Bedside table

Claim 2

A swivel top table which comprises: a. a first stationary section which defines a lower storage compartment; b. door members pivotally mounted on adjacent portions of a rear wall oF the first section, said members having open and closed positions and being so configured that when at least one door member is rotated to the open position, access is provided to the inner storage compartment of said first section from a plurality of directions; c. a second section pivotally mounted to an upper portion of said lower section for rotatable swivel movement with respect thereto; d. a lower support plate connected to the upper portion of said lower section; e. an upper support plate supporting said upper section on said lower section; f. a substantially elongated member connected to said upper support plate and extending through a substantially central opening in said lower support plate, to pivotally support said upper support plate on said lower support plate; g. bearing means between said upper and lower support plates rotatably suspporting said upper support plate on said lower support plate to thereby provide rotatable swivel movement of said upper swivel section relative to said lower section; h. a substantially elongated guide member attached to said lower support plate to pivotably support said elongated pivot member with said upper and lower support plates in face-to-face spaced relation; j. a resilient member received on the free end portion of said elongated pivot member; k. a locking member received on said free end portion of said elongated pivot member and adapted to adjustably secure said upper and lower sections in assembled relation. l. a plate member fixed substantially horizontally to the upper portion of said rotatable upper section so as to form a table rotatable with the upper section in a manner such that access to substantially all portions of the upper surface of the table may be provided from one direction by rotating said upper section; m. a storage receptacle slidably mounted in the upper rotatable section and rotatable therewith such that access is provided to said receptacle from a plurality of directions corresponding to rotated positions of the upper section; and n. means to fix the upper section in selected rotated positions relative to the lower section such that rotation of said upper section with respect to said lower section facilitates access to the entire upper surface of said table while said lower section is maintained in a stationary position, thereby providing convenient accessibility to substantially all portions of the table.

Claim 3

The swivel top table according to claim 1 wherein said upper support plate is supported on said lower support plate by spaced ball bearing means positioned securely therebetween.

Claim 4

The swivel top table according to claim 2 wherein said ball bearing support means comprises: at least two spaced substantially spherical ball bearing members received within openings defined by the lower support plate; resilient means to bias said ball bearing members upwardly against said upper support plate; and at least two correspondingly spaced recesses in a lower surface portion of the upper support plate to engageably receive said ball members therein and to lock the position of said upper section in selected positions relative to said lower section.

Claim 5

The swivel top table according to claim 3 further comprising: eight spherical ball bearing members received within eight spaced openings defined by said lower support plate, said openings being equally spaced in a circular arrangement having 45* of arc between adjacent balls and said upper plate having eight spaced recesses in the lower surface portion, said recesses being spaced in a circular arrangement corresponding to the arrangement of said balls; and a spring member associated with each ball and adapted to resiliently bias said balls against the lower surface portion of said upper support plate such that said upper section may be rotated in 45* increments and locked in selected positions by the engageable reception of said balls in the said recesses of said uppeR support plate.

Claim 6

The swivel top table according to claim 4 further comprising two L-shaped door members pivotally mounted on two adjacent corner portions of the lower section, said doors adapted to provide substantially complete access to the inner portion of said lower section when in an open position by being pivotally rotated so as to be substantially parallel to an adjacent wall.

Claim 7

The swivel top table according to claim 5 wherein each of said door is provided with a locking device so as to provide independent opening of said doors.

Claim 8

A swivel top bedside table comprising in combination: a. a lower section having a storage portion therein; b. two substantially L-shaped door members pivotally mounted on said lower section along two adjacent corner portions thereof such that substantially complete access to the inner portion of said lower section is provided from a plurality of directions when said doors are in an open position, each of said door members having separate locking means associated therewith; c. an upper section having a receptacle defining a drawer slidably mounted therein and a substantially horizontal plate member defining an upper table surface; d. an upper support plate for supporting said upper section, said plate having eight spaced-apart recesses in a lower surface portion, said recesses being distributed in a circular arrangement having approximately 45* of arc between adjacent recesses; e. a lower support plate connected to said lower section and adapted to support said upper support plate, said lower support plate having a central opening extending therethrough, said lower support plate further defining eight openings equally spaced in a circular arrangement corresponding to said arrangement of recesses in said upper support plate and having approximately 45*of arc between adjacent openings; f. a cylindrical bushing member connected to said lower support plate and projecting from a lower portion of said lower support plate, said bushing member having a substantially cylindrical central opening substantially coinciding with the central opening of the lower support plate; g. ball members positioned in the openings of said lower support plate; h. spring members positioned on the rearward portion of said lower support plate behind said openings and adapted to resiliently bias said ball members upwardly from said lower support plate; i. a cylindrical bolt member connected to said upper support plate and extending through the central opening of the lower support plate and through said bushing member to pivotally support said upper support plate on said lower support pllate with the lower surface portion of the upper support plate in engaging relation with said ball members; j. a spring member received on the end portion of said bolt member; and k. a locking member received on the free end portion of said bolt member against said spring member, said locking member adapted to resiliently assemble said upper section and said lower section such that rotation of said upper section in 45* increments will cause said ball members to be engageably received in the spaced recesses of said upper section thereby locking said upper section in selected positions relative to said lower section.

Claim 9

A swivel top bedside table comprising in combination: a. a lower section having a storage portion therein; b. two substantially L-shaped door members pivotally mounted on said lower section along two adjacent corner portions thereof such that substantially complete access to the inner portion of said lower section is provided from a plurality of directions when said doors are in an open position, each of said door members having separate locking means associated therewith; c. an upper section having a receptacle defining a drawer slidably mounted therein and a substantially horizontal plate member defining an upper table surface; d. an upper support plate for supporting said upper section, said plate having eight spaced-apart recesses in a lower surface portion, said recesses being distributed in a circular arrangement having approximately 45* of arc between adjacent recesses; e. a lower support plate connected to said lower section and adapted to support said upper support plate, said lower support plate having a central opening extending therethrough, said lower support plate further defining eight openings equally spaced in a circular arrangement corresponding to said arrangement of recesses in said upper support plate and having approximately 45*of arc between adjacent openings; f. a cylindrical bushing member connected to said lower support plate and projecting from a lower portion of said lower support plate, said bushing member having a substantially cylindrical central opening substantially coinciding with the central opening of the lower support plate; g. ball members positioned in the openings of said lower support plate; h. spring members positioned on the rearward portion of said lower support plate behind said openings and adapted to resiliently bias said ball members upwardly from said lower support plate; i. a cylindrical bolt member connected to said upper support plate and extending through the central opening of the lower support plate and through said bushing member to pivotally support said upper support plate on said lower support pllate with the lower surface portion of the upper support plate in engaging relation with said ball members; j. a spring member received on the end portion of said bolt member; and k. a locking member received on the free end portion of said bolt member against said spring member, said locking member adapted to resiliently assemble said upper section and said lower section such that rotation of said upper section in 45* increments will cause said ball members to be engageably received in the spaced recesses of said upper section thereby locking said upper section in selected positions relative to said lower section.