US4942827A
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Automobile desk
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-12-14
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Granted: 1990-07-24
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Expires: 2008-12-14
Abstract
Abstract A desk for use in an automobile has a base which is provided with adjustable spring urged retaining hook members for engagement with the bottom edge of the seat back portion of a conventional vehicle seat. The retaining hook members may be adjusted in selected extended positions for use with a wide variety of different configurations of conventional vehicle seats. The adjustable hook members comprise spring biased retaining flanges which, in a first position, may be easily inserted beneath the bottom edge of the automobile seat back portion. The retaining flanges are spring biased to a second position for clamping engagement with the vehicle seat back portion. The desk has an adjustable writing surface which may be pivoted about a vertical mounting post, for enabling occupants seated at either side of a vehicle to easily use the desk. A writing surface of the desk is formed by a slidable cover of a compartmentalized storage tray.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald Norgaard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:00
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N3/00; B60N3/001; B60N3/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A desk adapted for use in an interior of a vehicle having a seat including a generally vertical seat back portion and a generally horizontal seat bottom portion, comprising: base means dimensioned for support on a conventional vehicle horizontal seat bottom portion; retaining hook means on said base means for engagement with a bottom edge of a conventional vehicle vertical seat back portion; tray means; pivotal mounting means pivotally mounting said tray means on said base means, said pivotal mounting means including a cylindrical post on one of said base means or said tray means and a cooperating socket on the other of said base means or said tray means; a circular array of equally angularly spaced radially extending projections surrounding one of said post or said socket; a circular array of equally angularly spaced radially extending recesses surrounding the other of said post or said socket; and said projections and said recesses in mating engagement.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A desk adapted for use in an interior of a vehicle having a seat including a generally vertical seat back portion and a generally horizontal seat bottom portion, comprising: base means dimensioned for support on a conventional vehicle horizontal seat bottom portion; retaining hook means on said base means for engagement with a bottom edge of a conventional vehicle vertical seat back portion; tray means; pivotal mounting means pivotally mounting said tray means on said base means, said pivotal mounting means including a cylindrical post on one of said base means or said tray means and a cooperating socket on the other of said base means or said tray means; a circular array of equally angularly spaced radially extending projections surrounding one of said post or said socket; a circular array of equally angularly spaced radially extending recesses surrounding the other of said post or said socket; and said projections and said recesses in mating engagement.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The automobile desk of claim 1, wherein said tray means comprises a compartmentalized storage tray.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The automobile desk of claim 2, further comprising a cover having an upper planar writing surface, said cover slidably connected to said tray.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The automobile desk of claim 1, wherein said retaining hook means comprises at least one pair of retaining members extending in overlying relation through a back end wall of said base.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The automobile desk of claim 4, further comprising clamping means on said base for securing said retaining members in a selected extended position.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The automobile desk of claim 5, wherein said clamping means comprises a clamping bracket secured to said base means; and a clamping screw extending through said clamping bracket for frictional engagement with said retaining members.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The automobile desk of claim 4, further comprising a spring biased retaining flange pivotally attached adjacent an end portion of each of said retaining members.
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