Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With separable components – Surface separable from support entity
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-08
2002-09-03
Brown, Peter R. (Department: 3636)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With separable components
Surface separable from support entity
C297S158500, C108S180000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06443076
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to tables and more particularly pertains to a new collapsible table assembly for easier storage and transport of a portable table.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of tables is known in the prior art. More specifically, tables heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,367,964; U.S. Pat. No. 5,251,955; U.S. Pat. No. 4,740,032; U.S. Pat. No. 4,700,9860; U.S. Pat. No. 4,607,880; U.S. Pat. No. 2,800,952; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 329,147.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new collapsible table assembly. The inventive device includes a pair of table end panels. Each of the table end panels comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The collapsible table assembly also includes The collapsible table assembly also includes a plurality of table support sections. Each of the table support sections comprises at least a pair of cross-bars that have a pair of ends removably couplable to each of the end table sections. A table seat section comprises a panel that has a hole extending therethrough. In one embodiment, the hole has a size and shape designed for removably receiving the top portion of the end table panels therethrough. A tabletop section comprises a panel that includes a pair of ends and a pair of elongated slots extending therethrough for removably receiving a portion of the table end panels.
In these respects, the collapsible table assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of easier storage and transport of a portable table.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of tables now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new collapsible table assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for easier storage and transport of a portable table.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new collapsible table assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tables mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new collapsible table assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tables, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pair of table end panels. Each of the table end panels comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The collapsible table assembly also includes a plurality of table support sections. Each of the table support sections comprising at least a pair of cross-bars that have a pair of ends removably couplable to each of the end table sections. A table seat section comprising a panel that has a hole extending therethrough. In an embodiment the hole has a size and shape designed for removably receiving the top portion of the end table panels therethrough. A tabletop section comprising a panel includes a pair of ends and a pair of elongated slots extending therethrough for removably receiving a portion of the table end panels.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible table assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tables mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new collapsible table assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tables, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible table assembly which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new collapsible table assembly which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible table assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such collapsible table assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible table assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible table assembly for easier storage and transport ofa portable table.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible table assembly which includes a pair of table end panels. Each of the table end panels comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The collapsible table assembly also includes a plurality of table support sections. Each of the table support sections comprising at least a pair of cross-bars that have a pair of ends removably couplable to each of the end table sections. A table seat section comprising a panel that has a hole extending therethrough. In an embodiment the hole has a size and shape designed for removably receiving the top portion of the end table panels therethrough. A tabletop section comprising a panel includes a pair of ends and a pair of elongated slots extending therethrough for removably receiving a portion of the table end panels.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new collapsible table assembly that is easily disassemble for easy storage and transportation.
Even still another object of th
Brown Peter R.
Fisher Michael J.
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