Patent ID: 8746154
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: A47B,E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A folding table, comprising: first and second table parts each having an end face and a concealed 180° hinge movably connecting said table parts between a collapsed state, in which said table parts are disposed one on top of the other, and a fully opened-out state, in which said table parts are substantially aligned evenly next to one another, said end faces abut one another, and said table parts form a uniform surface of the table; said hinge having: a first hinge part attached at said end face of said first table part and a second hinge part attached at said second table part; a first U-shaped pivoting bracket having ends pivotally connected to said first and second hinge parts about respective pivot axes, and at least one second U-shaped pivoting bracket having ends pivotally connected to said first and second hinge parts about respective pivot axes; said pivot axes of said second pivoting bracket being offset from, and non-coaxial with, said pivot axes of said first pivoting bracket; a plane defined by said pivot axes of said first and second pivoting brackets on said second hinge part extending substantially parallel to a plane of said second table part, and a plane defined by said pivot axes of said first and second pivoting brackets on said first hinge part extending substantially perpendicularly to a plane of said first table part; and wherein said hinge is substantially hidden in the opened-out state of the table.