SLAT TABLETOP WITH END CAPS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100043679A1
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12197606

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A tabletop formed from slats for use in rigid, light-weight tables, such as portable banquet tables. The tabletop includes a center section formed from a plurality of open-channel, rectangular tubular slats that are laterally coupled together. Each slat has a top wall that aligns with top walls to form the upper working surface of the tabletop. Each slat also has downwardly-projecting sidewalls and a bottom wall with a longitudinal slot running the length of the slat to form the rectangular, downwardly-orientated channel. The adjacent contacting sidewalls of adjacent slats coupled together to form substantially vertical support beams. The tabletop further includes a pair of elongate end caps disposed on opposite ends and spanning the plurality of slats of the center section, with each end cap having a plurality of finger pairs extending into the plurality of slats with a center slot the receives a support beam therein.

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MITY-LITE INC1301 WEST 400 NORTH OREM UT 84057

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  • 2008 Application Filing Year
  • A47B Class
  • 848 Applications Filed
  • 389 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 45.88 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Laws, David J Provo, US 22 332
Ross, Brandon Cedar Hills, US 9 33
Smith, Richard D Spanish Fork, US 192 5100

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