Patent Application
20160058176
The disclosure relates to table devices and more particularly pertains to a new table device for supporting a book above a user lying in a bed.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base that may be positioned on a support surface. The base is positioned proximate a bed. A pair of legs is coupled to and extends upwardly from the base. A frame is coupled to the legs. The frame may be positioned above a user in lying in the bed. A plurality of rods is movably coupled to the frame. The rods are positionable in a selected configuration so the rods may support a book. The user may read the book.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The base 12 may be positioned on a support surface 20. The support surface 20 may be a floor. The base 12 is further positionable proximate a bed 22. The bed 22 may be a sleeping bed of any conventional design.
A pair of legs 24 is provided. The legs 24 comprise a bottom portion 26 of the legs 24 slidably coupled to a top portion 28 of the legs 24. Moreover, the legs 24 each have a telescopically adjustable height. The bottom portion 26 of the legs 24 each has a plurality of apertures 30 extending laterally therethrough. The apertures 30 are evenly spaced apart and distributed along an entire length of each of the bottom portions 26 of the legs 24. A pair of pins 32 is extendable through each of the top portions 28 of the legs 24. The pins 32 each engage a selected one of the apertures 30 to retain the legs 24 at a selected height.
A pair of sockets 34 is provided. The sockets 34 each have an outer wall 36 extending between a top end 38 and a bottom end 40 of the sockets 34. The top end 38 of the sockets 34 is open. The outer wall 36 of the sockets 34 is each movably coupled to an intersection of an associated one of the first arms 14 of the base 12 and a back one 42 of the second arms 18 of the base 12. The top end 38 of the sockets 34 each insertably receives a bottom end 44 of the bottom portion 26 of an associated one of the legs 24. The legs 24 each extend upwardly from the associated sockets.
A pair of lower brackets 46 is provided. The pair of lower brackets 46 has a centrally positioned bend 48 thereon. The lower brackets 46 each form a Z-shape. Each of the pair of lower brackets 46 is hingedly coupled between the sockets 34 and the associated first arms 14 of the base 12. The pair of lower brackets 46 spaces the sockets 34 laterally away from the associated first arms 14 of the base 12.
The base 12 is positionable in a deployed position. The base 12 extends forwardly away from each of the legs 24. The base 12 is positionable on the support surface 20 when the base 12 is in the deployed position. Additionally, the base 12 is positionable in a stored position. The base 12 is positioned between and is coextensive with the legs 24 when the base 12 is in the stored position.
A pair of pegs 50 is movably coupled to and extends outwardly from an associated one of the first arms 14 of the base 12. The pegs 50 each abut a forward surface 52 of the outer wall 36 of each of the sockets 34 when the base 12 is in the deployed position. The pegs 50 are each selectively pushed inwardly on the first arms 14 of the base 12 to allow the base 12 to be positioned in the stored position.
A frame 56 is provided. The frame 56 comprises a pair of basic arms 58 each coupled to and extending between an associated one of opposite ends 60 of a pair of alternative arms 62 of the frame 56. A pair of upper brackets 64 is provided. The pair of upper brackets 64 each has a centrally positioned bend 66 thereon. The upper brackets 64 each has a Z-shape. Each of the upper brackets 64 is hingedly coupled between a top end 68 of the top portion 28 of the legs 24 and an intersection of an associated one of the basic arms 58 and a rear one 70 of the alternative arms 62 of the frame 56. The upper brackets 64 space the legs 24 laterally away from the basic arms 58 of the frame 56.
The base 12 is positionable beneath the bed 22. The pair of legs 24 is each positioned adjacent to the bed 22. The frame 56 may be positioned above a user 74 in lying in the bed 22.
Each of the basic arms 58 of the frame 56 has a first slot 76 extending through a first lateral side 78 and a second lateral side 80 of the basic arms 58. The first slots 76 each extend between the opposite ends 60 of each of the alternative arms 62 of the frame 56. Additionally, each of the alternative arms 62 has a second slot 82 extending through a front side 84 and a back side 86 of the alternative arms 62 of the frame 56. The second slots 82 extend between each of the opposite ends 60 of each of the alternative arms 62 of the frame 56.
The frame 56 is positionable in a deployed position. The frame 56 extends forwardly from the legs 24 in the deployed position. The frame 56 is positionable in a stored position. The frame 56 extends downwardly along each of the legs 24 in the stored position.
A pair of hinges 88 is provided. The hinges 88 each comprise a primary arm 90 hingedly coupled to a secondary arm 92. The hinges 88 are each coupled between the top portion 28 of an associated one of the legs 24 and an associated one of the alternative arms 62 of the frame 56. The primary 90 and secondary 92 arms of the hinges 88 are aligned when the frame 56 is in the deployed position. The hinges 88 retain the frame 56 is the deployed position. The primary 90 and secondary 92 arms of the hinges 88 form a V-shape when the frame 56 is in the stored position.
A plurality of rods 94 is provided. The plurality of rods 94 comprises a first set 96 of the rods 94 and a second set 98 of the rods 94. Each of the first set of rods 96 extends through the first slot 76 in each of the basic arms 58 of the frame 56. The first rods 96 are each positionable at a selected point along the first slots 76. Each of the second set of rods 98 extends through the second slot 82 in each of the alternative arms 62 of the frame 56. The second rods 98 are each positionable at a selected point along the second slots 82.
A plurality of balls 11 is each coupled to ends 13 of an associated one of each of the rods 94. The balls 11 may be gripped to manipulate the rods 94. Each of the first 96 and second sets 98 of rods intersects one another along a center 15 of the frame 56 to define an opening 17 between the first 96 and second 98 sets of rods. The rods 94 may support a book 19 so the user 74 may read the book 19 while the user 74 lies in the bed 22. Moreover, the first 96 and second 98 sets of rods are positionable so the opening 17 corresponds to a size of the book 19.
In use, the base 12 and the frame 56 are each positioned in the deployed position. The book 19 is opened and placed on the rods 94 so the pages 21 of the book 19 face downwardly. The user 74 reads the pages 21 of the book 19. The assembly 10 allows the user 74 to read the book 19 without holding the book 19.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
