Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Plural related horizontal surfaces – Laterally connected individual units
Patent
1986-02-19
1987-05-19
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Plural related horizontal surfaces
Laterally connected individual units
108 59, A47B 5700
Patent
active
046658360
ABSTRACT:
Each of two or more sectional tables is provided with interconnecting apparatus for forming different sized and various shaped table configurations. Each sectional table (10, 12, 14) is provided with a set of spaced threaded inserts (38, 40) positioned on its underside. First and second sectional tables may be abutted with their respective sets of inserts aligned. A slotted coupling link (20) having spaced slots (28, 30) with first and second ends in opposite ends of the link is utilized with thumb screws (42) which are threaded into the inserts. The screws pass through the slots for positioning the coupling link between a first, retracted, position in which it is completely positioned on the underside of one of the sectional tables and a second, extended, position in which it extends beneath both sectional tables and is secured by the thumb screws. By simply removing or loosening the screws and sliding the coupling link out of engagement with one of the sectional tables, the tables can be separated, and the interconnecting apparatus conveniently stored under one of them. A wide variety of sectional table shapes and sizes allows table configurations to be varied in accordance with the desires of the user.
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Chen José V.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Howe Furniture Corporation
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