Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Plural related horizontal surfaces – Detachable enlarging or substitute surface
Patent
1995-09-28
1998-03-17
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Plural related horizontal surfaces
Detachable enlarging or substitute surface
A47B 1308
Patent
active
057274770
ABSTRACT:
This disclosure is directed to the use of rigid and semi-rigid materials to form a decorative covering device for standard folding banquet and convention tables. Through the use of a hinging mechanism on the front, rear and sides, this provides a device which can be folded up into an inside-out, flat configuration that can be easily transported and stored with minimal wear damage to its finished surfaces. The normally vertical front, rear and side sections of this device fold independently of one another into three different positions. Front, rear and side sections are a sandwich composition of plastic laminate and foam; the top section is a hardwood framework covered with a sandwich composition of plastic laminate and plywood. The first position of the sections is the operational position where the front, rear, and two side sections are deployed in a vertical position, hanging down from the top section, which rests upon the folding table. The second position is the storage-transport or stowed position where the front, rear and side sections fold out, up and onto the top upper surface and are secured, in order to reduce overall size of the covering device by changing it into flat configuration. The third position is an inactive position in which some of the deployed, normally hanging, sections (usually the rear and/or side sections) are folded in, up and under the top cover section, allowing for these sections to be positioned out of the way when they are not wanted, such as when it is desired to seat people at the table. These raised sections fold between the horizontal top cover and the top of the table on which the unit is placed.
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Chen José V.
E-Z Topper, Inc.
Nauman Joseph G.
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