1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to height-adjustable tables and more particularly, to an adjustable table with an assistant device.
2. Description of the Related Art
Commonly known structure of adjustable tables are positioned and adjusted by sliding internal and external tubes, with positioning members and a row of holes in a certain intervals, whereby height of the tables are adjusted. However, such structure possesses a problem that the alignment between the positioning member and the holes needs to be taken into consideration of the way of adjusting, thus inconvenient while operating.
Later, another adjustable table with an air pressure bar as an adjusting device was invented, wherein the air pressure bar is applied for achieving the goal of speedily and continuously adjusting. Nevertheless, the stretching and contracting direction and force of the air pressure bar might cause lateral displacement of the air pressure bar during the operation, thereby not only interfering the operation of the adjusting device, but also shortening the service life of the air pressure bar. In addition, the screws combined to the table might loose easily. Therefore, the present invention is applied for improving the abovementioned disadvantages.
To solve the abovementioned problems, the present invention provides an adjustable table with an assistant device, which utilizes an assistant device with a structure of air pressure bar in order to enable the air pressure bar to slide smoothly and reinforce the structural strength of the table.
For this objective, the present invention as an adjustable table with an assistant device comprises a table board, with a first fastener and a second fastener on the bottom side; a first foot pivotally connecting to the first fastener; a second foot pivotally connecting to the first foot; a pivot joint pivotally connecting to one end of the second foot; an air pressure bar is installed between the first fastener and the second fastener, wherein the air pressure bar possesses a stretching rod and a rod body, with one end of the stretching rod fixed on the second fastener; a lever pivotally connecting to the second fastener thereby controlling the operation of the air pressure bar; an assistant device comprising at least one sliding stick positioned between the first fastener and the second fastener; a sliding member slidely disposed around the sliding stick; and a combining piece fixed on one end of the sliding member and one end of the body of the air pressure bar simultaneously, wherein the sliding member together with the body of the air pressure bar relatively displace against the sliding stick when the air pressure bar is operated, in order to change the angle included by the first foot and the second foot, whereby height of the table is adjusted and the smooth sliding of the air pressure bar is provided; in addition, the structural strength of the table is reinforced.
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The bottom side of the table board 10 possesses a first fastener 11 and a second fastener 12, wherein the first fastener 11 and the second fastener 12 are presented as a long strap shape and fixed on the bottom side of the table board 10 by several first screws 13. Two lateral hole plates 14 are settled at both ends of the first fastener 11 to pivotally connect with the top end of the first foot 20, and a couple of side connecting pieces 15 are settled on the outer-middle side of the second fastener.
A pivot joint 31 is pivotally connected at the top end of the second foot 30 and positioned between the first fastener 11 and the second fastener 12.
The air pressure bar 40 is fixed between the first fastener 11 and the second fastener 12, and positioned at the middle of the pivot joint 31. The air pressure bar 40 possesses a rod body 41 and a stretching rod 42, wherein the end of the stretching rod 42 is fixed between two side connecting pieces 15 of the second fastener 12.
A lever 43 is pivotally connected to the side connecting piece 15 of the second fastener 12, thereby operating the air pressure bar 40 in order to make the air pressure bar 40 stretch or shorten.
The assistant device 50 possesses two parallel sliding sticks 51, two sliding members 52 and one combining piece 53. The sliding sticks 51 are screwed between the first fastener 11 and the second fastener 12 by several second screws 54, whereby the whole structure of the table is reinforced and unlikely to be bent or deformed. The two sliding members 52 are slidely disposed around the two sliding sticks 51, and the combining piece 53 is positioned between the two sliding members 52, wherein one end of the rod body 41 is fixed on the combining piece 53 and between the two sliding members 52.
When the air pressure bar 40 is being operated, the sliding members 52 together with the rod body 41 of the air pressure bar 40 relatively displace against the sliding sticks 51, thereby changing the angle included by the first foot 20 and the second foot 30, in order to adjust the height of the table.
Specifically, based on the same principle, the sliding sticks 51 and the sliding members 52 of the present invention are in a set of two identical units, while the same effect is also allowed to be achieved with the use of only one sliding stick 51 and one sliding member 52.
In conclusion, the table of the present invention enables the sliding members to slide with the help of the assistant device, and fixes the combining piece between the two sliding members, thereby offering the function of smoothly sliding to the air pressure bar when operated, and reinforcing the whole structural strength of the table, together with the benefit of increasing the service life of the air pressure bar.
Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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101215178 | Aug 2012 | TW | national |