the body, each of said slots being of a width so as to accommodate the body of the other base member whereby an internesting of said slots and the adjoining portions of the bodies can be effected, resulting in a crossed coplanar orientation of the upper end lower ends of said base members.

Claim 4

The unit of claim 2 wherein each of said table supports includes a longitudinally elongated support head at the upper end thereof for the reception of the table top thereon.

Claim 5

The unit of claim 3 wherein each member has a pair of side edges, each of said side edges being common to the table support, the body and the seat support and extending sharply inward from the outer upper limit of one of the table supports so as to define the outer edge thereof, vertically along the corresponding side of the body to the lower end portion thereof so as to define the outer edge of the body, laterally outward to the seat support, and vertically upward along the inner side of the corresponding seat support so as to define the inner edge thereof.

Claim 6

The unit of claim 4 wherein the outer edge of each seat support slopes downwardly and inwardly.

Claim 7

The unit of claim 5 wherein each of the base member bodies includes a notch defined in the upper end thereof for the seated reception of an internally threaded pipe receiving nut, one of said notches including overhanging nut retaining lip means, and a vertically elongated pipe threadedly receivable within a notch mounted nut for projection centrally and vertically upward from the crossed base members.

Claim 8

The construction of claim 6 including releasable fastening means selectively securing the table top and the seat respectively to the upper ends of the table supports and the upper ends of the seat supports.

Claim 9

The unit of claim 1 wherein each member has a pair of side edges, each of said side edges being common to the table support, the body and the seat support and extending sharply inward from the outer upper limit of one of the table supports so as to define the outer edge thereof, vertically along the corresponding side of the body to the lower end portion thereof so as to define the outer edge of the body, laterally outward to the seat support, and vertically upward along the inner side of the corresponding seat support so as to define the inner edge thereof.

Claim 10

A table and bench unit comprising a table top, a seat, and a base, said base including a pair of base members positionable in crossing relation at approximately 90* to each other, each base member including a pair of upwardly projecting table supports positionable to the opposite sides of the other base member for the reception and support of said table top, each base member also including a pair of upwardly projecting seat supports for the reception and support of said seat, each of said seat supports being located outward of, below and in substantially the same vertical plane as one of the table supports each of said base members including a vertical body, the associated table supports flaring upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions from the upper end of said body, the associated seat supports projecting vertically in outwardly spaced generally parallel relation to said body to the opposite sides thereof, and a generally horizontal portion extending between and interconnecting the lower end of each seat support with the lower end of the body, each of the base member bodies including a notch defined in the upper end thereof for the seated reception of an internally threaded pipe receiving nut, one of said notches including overhanging nut retaining lip means, and a vertically elongated pipe threaded receivable within a notch mounted nut for projection centrally and vertically upward from the crossed base members.

Claim 11

A table and bench unit comprising a table top, a seat, and a base, said base including a pair of base members positionable in crossing relation at approximately 90* to each other, each base member including a pair of upwardly projecting table supports positionable to the opposite sides of the other base member for the reception and support of said table top, each base member also including a pair of upwardly projecting seat supports for the reception and support of said seat, each of said seat supports being located outward of, below and in substantially the same vertical plane as one of the table supports each of said base members including a vertical body, the associated table supports flaring upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions from the upper end of said body, the associated seat supports projecting vertically in outwardly spaced generally parallel relation to said body to the opposite sides thereof, and a generally horizontal portion extending between and interconnecting the lower end of each seat support with the lower end of the body, each of the base member bodies including a notch defined in the upper end thereof for the seated reception of an internally threaded pipe receiving nut, one of said notches including overhanging nut retaining lip means, and a vertically elongated pipe threaded receivable within a notch mounted nut for projection centrally and vertically upward from the crossed base members.

Claim 12

A table and a bench unit comprising a base, said base including a vertically elongated body, a plurality of table supports projecting generally radially outward from the upper end portion of said body at equally spaced points thereabout, a table top supported horizontally on said table supports, a plurality of seat supports positioned radially outward from the lower portion of said body at spaced points thereabout corresponding with the orientation of the table supports, said seat supports being located laterally outwardly of said table supports and in spaced relation therebelow, the lower end of said body being elevated, connecting portions extending between the lower elevated end of said body and the individual seat supports, said connecting portions each including an elongated generally horizontal ground engaging section, a seat resting on and supported by said seat supports about said table top, said base being defined by a pair of crossed base members, each base member including a pair of said table supports and a pair of said seat supports, and a hollow pipe section affixed centrally to the upper end of said base body and projecting vertically therefrom through said table top.

Claim 13

A table and a bench unit comprising a base, said base including a vertically elongated body, a plurality of table supports projecting generally radially outward from the upper end portion of said body at equally spaced points thereabout, a table top supported horizontally on said table supports, a plurality of seat supports positioned radially outward from the lower portion of said body at spaced points thereabout corresponding with the orientation of the table supports, said seat supports being located laterally outwardly of said table supports and in spaced relation therebelow, the lower end of said body being elevated, connecting portions extending between the lower elevated end of said body and the individual seat supports, said connecting portions each including an elongated generally horizontal ground engaging section, a seat resting on and supported by said seat supports about said table top, said base being defined by a pair of crossed base members, each base member including a pair of said table supports and a pair of said seat supports, and a hollow pipe section affixed centrally to the upper end of said base body and projecting vertically therefrom through said table top.