Mobile folding table with improved locking and lift-assisting mechanisms
US8181583B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B3/0818
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
In one aspect, an improved locking mechanism for a mobile folding table is provided, permitting convenient access near the top of the folded table to a manual actuator for unlocking the table from a folded configuration. In another aspect, an improved lift-assisting mechanism for a mobile folding table is provided, with a clutch that engages the lift-assisting mechanism only when the table top halves are at an angle from the vertical that is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle. These two aspects may be advantageously and synergistically combined in the same mobile folding table.
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