US2005150433A1PendingUtilityA1

Foldable table for notebook computer

Priority: Jan 12, 2004Filed: Jan 12, 2004Published: Jul 14, 2005
Est. expiryJan 12, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Yung-Sheng Lo
A47B 9/20A47B 3/0818A47B 9/14A47B 37/00
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Abstract

A foldable table for a notebook includes a main board, two foldable stands each pivotally mounted on the main board, and a locking unit mounted on the main board for locking the two foldable stands when the two foldable stands are folded on the main board. Thus, the foldable table when being extended outward can be used for supporting the notebook computer, and the foldable table when being folded can be used for carrying the notebook computer, thereby facilitating the user carrying and operating the notebook computer.

Claims

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1 . A foldable table for a notebook computer, comprising: 
 a main board;    two foldable stands each pivotally mounted on the main board; and    a locking unit mounted on the main board for locking the two foldable stands when the two foldable stands are folded on the main board.    
   
   
       2 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the main board has a first face formed with a rectangular receiving recess for receiving a notebook computer and a second face formed with a receiving space.  
   
   
       3 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein each of the two foldable stands is pivoted on the main board to be received in the receiving space of the main board.  
   
   
       4 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein each of the two foldable stands includes two opposite outer tubes each pivotally mounted on the second face of the main board, two opposite inner tubes each retractably mounted on a respective one of the two outer tubes, and a substantially U-shaped support frame mounted between the two outer tubes.  
   
   
       5 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein the locking unit is rotatably mounted on the main board and includes a substantially T-shaped support pin secured on the second face of the main board, a substantially T-shaped rotation member rotatably mounted on the second face of the main board and having an end formed with two outward extending press bars each urged on the support frame of a respective one of the two foldable stands, and an elastic member mounted on the support pin and urged between the support pin and the rotation member.  
   
   
       6 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein the support frame has a mediate portion formed with a locking groove, and each of the two press bars of the rotation member is detachably locked in the locking groove of the support frame of a respective one of the two foldable stands.  
   
   
       7 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein the rotation member has an inside formed with a recess for receiving the support pin and the elastic member.  
   
   
       8 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein the elastic member has a first end urged on an enlarged end of the support pin and a second end urged on a wall of the recess of the rotation member.  
   
   
       9 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein the locking unit is rotated on the main board to move to a first position where the two press bars of the rotation member are parallel with the support frame of each of the two foldable stands, so that each of the two foldable stands is pivoted on the main board to be received in the receiving space of the main board.  
   
   
       10 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein the locking unit is rotated on the main board to move to a second position where the two press bars of the rotation member are vertical to the support frame of each of the two foldable stands, and each of the two press bars of the rotation member is locked in the locking groove of the support frame of a respective one of the two foldable stands, so that each of the two foldable stands is folded in the receiving space of the main board and fixed by the locking unit.  
   
   
       11 . The foldable table in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the main board has a periphery formed with four opposite through holes.

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