IP Library Granted Patent US 12,256,831
Granted Patent B2
US 12,256,831 · App. 17/441,953 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Table sliding system

Inventors: Benny Andersson (Älmhult, SE); Markus Lindgren (Älmhult, SE)
Assignee: Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
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Patent No.
US 12,256,831
App. No.
17/441,953
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table sliding system comprising: a table surface ( 110 ) and a frame ( 120 ), wherein the table surface ( 110 ) and the frame ( 120 ) together form a sliding system ( 100 ) comprising a sliding surface ( 140 ) and at least one sliding member ( 150 ); wherein said at least one sliding member ( 150 ) is arranged to be movable along said sliding surface ( 140 ), to provide a relative movement between said table surface ( 110 ) and said frame ( 120 ).

Claims (29)

1. A table sliding system comprising:

a table surface and a frame together forming a sliding system comprising a sliding surface and at least one non-rotating sliding member;

wherein said at least one sliding member is arranged to be movable along said sliding surface, to provide a relative movement between said table surface and said frame; and

wherein said sliding surface is recessed from an underside of said table surface, and said at least one sliding member projects from said frame to engage said sliding surface.

2. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said table surface forming an entire table surface of an extendable table in a first, shorter, setting of said extendable table.

3. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said frame is arranged to be stationary during said relative movement.

4. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one sliding member is arranged to be stationary during said relative movement.

5. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one sliding member extends horizontally, and vertically towards said sliding surface.

6. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said sliding surface comprises at least one opening arranged to receive said at least one sliding member.

7. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding surface and the at least one sliding member are configured to only allow said relative movement along a single axis (A).

8. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding surface and the at least one sliding member are configured such that the relative movement moves said sliding system between a retracted position and an extended position.

9. The table sliding system according to claim 8 , wherein the sliding surface and the at least one sliding member are configured to only allow said relative movement from said retracted position to said extended position along a single axis direction.

10. The table sliding system according to claim 9 , comprising a plurality of sliding members, and wherein said sliding members are arranged asymmetrically in relation to a mid-point of the table sliding system, along said single axis direction.

11. The table sliding system according to claim 8 , wherein said table surface and/or said frame further comprises interlocking means to keep said system in one of said positions.

12. The table sliding system according to claim 8 , wherein said secondary table surface is arranged to only be accessible from said storage when said system is in said extended position.

13. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said frame further comprises a secondary sliding surface, preferably the secondary sliding surface is configured to be arranged in contact with a portion associated with the sliding surface.

14. The table sliding system according to claim 13 , wherein said secondary table surface is arranged to rest on said secondary sliding surface.

15. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , further comprising a secondary table surface configured to be arranged in parallel to said table surface.

16. The table sliding system according to claim 15 , wherein said table surface and said secondary table surface comprise aligning means to align said table surfaces with each other.

17. The table sliding system according to claim 15 , wherein said secondary table surface is arranged to be stored in a storage within said frame.

18. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said frame is non-extendable.

19. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said sliding surface is coated with a lacquer comprising a resin, wherein said lacquer in tum is at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating to provide a slide layer with a lowered friction.

20. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said sliding member is made of plastic.

21. The table sliding system according to claim 1 , wherein said sliding surface is formed on at least one surface of a C-shaped groove in either said table surface or said frame.

22. An extendable table comprising at least one sliding system according to claim 1 .

23. A table sliding system comprising:

a table surface and a frame together forming a sliding system comprising a sliding surface and at least one non-rotating sliding member;

wherein said at least one sliding member is arranged to be movable along said sliding surface, to provide a relative movement between said table surface and said frame; and

wherein said sliding surface has a planar surface, and said planar surface is located on a top of said frame and faces said table surface, and said at least one sliding member projects from an underside of said table surface to engage said planar surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: IKEA SUPPLY AG
To: INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V.
Reel/Frame 069106/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2021
From: ANDERSSON, BENNY; LINDGREN, MARKUS
To: IKEA SUPPLY AG
Reel/Frame 057565/0664 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1950449-7 · Apr 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220183459A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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