US3408965A - Stack table - Google Patents

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NOV. 5, 1968 HAMlLTON ET AL 3,408,965

STACK TABLE Filed Jan. 11. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 29 3 WM, THHIIIH \29 INVENTORS JOHN J. HAMILTON CHARLES E. SCHROER BY MICHAEL H. GILL ATTORNEYS 1958 J. J. HAMILTON ET L STACK TABLE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 11, 1967 INVENTORS JOHN J. HAMILTON CHARLES E. SCHROER United States Patent ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A table formed from a pair of end frames each comprising a pair of opposed generally U-shaped sections with each section having a pair of leg members interconnected by a transverse bight. The leg members in each pair of sections are in abutting engagement and are interconnected to each other to form the end frames. A top extends between the end frames and is connected to the inner faces thereof. A pair of braces also extends between and is interconnected to the end frames at the juncture of their U-shaped sections and engages the lower faces of said top.

This invention relates to a table, and more particularly to a stackable table.

Summary of the invention In accordance with one form of the invention a table top is connected to a pair of end frames. Each of said frames comprises a pair of downwardly diverging leg members interconnected at the upper and lower ends by a pair of transverse stretches. The frames are interconnected by a pair of longitudinal braces connected to the frame leg members adjacent the upper ends thereof. The table top rests on said braces and is fastened at its opposed ends to the inner faces of said frames. Thus, said table is stackable upon another table with their end frames disposed in substantially the same vertical planes and their tops in vertically spaced relationship. Conveniently, resilient bumpers are mounted on the inner faces of the end frames adjacent their connections to said braces to prevent marring or scratching the stacked tables.

Brief description of the drawing The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. In such drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a table embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is an end elevation of the table shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is an end elevation of a pair of the tables shown in FIG. 1 stacked one upon the other.

Detailed description As shown, the table is provided with a top 11 comprising a rigid panel 12 having a peripheral molding 14 mounted thereon. As shown in FIG. 3, the molding has an inwardly projecting lip 15 at its upper edge overlying the adjacent margin of panel 12. Said lip is connected to a downwardly bent outer stretch 16 normal to panel 12 and extending therebelow. The lower end of the stretch 16 is connected to a parallel upwardly projecting inner stretch 18 terminating at its upper end in an inwardly projecting lip 20 abutting the lower margins of the panel 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the lip 15 is angled downwardly from stretch 16 into engagement with the upper face of panel 12 and lip 20 has portions 22 staked into the lower face of said panel for securely mounting the molding on the panel.

The top 11 is connected to a pair of end frames 24.

Conveniently, said end frames are stormed from lengths of metal tubing and are identical in construction. As shown in FIG. 2, each end frame comprises a generally U- shaped lower section having a transverse bight 26 interconnecting a pair of upwardly projecting inwardly angled legs 27. The upper portion of each of the end frames is formed from a U-shaped upper section having a transverse bight 28 interconnecting a pair of downwardly projecting outwardly angled legs 29. Thus, as shown in the drawings, the legs 27 and 29 diverge laterally and longitudinally outwardly from the top to the bottom of the end frames resulting in the bights 26 being longer than bights 28 and disposing bights 26 longitudinally outwardly from bights 28. The legs 27 and 29 abut each other at their adjacent ends and are retained in alignment with each other by dowels 30.

The legs 27 are flared outwardly at their lower ends to disposed the bights 26 outwardly from the upper portions of the legs 27, the legs 29 and bights 28. This gives the table a wider base and a longitudinally diverging leg assembly to facilitate the stacking of one table upon another. Conveniently, each bight 26 has a pair of snubber feet 40 mounted on its lower surface.

As shown in FIG. 3, the top 11 is mounted on theinner faces of the end frames 24 by screws 33 carried in the molding stretches 16 and 18 and threadably received in the frame legs 29 and dowels 30. With the top being connected to the legs 29, the bights 28 will be disposed above the top 11 to provide a pair of handles at the ends of the table.

The top 11 rests on a pair of parallel braces 35 conveniently formed from lengths of metal tubing. The ends 36 of the braces 35 are collapsed and bent downwardly to abut the inner faces of the frame legs 27 and 29 at their junctures. As shown in FIG. 3, screws 37 extend through the brace ends 36, legs 27 and 29, and into the dowels 30 for thus mounting the braces on the end frames and holding the two opposed U-shaped sections of said end frames together. Desirably, resilient bumpers 39 are mounted on the inner faces of the brace ends 36 by the screws 37 to protect the tables against mars or scratches when they are stacked.

As shown in FIG. 4, with a plurality of the tables in stacked position, the frame legs 27 and 29, because of their tapered configuration, will lie in substantially the same vertical planes with the bumpers 39 holding the legs on adjacent tables in spaced relation. When the tables are stacked, their tops 11 will be in parallel vertically spaced horizontal planes thereby providing a plurality of vertically spaced compartments between adjacent tops.

We claim:

1. A table, comprising a pair of ground-engageable tubular end frames each of which is formed from a pair of opposed generally U-shaped abutting sections having pairs of aligned leg members interconnected by transverse bights at the upper and lower ends of said frame, means carried in said end frames interconnecting the leg members in said pairs of section, said leg members diverging outwardly from the upper to the lower ends of said frames, a top mounted on the inner faces of said end frames, and a pair of braces extending between and connected to the inner faces of said end frames at the juncture of their U- shaped sections and engaging the lower face of said top.

2. A table, comprising a pair of tubular ground-engagable end frames each of which is formed from a pair of opposed generally U-shaped sections interconnected by transverse bights at the upper and lower ends of said frame, a plurality of dowels received in and extending between the adjacent ends of the leg members in the pairs of sections, a top mounted on the inner faces of said end frames, a pair of braces extending under said top, each end of each of said braces abutting the adjacent ends of 3,183,034 5 /1965 Midyette 108-64 a pair of the leg members in a pair of said sections, and 3,246,928 4/ 1966 Haynes et al 2 97239 fastening means extending through each of said brace ends 3,289,614 12/ 1966 Frazier 108-91 and the pairs of leg members in said sections for reception in said dowels. FOREIGN PATENTS 3. The invention as set forth in claim 2 with the addi- 376,251 7/ 1932 Great Britain. tion that said fastening means mount a plurality of re- 601 839 5/1943 'Great i i silient members on the inner ends of said brace ends. 713 32 11 954 Gret Britain.

References Cited 1,229,097 3/1960 France.

10 1,319,506 1/1963 France. UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,657,965 11/1953 Bargen 108-91 FRANCIS K. ZUGEL, Primary Examiner.

2,969,882 1/1961 Hamilton 108111

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