Patent ID: 6026751
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A collapsible table comprising:a table top comprising a plurality of table top leaves arranged side by side, each leaf being pivotally coupled to an adjacent one of the leaves for displacement thereof from an expanded position to a collapsed position;a plurality of legs spaced from each other, each having a top end supporting the table top thereon, connection means being arranged between two adjacent ones of the legs which allows the two legs to move from a spaced, expanded position to a substantially overlapped, collapsed position;two-direction joint means fixed to an underside of the table top and the top end of a first one of the plurality of legs, said two-direction joint means including a primary pin having a first end rotatably received and retained in a receptacle defined in the table top which allows the table top to be rotatable about a central axis thereof, the primary pin having a second end pivoted to the top end of the first leg by means of a secondary pin having a central axis normal to the central axis of the primary pin which allows the table top to rotate about the central axis of the secondary pin, where the table top is displaceable from an expanded condition supported by the legs to a condition where the table top juxtaposing the legs with the leaves parallel to the legs; and,retaining means mounted to the table top for releasably securing the table top to the top end of a second one of the plurality of legs whereby the retaining means and the two-direction joint means together releasably secure the table top on the top ends of the legs;wherein by releasing the retaining means to separate the table top form the second leg and rotating the table top about the primary pin and the secondary pin of the two-direction joint means to displace the table top from the leg-supported condition to the juxtaposing-leg condition, the legs are allowed to collapse from the expanded position to the collapsed position and the table top leaves are also allowed to collapse from the expanded position to the collapsed position.