Table with truss support structure

a support structure and table technology, applied in the field of tables, can solve the problems of large storage area, large storage area may be especially problematic, and significant amount of space may be required to store tables, and achieve the effect of reducing or eliminating disadvantages and problems

US20160270522A1Inactive Publication Date: 2016-09-22LIFETIME PRODUCTS
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
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Publication Date
2016-09-22
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A folding table may include a tabletop, a frame, a truss support structure, and support structures. The tabletop may include a first tabletop section and a second tabletop section that are generally aligned in the same plane in the unfolded position and are disposed generally adjacent and parallel in the folded position. The frame is connected to the tabletop and may include a side rail with a first rail section connected to the first tabletop section and a second rail section connected to the second tabletop section. The truss support structure may be connected to the first rail section and the second rail section of the side rail. The truss support structure extends across an interface between the first and second tabletop sections in the unfolded position. The support structures may support the tabletop above a surface.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62 / 133,825, filed on Mar. 16, 2015, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention generally relates to tables and, in particular, to tables that are capable of being folded and unfolded.

[0004] 2. Description of Related Art

[0005] Many different types of tables are well known and used for a variety of different purposes. For example, conventional tables may include legs that are pivotally attached to a tabletop and the legs may be movable between a use position in which the legs extend outwardly from the tabletop and a storage position in which the legs are folded against an underneath portion of the tabletop. Conventional tables with relatively large tabletops and folding legs are often referred to as “banquet tables” and these tables are frequently used...

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[0010]A need therefore exists for a table that eliminates or diminishes the disadvantages and problems described above.

[0011]One aspect is a folding table that may include a tabletop, a frame, a truss support structure, and one or more support structures. The tabletop may be a folding table top that is movable between a folded position and an unfolded position. The tabletop may include a first tabletop section and a second tabletop section. The first tabletop section and the second tabletop section may generally be aligned in the same plane when the tabletop is in the unfolded position. The first tabletop section and the second tabletop section may be disposed generally adjacent and parallel to each other when the tabletop is in the folded position. The frame may be connected to the tabletop. The frame may include a side rail with a first rail section connected to the first tabletop section and a second rail section connected to the second tabletop section. The first rail section ma...