Table leg assembly
Abstract
A table assembly includes a top and four table leg assemblies are connected to an underside of the top. Each table leg assembly includes a U-shaped frame and a bush with a tapered inside and a tapered outside extends through a hole in the bottom of each bush. A securing sleeve is engaged with the tapered inside of each bush and a leg is securely inserted in the securing sleeve corresponding thereto. The legs assembly is easily assembled and dis-assembled. The bushes each have a cushion lip inclinedly extending from a top thereof and being in contact with the top so as to provide a cushion function for the load on the top.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A table assembly comprising:
a top and four table leg assemblies connected to an underside of the top, each table leg assembly including a U-shaped frame, a bush, a securing sleeve and a leg, the frame having a hole defined through a bottom thereof; the bush having a tapered inside and a tapered outside, the bush extending through the hole in the corresponding frame and a cushion lip extending inclinedly from a periphery of a top of the bush, the cushion lip being in contact with the underside of the top, a flange extending from a periphery of a bottom of the bush and fixed to an underside of the frame, and the securing sleeve force-fitted with the tapered inside of the bush and the leg securely engaged with an inside of the securing sleeve.
2 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the bushes includes a plurality of reinforcement ribs extending radially from the tapered outside thereof.
3 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the securing sleeves includes a plurality of engaging portions extending from an inside thereof and each of the legs includes a plurality of grooves defined in an outside thereof, the engaging portions are engaged with the grooves.
4 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the top includes a skirt portion extending from each of tow ends thereof and each skirt portion includes a horizontal portion, the frames each have a first side rested on the horizontal portions.
5 . The assembly as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each frame has a contact portion extending from a top edge of a second side thereof and the contact portion is in contact with the underside of the top.
6 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inside of each of the securing sleeves has even diameter.
7 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bushes are made by metal.
8 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the securing sleeves are made by plastic.
9 . The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a positioning bolt extends through the frame and contacts the outside of the bush.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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