Folding picnic table
US6772699B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B87/002
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A folding picnic table has a frame including folding legs. The frame supports a tabletop and a bench extending along each side of the tabletop. The picnic table folds between a use position and a storage position with the benches folded onto the tabletop and tipped onto one side on a caster assembly. The table includes a locking device, automatically locking the seating structures to the tabletop at a partially tipped position; and automatically releasing the legs when the table is tipped to a storage position. The frame also includes a retainer plate that keeps the frame from accidentally folding when the benches are folded onto the tabletop for cleaning under the table or during tipping of the table to a storage position.
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