Patent ID: 8567322
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A table comprising: a tabletop including a first corner-reinforcement unit and a blow-molded first platform having a first outer corner formed to include a first interior unit-receiving socket; a tabletop support coupled to the tabletop and configured to elevate the tabletop above ground underlying the tabletop, wherein the first corner-reinforcement unit is molded using a plastics material and is a component separate from the blow-molded first platform, the first corner-reinforcement unit is retained in a stationary position on an underside of the blow-molded first platform at the first outer corner in the first interior unit-receiving socket formed in the blow-molded first platform at the first outer corner to rigidify the first outer corner of the blow-molded first platform; wherein the first corner-reinforcement unit includes a rigidifier configured to provide means separate from the blow-molded first platform for rigidifying the first outer corner of the blow-molded first platform and the rigidifier includes a perimeter band and a series of stiffener beams coupled to inwardly facing surfaces of the perimeter band to extend across an interior region of the rigidifier bounded by the perimeter band; and wherein the tabletop further includes a frame coupled to the underside of the blow-molded first platform and the first corner-reinforcement unit further includes a frame mount coupled to the perimeter band and configured to mate with the frame to locate the frame alongside the rigidifier.