Folding chair and side table thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9538840-B2
Application number	US-201414553339-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	Jun 17, 2014
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A side table for a folding chair is provided according to the present application, which includes a vertical tube configured to be fixed to a chair frame of the folding chair; a bent tube having a first bent portion and a second bent portion which are fixedly connected, and the first bent portion being inserted in the vertical tube; a side table board rotatably arranged on the second bent portion; a first locking mechanism configured to fix the first bent portion in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the vertical tube; and a second locking mechanism configured to fix the side table board to the second bent portion. The side table according to the present application may support objects, facilitate placing objects, such as a cup, for the user, thus is convenient for the user. A folding chair having the side table is easy to use.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A side table of a folding chair, comprising:
a vertical tube configured to be fixed to a chair frame of the folding chair;
a bent tube having a first bent portion and a second bent portion which are fixedly connected, and the first bent portion being inserted in the vertical tube;
a side table board rotatably arranged on the second bent portion;
a first locking mechanism configured to fix the first bent portion in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the vertical tube; and
a second locking mechanism configured to fix the side table board to the second bent portion,
wherein the second locking mechanism comprises:
a toothed wheel coaxially arranged with the second bent portion;
a fixing block fixedly arranged on the side table board and having a first receiving groove for receiving the toothed wheel, wherein, a side wall of the first receiving groove is provided with internal teeth configured to cooperate with the toothed wheel;
a locking member fixedly arranged at an end of the second bent portion, wherein an end surface of the locking member is provided with a second receiving groove, and a side wall of the second receiving groove is provided with internal teeth configured to cooperate with the toothed wheel;
a spring provided between the toothed wheel and a bottom surface of the second receiving groove and being abutted between the toothed wheel and the bottom surface of the second receiving groove; and
a push button arranged at a side, away from the locking member, of the fixing block, and configured to push the toothed wheel to allow the toothed wheel to cooperate with the internal teeth of the first receiving groove and the internal teeth of the second receiving groove.

2. The side table according to claim 1 , wherein the first locking mechanism comprises:
a cam lever articulated to the vertical tube via a rotation shaft;
a through hole arranged in the vertical tube at a position corresponding to a protruding portion of the cam lever; and
a locking block arranged in the through hole and located between a cam of the cam lever and an outer wall of the first bent portion.

3. A folding chair, comprising a chair frame, wherein the folding chair further comprises a side table, which comprises:
a vertical tube configured to be fixed to the chair frame of the folding chair;
a bent tube having a first bent portion and a second bent portion which are fixedly connected, and the first bent portion being inserted in the vertical tube;
a side table board rotatably arranged on the second bent portion;
a first locking mechanism configured to fix the first bent portion in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the vertical tube; and
a second locking mechanism configured to fix the side table board to the second bent portion,
wherein the second locking mechanism comprises:
a toothed wheel coaxially arranged with the second bent portion;
a fixing block fixedly arranged on the side table board and having a first receiving groove for receiving the toothed wheel, wherein, a side wall of the first receiving groove is provided with internal teeth configured to cooperate with the toothed wheel;
a locking member fixedly arranged at an end of the second bent portion, wherein an end surface of the locking member is provided with a second receiving groove, and a side wall of the second receiving groove is provided with internal teeth configured to cooperate with the toothed wheel;
a spring provided between the toothed wheel and a bottom surface of the second receiving groove and being abutted between the toothed wheel and the bottom surface of the second receiving groove; and
a push button arranged at a side, away from the locking member, of the fixing block, and configured to push the toothed wheel to allow the toothed wheel to cooperate with the internal teeth of the first receiving groove and the internal teeth of the second receiving groove.

Assignees

• Zhejiang Hengfeng Top Leisure Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Baoqing

Classifications

• A47C4/283 Primary

  foldable side to side only · CPC title

• A47C4/00

  Foldable, collapsible or dismountable chairs (of tubular metal type A47C5/10) · CPC title

• A47B83/02

  Tables combined with seats {(folding or stowable tables with separable parts combined with seats A47B3/063; foldable table and seat units A47B3/14)} · CPC title

• A47B3/14 Primary

  Foldable table and seat units · CPC title

• A47B23/02

  releasably mounted on the bedstead {or another item of furniture} · CPC title