US 12,109,927 B2
Portable and modular vehicle table assembly
Oscar Martinez, Gustavo A. Madero (MX); Juan Carlos Aquino Bustamante, Gustavo A. Madero (MX); Misael Gonzalez, Mexico City (MX); Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz, Huixquilucan (MX); and Jorge Flores Corona, Naucalpan (MX)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,267.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083320 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 3/00 (2006.01); A47B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/001 (2013.01) [A47B 1/04 (2013.01); B60N 3/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A table assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a first mounting bracket attachable on a first fixed vehicle component;
a table body, including five rigid segments joined together by a corresponding plurality of flexible joints, a first one of the flexible joints extending in a first direction and at least another of the flexible joints extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein:
a first set of three rigid segments are disposed on a first side of the first flexible joint and a second set of two rigid segments are disposed on a second side of the first flexible joint;
the table body is configured to be removably coupled with the first mounting bracket such that the first mounting bracket supports the table body in a generally horizontal position with the table body in a first folded configuration along the first flexible joint and with the at least another of the flexible joints positioned to extend along one of the plurality of rigid segments; and
when in the first folded configuration, the first set of three rigid segments overlies the second set of two rigid segments with a central one of the first set of three rigid segments in contact with both of the second set of two rigid segments.