Patent ID: 11910935
Assignee: FOUNDATIONS WORLDWIDE , INC .
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus comprising:
a baby diaper changing station including
a table,
wherein the table includes a substantially planar changing surface,

a pair of transversely spaced mounting brackets,
wherein each mounting bracket is configured to be attached in fixed operative engagement with a vertically extending wall,

wherein the table is movably mounted in operative connection with each of the mounting brackets of the pair,
wherein the table is rotatable via manual engagement between
a use position, wherein in the use position the changing surface extends substantially horizontally and outward in a direction normal to the wall, wherein in the use position the changing surface faces substantially upward, and
a stored position, wherein in the stored position the changing surface extends substantially vertically and parallel to the wall, and
wherein in the stored position the table outwardly overlies both of the mounting brackets,

wherein the table is bounded by
an outer end wall portion, wherein the outer end wall portion extends furthest away from the wall when the table is in the use position,
an inner end wall portion, wherein the inner end wall portion extends closer to the wall than the outer end wall portion when the table is in the use position,
a pair of transversely disposed external side wall portions, wherein each respective side wall portion
extends intermediate of the inner end wall portion and the outer end wall portion, and
includes at least one elongated inward extending slot that extends intermediate of the inner end wall portion and the outer end wall portion and substantially horizontally when the table is in the use position,

a pair of transversely disposed side rails,
wherein each respective side rail is in fixed outward overlying engagement with a respective immediately adjacent side wall portion, and
includes at least one elongated flange, wherein each elongated flange extends in engaged relation within a respective elongated slot of the immediately adjacent side wall portion,
wherein each respective side rail is in rotatable operatively engaged connection with a respective mounting bracket, wherein the table is rotatable relative to each of the pair of mounting brackets about a common axis,

a pair of transversely disposed torsion springs,
wherein each respective torsion spring is in operative biasing connection with the table and a respective mounting bracket,
wherein each of the torsion springs acts to bias the table toward the stored position,

wherein the table includes sufficient mass in proximity to the outer end wall portion such that when the table is in the use position, gravity acting on the table is operative to cause a gravitational torque about the axis that acts in a first rotational direction, wherein the gravitational torque is greater than a spring torque applied by the pair of torsion springs to bias the table toward the stored position and that acts about the axis in a second rotational direction opposed of the first rotational direction, whereby the table remains in the use position,
wherein when the table is rotationally disposed away from the use position in the second rotational direction, the spring torque is greater than the gravitational torque whereby the spring torque is operative to bias the table toward the stored position.