CA2865144A1 - Table providing changeable table top area - Google Patents
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A table providing changeable table top area includes a first main table panel, a second main table panel, a first expansion table panel, a second expansion table panel, a support rack and a plurality of support legs. The first main table panel and the second main table panel have a close contact state and a separated state to form an assembly space between them. The first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel are located below the first main table panel and the second main table panel. The support rack includes a first bracing portion, a second bracing portion, two hinge portions and a support guide portion. The second expansion table panel is stacked over the first expansion table panel at the close contact state and leans on the support guide portion.
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TABLE PROVIDING CHANGEABLE TABLE TOP AREA
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a table and particularly to a table with a usable table top area that can be changed easily.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Table is an indispensable furniture in the daily life of people in the houses. It can be classified into many types according to use purpose, such as desk, office table, meeting table, dining table and the like. Most tables are fixed in structure and function according to their types, hence do not have much change in use. Take a dining table for instance. Its size varies depending on the size of the accommodating space.
A consumer generally selects and purchases the dining table with a table top area sufficient to accommodate family members in ordinary conditions. However, in the event that there are guests in the house or the number of people to be accommodated increases, the exiting dining table could be inadequate in table top area and result in difficulty to seat all the people together on the table during dining. To resolve such a problem tables with extendable table top area have been developed and marketed for consumers to procure when needed.
For instance, Taiwan Patent No. 345862 discloses a table with changeable table top area. It mainly includes a holding rack, two movable table panels and a middle table panel.
, , When to increase the table top area is wanted, the two movable table panels that are originally positioned in an abreast manner can be pushed towards two sides to form a desired housing space, then the middle panel originally located transversely on the holding rack can be fetched and moved outward from under the two movable table panels, and swiveled in a direction same as the two movable table panels and placed in the housing space. Thereby the table top area can be expanded. However, due to the middle table panel is held under the holding rack in normal conditions and quite large is size, a user has to grasp the middle table panel with two hands at the same time to move it from under the holding rack and place it between the two movable table panels.
Moreover, the user has to bear the total weight of the middle table panel with two hands to do movement. There is no design yet that can help the user to easily move the middle table panel. Hence how to overcome the aforesaid problem and provide a design to facilitate change of table top area is an issue remained to be resolved.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary object of the present invention is to solve the problem of the conventional tables that cannot allow users to easily change table top area.
To achieve the foregoing object the present invention provides a table with changeable table top area. It includes a
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a table and particularly to a table with a usable table top area that can be changed easily.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Table is an indispensable furniture in the daily life of people in the houses. It can be classified into many types according to use purpose, such as desk, office table, meeting table, dining table and the like. Most tables are fixed in structure and function according to their types, hence do not have much change in use. Take a dining table for instance. Its size varies depending on the size of the accommodating space.
A consumer generally selects and purchases the dining table with a table top area sufficient to accommodate family members in ordinary conditions. However, in the event that there are guests in the house or the number of people to be accommodated increases, the exiting dining table could be inadequate in table top area and result in difficulty to seat all the people together on the table during dining. To resolve such a problem tables with extendable table top area have been developed and marketed for consumers to procure when needed.
For instance, Taiwan Patent No. 345862 discloses a table with changeable table top area. It mainly includes a holding rack, two movable table panels and a middle table panel.
, , When to increase the table top area is wanted, the two movable table panels that are originally positioned in an abreast manner can be pushed towards two sides to form a desired housing space, then the middle panel originally located transversely on the holding rack can be fetched and moved outward from under the two movable table panels, and swiveled in a direction same as the two movable table panels and placed in the housing space. Thereby the table top area can be expanded. However, due to the middle table panel is held under the holding rack in normal conditions and quite large is size, a user has to grasp the middle table panel with two hands at the same time to move it from under the holding rack and place it between the two movable table panels.
Moreover, the user has to bear the total weight of the middle table panel with two hands to do movement. There is no design yet that can help the user to easily move the middle table panel. Hence how to overcome the aforesaid problem and provide a design to facilitate change of table top area is an issue remained to be resolved.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary object of the present invention is to solve the problem of the conventional tables that cannot allow users to easily change table top area.
To achieve the foregoing object the present invention provides a table with changeable table top area. It includes a
2 first main table panel, a second main table panel, a first expansion table panel, a second expansion table panel, a support rack and a plurality of support legs. The first main table panel and the second main table panel have a close contact state and a separated state when subject to external forces and moved away from each other to form an assembly space between them. The first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel are hinged together and located below the first main table panel and the second main table panel, and exposed in the assembly space at the separated state. The support rack supports the first main table panel and the second main table panel, and allows the first main table panel and the second main table panel to move thereon against each other to the close contact state or the separated state. The support rack also includes a first bracing portion at one side of the assembly space to support the first expansion table panel, a second bracing portion spaced from the first bracing portion and located in the assembly space to support the second expansion table panel, two hinge portions located between the first bracing portion and the second bracing portion and connected to two sides of the first expansion table panel so that the first expansion table panel has a swivel fulcrum to swivel against the support rack, and a support guide portion located between the second bracing portion and the two hinge portions to support the second expansion table panel. The
3 support legs are connected to the support rack. At the close contact state the second expansion table panel is overlapped with and leaned on the support guide portion. At the separated state the second expansion table panel is driven by the first expansion table panel flipping toward the first bracing portion to slide on the support guide portion and stop at the second bracing portion so that the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel are extended in the assembly space to change the table top area.
In one embodiment the first expansion table panel includes a hinge to couple with the second expansion table panel so that the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel can swivel against each other.
In another embodiment the support rack includes a first transverse bar with the first bracing portion located thereon, a second transverse bar spaced from the first transverse bar with the second bracing portion located thereon, two third transverse bars spaced from each other to bridge the first transverse bar and the second transverse bar, and two middle transverse bars to bridge the first transverse bar and the second transverse bar with the two hinge portions located thereon. The support guide portion is connected to the second transverse bar and the two middle transverse bars.
In yet another embodiment the support guide portion includes a holding member to bridge the two middle
In one embodiment the first expansion table panel includes a hinge to couple with the second expansion table panel so that the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel can swivel against each other.
In another embodiment the support rack includes a first transverse bar with the first bracing portion located thereon, a second transverse bar spaced from the first transverse bar with the second bracing portion located thereon, two third transverse bars spaced from each other to bridge the first transverse bar and the second transverse bar, and two middle transverse bars to bridge the first transverse bar and the second transverse bar with the two hinge portions located thereon. The support guide portion is connected to the second transverse bar and the two middle transverse bars.
In yet another embodiment the support guide portion includes a holding member to bridge the two middle
4 transverse bars and a support guide member to bridge the second transverse bar and the holding member to support the second expansion table panel at the close contact state, and guide the second expansion table panel at the separated state to the second bracing portion.
In yet another embodiment the second bracing portion includes a guide sloped plane extended toward the support guide member and collaborate with the support guide member to guide sliding of the second expansion table panel, and a holding plane inclined against the guide sloped surface at a selected angle to support the second expansion table panel at the separated state.
In yet another embodiment the support rack includes at least one first rail corresponding to the first main table panel and bridged the third transverse bar and one of the middle transverse bars, and at least one second rail corresponding to the second main table panel and bridged the third transverse bar and another middle transverse bar. The first main table panel includes at least one first guide portion coupled on the first rail and slide thereon to move against the support rack, and the second main table panel includes at least one second guide portion coupled on the second rail and slide thereon to move against the support rack.
In yet another embodiment the first guide portion includes a first roller and a second roller spaced from the first roller to
In yet another embodiment the second bracing portion includes a guide sloped plane extended toward the support guide member and collaborate with the support guide member to guide sliding of the second expansion table panel, and a holding plane inclined against the guide sloped surface at a selected angle to support the second expansion table panel at the separated state.
In yet another embodiment the support rack includes at least one first rail corresponding to the first main table panel and bridged the third transverse bar and one of the middle transverse bars, and at least one second rail corresponding to the second main table panel and bridged the third transverse bar and another middle transverse bar. The first main table panel includes at least one first guide portion coupled on the first rail and slide thereon to move against the support rack, and the second main table panel includes at least one second guide portion coupled on the second rail and slide thereon to move against the support rack.
In yet another embodiment the first guide portion includes a first roller and a second roller spaced from the first roller to
5 sandwich the first rail, and the second guide portion includes a third roller and a fourth roller spaced from the third roller to sandwich the second rail.
In yet another embodiment the first main table panel includes at least one first latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel, and the second main table panel includes at least one second latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the close contact state so that the first main table panel and the second main table panel are latched together.
In yet another embodiment the first expansion table panel includes a third latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel and the first main table panel can be latched together, and a fourth latch member located at another side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the second latch member at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel and the second main table panel can be latched together; the second expansion table panel includes at least one fifth latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel and the first main table panel
In yet another embodiment the first main table panel includes at least one first latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel, and the second main table panel includes at least one second latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the close contact state so that the first main table panel and the second main table panel are latched together.
In yet another embodiment the first expansion table panel includes a third latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel and the first main table panel can be latched together, and a fourth latch member located at another side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the second latch member at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel and the second main table panel can be latched together; the second expansion table panel includes at least one fifth latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel and the first main table panel
6 can be latched together, and a sixth latch member located at another side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the second latch member at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel and the second main table panel can be latched together.
In yet another embodiment the first expansion table panel includes two pivotal arms and two pivotal portions located respectively on the two pivotal arms corresponding to the two hinge portions to collaborate therewith to form the swivel fulcrum.
By means of the structural design set forth above, compared with the conventional tables, the invention provides many advantages, notably:
1. By coupling of the two pivotal portions of the first expansion table panel with the two hinge portions of the support rack the first expansion table panel can be swiveled against the support rack and moved in the assembly space or below the first main table panel and the second main table panel, hence user does not have to bear the total weight of the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel, thereby can reduce user's burden when in use.
2. The support guide member on the support guide portion and the guide sloped plane of the second bracing portion can guide the second expansion table panel, hence user needs merely to flip the first expansion table panel to drive the second expansion table
In yet another embodiment the first expansion table panel includes two pivotal arms and two pivotal portions located respectively on the two pivotal arms corresponding to the two hinge portions to collaborate therewith to form the swivel fulcrum.
By means of the structural design set forth above, compared with the conventional tables, the invention provides many advantages, notably:
1. By coupling of the two pivotal portions of the first expansion table panel with the two hinge portions of the support rack the first expansion table panel can be swiveled against the support rack and moved in the assembly space or below the first main table panel and the second main table panel, hence user does not have to bear the total weight of the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel, thereby can reduce user's burden when in use.
2. The support guide member on the support guide portion and the guide sloped plane of the second bracing portion can guide the second expansion table panel, hence user needs merely to flip the first expansion table panel to drive the second expansion table
7 panel to slide on the support guide member and the guide sloped plane, thereby provides the user with a greater maneuverability when in use.
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the table with changeable table top area of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged view of the invention.
FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-1.
FIG. 3B is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-2.
FIG. 3C is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-3.
FIG. 3D is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-4.
FIG. 3E is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENT
Please referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the present invention aims to provide a table with changeable table top area. It
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the table with changeable table top area of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged view of the invention.
FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-1.
FIG. 3B is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-2.
FIG. 3C is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-3.
FIG. 3D is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-4.
FIG. 3E is a schematic view of the invention in operation condition-5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENT
Please referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the present invention aims to provide a table with changeable table top area. It
8 includes a first main table panel 1, a second main table panel 2, a first expansion table panel 3, a second expansion table panel 4, a support rack 5 and a plurality of support legs 6.
More specifically, the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 have a close contact state, and a separated state when subject to external forces and moved against each other to form an assembly space S between them, as shown in FIG. 3A. The first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 are hinged together and located below the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 at the close contact state, and exposed in the assembly space S
at the separated state. The support rack 5 supports the first main table panel 1, the second main table panel 2, the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4, and includes a first bracing portion 51 at one side of the assembly space S to support the first expansion table panel 3, a second bracing portion 52 spaced from the first bracing portion 51 and located in the assembly space S to support the second expansion table panel 4, two hinge portions 53 located between the first bracing portion 51 and the second bracing portion 52 and connected to two sides of the first expansion table panel 3, and a support guide portion 54 located between the second bracing portion 52 and the two hinge portions 53 to support and guide the second expansion table panel 4. The two hinge portions 53 provide a swivel fulcrum to allow the first
More specifically, the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 have a close contact state, and a separated state when subject to external forces and moved against each other to form an assembly space S between them, as shown in FIG. 3A. The first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 are hinged together and located below the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 at the close contact state, and exposed in the assembly space S
at the separated state. The support rack 5 supports the first main table panel 1, the second main table panel 2, the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4, and includes a first bracing portion 51 at one side of the assembly space S to support the first expansion table panel 3, a second bracing portion 52 spaced from the first bracing portion 51 and located in the assembly space S to support the second expansion table panel 4, two hinge portions 53 located between the first bracing portion 51 and the second bracing portion 52 and connected to two sides of the first expansion table panel 3, and a support guide portion 54 located between the second bracing portion 52 and the two hinge portions 53 to support and guide the second expansion table panel 4. The two hinge portions 53 provide a swivel fulcrum to allow the first
9 expansion table panel 3 to swivel against the support rack 5.
Furthermore, the support rack 5 includes a first transverse bar 55 with the first bracing portion 51 located thereon, a second transverse bar 56 spaced from the first transverse bar 55 with the second bracing portion 52 located thereon, two third transverse bars 57 spaced from each other to bridge the first transverse bar 55 and the second transverse bar 56, and two middle transverse bars 58 to bridge the first transverse bar 55 and the second transverse bar 56 with the two hinge portions 53 located thereon. The support guide portion 54 includes a holding member 541 to bridge the two middle transverse bars 58 and a support guide member 542 to bridge the second transverse bar 56 and the holding member 541. The second bracing portion 52 includes a guide sloped plane 521 extended toward the support guide member 542 and a holding plane 522 inclined against the guide sloped plane 521 at a selected angle as shown in FIG. 3B.
The first expansion table panel 3 includes a hinge 31 to couple with the second expansion table panel 4 so that the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 can be swiveled against each other. Also referring to FIGS. 1 and 3B, the first expansion table panel 3 includes two pivotal arms 32 and two pivotal portions 33 located on the pivotal arms 32 corresponding to the hinge portions 53 to form a swivel fulcrum therewith.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the support rack 5 includes at least one first rail 59 corresponding to the first main table panel 1 and connected to the third transverse bar 57 and one middle transverse bar 58, and at least one second rail 60 corresponding to the second main table panel 2 and connected to the third transverse bar 57 and another middle transverse bar 58. The first main table panel 1 includes at least one first guide portion 11 coupled on the first rail 59 and slide thereon to move against the support rack 5, and the second main table panel 2 includes at least one second guide portion 21 coupled on the second rail 60 and slide thereon to move against the support rack 5. The first guide portion 11 includes a first roller 111 and a second roller 112 spaced from the first roller 111 to sandwich the first rail 59. The second guide portion 21 includes a third roller 211 and a fourth roller 212 spaced from the third roller 211 to sandwich the second rail 60. Hence the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 can be moved on the support rack 5 against each other to the close contact state or the separated state. In addition, the support legs 6 are connected respectively to the first transverse bar 55, the second transverse bar 56 and the third transverse bars 57 to raise the support rack 5.
Please referring to FIG. 1, when the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 are juxtaposed in contact with each other, they are at the close contact state to jointly form a first table top area. It is to be noted that at the close contact state the support guide member 542 of the guide portion 54 supports one end of the second expansion table panel 4 which has another end connected to the first expansion table panel 3 via the hinge 31. Moreover, the first expansion table panel 3 is stacked over the second expansion table panel 4 in an overlapped manner, and the two pivotal portions 33 support one end of the first expansion table panel 3 at the two hinge portions 53. In other words, at the close contact state the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 are being supported on the support rack 5 via the two hinge portions 53 and the support guide member 542, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. Also referring to FIG. 3A, in the event that to increase the usable area of the table top area is wanted, first, exert external forces on the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 to slide the first guide portion 11 and the second guide portion 21 respectively on the first rail 59 and the second rail 60, then the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 can be moved against each other to become the separated state with the assembly space S formed between them. Next, referring to FIG.
3C, swivel the first expansion table panel 3 toward the first bracing portion 51 with the two pivotal portions 33 turning about the swivel fulcrum provided by the two hinge portions 53, through the hinge 31 the first expansion table panel 3 can drive the second expansion table panel 4 to slide on the second support guide member 542 of the support guide portion 54 and the guide sloped plane 521 of the second bracing portion 52. Then, referring to FIGS. 3C and 3D, the second expansion table panel 4 can slide along the support guide member 542 and the guide sloped plane 521 to the holding plane 522 of the second bracing portion 52, while the first expansion table panel 3 can be flipped to the first bracing portion 51 and rest thereon. Meanwhile, the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 are extended in the assembly space S. Hence the table is changed to the separated state with the first main table panel 1, the second main table panel 2, the first expansion table panel 3 and the fourth expansion table panel 4 joined together to form a second table top area greater than the first table top area, as shown in FIG. 3E. On the other hand, when to shrink the usable table top area is desired, merely do the process mentioned above in reverse to move the first expansion table panel 3, the second expansion table panel 4, the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2, then the object of shrinking the useable size can be accomplished.
Thus, the usable area of the table top area can be changed as desired in response to different use conditions.
Furthermore, the first main table panel 1 includes at least one first latch member 12 at one side corresponding to the , second main table panel 2, and the second main table panel 2 includes at least one second latch member 22 at one side corresponding to the first main table panel 1. Hence, at the close contact state the first latch member 12 and the second latch member 22 can be latched with each other so that the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 also are latched together without sliding away. Moreover, the first expansion table panel 3 includes a third latch member 34 at one side corresponding to the first main table panel 1 to latch on the first latch member 12 at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel 3 and the first main table panel 1 can be latched together, and a fourth latch member 35 at another side corresponding to the second main table panel 2 to latch on the second latch member 22 at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel 3 and the second main table panel 2 can be latched together. The second expansion table panel 4 includes at least one fifth latch member 41 at one side corresponding to the first main table panel 1 to latch on the first latch member 12 at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel 4 and the first main table panel 1 can be latched together, and a sixth latch member 42 at another side corresponding to the second main table panel 2 to latch on the second latch member 22 at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel 4 and the second main table panel 2 can be latched together.
As a conclusion, the invention provides a table with changeable table top area to allow users to pull out or withdraw the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel as desired to change the size of the usable table top area in response to different use conditions.
Furthermore, the support rack 5 includes a first transverse bar 55 with the first bracing portion 51 located thereon, a second transverse bar 56 spaced from the first transverse bar 55 with the second bracing portion 52 located thereon, two third transverse bars 57 spaced from each other to bridge the first transverse bar 55 and the second transverse bar 56, and two middle transverse bars 58 to bridge the first transverse bar 55 and the second transverse bar 56 with the two hinge portions 53 located thereon. The support guide portion 54 includes a holding member 541 to bridge the two middle transverse bars 58 and a support guide member 542 to bridge the second transverse bar 56 and the holding member 541. The second bracing portion 52 includes a guide sloped plane 521 extended toward the support guide member 542 and a holding plane 522 inclined against the guide sloped plane 521 at a selected angle as shown in FIG. 3B.
The first expansion table panel 3 includes a hinge 31 to couple with the second expansion table panel 4 so that the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 can be swiveled against each other. Also referring to FIGS. 1 and 3B, the first expansion table panel 3 includes two pivotal arms 32 and two pivotal portions 33 located on the pivotal arms 32 corresponding to the hinge portions 53 to form a swivel fulcrum therewith.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the support rack 5 includes at least one first rail 59 corresponding to the first main table panel 1 and connected to the third transverse bar 57 and one middle transverse bar 58, and at least one second rail 60 corresponding to the second main table panel 2 and connected to the third transverse bar 57 and another middle transverse bar 58. The first main table panel 1 includes at least one first guide portion 11 coupled on the first rail 59 and slide thereon to move against the support rack 5, and the second main table panel 2 includes at least one second guide portion 21 coupled on the second rail 60 and slide thereon to move against the support rack 5. The first guide portion 11 includes a first roller 111 and a second roller 112 spaced from the first roller 111 to sandwich the first rail 59. The second guide portion 21 includes a third roller 211 and a fourth roller 212 spaced from the third roller 211 to sandwich the second rail 60. Hence the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 can be moved on the support rack 5 against each other to the close contact state or the separated state. In addition, the support legs 6 are connected respectively to the first transverse bar 55, the second transverse bar 56 and the third transverse bars 57 to raise the support rack 5.
Please referring to FIG. 1, when the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 are juxtaposed in contact with each other, they are at the close contact state to jointly form a first table top area. It is to be noted that at the close contact state the support guide member 542 of the guide portion 54 supports one end of the second expansion table panel 4 which has another end connected to the first expansion table panel 3 via the hinge 31. Moreover, the first expansion table panel 3 is stacked over the second expansion table panel 4 in an overlapped manner, and the two pivotal portions 33 support one end of the first expansion table panel 3 at the two hinge portions 53. In other words, at the close contact state the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 are being supported on the support rack 5 via the two hinge portions 53 and the support guide member 542, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. Also referring to FIG. 3A, in the event that to increase the usable area of the table top area is wanted, first, exert external forces on the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 to slide the first guide portion 11 and the second guide portion 21 respectively on the first rail 59 and the second rail 60, then the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 can be moved against each other to become the separated state with the assembly space S formed between them. Next, referring to FIG.
3C, swivel the first expansion table panel 3 toward the first bracing portion 51 with the two pivotal portions 33 turning about the swivel fulcrum provided by the two hinge portions 53, through the hinge 31 the first expansion table panel 3 can drive the second expansion table panel 4 to slide on the second support guide member 542 of the support guide portion 54 and the guide sloped plane 521 of the second bracing portion 52. Then, referring to FIGS. 3C and 3D, the second expansion table panel 4 can slide along the support guide member 542 and the guide sloped plane 521 to the holding plane 522 of the second bracing portion 52, while the first expansion table panel 3 can be flipped to the first bracing portion 51 and rest thereon. Meanwhile, the first expansion table panel 3 and the second expansion table panel 4 are extended in the assembly space S. Hence the table is changed to the separated state with the first main table panel 1, the second main table panel 2, the first expansion table panel 3 and the fourth expansion table panel 4 joined together to form a second table top area greater than the first table top area, as shown in FIG. 3E. On the other hand, when to shrink the usable table top area is desired, merely do the process mentioned above in reverse to move the first expansion table panel 3, the second expansion table panel 4, the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2, then the object of shrinking the useable size can be accomplished.
Thus, the usable area of the table top area can be changed as desired in response to different use conditions.
Furthermore, the first main table panel 1 includes at least one first latch member 12 at one side corresponding to the , second main table panel 2, and the second main table panel 2 includes at least one second latch member 22 at one side corresponding to the first main table panel 1. Hence, at the close contact state the first latch member 12 and the second latch member 22 can be latched with each other so that the first main table panel 1 and the second main table panel 2 also are latched together without sliding away. Moreover, the first expansion table panel 3 includes a third latch member 34 at one side corresponding to the first main table panel 1 to latch on the first latch member 12 at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel 3 and the first main table panel 1 can be latched together, and a fourth latch member 35 at another side corresponding to the second main table panel 2 to latch on the second latch member 22 at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel 3 and the second main table panel 2 can be latched together. The second expansion table panel 4 includes at least one fifth latch member 41 at one side corresponding to the first main table panel 1 to latch on the first latch member 12 at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel 4 and the first main table panel 1 can be latched together, and a sixth latch member 42 at another side corresponding to the second main table panel 2 to latch on the second latch member 22 at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel 4 and the second main table panel 2 can be latched together.
As a conclusion, the invention provides a table with changeable table top area to allow users to pull out or withdraw the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel as desired to change the size of the usable table top area in response to different use conditions.
Claims (12)
1. A table providing changeable table top area, comprising:
a first main table panel and a second main table panel that include a close contact state and a separated state to move away from each other upon subject to external forces to form an assembly space therebetween;
a first expansion table panel and a second expansion table panel that are hinged together below the first main table panel and the second main table panel, and exposed in the assembly space at the separated state;
a support rack which supports the first main table panel and the second main table panel and allows the first main table panel and the second main table panel to be moved to the close contact state or the separated state, and includes a first bracing portion at one side of the assembly space to support the first expansion table panel, a second bracing portion spaced from the first bracing portion and located in the assembly space to support the second expansion table panel, two hinge portions located between the first bracing portion and the second bracing portion and connected to two sides of the first expansion table panel to form a swivel fulcrum for the first expansion table panel to swivel against the support rack, and a support guide portion located between the second bracing portion and the two hinge portions to support the second expansion table panel; and a plurality of support legs connected to the support rack;
wherein the second expansion table panel is stacked over the first expansion table panel and leans on the support guide portion at the close contact state, the second expansion table panel being driven by flipping of the first expansion table panel toward the first bracing portion at the separated state to slide on the support guide portion and stop at the second bracing portion so that the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel are extended in the assembly space to change the table top area.
a first main table panel and a second main table panel that include a close contact state and a separated state to move away from each other upon subject to external forces to form an assembly space therebetween;
a first expansion table panel and a second expansion table panel that are hinged together below the first main table panel and the second main table panel, and exposed in the assembly space at the separated state;
a support rack which supports the first main table panel and the second main table panel and allows the first main table panel and the second main table panel to be moved to the close contact state or the separated state, and includes a first bracing portion at one side of the assembly space to support the first expansion table panel, a second bracing portion spaced from the first bracing portion and located in the assembly space to support the second expansion table panel, two hinge portions located between the first bracing portion and the second bracing portion and connected to two sides of the first expansion table panel to form a swivel fulcrum for the first expansion table panel to swivel against the support rack, and a support guide portion located between the second bracing portion and the two hinge portions to support the second expansion table panel; and a plurality of support legs connected to the support rack;
wherein the second expansion table panel is stacked over the first expansion table panel and leans on the support guide portion at the close contact state, the second expansion table panel being driven by flipping of the first expansion table panel toward the first bracing portion at the separated state to slide on the support guide portion and stop at the second bracing portion so that the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel are extended in the assembly space to change the table top area.
2. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 1, wherein the first expansion table panel includes a hinge connected to the second expansion table panel so that the first expansion table panel and the second expansion table panel are swivelable against each other.
3. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 1, wherein the support rack includes a first transverse bar to hold the first bracing portion, a second transverse bar which is spaced from the first transverse bar and holds the second bracing portion, two third transverse bars spaced from each other and bridged the first transverse bar and the second transverse bar, and two middle transverse bars to bridge the first transverse bar and the second transverse bar and hold the two hinge portions; wherein the support guide portion is connected to the second transverse bar and the two middle transverse bars.
4. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 3, wherein the support guide portion includes a holding member to bridge the two middle transverse bars and a support guide member to bridge the second transverse bar and the holding member to support the second expansion table panel at the close contact state and guide the second expansion table panel at the separated state to the second bracing portion.
5. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 4, wherein the second bracing portion includes a guide sloped plane extended towards the support guide member to collaborate with the support guide member to guide the second expansion table panel to slide, and a holding plane inclined against the guide sloped plane at a selected angle to support the second expansion table panel at the separated state.
6. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 1, wherein the second bracing portion includes a guide sloped plane extended towards the support guide member to collaborate with the support guide member to guide the second expansion table panel to slide, and a holding plane inclined against the guide sloped plane at a selected angle to support the second expansion table panel at the separated state.
7. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 3, wherein the support rack includes at least one first rail corresponding to the first main table panel and bridging the third transverse bar and one of the middle transverse bars, and at least one second rail corresponding to the second main table panel and bridging the third transverse bar and another middle transverse bar, the first main table panel including at least one first guide portion coupled on the first rail and slid thereon to move against the support rack, the second main table panel including at least one second guide portion coupled on the second rail and slid thereon to move against the support rack.
8. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 1, wherein the support rack includes at least one first rail corresponding to the first main table panel and at least one second rail corresponding to the second main table panel, the first main table panel including at least one first guide portion coupled on the first rail and slide thereon to move against the support rack, the second main table panel including at least one second guide portion coupled on the second rail and slide thereon to move against the support rack.
9. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 7, wherein the first guide portion includes a first roller and a second roller spaced from the first roller to sandwich the first rail therebetween, the second guide portion including a third roller and a fourth roller spaced from the third roller to sandwich the second rail therebetween.
10. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 1, wherein the first main table panel includes at least one first latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel, and the second main table panel includes at least one second latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the close contact state so that the first main table panel and the second main table panel are latched together.
11. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 10, wherein the first expansion table panel includes a third latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel and the first main table panel are latched together, and a fourth latch member located at another side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the second latch member at the separated state so that the first expansion table panel and the second main table panel are latched together; the second expansion table panel including at least one fifth latch member located at one side thereof corresponding to the first main table panel to latch on the first latch member at the separated state so that the second expansion table panel and the first main table panel are latched together, and a sixth latch member located at another side thereof corresponding to the second main table panel to latch on the second latch member so that the second expansion table panel and the second main table panel are latched together.
12. The table providing changeable table top area of claim 1, wherein the first expansion table panel includes two pivotal arms and two pivotal portions located on the two pivotal arms corresponding to the two hinge portions to collaborate therewith to form the swivel fulcrum.
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