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FOLDABLE HANGING TABLE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a hanging table and
particularly to a foldable hanging table.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many people have paid much attention to leisure life
quality and household activities nowadays. Many community
gardens, backyards, public parks or house balconies often
serve as people's meeting and chatting venues. To provide
resting or meet visual art requirement, many of those locations
have fixed table tops attached to handrails to hold potted
landscapes, leisure parasols, lamp sets, teat sets or the like.
In order to provide a table top for hanging on handrail,
U.S. patent No. 5,653,178 discloses a railing supported
folding table which includes a first frame, a second frame and
a table top. The table top is hinged on the first and second
frames through at least one pivotal member, and then is
mounted onto a handrail through a first adjustment hook and a
second adjustment hook. The first and second adjustment
hooks are installed respectively on through holes formed on
the first and second frames, and then are fastened firmly via
fasteners to securely hang the table top on the handrail.
Because the table top is hinged on the first and second frames
merely through the pivotal member, the pivotal member tends
to loosen off after repeatedly flipping or folding of the table
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top for a prolonged period of time to result in incline of the
table top. Moreover, with only the pivotal member serving as
a support spot, when the table top is loaded with heavy goods,
the support could become insufficient to result in collapse of
5 the table top and drop of the goods.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a
hanging table that has increased table panel support and can
be folded easily.
10 To achieve the foregoing object, the present invention
provides a foldable hanging table hung on a construction
structural body. The construction structural body has a leaning
top surface formed at a selected width. The foldable hanging
table includes a table panel, a suspension assembly and a
15 folding assembly. The table panel has a loading surface, a
connection surface opposite to the loading surface and a hinge
portion. The suspension assembly includes a support rack
hinged by the hinge portion of the table panel and at least one
suspension arm connecting to the support rack and straddling
20 the construction structural body to lean on the leaning top
surface. The suspension arm is formed at a length at least
greater than the width of the leaning top surface. The folding
assembly includes a swivel frame hinged on the connection
surface of the table panel and a driven member hinged
25 respectively on the support rack and swivel frame. The driven
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member includes at least one holding portion to confine the
swivel frame from swiveling against the table panel and at
least one driving portion connected to the holding portion and
operable to make the holding portion separate from the swivel
frame so that the swivel frame can swivel.
In one embodiment the suspension assembly includes an
anchor portion coupled by the suspension arm, an adjustment
member with an aperture formed thereon and a fastener
running through the aperture to tightly press against the
construction structural body.
In another embodiment the suspension arm has a plurality
of anchor holes equally spaced from each other. One of the
anchor holes is selected according to the width of the leaning
top surface to couple on the anchor portion.
In yet another embodiment the driven member includes a
grip handle which allows a user to grip and exert a force
towards the suspension assembly.
In yet another embodiment the swivel frame includes at
least one detent plate butting the driven member to confine the
swivel frame from swiveling against the driven member.
In yet another embodiment the driven member has a
housing space and an elastic element held in the housing pace
to provide a compression displacement to drive the holding
portion of the driving portion to separate from the swivel
frame.
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In yet another embodiment the invention further includes a
horizontal adjustment assembly which has an adjustment rack
hinged on the support rack and having a butting portion
leaning on the construction structural body, and a guide
member having a guide track and one end hinged on the
adjustment rack. The support rack has a guide boss running
through the guide track and movable along the guide track to
drive the adjustment rack to generate skewness.
In yet another embodiment the guide track includes at
least one anchor notch to allow the guide boss to enter the
guide track and skew from the axial direction of the guide
track and anchor therein.
In yet another embodiment the guide member has an
arched inclined portion.
In yet another embodiment the invention further includes a
horizontal adjustment assembly which has an adjustment rack
hinged on the support rack and having a butting portion
leaning on the construction structural body, at least one
horizontal retainer located on the support rack and a fine-tune
member running through the horizontal retainer and butting
the adjustment rack to drive the adjustment rack to generate
skewness.
In yet another embodiment the adjustment rack is formed
at a width greater than that of the support rack.
In yet another embodiment the horizontal retainer has a
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fine-tune aperture run through by the fine-tune member.
In short, the foldable hanging table of the invention
mainly is hung on a leaning top surface of a construction
structural body that is formed at a selected width, and includes
a table panel, a suspension assembly and a folding assembly.
The suspension assembly includes a support rack hinged by
the table panel and at least one suspension arm connecting to
the support rack and straddling the construction structural
body to lean on the leaning top surface. The suspension arm is
formed at a length at least greater than the width of the
leaning top surface. The folding assembly includes a swivel
frame hinged on the table panel and a driven member hinged
respectively on the support rack and swivel frame. The driven
member includes at least one holding portion to confine the
swivel frame from swiveling against the table panel and at
least one driving portion connected to the holding portion and
operable to make the holding portion separate from the swivel
frame so that the swivel frame can swivel as desired.
The foldable hanging table of the invention thus formed
provides many advantages, notably:
1. The suspension arm can be adjusted according to the width
of the construction structural width.
2. Support of the table panel is increased.
3. Improves usability and convenience of the folding table
panel.
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4. The horizontal condition of the table panel is adjustable.
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 a schematic view of a first embodiment of the
foldable hanging table in an assembly condition.
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the suspension assembly of the
invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the folding assembly of the
invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the first embodiment of the
invention in a folding condition.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the
foldable hanging table in an assembly condition.
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the horizontal adjustment
assembly of the invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a third embodiment of the
foldable hanging table in an assembly condition.
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the horizontal adjustment
assembly in the third embodiment in another assembly
condition.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
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Please refer to FIGS. 1 through 4 for a first embodiment
of the foldable hanging table of the invention. The foldable
hanging table comprises a table panel 20, a suspension
assembly 30 and a folding assembly 40 that aims to be hung
on a construction structural body 10. The construction
structural body 10 has a leaning top surface 11 formed at a
selected width. The table panel 20 has a loading surface 21, a
connection surface 22 opposite to the loading surface 21 and a
hinge portion 23. The suspension assembly 30 includes a
support rack 31, at least one suspension arm 32, an adjustment
member 33 and a fastener 34. The support rack 31 is hinged
by the hinge portion 23 of the table panel 20. The suspension
arm 32 is connected to the support rack 31 and straddles the
construction structural body 10 to lean on the leaning top
surface 11. The suspension arm 32 is formed at a length at
least greater than the width of the leaning top surface 11 and
has a plurality of anchor holes 321 formed thereon and equally
spaced from each other. The adjustment member 33 has an
anchor portion 331 (such as an anchor strut) and an aperture
332. When the suspension arm 32 leans on the leaning top
surface 11, the anchor portion 331 of the adjustment member
33 can be anchored by one of the anchor holes 321 selected
according to the width of the leaning top surface 11. Then the
fastener 34 can run through the aperture 332 of the adjustment
member 33 to tightly press against the construction structural
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body 10, thereby the table panel 20 can be hung on the
construction structural body 10.
The folding assembly 40 includes a swivel frame 41 and a
driven member 42. The swivel frame 41 is hinged on the
connection surface 22 of the table panel 20 and has at least
one detent plate 411. The driven member 42 is hinged
respectively on the support rack 31 and swivel frame 41, and
includes at least one holding portion 421, at least one driving
portion 422 and a grip handle 423. The holding portion 421
aims to confines the swivel frame 41 from swiveling against
the table panel 20. The driving portion 422 is connected to the
holding portion 421. The grip handle 423 is connected to the
driving portion 422. The driven member 42 further has a
housing space 424 and an elastic element 425 (such as a
spring) held in the housing space 424 to provide a
compression displacement to allow a user to grip the grip
handle 423 and exert a force towards the suspension assembly
30, thereby the compression displacement provided by the
elastic element 425 can drive the driving portion 422 to make
the holding portion 421 separate from the swivel frame 41 so
that the swivel frame 41 can swivel as desired.
In this embodiment, the foldable hanging table mainly has
the hinge portion 23 of the table panel 20 hinged on the
support rack 31, and then the support rack 31 straddles the
construction structural body 10 via the suspension arm 32,
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thereby the table panel 20 is hung on the construction
structural body 10. The swivel frame 41 is hinged on the
connection surface 22 of the table panel 20. The holding
portion 421 (such as a hook) is fixed on the swivel frame 41 to
confine the swivel frame 41 from swiveling against the table
panel 20. Moreover, the detent plate 411 also confines the
swivel frame 41 from swiveling too much against the driven
member 42. As a result, the loading surface 21 of the table
panel 20 and the construction structural body 10 can be
formed in an unfolding condition at a vertical angle. The table
panel 20, aside from being hinged on the support rack 31, also
is hinged on the swivel frame 41. Hence the support rack 31
and swivel frame 41 can serve as support means to increase
the support and maintain the table panel 20 at a horizontal
condition without tilting. Furthermore, a user can grip the grip
handle 423 and exert a force towards the suspension assembly
30; through the compression displacement provided by the
elastic element 425, the driving portion 422 is driven to make
the holding portion 421 separate from the swivel frame 41,
thereby the swivel frame 41 can swivel towards the
connection surface 22 of the table panel 20 (i.e., the turning
direction A), and the driven member 42 also can swivel
towards the support rack 31 (i.e., the turning direction B) to
make the loading surface 21 of the table panel 20 form a
folding condition at a horizontal angle against the
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construction structural body 10. Through the driven member
42 driving the swivel frame 41 to swivel against the table
panel 20, the table panel 20 can swivel against the support
rack 31 to facilitate folding of the table panel 20, thereby
improve usability.
Please refer to FIGS. 5 and 6 for a second embodiment of
the invention. It is substantially constructed like the first
embodiment previously discussed. The main difference is a
horizontal adjustment assembly 50 which includes an
adjustment rack 51 and a guide member 52. The adjustment
rack 51 is hinged on the support rack 31 and has a butting
portion 511 leaning on the construction structural body 10.
The guide member 52 has one end hinged on the adjustment
rack 51 and a guide track 521 with at least one anchor notch
522 formed therein. The support rack 31 has a guide boss 311
running through the guide track 521 and movable along the
guide track 521 to drive the adjustment rack 51 leaning on the
construction structural body 10 to generate skewness; in
addition, the guide boss 311 enters the guide track 521 and
skew from the axial direction of the guide track 521 and
anchor on the anchor notch 522, thereby the loading surface
21 of the table panel 20 can be adjusted at the horizontal
condition, hence the tilting problem of the table panel 20
caused by different widths of the leaning top surface 11 and
construction structural body 10 when the support rack 31 is
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hung on the construction structural body 10 can be resolved.
In addition, the guide member 52 has an arched inclined
portion 523 to keep the table panel 20 at the horizontal
condition without tilting downward during adjustment.
Moreover, it is to be noted that, the guide member 52, guide
track 521 and anchor notch 522 are not limited to the
structures or shapes or quantity depicted in the embodiment.
The embodiment mentioned above serves merely for
illustrative purpose and is not the limitation of the invention.
Please to FIGS. 7 and 8 for a third embodiment of the
invention. It is substantially constructed like the first
embodiment previously discussed. The main difference is a
horizontal adjustment assembly 50 is added that includes an
adjustment rack 51, at least one horizontal retainer 53 and at
least one fine-tune member 54. The adjustment rack 51 is
hinged on the support rack 31 and formed at a width greater
than that of the support rack 31, and has a butting portion 511
leaning on the construction structural body 10. The horizontal
retainer 53 is located on the support rack 31 and has a
fine-tune aperture 531 run through by the fine-tune member
54 so that one end of the fine-tune member 54 can be turned
to make another end thereof butting against the adjustment
rack 51 to drive the adjustment rack 51 to generate skewness,
thereby adjust the loading surface 21 of the table panel 20 at
the horizontal condition, hence the tilting problem of the table
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panel 20 caused by different widths of the leaning top surface
11 and construction structural body 10 can be resolved.
Moreover, as the width of the adjustment rack 51 is greater
than that of the support rack 31, when the leaning top surface
11 and construction structural body 10 have the same width,
the tilting problem does not occur. By turning one end of the
fine-tune member 54, another end thereof can be loosened
from the adjustment rack 51, thereby the adjustment rack 51
can be moved close to the support rack 31 to retract the
support rack 31 in the adjustment rack 51; namely, the support
rack 31 and adjustment rack 51 can be maintained at the same
horizontal plane at a frame thickness (the thickness of the
support rack 31 or the thickness of the adjustment rack 51),
thereby the table panel 20 can be positioned at the horizontal
condition.
In short, the foldable hanging table of the invention
mainly is hung on a construction structural body with a
leaning top surface formed at a selected width. The foldable
hanging table comprises a table panel, a suspension assembly
and a folding assembly. The suspension assembly includes a
support rack hinged by the table panel and at least one
suspension arm connecting to the support rack and straddling
the construction structural body to lean on the leaning top
surface. The suspension arm is formed at a length at least
greater than the width of the leaning top surface. The folding
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assembly includes a swivel frame hinged on the table panel
and a driven member hinged respectively on the support rack
and swivel frame. The driven member includes at least one
holding portion to confine the swivel frame from swiveling
against the table panel and at least one driving portion
connected to the holding portion and operable to make the
holding portion separate from the swivel frame so that the
swivel frame can swivel as desired. Thus, the suspension arm
can be adjusted according to the width of the construction
structural body, and also increase support and improve
usability.
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