Patent ID: 8413593
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A table having a tilting table top rotatable about a rotational axis, the tilting table top secured to a table frame with a pivoting mechanism, the table frame secured to a table leg; the pivoting mechanism lockable in both a horizontal use position and a folded storage position; the pivoting mechanism includes a limiting element within a track having a first well and a second well, the limiting element located within the first well when the pivoting mechanism is locked in the horizontal use position, and the limiting element located within the second well when the pivoting mechanism is locked in the folded storage position; the pivoting mechanism having a first set of teeth interlocking with a second set of teeth; the first set of teeth circumscribing the rotational axis and having a first plurality of teeth extending, parallel to the rotational axis, towards the second set of teeth; the second set of teeth circumscribing the rotational axis and having a second plurality of teeth extending, parallel to the rotational axis, towards the first set of teeth; one of the first and second sets of teeth movable along the rotational axis relative to the other of the first and second sets of teeth; the first set of teeth rotationally secured to the table leg; and the second set of teeth rotationally secured to the tilting table top.