Patent ID: 6705234
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A folding table comprising in combination:(A) a platform that has a flat configuration and also a folded configuration, said platform being defined by three generally flattened sections arranged in adjacent, successive relationship relative to one another so as to define first and second end sections that each have one side adjacent a different opposed side of a central section; (B) first hinge means for pivotally interconnecting said first end section to said central section and second hinge means for pivotally interconnecting said second end section to said central section, the interrelationship between said sections and said first and said second hinge means being such that when said platform is in said folded configuration, said first end section is folded back upon said central section in adjacent relationship, and said second end section is folded back upon said central section over said first end section; (C) two pairs of leg members for supporting said platform when said platform is in said flat configuration, each said pair including (1) interconnecting rigid cross brace means extending between said leg members of each said pair, (2) connection means for pivotably connecting upper end portions of each one of said pairs with a different one of each of said first and second end sections, and (3) cable bracing means extending between each said pair and said so connected one of said end sections for holding said leg means in a platform supporting position when said platform is in said flat configuration; (D) a pair of elongated cable members including cable end mounting means for supporting said platform in said flat configuration, each said elongated cable member having each opposite end thereof joined to a location on a different one of said first and said second end sections, each said elongated cable member being positioned so as to extend along a different longitudinally extending side region of said platform when said platform is in said flat configuration; and (E) two platform-to-cable load transfer bars, each bar extending between a different one section and a different one of said elongated cable members for tensioning each said so engaged cable member when said platform is in said flat configuration.