Work holders – Miscellaneous
Patent
1989-08-24
1990-07-24
Watson, Robert C.
Work holders
Miscellaneous
269901, 269328, 108 36, A61G 1300
Patent
active
049430416
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a light-weight folding massage table consisting of a pair of flat hingedly connected rectangular sections, preferably having a padded wooden surface with a peripheral wooden underframe. Two telescoping pairs of legs are rotatably attached to the sides of the frame by a leg-table frame joint at a short distance from the outer ends of the undersurface of each section. Each pair of legs is connected by a horizontal tube, or leg brace, as well as diagonal cables extending from the table and leg joint to the lower end of the opposite leg. A table-leg brace cable is connected from the lower end of each leg lengthwise to the side of the opposite section a short distance from the inner end of that section. An end cable is connected to the lower end of each leg and is detachable connected to the outward end of each section. Another pair of cables, the bridge cables, is connected at each end at the joint of the table and a leg, extends along the underside of the length of the table in an V-shaped manner. When the table is in the opened position, these cables pass through a pair of bridge tubes which extend angularly downward and is rotatably attached by a bolt which passes through the inner end of both sections, thus locking the two sections in place and distributing the load across the two sections. The bridge cable may be removed from the bridge tube, and the tube may be rotated and fixed to the undersurface of the table, so that when the legs are similarly folded up against the undersurface of the table, the table can either be closed or be placed flat on a floor. A cable connected from the end of each bridge tube, extends across the width of the table and is secured at its center to the inner end of its section. A soft face rest affixed to an outwardly facing U-shaped tube, covered widthwise with a fabric material to provide a supporting surface, is rotatably connected to a pair of curved tubes, which are upwardly notched at the opposite end. The notched end of the tubes detachably inserts into a corresponding pair of holes at the end of the table and is held in place by a spring and tab mechanism. A flat arm rest may be inserted between the face rest and the supporting surface.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2167342 (1939-07-01), York
patent: 4333638 (1982-06-01), Gillotti
patent: 4833998 (1989-05-01), Everett et al.
Adler Ira M.
Watson Robert C.
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