Patent ID: 8272336
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: A47B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Locking mechanism for locking a table top in a work position thereof and for releasing the table top in order to pivot it into a storage position, the locking mechanism comprising: a table top support securable to an underside of the table top; a bracing head attachable to a support column, wherein the locking mechanism acts between the table top support and the bracing head; an actuation means cooperable with the table top support and having a locking and release means; and a retaining means cooperable with the bracing head wherein when locked, the locking and release means cooperates with the retaining means such that the table top is held in the work position thereof without play, and wherein when the locking mechanism is released, the locking and release means is adjusted or pivoted relative to the retaining means such that the table top can be pivoted from the work position into the storage position thereof, the locking mechanism defining at least one intermediate position, in which the table top is pivotable only through a restricted angular range of at least a few degrees delimited by stops, wherein the locking and release means comprises a catch pin which cooperates with a catch recess, the size of which is delimited by a delimitation, wherein the catch pin comprises a first locking portion, which in the locked position cooperates with the delimitation of the catch recess without play, and wherein a stepped shoulder is attached to the first locking portion towards a front end of the first locking portion in an insertion direction, the locking pin transitions into a tapered portion of reduced diameter, a play being established by a distance between the tapered portion and the delimitation, defining the angular range within which the table top can be pivoted.