Table with fold-away legs

Abstract

In the case of a table with fold-away legs, the tubular legs ( 4 ) are connected in an articulated manner to articulation sockets ( 3 ) which are fastened on the underside of the table top ( 1 ). The articulated connection here is produced via a T-bolt ( 8 ) which has its crosspiece ( 23 ) mounted in a pivotable manner in the articulation socket ( 3 ), under the force of a spring ( 10 ), and which has its lower shank ( 26 ) screwed to a threaded ring ( 13 ) which has an external thread ( 21 ) of relatively large pitch, on which the tubular leg ( 4 ) can be moved by rotation in the longitudinal direction by means of a leg insert ( 14 ) fastened therein.

1 . Table with fold-away legs, the table being provided with tubular legs ( 4 ) which are connected in an articulated manner to articulation sockets ( 3 ) fastened on the underside of the table top ( 1 ), characterized in that provided for the articulated connection between the tubular leg ( 4 ) and the articulation socket ( 3 ) is a T-bolt ( 8 ) which has its crosspiece ( 23 ) retained in a bearing of the articulation socket ( 3 ) by means of a braking insert ( 9 ), subjected to the pressure of a spring ( 10 ), and which has its lower shank ( 26 ) screwed, via a thread ( 25 ), to a threaded ring ( 13 ), on the external thread ( 21 ) of which the tubular leg ( 4 ) can be moved by rotation in the longitudinal direction by means of a leg insert ( 14 ) fastened therein.  
     
     
         2 . Table according to  claim 1 , characterized in that, in the pivoting region of the T-bolt ( 8 ), the articulation socket ( 3 ) has a recess ( 11 ) into which the T-bolt ( 8 ) enters when the tubular leg ( 4 ) is folded away, and by way of which the crosspiece ( 23 ) of the T-bolt ( 8 ) can be inserted into the bearing in the articulation socket ( 3 ).  
     
     
         3 . Table according to  claim 1 , characterized in that a spring ( 15 ) is provided between the threaded ring ( 13 ) and the leg insert ( 14 ), and the bottom end of the tubular leg ( 4 ) has an arresting body ( 5 ) which, in the folded-away state of the tubular leg ( 4 ), engages, by way of a nose, in the recess of an arresting saddle ( 7 ), the leg spring ( 15 ) forcing the nose of the arresting body ( 5 ) into the recess of the arresting saddle ( 7 ).  
     
     
         4 . Table according to  claim 3 , characterized in that a sliding screw ( 6 ) is provided in the arresting body ( 5 ).  
     
     
         5 . Table according to  claim 1 , characterized in that inserted at the articulation end of the articulation socket ( 3 ) is a ring which acts as a stacking guard ( 12 ) and is accommodated in a recess of the leg insert ( 14 ) when the tubular leg ( 4 ) is screw-connected.  
     
     
         6 . Table according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the threaded ring ( 13 ) is screwed onto the thread ( 25 ) of the upper T-bolt ( 8 ) by way of an internal thread ( 22 ) of relatively small pitch, and the external thread ( 21 ) of the threaded ring ( 13 ), via which the leg insert ( 14 ) can be moved, has a relatively large pitch.  
     
     
         7 . Table according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the internal thread ( 22 ) is an M10 thread and the external thread ( 21 ) is an M24 thread.  
     
     
         8 . Table according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the braking insert ( 9 ) consists of plastic, preferably PA6, and the leg insert ( 14 ) is an aluminium diecasting.