Space station wardroom table

US4836114A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · US

Inventors

• Marc M. Cohen · Palo Alto, US
• Jan Kaplicky · London, GB
• David Nixon · Sandy Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 1988
• Grant date: Jun 6, 1989
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47B37/00
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A table top for use in constricted areas has a plurality of support arms abutting at one end to form a hub. The support arms are arranged in equidistant, spaced-apart relation to each other at the ends distal to the hub. A plurality of work surface leaf sections mounted between the support arms are individually pivotable through 360 degrees about their longitudinal axes. The table top additionally has a plurality of distal leaves, each distal leaf being attached to the distal end of one of the arms. The distal leaves are pivotable between an upright position level with the support arms and a stored position below the support arms.