Portable entertainment center

Abstract

A foldable apparatus for providing a surface and storage for a person of any age to use for play or engage in activities while mobility is being restricted having rotatable joints with locking device and located at corresponding members for optimum space saving. In some embodiments of this invention, the height of the apparatus can be adjusted by operating the devices in the vertical members of said apparatus.

1 . An apparatus for supporting portable entertainment devices including reading materials, toys, painting materials, writing materials, materials for arts and crafts, such as macrame, knitting, and sewing, as well as electronic games, and other similarly created entertainment devices comprising: 
 at least two side legs which are positioned at a certain distance on right and left sides;    horizontal members of the side legs with foldable means for said members to rotate on a rounded joint adapted to a cap located at one end of said member and further connecting the members;    said joints are adapted with a locking means of spring loaded rounded member to hold in position and disengage;    a connecting bar extending between the two side legs;    said connecting bar has two opposing ends;    each end is pivotally connected to a rotatable joint connecting to the vertical members of the side legs;    said joints are adapted permitting the side legs to rotate by means of a sliding cap adapted to a rounded member;    said joints are further adapted with a locking means of a spring loaded to a rounded member to hold in position and to disengage;    a sturdy fabric material extending from the horizontal structural members of the apparatus with adjusting means to adjust the tension of the fabric surface by strings, straps, Velcro and any combination thereof; and    said fabric is further adapted with attaching means connecting structural members of the side legs and the connecting to create a surface supporting entertainment devices and further storing said devices.    
   
   
       2 . An apparatus for supporting entertainment devices as claimed in  claim 1  including adjusting means extending between and connected to each of vertical members of said side legs to adjust the height of the apparatus by having at least half of the members to have an inner wall and outer wall adapted to slide vertically within the inner wall and position by a locking device with spring and rounded member.  
   
   
       3 . An apparatus for supporting entertainment devices as claimed in  claim 1  comprising: 
 an oblique bar pivotally connected to and extending from each of said members of the side legs;    whereby the elevation of said side legs can be adjusted by pivoting said oblique bars relative to said members; and    adjusting means extending between and connected to each of said horizontal members and said vertical members to maintain said oblique bars in a desired angular orientation relative to said support members.    
   
   
       4 . An apparatus for supporting entertainment devices, said apparatus comprising: 
 means defining a base;    a pair of spaced, upwardly extending support members connected to said base means;    a horizontal bar pivotally connected to and extending from each of said support members;    a reinforcing bar connected to and extending between said support members;    an upstanding support member extending upwardly from said reinforcing bar;    a connecting member extending between said oblique bars and substantially parallel to said base means, said connecting member adapted to support entertainment materials above said base means enabling a supporting surface to be created by extending material of flat surface between said connecting member and the horizontal bar, whereby the elevation of said connecting member above said base means can be adjusted by pivoting said oblique bars relative to said support members; and    adjusting means extending between and connected to each of said connecting members and said upstanding support member to maintain said oblique bars in a desired angular orientation relative to said support members.    
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein said apparatus includes means for securely positioning said oblique bars at an acute angle relative to said base means.  
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said apparatus includes adjusting means for adjusting the angle of the oblique bars.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein said adjusting means includes a strap extending between said connecting member and said reinforcing bar.  
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein said base means includes at least two side legs and said side legs are pivotable within the plane of said base means.  
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 4  including a suspending member extending between and secured to said oblique bars, said suspending member positioned between and substantially parallel to said connecting member and said reinforcing bar.  
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said side legs are inverted, U-shaped members.  
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein said connecting member is slidably carried relative to said oblique bars and includes securing means to secure said connecting member in a desired position relative to said oblique bars.  
   
   
       12 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein said securing means includes a T-shaped connector carried at each end of said connecting member and slidable along said oblique bars, and setscrew means carried on said T-shaped connectors to engage with said oblique bars and hold said connecting member thereto.  
   
   
       13 . The apparatus of  claim 9  wherein said U-shaped member includes a transversely extending, integral base and said reinforcing bar is provided as a pair of inwardly directed portions, said base of said U-shaped member having ends that receive inwardly facing ends of said reinforcing bar portions, and setscrew means for securely connecting said reinforcing bar portions and the base of said U-shaped member.