U.S. patent application number 10/426723 was filed with the patent office on 2004-11-04 for collapsible computer table and frame.
Invention is credited to Lin, Jung-Chi.
Application Number | 20040216645 10/426723 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 33309944 |
Filed Date | 2004-11-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040216645 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lin, Jung-Chi |
November 4, 2004 |
Collapsible computer table and frame
Abstract
A collapsible computer table and frame includes two pairs of
folding frames, a table board, an upper placing board and a lower
placing board. Each folding frame consists of a horizontal frame
rod for fixing a table board, a back frame rod with a lower end
pivotally connected with an end of the horizontal frame rods, and a
front feet and a rear feet pivotally connected with the horizontal
frame rods. The back frame rod has its lower end pivotally
connected with the horizontal frame rod and the rear feet. The
folding connect rods are pivotally connected between the upper
placing board to let the upper placing board to swing. The table
board is fixed on the horizontal frame rods, folding connect rods
are provided between the front and the rare foot, and then the
whole computer table and frame can be easily collapsed.
Inventors: |
Lin, Jung-Chi; (Tainan
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Jung-Chi Lin
P.O. Box 90
Tainan City
704
TW
|
Family ID: |
33309944 |
Appl. No.: |
10/426723 |
Filed: |
May 1, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
108/50.01 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 3/08 20130101; A47B
21/03 20130101; A47B 2003/0806 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
108/050.01 |
International
Class: |
A47B 037/00 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A collapsible computer table and frame comprising: a left and a
right foldable frame, each said foldable frame consisting of a
horizontal frame rod for fixing a table board and a back frame rod
for positioning an upper placing board and a front feet and a rear
foot; said front feet and said rear feet respectively pivotally
connected with two, a front and a rear, ends of each said
horizontal frame rod; said back frame rod having its lower end
respectively connected pivotally with a rear end of each said
horizontal frame rod; and, a front and a rear connect rod having an
end pivotally connected with the lower end of each said back frame
rod, said rear connect rod having the other end pivotally connected
with said rear foot, said front connect rod having the other end
pivotally connected with said front foot, a connect rod fixed
between said two horizontal frame rods, a connect rod fixed between
said two back frame rods, said two folding frames combined to form
a foldable frame of said collapsible computer table and frame.
2. The collapsible computer table and frame as claimed in claim 1,
wherein an upper placing board is pivotally placed on said connect
rod provided on the upper ends of said two back frame rods, said
upper placing board is possible to be swung up and down, and two
pairs of folding connect rods are provided between said two back
frame rods and said upper placing board.
3. The collapsible computer table and frame as claimed in claim 1,
wherein two pairs of folding connect rods are respectively provided
between each pairs of said front feet and said rear feet, and at
least two connect rods are connected firmly between a pair of
longer portions of said two folding connect rods, and a lower
placing board is fixed on said connect rods.
4. The collapsible computer table and frame as claimed in claim 2
or 3, wherein two ends of said two pairs of the folding connect
rods are pivotally connected with each other, one end of one of
said folding connect rods has a stopper, and the other of one of
said two folding connect rods has a notch for said stopper to fit
therein, the outer end of said two pairs of folding connect rods
are pivotally connected with said back frame rods and said upper
placing board or between said front and said rear feet.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a collapsible computer table and
frame, particularly to one having feet and two back frame rods both
pivotally connected with two horizontal frame rods, which are then
connected with the back frame rods and the feet by connect rods to
permit the whole computer table and frame to be easily collapsed
without taking off or releasing any components.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] There are many sorts of conventional computer tables mostly
assembled by consumers themselves, that is DIY, with structures of
the table and frame divided into a right and a left frame, and
plural connect rods combined with a table board and placing boards.
Their combining ways are almost using screws or bolts for fastening
components with one another, having some objectives.
[0005] 1. To reduce assembling work to lower time and cost.
[0006] 2. To lessen the cost for packaging, transporting by
reducing their dimensions.
[0007] 3. To let consumers enjoy pleasure of DIY.
[0008] However, most consumers have not so good skills as
experienced workers in carrying out assembly of conventional
computer tables and frames with not complete description of
assembling work. So consumers have to spend not a few hours to
assemble it. In spite of the pleasure of DIY, some people may not
like DIY things, When an assembled computer table and frame has to
be moved to another location, it has to be taken off and
transported to a new location and put together again, probably
causing some inconvenience. If it is used no more, it has to be
taken off and the stored away, with many components not easily
arranged orderly.
[0009] Some conventional computer tables and frames are
collapsible, but they generally have some components to be taken
off or some screws or bolts to be released before collapsed, not so
simply to collapse.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The collapsible computer table and frame in the invention
includes two pairs of folding frames, two front feet, two rear
feet, a table board, an upper placing board and a lower placing
board as main components. Each pair of the folding frame consists
of a horizontal frame rod, and a back frame rod pivotally connected
with each other. The front feet and the rear feet are respectively
connected pivotally with two ends of the horizontal frame rods. The
horizontal frame rods have rear ends pivotally connected with lower
ends of the back frame rods. The lower end of each back frame rod
rests on a rear surface of each rear foot. A front and a rear
connect rod have one end pivotally connected with the lower end of
the back frame rod. The rear connect rod has the other end
pivotally connected with the rear foot, with the front connect rod
having the other end pivotally connected with the front foot. Then
the whole computer table and frame can be easily collapsed, with
the rear feet standing on the ground and the front ends of the
horizontal frame rods swung upward, and with the front feet pushed
backward.
[0011] Further, a connect rod is connected between the upper ends
of the back frame rods, and the upper placing board is pivotally
connected on the connect rod for being swung up and down, and two
pairs of folding connect rods are connected between the upper
placing board and the back frame rods to let the upper placing
board folded to locate beside the back frame rods.
[0012] Further, two pairs of folding connect rods are connected
pivotally between each pair of the front and the rear foot, with
two connect rods fixed between the two pairs of the folding connect
rods. Then a lower placing board is placed firmly on the connect
rods, which is received between the front feet and the rear feet in
case of the computer table and frame is collapsed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0013] This invention will be better understood by referring to the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0014] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a
collapsible computer table and frame in the present invention;
[0015] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of a
table frame in the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 3 is a side view of the first embodiment of the
collapsible computer table and frame in the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the
collapsible computer table and frame under collapsing process in
the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the
collapsible computer table and frame in a collapsed condition in
the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a
collapsible computer table and frame in the present invention;
and,
[0020] FIG. 7 is a side view of the second embodiment of a
collapsible computer table and frame in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0021] A first preferred embodiment of a collapsible computer table
and frame in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3,
includes a frame 3, a table board 2, an upper placing board 1, a
lower placing board 4 and a keyboard plate 5 as main components
combined together.
[0022] The frame 3 consists of two--a right and a left--frames
respectively having an horizontal frame rod 31, back frame rod 34,
a front foot 32 with an upper curved end pivotally connected with a
front end of the horizontal frame rod 31, and a rear foot 33 with
an upper end pivotally connected with a rear end of the horizontal
frame rod 31. Each horizontal frame rod 31 has a rear end curved up
and pivotally connected with the back frame rod 34 having a curved
end contacting a backside of the foot 33. Then a connect rod 35 is
provided to connect pivotally a lower end of the back frame rod 34
with the outer surface of the rear foot 33, and a horizontal
connect rod 39 is provided to connect pivotally a lower end of the
back frame rod 34 with an upper end of the front foot 32. Further,
Two connect rods 36, and 37 are provided respectively between the
two horizontal frame rods 31 and the back frame rod 34 so that the
table board 2 and the upper placing board 1 may be collapsed toward
the back frame rod 34.
[0023] In addition, a U-shaped base 371 is respectively fixed on
two sides of the connect rod 37 to let the upper placing board 1
swing freely, and a connector 372 is fixed on two sides of a front
side of the upper placing board 1, and two pairs of folding connect
rods 373 and 374 are respectively connected pivotally with the
connector 372 and the back frame rod 34. Then the folding connect
rod 374 has a stopper 374A at the end and the folding connect rod
373 has a notch 373a to correspond to the stopper 374a. Further,
two pairs of folding connect rods 381, 382 are provided between two
pairs of the front and the rear foot 32 and 33, and two connect
rods 383 are provided between the two pairs of the folding connect
rods 381 and 382 to let a lower placing board 4 deposited on the
two connect rods 381 and 382 stably.
[0024] Next, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, to collapse the computer
table and frame in the spread condition shown in FIG. 3, at first
fold the folding connect rods 373 and 374 to let the upper placing
board 1 to rest on the back frame rods 34. Then let the rear feet
33 stand on the ground, and fold up the table board 2 with its
front side move upward, with the front feet 32 pulled rearward.
Then the table board 2 may stand up, with relative movement of the
connect rods 35 and 39. Thus the front feet 32 and the back frame
rods 34 will come side by side, with the lower placing board 4
moving to the position between the two rear feet 33. It is quite
evident that the computer table and frame can be collapsed easily
and quickly, so is it in spreading it from the collapsed condition.
Therefore, when a maker completes assembly of the collapsible
computer table and frame, its size becomes to the minimum as
possible, and consumers needs no assembly work, able to use at once
by spreading.
[0025] Next, FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second embodiment of a
collapsible computer table and frame, having the same structure as
the first embodiment except the table board 2', which has an almost
rectangular opening formed in a rear portion, and a connect rod 30
added between the two upper frame rods 31, a rear board 6 just
fitting in the rear opening and pivotally combined on the connect
rod 30 by means of U-shaped supporters 301, and an inverted
U-shaped arm 61 extending from a rear end of the rear board 6
rearward and upward to support a computer terminal placed on the
rear board 6.
[0026] While the preferred embodiments of a collapsible computer
table and frame have been described above, it will be recognized
and understood that various modifications may be made therein and
the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications
that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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