IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,370,934
Granted Patent B2
US 12,370,934 · App. 17/963,608 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Table device

Inventor: Mitsuyoshi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60N3/001B60N3/101B60R7/04
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,370,934
App. No.
17/963,608
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table device includes a first table expandable forward from a center console, and a second table expandable rearward from an instrument panel. The first table and the second table are configured such that end portions thereof are detachably cooperative with each other to form a continuous table surface extending in a front-rear direction.

Claims (29)

1. A table device comprising:

a first table expandable forward from a center console; and

a second table stored in an instrument panel and expandable rearward from the instrument panel, wherein

the first table and the second table are configured such that an end portion of the first table and an end portion of the second table are detachably cooperative with each other to form a continuous table surface extending in a front-rear direction.

2. The table device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second table includes a support table, and the support table has the end portion of the second table by which a lower surface of the end portion of the first table is supported.

3. A table device comprising:

a first table expandable forward from a center console; and

a second table expandable rearward from an instrument panel,

wherein

the first table and the second table are configured such that end portions thereof are detachably cooperative with each other to form a continuous table surface extending in a front-rear direction,

the first table comprises one table portion and another table portion different from the one table portion, the one table portion and the another table portion being stacked one on another in an upper-lower direction and stored in a storage area of the center console,

the one table portion is slidably supported in the storage area to slide in the front-rear direction, and

the another table portion is engaged to the one table portion so as to be expandable further forward from a front end portion of the one table portion.

4. The table device according to claim 3 , wherein

the storage area has an opening that opens upward, and

the one table portion is arranged above the storage area to face the opening and slidable in a frontward direction while a part of the one table portion is left in the storage area.

5. The table device according to claim 4 , further comprising an armrest attached to the center console to open and close the opening of the storage area.

6. The table device according to claim 3 , wherein

another storage area different from the storage area is formed below the first table and the second table by which the continuous table surface extending in the front-rear direction is formed, with a predetermined interval left from the first table and the second table for allowing access to the another storage area to load or unload articles.

7. The table device according to claim 6 , wherein

the another storage area has a load/unload opening for articles on a side thereof in a vehicle width direction.

8. A table device comprising:

a first table expandable forward from a center console; and

a second table expandable rearward from an instrument panel,

wherein

the first table and the second table are configured such that end portions thereof are detachably cooperative with each other to form a continuous table surface extending in a front-rear direction,

the second table includes a support table, and the support table has the end portion of the second table by which a lower surface of the end portion of the first table is supported, and

the second table includes an upper table to be stacked on the support table, a rear end portion of the upper table being positioned in a shifted position to be shifted frontward of a rear end portion of the support table when the second table is extended rearward from the instrument panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2022
From: NAKAMURA, MITSUYOSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061381/0019 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-174423 · Oct 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230125485A1 · Apr 27, 2023
References Cited (18)
US 5372403A · Puerto · 1994 [cited by examiner]
US 5562331A · Spykerman · 1996 [cited by examiner]
US 5820194A · Slayter · 1998 [cited by examiner]
US 6032587A · Salenbauch · 2000 [cited by examiner]
US 9878671B2 · Murray · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 10919426B1 · Campagnone · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20230192002A1 · Boinais · 2023 [cited by examiner]
US 20240083321A1 · Thomas · 2024 [cited by examiner]
CN 203611869U · 2014 [cited by applicant]
EP 4177111A1 · 2023 [cited by examiner]
FR 3107229A1 · 2021 [cited by applicant]
JP 2000264107A · 2000 [cited by applicant]
JP 2001277945A · 2001 [cited by applicant]
JP 201598211A · 2015 [cited by applicant]
JP 2017165198A · 2017 [cited by examiner]
JP 2019214227A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2008100216A1 · 2008 [cited by examiner]
Chinese Office Action received in corresponding Chinese application No. 202211246502.3 dated Apr. 3, 2024 with English translation (12 pages). [cited by applicant]