US 11,896,119 B2
Two-stage lock assembly
S. Curtis Nye, Clinton, UT (US)
Assigned to Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed by LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/923,924.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,240, filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007474 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A47B 3/08 (2006.01); A47B 3/087 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 3/0812 (2013.01) [A47B 3/087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A table comprising:
a tabletop;
a frame attached to a lower surface of the tabletop; and
a leg assembly comprising:
a support element including an end structure attached to an elongated structure, the end structure rotatably coupled to the frame such that the support element is rotatable relative to the frame between a first position and a second position;
a translation mechanism retained relative to the support element and the frame, the translation mechanism being configured to translate along a portion of the support element as the support element rotates between the first position and the second position;
a receiver disposed in the support element; and
a two-stage lock assembly including a multi-element lock tab, the multi-element lock tab comprising:
a body;
a first element disposed at an end of the body; and
a second element disposed at the end of the body, the first element forming a first portion of the end of the body and the second element forming a second portion of the end of the body, the first portion of the end of the body and the second portion of the end of the body forming different portions of the end of the body;
wherein the two-stage lock assembly being configurable in a disengaged configuration in which the translation mechanism is not fixed relative to the support element, a first engaged configuration when the support element is rotated away from the tabletop a first amount in a first extended configuration and the first element of the two-stage lock assembly is disposed in the receiver and the second element is not disposed in the receiver, and a second engaged configuration when the support element is rotated away from the tabletop a second amount in a second extended configuration and the first element and the second element of the two-stage lock assembly are is disposed in the receiver.