Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Folding – Legs fold axially parallel to surface edges
Patent
1990-01-18
1990-09-04
Fidei, David T.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Folding
Legs fold axially parallel to surface edges
108129, 108127, 248439, 16115, 206557, A47B 300
Patent
active
049534734
ABSTRACT:
A combination serving tray, bed tray and bathtub tray. A "U-shaped" leg is hinged at each end of an elongated tray, to swing from a closed position underneath the tray frame down into a generally upright position. In this position, the legs hold the tray a predetermined height above the surface on which the legs are supported. A cammed latch is provided beneath the bottom surface of the tray, positioned to engage the resiliently bendable bight portion of each "U"-shaped leg when the leg is swung up from its open position to its closed position. Handles are provided at each end of the tray, slidably engaged with the tray frame and movable outward a predetermined maximum distance but no farther. In its preferred form, the cammed latch includes a spherical body that engages the resiliently bendable bight portions of the "U"-shaped legs to hold them in their closed positions.
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Dreyfus Larry M.
Tomaka Leonard P.
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