Patent ID: 7284735

Claim:
Apparatus for releasable attachment to a bathing tub or spa having a side, an upper rim adjoining said side and an interior defined by an interior wall surface for occupation by a bather, said apparatus for supporting a book, magazine or other reading material to be read by a bather occupying the interior and for supporting a beverage container or other articles for ready access by the bather occupying the interior, said apparatus comprising, in combination: attachment structure for releasably attaching the apparatus to the tub or spa; a first table having a first table distal end and a first table proximal end, said first table pivotally connected at said first table proximal end to said attachment structure for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and extending outwardly from said attachment structure, said first table movable about said substantially vertical axis in a substantially horizontal plane during rotational movement thereof relative to said attachment structure, said first table having an upper surface for supporting a drink container or other articles; a second table having a second table proximal end adjacent to the first table distal end and a second table distal end, said first and second tables being connected, with said second table extending outwardly from said first table distal end and rotatably movable with said first table about said substantially vertical axis, said second table being pivotally movable relative to said first table about a substantially horizontal axis, said second table having an upper surface for supporting a book, magazine or other reading material; and lock structure for selectively locking said second table against movement relative to said first table whereby said upper surface of said second table may be selectively alternatively locked in a plurality of angular orientations relative to the upper surface of said first table, said first table and said second table being connected by a rod extending therebetween, said rod having a threaded end projecting beyond the second table distal end and said lock structure comprising a lock knob threadedly engaging the threaded end of said rod and frictionally engaging said second table distal end to lock said second table against movement relative to said first table.