US 12,064,031 B2
Table with minimized thickness when folded
Kwan Jun Choi, Xiamen (CN)
Assigned to Inno-Sports Co., Ltd., Xiamen (CN)
Filed by Inno-Sports Co., Ltd., Xiamen (CN)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,375.
Claims priority of application No. 202120807218.3 (CN), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330691 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 3/00 (2006.01); A47B 3/083 (2006.01); A47B 3/091 (2006.01); A47B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 3/0915 (2013.01) [A47B 3/083 (2013.01); A47B 13/003 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable table comprising:
a first panel and a second panel, each respective panel in the first and second panels comprising:
an upper panel surface;
a lower panel surface spaced apart from the upper panel surface at a first distance; and
a plurality of protrusions, a plurality of depressions, and a plurality of ribs monolithically formed with the respective panel across at least a portion of the respective panel, each of the plurality of protrusions protruding downward from the lower panel surface and comprising a lower protrusion surface below the lower panel surface and spaced apart from the upper panel surface at a third distance, wherein the third distance is equal to or less than 1.5 times the first distance, wherein each of the plurality of depressions recesses from the lower panel surface toward the upper panel surface, and wherein each respective protrusion in at least a subset of the plurality of protrusions is adjacent to at least two corresponding protrusions in the plurality of protrusions, adjacent to at least two corresponding depressions in the plurality of depressions, and connected to the adjacent corresponding protrusions by at least two ribs in the plurality of ribs;
a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly pivotally coupled with each other at proximal sides of the first and second mounting assemblies, wherein the first mounting assembly is disposed below the lower panel surface of the first panel and coupled with the first panel, and the second mounting assembly is disposed below the lower panel surface of the second panel and coupled with the second panel; and
a first leg assembly and a second leg assembly, wherein the first leg assembly is pivotally coupled with the first mounting assembly at a distal side of the first mounting assembly, and the second leg assembly is pivotally coupled with the second mounting assembly at a distal side of the second mounting assembly.