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 Title: |
US5832943:
Picnic table cover
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Johnson, Edward Wayne; New Carrollton, MD 20784
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-11-10
/ 1997-09-09
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| Application Number: |
US1997000925173
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
E04H 15/36;
Core:
E04H 15/34;
IPC-7:
E04H 15/36;
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| ECLA Code: |
E04H15/36;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
135/124;
135/125;
D21/837;
Original:
135/124;
135/125;
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| Field of Search: |
135/124,125,128,138,151,157,161,119
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-09-09 |
US1997000925173 |
| 1996-10-03 |
US1996000026870P |
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| Abstract: |
A semicylindrical cover for a table, especially an outdoor picnic table, that may be placed over food and drink that is left on the table, for protecting the food and liquid refreshment while a family or other group temporarily leaves the table unattended. The cover will protect the food and drink from the heat of the sun, wind, rain, falling leaves, bird droppings, insects or other pests. The invention includes a rectangular main portion that is made of a flexible waterproof material. The main portion is supported over the table by rigid, semicircular ribs which maintain the main portion in a curved shape. Semicircular end portions are attached to the opposite ends of the main portion for protection at the ends of the picnic table. After positioning, the ends of clamps are passed through pairs of holes provided in the cover to clamp each side portion of the cover between a clamping member and a side of the picnic table.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Litman, Richard C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Mai, Lanna;
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None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A device for covering a table surface, comprising:
- a cover constructed of a flexible sheet material dimensioned and configured for deployment over a table, the cover including a rectangular main portion having two opposing ends, two opposing sides, and a plurality of pairs of upper and lower clamping holes adjacent each of the two opposing sides, the cover further including two semicircular end portions each having a semicircular edge, each end portion attached to one of the opposing ends of the main portion along the semicircular edge;
- a plurality of rigid, semicircular ribs having opposing rib ends and sized for placement of the opposing rib ends upon the table surface for supporting the cover over the table surface, whereby the unfolded, supported cover has a semicylindrical form as defined by the shape of the plurality of rigid, semicircular ribs;
- two clamping members, each clamping member for securing one of the opposing sides of the main portion of the cover against one of the two opposing sides of the table surface; and
- a plurality of clamps sized for clamping each of the opposing sides of the main portion of the cover between one of the clamping members and one of the opposing sides of the table surface, each clamp having a lower end sized for passage through the lower clamping hole of one of the clamping hole pairs in the main portion of the cover, the clamp having an upper end sized for passage through the upper clamping hole of the clamping hole pair, the upper and lower ends of the clamps biased towards each other for frictional clamping to the upper and lower sides of the table surface.
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