Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With housing – Formed by collapsible surface
Patent
1998-01-30
1999-12-14
Wilkens, Janet M.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With housing
Formed by collapsible surface
108169, 108132, 5620, 297DIG6, A47B 300
Patent
active
060003456
ABSTRACT:
A folding table for supporting a person includes an elongated tabletop comprising a pair of hinged halves. Four legs are pivotally attached to the comers of the tabletop. Four diagonal braces are each connected between the tabletop and a corresponding leg. Each diagonal brace comprises upper and lower members connected by an intermediate pivot. The legs at each end of the table are fixedly connected by a transverse brace. Four diagonal cables are each connected between the tabletop and the intermediate pivot of a corresponding diagonal brace. Four longitudinal cables are each connected between a corresponding intermediate pivot of a corresponding diagonal brace and an opposite leg. The cable arrangement provides improved rigidity and stability, and enables the legs to be folded while the tabletop is in a fully open position, so that the tabletop can be placed flat on the ground for some types of massages. The table can be fully folded by pivoting the two halves together. The tabletop includes a bent tubular metal frame which is very durable and easy to manufacture.
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