Patent Application
20170086576
Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to table devices and more particularly pertains to a new table device for being removable coupled to an article of luggage.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an article of luggage that has a handle and the handle has a pair of uprights. A table is removably coupled to the handle such that the table may support an object. The table is collapsible such that the table is stored in the luggage. A pair of supports is provided and each of the supports is coupled to the table. Each of the supports is removably coupled to the handle such that the table is retained in a horizontal orientation.
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 table 18 has a top surface 22, a bottom surface 24 and a peripheral edge 26 extending between the top surface 22 and the bottom surface 24. The top surface 22 may have the object 20 positioned thereon. The peripheral edge 26 has a back side 28 and a front side 30. The top surface 22 has a recessed portion 32 and the recessed portion 32 inhibits the object 20 from sliding off of the top surface 22. The top surface 22 has a well 34 extending downwardly therein and the well 34 may contain a container 36. The container 36 may be a beverage container or the like and the well 34 is positioned on the recessed portion 32.
A pair of first clips 38 is provided and each of the first clips 38 has a pair of arms 40. The arms 40 are spaced apart from each other. Each of the first clips 38 is coupled to the back side 28 of the table 18 having the arms 40 extending away from the table 18. The first clips 38 are spaced apart from each other. Each of the first clips 38 frictionally engages an associated one of the uprights 16 such that the table 18 is removably coupled to the handle 14. Each of the uprights 16 is positioned between the arms 40 of an associated one of the first clips 38.
A pair of supports 42 is provided and each of the supports 42 is coupled to the table 18. Each of the supports 42 is removably coupled to the handle 14 such that the table 18 is retained in a horizontal orientation. Each of the supports 42 has a first end 44 and a second end 46. Each of the supports 42 has a first section 48 that is slidably coupled to a second section 50 such that each of the supports 42 has a telescopically adjustable length. The first end 44 of each of the supports 42 is hingedly coupled to the bottom surface 24 of the table 18.
Each of the supports 42 is positioned adjacent to the front side 30 such that each of the supports 42 extends toward the back side 28. The supports 42 are spaced apart from each other. The first end 44 of each of the supports 42 is cut at an angle with respect to a line extending through the first end 44 and the second end 46. The first end 44 of each of the supports 42 abuts the bottom surface 24 when each of the supports 42 is manipulated to angle downwardly from the bottom surface 24. Thus, each of the supports 42 is retained at an angle with respect to the bottom surface 24.
A pair of second clips 52 is provided and each of the second clips 52 has a pair of arms 54. The arms 54 of each of the second clips 52 are spaced apart from each other. Each of the second clips 52 is hingedly coupled to the second end 46 of an associated one of the supports 42. Each of the second clips 52 frictionally engages an associated one of the uprights 16 such that the table 18 is retained in the horizontal orientation. Each of the uprights 16 is positioned between the arms 54 of an associated one of the second clips 52.
In use, each of the first clips 38 is coupled to the associated upright 16. Each of the supports 42 is manipulated to extend downwardly from the table 18 thereby facilitating each of the second clips 52 to be coupled to the associated uprights 16. Each of the second clips 52 is coupled to the associated upright 16. The object 20 is placed on the table 18. The table 18 is removed from the handle 14 and the table 18 is stored within the article of luggage 12. The table 18 provides a support surface during travel.
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, system 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.
