Chairs and seats – With table – desk – or easel – Extensible from within or beneath seat component
Patent
1990-12-21
1991-09-24
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
With table, desk, or easel
Extensible from within or beneath seat component
297149, A47C 770
Patent
active
050509292
ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary furniture tray system for hidden installation in conventional furniture can be quickly moved between a hidden, rest position and an adjustable, deployable orientation. The system is mounted within the arm or arm rest. The frame comprises a pair of spaced apart, rectangular sidewalls secured together by an upper corner strut and a lower, spaced apart pivot strut extending between the top, inside of the frame. A lower, transverse mounting strut is fastened to interior portions of the furniture frame. A rigid tray slidably associated with the frame is displaceable between a vertically oriented rest position, and a substantially withdrawn horizontally oriented service position. Pairs of guide tracks attached to the opposite sidewalls define a slot for guiding and aligning the tray during vertical movements. Vertical tray travel is limited by a stop block system, and when the tray is pulled vertically, it reaches an upper limit established by the stop blocks, whereupon it may be pivotally deployed to the horizontal service position, resting partially upon the pivot strut at the top of the frame with its captured end wedged into the underside of the corner strut. The yieldably captivated end of the tray mates with the corner strut, and it includes pins which mesh with a groove in the corner strut, enabling the tray to slide forward and backward relative to the user. When the tray is appropriately angularly adjusted, it can be easily removed.
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Gueringer John M.
Reesnes Paul A.
Brown Peter R.
Carver Stephen D.
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