Stackable chair having cup holder and folding table
A chair having a cylindrical cup holder and folding table has a circular opening in a chair arm and spaced-apart tabs that extend into the circular opening. A rotational stop is attached to the bottom surface of at least one tab. Locking tabs on the cup holder gaps between the spaced-apart tabs. When the cup holder is fully inserted into the circular opening the cup holder is rotated until the tabs extending from the cup holder each engage a rotational stop. A spring tab may be attached to the chair arm below each gap to help position the cup and act as a rotational stop. The folding table has a collar that has a spring tab with a tooth which mates with a circumferential groove on the inside surface of the cup holder.
1 . A chair having a cup holder and folding table comprising;
a seat,
a back attached to the seat;
legs attached to the seat;
a chair arm attached to at least one of the back and the seat, the chair arm having
a circular opening,
a plurality of spaced-apart tabs extending from the chair arm into the circular opening, the tabs defining a selected number of gaps between adjacent tabs, each tab having a bottom surface,
a spring tab attached to one end of at least one tab and extends below the gap between that tab and an adjacent tab, and
at least one rotational stop attached to the bottom surface of at least one tab;
a cup holder positioned within the circular opening, having
a circular bottom,
a cylindrical wall having a top edge and attached to the circular bottom,
a ring attached to and extending outwardly from the top edge,
a selected number of locking tabs attached to the cylindrical wall, each locking tab sized and positioned to fit through the selected number of gaps and engage the at least one rotational stop;
a folding table having a first half and a second half pivotably connected together so that the first half can be folded over the second half, the first half having a first table surface and a circular opening at one end that is sized to receive a cup; and
a collar that extends from the bottom surface of the first half and surrounds the circular opening, at least a portion of the collar being within the cup holder.
2 . The chair of claim 1 wherein the cup holder has a circumferential groove on an inner surface of the cup holder and the collar is comprised of at least one spring tab having a tooth which is in the circumferential groove.
3 . The chair of claim 1 wherein in which the cup holder has an upper portion having an upper interior surface and a first inner diameter and a lower portion having second inner diameter, the first inner diameter being greater than the second inner diameter.
4 . The chair of claim 3 wherein the upper interior surface has a circumferential groove and also comprising a collar having spring tabs and a tooth on at least one of the spring tabs, the collar being within the upper portion and the tooth being within the circumferential groove.
5 . The chair of claim 4 wherein the cup holder has an opening in the cylindrical wall at the circumferential groove, the opening sized to receive the tooth.
6 . The chair of claim 1 wherein the gaps between adjacent tabs that extend into the circular opening are a same size.
7 . The chair of claim 1 wherein the plurality of spaced-apart tabs extending from the chair arm into the circular opening are equally spaced.
8 . The chair of claim 1 wherein the first half and second half of the folding table are sized so that when the folding table is in a closed, folded position over a chair arm having a widest width the folding table has width that is not greater than the widest width of the chair arm.
9 . The chair of claim 1 wherein the chair is a molded plastic chair.