US 12,144,419 B1
Flip-top table for protection from projectiles
Richard James Trubacek, O'Fallon, MO (US); Alexander Roland Unger, House Springs, MO (US); and Kyle Leonard Kostos, St. Peters, MO (US)
Assigned to First Line Furniture, LLC, House Springs, MO (US)
Filed by First Line Furniture, LLC, House Springs, MO (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,230.
Application 17/578,230 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/118,982, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,229,284.
Application 17/118,982 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/412,697, filed on May 15, 2019, granted, now 10,866,068, issued on Dec. 15, 2020.
Application 16/412,697 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/201,099, filed on Nov. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,295,311, issued on May 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,317, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/675,091, filed on May 22, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47B 37/00 (2006.01); A47B 13/08 (2006.01); F41H 5/18 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 37/00 (2013.01) [A47B 13/081 (2013.01); F41H 5/18 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0029 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0036 (2013.01); A47B 2200/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A projectile resistant table, comprising:
a frame comprising a plurality of legs, wherein the frame has a front side and a rear side, and wherein each of the legs extends from a proximal end to a distal end;
a pivot assembly connected to the frame, wherein the pivot assembly rotates about a pivot axis;
a tabletop comprising a tabletop body, wherein the tabletop body comprises a topside, an underside, a front edge, and a rear edge, wherein the pivot assembly is connected to the tabletop body through the underside of the tabletop, wherein the tabletop rotates with the pivot assembly about the pivot axis between a working position and a shielding position, and wherein the tabletop in the working position is closer to a horizontal plane than the tabletop in the shielding position;
a modesty panel comprising a panel body, wherein the panel body comprises a front surface, a rear surface, a first side, and a second side, wherein the panel body further comprises a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the modesty panel is connected to at least one of the tabletop and the frame, wherein the panel body laterally extends between the first side and the second side, and wherein a portion of the front edge of the tabletop body overlaps the top edge of the modesty panel body forward of the front surface in the shielding position; and
a set of casters mounted proximate to the distal end of the legs, wherein each of the casters in the set of casters has a wheel axis, and wherein the bottom edge of the modesty panel is situated below the wheel axis for each of the casters when the tabletop is in the shielding position.