Convertible pool-dining table with retractable ball box
US3941378A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 20, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63D15/04
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A convertible table structure for a bumper pool game, particularly a convertible table structure at which persons may be seated for dining or other purposes, and in which tray members are provided for collecting playing balls passing through apertures in the playing surface of the bumper pool game, adjacent the periphery of the latter, wherein the ball trays are pivotally supported from the table structure with the tray member disposed at the underside of the table top in open communication with and directly below the cooperable ball aperture, the respective tray members being pivotally movable from a closed position closely adjacent to the underside of the table top and the adjacent, peripheral edge of the latter. The peripheral edges of the table top defining the bumper pool game playing surface are provided with recesses in their lower face cooperable with the tray members for receiving and retaining playing balls in a storage position when the table is to be used for purposes other than the bumper pool game, with each tray being so disposed, when it is in closed position, that it does not materially add to the overall thickness of the table top and thus will not interfere with …
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