Patent ID: 6629723
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A picnic table with attached benches comprising:a) a pair of end support members, each of said end support members having: (i) a footing made from circular tubing having an elongated, linear central portion and opposing ends, the opposing ends forming semicircular arcs above the central portion and reversing direction into a short vertical section extending away from said central portion; (ii) two spaced-apart vertical uprights parallel to each other and attached to the central portion of said footing; (iii) a table top support cross member parallel to said central portion and attached to said two vertical uprights; and (iv) a bench mounting plate attached to each said short vertical section at a center point of each bench mounting plate, wherein each said bench mounting plate is maximally supported by each said short vertical section; (b) a table top attached to the cross member of each of said end support members; (c) a bench seat attached to the bench mounting plates of each of said end support members; and (d) a pair of struts extending between said table top and one of said vertical uprights on diagonally opposite sides of said table top.