This application claims priority of Taiwanese Utility Model Patent Application No. 106207558, filed on May 26, 2017.
The disclosure relates to a table, and more particularly to a folding table.
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Even though the table top 12 can be positioned relative to the support post 112 to a folded position or an unfolded position by having the lock member 133 extending threadedly through the support post 112 and through a selected one of the positioning holes 134, operation of threaded engagement or disengagement between the internal threaded portion of the support post 112 and the external threaded portion 136 of the lock member 133 is not only time-consuming but also inconvenient for an operator. Thus there is room for improving the conventional folding table 1.
Therefore, an object of the disclosure is to provide a folding table that can alleviate at least one of the drawbacks of the prior art.
According to the disclosure, the folding table includes a support stand, a fold mechanism, and a table top.
The support stand includes a base, a supporter that extends upward from the base, and a top seat that is disposed on a top end portion of the supporter and that has a pivot portion and a first engaging portion.
The fold mechanism includes a fold seat, an operating member, and a resilient unit. The fold seat is pivoted to the pivot portion of the top seat and is formed with a receiving space. The operating member is movably connected to the fold seat, and has a second engaging portion engageable with the first engaging portion, and an abutment portion located in the receiving space. The resilient unit is disposed in the receiving space, and is connected to the abutment portion of the operating member.
The table top is disposed adjacent to the top seat of the support stand, is connected to the fold seat, and is pivotable relative to the support stand between an unfolded position to be disposed above a top end of the support stand, and a folded position to be disposed at a lateral side of the support stand.
When the table top is at the unfolded position, the operating member is operable from a lock state, where the second engaging portion of the operating member is biased by the resilient unit to engage the first engaging portion of the top seat, to an unlock state, where the second engaging portion of the operating member is disengaged from the first engaging portion of the top seat against a resilient force of the resilient unit, thereby permitting pivot movement of the table top to the folded position.
Other features and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent in the following detailed description of the embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
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The support stand 2 includes a base 21, a supporter 22 that extends upward from the base 21, and a top seat 23 that is disposed on a top end portion of the supporter 22.
The base 21 has a substantially U-shaped base body 211 and a fixing member 212. The base body 211 is formed with a mounting groove 213 that has a non-circular cross section. In this embodiment, the mounting groove 213 is substantially cross-shaped. The base body 211 has two leg end portions 214 that are not parallel to each other, and that cooperatively form an angle (θ) of less than 90 degrees. The base body 211 defines an opening 215 between the leg end portions 214. In this embodiment, each of the leg end portions 214 is wedge-shaped. The fixing member 212 is made of metal, and has a base plate 216 that is located at a bottom side of the base body 211, and a fixing piece 217 that protrudes from the base plate 216. The base plate 216 and the fixing piece 217 may be welded together, or may be molded as one piece.
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The upright post 24 has a hollow coupling end portion 241, an extension slot 242, and a toothed rack portion 243. The coupling end portion 241 is connected non-rotatably to the base 21, and has a main body segment that gradually increases in cross section toward the base 21, and a protrusion segment 244 that protrudes from the main body segment and that has a non-circular cross section corresponding in shape to the mounting groove 213. After the protrusion segment 244 is fittingly inserted into the mounting groove 213, the fixing piece 217 of the fixing member 212 can extend into the coupling end portion 241 of the supporter 22 from the bottom side of the base body 211 through the mounting groove 213 to be securely coupled to the coupling end portion 241 via a lock member 27. As such, the upright post 24 is stably coupled to the base 21. The extension slot 242 is located at a top portion of the upright post 24, is elongated in a lengthwise direction of the upright post 24, and extends through opposite lateral sides of the upright post 24. The toothed rack portion 243 is disposed in the extension slot 242 and has a plurality of spaced-apart tooth grooves 245.
The supporter 22 is provided with a bottom bushing 28 that is located adjacent to a bottom portion of the upright post 24, and that is disposed between the upright post 24 and the sleeve member 25 so as to prevent friction contact therebetween. In this embodiment, the supporter 22 is further provided with a top bushing 29 located adjacent to the top portion of the upright post 24 to further prevent friction contact between the upright post 24 and the sleeve member 25.
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The top seat 23 has a seat body 231, and a pivot portion 232 and a first engaging portion 233 respectively disposed on opposite sides of the seat body 231. The seat body 231 is inserted into a top portion of the sleeve member 25. The support stand 2 further includes three screws 201 that extend through a side of the sleeve member 25, the seat body 231, and an opposite side of the sleeve member 25 for securely coupling the seat body 231 and the sleeve member 25. The screws 201 are fastened via three screw nuts 202, respectively. More specifically, two of the screws 201 are applied to extend in a direction which is the same as the direction the opening 215 of the base body 211 faces, and the remaining one of the screw 201 is applied to extend in a direction which is opposite to the direction the opening 215 faces.
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The fold seat 41 includes a main body 45 and a stop member 46. The main body 45 is pivoted to the pivot portion 232 of the top seat 23 via a pivot axle 42, and is formed with a guiding groove 451 which extends substantially parallel to the table top 3, a receiving space 455 which is proximate to the pivot axle 42, and a slide space 454 which is distal from the pivot axle 42. The guiding groove 451, the receiving space 455, and the slide space 454 are in spatial communication with one another. The main body 45 has an extension portion 453 that extends in a direction away from the pivot axle 42, and is connected to the table top 3 through the tray 5. It should be noted that the extension portion 453 of the main body 45 may be indirectly connected to the table top 3 through, for example, the tray 5, or directly connected to the table top 3. The pivot axle 42 extends through the main body 45 of the fold seat 41 and the pivot portion 232 of the top seat 23. The fold mechanism 4 is provided with two axle sleeves 47 that are disposed in the main body 45, and that are sleeved on the pivot axle 42 so as to facilitate rotation of the main body 45 about the pivot axle 42. In this embodiment, the fold seat 41 further has a dividing member 456 that is disposed in the receiving space 455, and that divides the receiving space 455 into two sub space sections 457.
The stop member 46 covers the receiving space 455, and includes a stop plate 461 that extends into the main body 45 of the fold seat 41 to partition the receiving space 455 and the slide space 454. In this embodiment, the stop member 46 is securely fastened onto the main body 45 via screws.
The operating member 43 is movably connected to the fold seat 41, and has a second engaging portion 432 located in the slide space 454 and engageable with the first engaging portion 233, an abutment portion 431 located in the receiving space 455, a connecting body portion 433 being movable along the guiding groove 451 and interconnecting the abutment portion 431 and the second engaging portion 432, and an operating portion 434 disposed on a side of the connecting body portion 433 opposite to the abutment portion 431 for access of a user.
One of the first and second engaging portions 233, 432 is a hook, and the other one of the first and second engaging portions 233, 432 is a groove. In this embodiment, the first engaging portion 233 is a groove that opens toward a side of the top seat 23 opposite to the pivot portion 232, and the second engaging portion 432 is a hook that has a hook end and being formed with an inclined surface 436.
The abutment portion 431 of the operating member 43 includes two abutment pieces 435 that are respectively located in the sub space sections 457.
The resilient unit 44 is disposed in the receiving space 455, and includes two resilient members 441 respectively disposed in the sub space sections 457. Each of the resilient members 441 is connected between the stop plate 461 and a respective one of the abutment pieces 435, so as to bias the operating member 43 toward the pivot axle 42. In this embodiment, each of the resilient members 441 is a compression spring.
The table top 3 is disposed adjacent to the top seat 23 of the support stand 2, is connected to the fold seat 41 of the fold mechanism 4, and is pivotable relative to the supporter 22 of the support stand 2 between an unfolded position to be disposed above a top end of the support stand 2 and be substantially perpendicular to the supporter 22, and a folded position to be disposed at a lateral side of the support stand 2. The table top 3 has a body part 31 connected to the extension portion 453 of the main body 45 of the fold seat 41, and a handle part 32 located adjacent to a side of the body part 31 for operation by a user.
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For use, the user can covert the table top 3 from the unfolded position to the folded position by holding the operating portion 434 of the operating member 43 and moving the operating member 43 in a direction away from the pivot axle 42, as indicated by the arrow in
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In summary, the folding table of the disclosure has the following advantages:
In the description above, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details have been set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiment. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that one or more other embodiments may be practiced without some of these specific details. It should also be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” an embodiment with an indication of an ordinal number and so forth means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic may be included in the practice of the disclosure. It should be further appreciated that in the description, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of various inventive aspects, and that one or more features or specific details from one embodiment may be practiced together with one or more features or specific details from another embodiment, where appropriate, in the practice of the disclosure.
While the disclosure has been described in connection with what is considered the exemplary embodiment, it is understood that this disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiment but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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106207558 | May 2017 | TW | national |