Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Plural related horizontal surfaces – Coplanar extension surface
Patent
1989-07-11
1990-07-24
Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Plural related horizontal surfaces
Coplanar extension surface
108 65, A47B 104
Patent
active
049428292
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a gateleg table capable of serving as a dining room or conference table. When the table is completely extended to its fully opened position, it can sit up to twelve individuals (four individuals on each side and two individuals at each end). Each respective side of the base table legs contain stored support members which pivot horizontally to support a respective section of the table. The table has two drop-leaf members (one at each end), as well as two center surface members, and will fold to a closed position in an accordion-like fashion. In its fully closed position, the table has three top members which extend in substantially the same horizontal plane and which will facilitate placement of a removal top surface on the table. When in a partially opened position, the table can facilitate seating (of up to four individuals) by securing one of the drop-leaf members to its extended position and the pivoting a respective support member, which is kept in a recess in the base leg of the table, to its fully extended position. In a similar fashion, the table may be opened to another partially open position to accommodate seating of up to 8 individuals. Finally, at all times each exterior surface or edge of the table which is in plain view by an observer, whether the table is in a fully closed, fully opened or its semi-opened positions, are intended to satisfy the aesthetic artistic aspects as a stand alone work of art (e.g., painting or piece of sculpture). In an alternative embodiment, when the table is in its fully opened position, the table has a centrally disposed warming area for heating of items which are intended to be served.
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