Patent ID: 8544390
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A47B,A47F,A47G,F16B

Abstract:
1. A lazy susan, comprising: a generally disc-shaped top part that includes a generally disc-shaped top wall; a generally disc-shaped base part that includes a generally disc-shaped bottom wall; an interconnecting member that is secured to a bottom surface of said top wall for conjoint rotation therewith and that releasably engages said base part when the lazy susan is in an assembled configuration; said interconnecting member having a flat, toroidal part and a plurality of flexible arms mounted about the outer periphery of said flat toroidal part in circumferentially and equidistantly spaced relation to one another, said plurality of flexible arms depending from said flat, toroidal part; said flat, toroidal part secured to said bottom surface of said disc-shaped top wall; a central aperture formed in said disc-shaped bottom wall; a truncate cylindrical wall depending from said central aperture; said plurality of flexible arms extending through said central aperture and releasably engaging an annular free edge of said truncate cylindrical wall to hold said top part and said base part together and to enable relative rotation between said top part and said base part; a flange circumscribing said bottom wall of said base part; a bulge formed in the center of said bottom wall of said base part; said central aperture formed in the center of said bulge; a flat, annular bevel formed where said bulge meets said truncate cylindrical wall; said bevel displacing each of said flexible arms radially inwardly when said top part and base part are being interconnected to one another; said flexible arms returning to respective positions of repose when respective free ends of said arms extend beyond said annular free edge of said truncate cylindrical wall, each flexible arm snapping radially outwardly under its inherent bias and engaging said annular free edge of said truncate cylindrical wall and thus interconnecting said top part and base part to one another; said inherent bias being overcome by a user pulling said top part and base apart from one another; a flange that circumscribes said wall of said top part and depends therefrom; a plurality of circumferentially and equidistantly spaced apart recesses formed in said top wall, radially inwardly of said flange; each recess of said plurality of recesses having a floor and being adapted to accommodate a container for a food item; a central recess formed in said to wall of said top part, said central recess having a bottom wall and said central recess adapted to accommodate a container for a food item; a first annular alignment flange formed integrally with and depending from said bottom wall of said central recess, said first alignment flange being concentric with a center of said bottom wall of said central recess, said first alignment flange having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of said toroidal part of said interconnecting member, and said first annular alignment flange ensleeving said toroidal part of said interconnecting member; a second annular alignment flange formed integrally with and depending from said bottom wall of said central recess, said second annular alignment flange being concentric with said first annular alignment flange and disposed radially inwardly thereof; and an alignment pin formed integrally with and depending from said bottom wall of said central recess, said alignment pin centered in said bottom wall of said central recess and said alignment pin being ensleeved within and joined to said second annular alignment flange so that said interconnecting member rotates conjointly with said alignment pin when said top part of said lazy susan rotates with respect to said base part of said lazy susan.