Patent ID: 8291830
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A folding table, comprising: a table top which is pivotable between a work or use position and an approximately vertically extending storage position, a locking means by which the table top can be locked in the work or use position thereof and in the storage position thereof, the locking means being biased to a locked position by a spring means, a disengagement means located under the table top by which the locking means can be unlocked, the disengagement means comprising first and second hand-actuatable disengagement means, which each can be adjusted relative to the locking means at least with a component transverse to a horizontal pivot axis of the table top or towards a longitudinal edge of the table top, against the force of the spring means, to unlock the table top, wherein the disengagement means further comprises first and second foot-actuatable disengagement means being adjustable relative to the locking means to unlock the table top, wherein the table top is pivotable in two opposite directions about the horizontal pivot axis into the storage position, wherein the first foot-actuatable disengagement means and the first hand-actuatable disengagement means are arranged behind one another in a disengagement direction and spaced apart at a distance (D) on a table half that is below the horizontal pivot axis when the table top is pivoted into the storage position, and the second foot-actuatable disengagement means and the second hand-actuatable disengagement means are arranged behind one another in the disengagement direction and spaced apart at a distance (D) on a table half that is above the horizontal pivot axis when the table top is pivoted into the storage position, wherein each of the hand-actuatable disengagement means has a height (H′) extending transverse to the table top, and wherein each of the foot-actuatable disengagement means has a height (H″), raised transverse to the table top, which is greater than the height (H′) of the hand-actuatable disengagement means, the height (H′), the height (H″), and the distance (D) defining uneven U-shaped troughs respectively between the first hand-actuatable disengagement means and the first foot-actuatable disengagement means and between the second hand-actuatable disengagement means and the second foot-actuatable disengagement means, and wherein based on an adjacent longitudinal edge of the table top, the first and second hand-actuatable disengagement means are respectively arranged closer to the adjacent longitudinal edge than the first and second foot-actuatable disengagement means.