US Patent Class 108
HORIZONTALLY SUPPORTED PLANAR SURFACES



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  DF  CLASS NOTES
1  DF  TILTABLE SURFACES
2  DF  .~ Biased
3  DF  .~ Sectional
4  DF  .~ About plural axes
5  DF  .~ With horizontal adjustment
6  DF  .~ Pivotally adjustable about horizontal axis
7  DF  .~.~ Mechanical actuator tilts surface
8  DF  .~.~ Oppositely tiltable with respect to horizontal plane
9  DF  .~.~ Surface adjusting link spaced from axis
10  DF  .~.~.~ Vertically adjustable axis
11  DF  CONVERTIBLE
12  DF  .~ Reorientatable support
13  DF  .~ Alternately usable surfaces
14  DF  .~ Receptacle
15  DF  .~ Vertical surface
16  DF  .~ Rack support
17  DF  .~ Multiplanar to coplanar position
18  DF  .~ Support becomes inoperative
19  DF  .~.~ Alternately usable legs
20  DF  POWER DRIVEN
21  DF  .~ Intermittent drive
22  DF  .~ Along circuitous path
23  DF  WITH ILLUMINATION MEANS
24  DF  WITH DRAIN
25  DF  WITH RECEPTACLE
26  DF  .~ Detachable or relatively movable
26.2  DF  .~.~ Inkwell
27  DF  WITH PERIPHERAL GUARD
28  DF  WITH DIVERSE SUPPORT FOR ARTICLES
29  DF  .~ Rod or bar
30  DF  .~.~ Hook
31  DF  .~.~ Superposed
32  DF  .~ Inclined surface
33  DF  WITH HOUSING
34  DF  .~ Formed by collapsible surface
35  DF  .~.~ Surface and support pivotally interconnected
36  DF  .~.~.~ Paired legs
37  DF  .~ Counterbalanced surface
38  DF  .~ Surface forms closure
39  DF  .~ Surface adjusts to plural operative positions
40  DF  .~ Surface slidably hinged to housing wall
41  DF  .~ Formed from support
42  DF  WITH STRUCTURAL INSTALLATION
43  DF  .~ Body related
44  DF  .~ Vehicle supported
45  DF  .~.~ Instrument panel
46  DF  .~.~ Support enters window recess
47  DF  .~ On top and side of upright wall
48  DF  .~ Having wall and floor relationship
49  DF  .~ Bed supported
50.01  DF  .~ WITH MACHINE (I.E., TYPEWRITER, COPY MACHINE, ETC.)
50.02  DF  .~ HAVING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT (E.G., WIRE, OUTPUT JACK, ETC.)
50.11  DF  COMBINED
50.12  DF  .~ With umbrella structure
50.13  DF  .~ With heating or air moving means
50.14  DF  .~ With head, arm, leg, or foot rest
50.15  DF  .~ With mirror
50.16  DF  .~ With walker
50.17  DF  .~ With a roll
50.18  DF  .~ With liquid conduit or gas duct
51.11  DF  INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM
51.3  DF  .~ Formed from folded semirigid material (e.g., cardboard, etc.)
52.1  DF  .~ Handler entry between load and support
53.1  DF  .~ Stacking
53.3  DF  .~.~ Nesting
53.5  DF  .~.~ Tiering
54.1  DF  .~ Adjustable
55.1  DF  .~ With load-confining means
55.3  DF  .~.~ Support surface having article-engaging projection or recess
55.5  DF  .~.~ Means for receiving load holddown means
56.1  DF  .~ Knockdown or setup
56.3  DF  .~.~ Support element attachable to or separable from support surface
57.1  DF  .~ Invertible
57.12  DF  .~ Including shock-absorbing means
57.13  DF  .~ For supporting a barrel
57.14  DF  .~ Wire pallet
57.15  DF  .~ Including a roller or track contacting area
57.16  DF  .~ Load-contacting surface having upwardly projected edge
57.17  DF  .~ Load-contacting surface having parallel spaced-apart support members
57.18  DF  .~.~ Corrugated or grooved support members
57.19  DF  .~.~ Support members interlock with parallel crossing stringers by notched joints
57.2  DF  .~.~ Including elongated binding means extending perpendicular to and engaging upper surface of support members (e.g., flange, strap, etc.)
57.21  DF  .~ Load-contacting surface having parallel support members in juxtaposed position
57.22  DF  .~.~ Tubular or channel-shaped support members
57.23  DF  .~.~ Including one-piece elongated channel bar engaging upper and lower surfaces of support members
57.24  DF  .~.~ Including elongated angle bar having horizontal flange engaging upper surface of support members
57.25  DF  .~ Having plastic load-contacting surface
57.26  DF  .~.~ Formed by joining mating spacers of identical pallet halves together
57.27  DF  .~.~ Load-contacting surface formed by bonded plastic sheets
57.28  DF  .~.~ One-piece molded pallet
57.29  DF  .~ Having corrugated, grooved, or notched load-contacting surface
57.3  DD  .~.~ One-piece bent sheet metal
57.31  DF  .~ Including tubular support
57.32  DF  .~ Metal load-contacting surface
57.33  DF  .~ Having support spacer between a load-contacting surface and a base member
57.34  DF  .~ Laminated load-contacting surface
59  DF  PLURAL RELATED HORIZONTAL SURFACES
60  DF  .~ With partition
61  DF  .~.~ Horizontally adjustable
62  DF  .~ Invertible surface
63  DF  .~.~ Superposed sections convert to coplanar sections
64  DF  .~ Laterally connected individual units
65  DF  .~ Coplanar extension surface
66  DF  .~.~ Circular segment
67  DF  .~.~ Flexible material or hingedly interconnected slats or panels
68  DF  .~.~.~ Guided in arcuate path
69  DF  .~.~ End leaf
70  DF  .~.~.~ Surface lowers into coplanar position with leaf
71  DF  .~.~.~ Elevating mechanism
72  DF  .~.~.~.~ Link
73  DF  .~.~.~.~ Cam and slide
74  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Also moves principal surface
75  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Cam slot
76  DF  .~.~.~ Elevatable
77  DF  .~.~.~ Dropleaf
78  DF  .~.~.~.~ Leaf supports move in plane parallel to primary surface
79  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Supports include leg
80  DF  .~.~.~.~ Diagonal brace
81  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Toggle type
82  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ With trip mechanism
83  DF  .~.~ Intermediate leaf
84  DF  .~.~.~ Elevating mechanism
85  DF  .~.~.~.~ Responsive to end section movement
86  DF  .~.~.~ Concealed in stored position
87  DF  .~.~.~ With equalizer for opposed end section movement
88  DF  .~.~.~ Divided pedestal supports end sections
89  DF  .~.~.~ End sections secured mutually or to insert
90  DF  .~ Detachable enlarging or substitute surface
91  DF  .~ Nested or stacked units
92  DF  .~ Terraced
93  DF  .~.~ One surface concealed beneath another surface
94  DF  .~.~ Rotatable
95  DF  .~.~.~ Vertically adjustable
96  DF  .~.~ Vertically adjustable
97  DF  .~.~ Detachable surface clamped to stationary surface
98  DF  .~.~.~ Clamping leg
99  DF  .~.~ Folding
100  DF  .~.~.~ Opposite edges of surfaces vertically aligned
101  DF  .~.~ With separable components
102  DF  .~ Horizontally adjustable
103  DF  .~.~ Rotatable about vertical axis
104  DF  .~.~.~ Inner section rotates relative to fixed outer section
105  DF  .~.~.~ Vertically adjustable
106  DF  .~ Vertically adjustable
107  DF  .~.~ Removably mountable in plural positions
108  DF  .~.~.~ Cantilever support
109  DF  .~.~.~.~ Support members face each other
110  DF  .~.~.~ Interlocked with surface configuration of support
162  DF  .~ Foldable component
163  DF  .~.~ Surfaces comprise plural bars
164  DF  .~.~ Superjacent support
165  DF  .~.~ Integrally formed from sheet
166  DF  .~.~ Hinged horizontal surfaces
167  DF  .~.~.~ Folded along lateral center line
168  DF  .~.~.~.~ With latch
169  DF  .~.~.~.~ Leg collapses between surface sections
170  DF  .~.~.~.~ Surface section collapses between legs
171  DF  .~.~.~ Folded along longitudinal center line
172  DF  .~.~.~.~ With latch
173  DF  .~.~.~ Leg and surface sections collapse concurrently
174  DF  .~.~.~.~ Leg collapses between surface sections
175  DF  .~.~.~.~ Surface section collapses between legs
176  DF  .~.~ Support structure includes leg
177  DF  .~.~.~ With caster
178  DF  .~.~.~.~ Pairs of legs pivotally connected at their top ends and diverging downwardly
179  DF  .~.~ Horizontal surface pivotally connected to support
180  DF  .~ Separable component
181  DF  .~.~ Surfaces comprise plural bars
182  DF  .~.~ Superjacent support
183  DF  .~.~ Vertically spaced circular surfaces
184  DF  .~.~ Transparent surface
185  DF  .~.~ Laterally interconnected coplanar surfaces
186  DF  .~.~ Support structure includes leg
187  DF  .~.~.~ Horizontal brace connecting legs
188  DF  .~.~.~ Diagonal brace connecting legs
189  DF  .~.~.~ With caster
190  DF  .~.~.~ Sectional legs
191  DF  .~.~.~ Single pedestal
192  DF  .~.~.~ Leg attached at surface corner by clamping means
193  DF  .~.~.~ Surface detachably connected to vertical side frames
115  DF  FOLDING
116  DF  .~ With vertical adjustability
117  DF  .~.~ Sliding pivot connects surface and support
118  DF  .~ Mutually pivoted crossed legs support surface
119  DF  .~.~ Surface pivoted to one, separably supported on other
120  DF  .~.~ Sliding pivot connects surface and leg
121  DF  .~ All legs pivot toward common surface edge
122  DF  .~.~ On common axis
123  DF  .~.~ Conjointly actuated by interconnected brace
124  DF  .~ Surface separably supported by means spaced from fixed pivot
125  DF  .~ Legs pivot perimetrically of surface
126  DF  .~.~ Conjointly
127  DF  .~ Legs pivotally converge toward surface center
128  DF  .~ Folding arms support surface
129  DF  .~ Legs fold axially parallel to surface edges
130  DF  .~.~ Paired legs conjointly actuated
131  DF  .~.~ Releasable means holds paired legs in predetermined position
132  DF  .~.~.~ Legs folded adjacent surface
133  DF  .~.~.~ Spring biased
134  DF  .~ Laterally attached surface
135  DF  .~.~ Detachable assembly
136  DF  BIASED SURFACE
137  DF  HORIZONTALLY ADJUSTABLE
138  DF  .~ Concurrent horizontal and vertical movements
139  DF  .~ Rotates about vertical axis
140  DF  .~.~ And moves lineally
141  DF  .~.~ Vertically adjustable
142  DF  .~.~ With means to limit or inhibit rotation
143  DF  .~ Mounted on slide-and-guide
144.11  DF  VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE
145  DF  .~ Articulated link shifts surface
146  DF  .~ With biased holding means; e.g., latch
147  DF  .~ With force-multiplying means
147.11  DF  .~ Shelf type
147.12  DF  .~.~ Including means for securing a corner of shelf to a vertical tubular post
147.13  DF  .~.~.~ Including corner sleeve
147.14  DF  .~.~.~ Including corner clamp
147.15  DF  .~.~ Attached to corner post
147.16  DF  .~.~ Having shelf-supporting means mounted between parallel spaced-apart upright walls
147.17  DF  .~.~ Including shelf supporting bracket
147.18  DF  .~ By clamping assembly
147.19  DF  .~ By telescoping
147.2  DD  .~.~ And pivoting
147.21  DF  .~.~ Including fastening means passing through registered openings
147.22  DF  .~ By pivoting a leg
148  DF  .~ Holding means cooperates with smooth face
149  DF  SUPPORTING STRUCTURE EXTENDS UPWARDLY OF SURFACE
150  DF  PEDESTAL SUPPORTED
151  DF  SURFACE MEMBER EMBRACES SUPPORT
152  DF  ATTACHED LATERALLY OF SUPPORT
153.1  DF  WITH SEPARABLE COMPONENTS
154  DF  .~ Surface and support interlocked by spaced detachable constrainer
155  DF  .~ Surface secured to leg-connecting parallel member
156  DF  .~ Independent legs support surface
157.1  DF  .~ Surface separable from support entity
157.11  DF  .~.~ Attachable to armchair
157.12  DF  .~.~ Detachable ironing board
157.13  DF  .~.~ Detachable shelf-type
157.14  DF  .~.~ Formed from folded semi-rigid material (e.g., cardboard, fibrous paper material, etc.)
157.15  DF  .~.~ Table top having downwardly extended edge for directly contacting with and securing to an end of support entity
157.16  DF  .~.~ Table top having notch means for receiving projection from support entity
157.17  DF  .~.~ Table top solely connected to support entity by its own weight
157.18  DF  .~.~ Support entity having means with opposite members (e.g., slot, groove, clamping means, etc.) for holding an edge of table top therebetween
159  DF  .~.~ Surface vertically removable, horizontally immovable
159.11  DF  .~.~ By latch or clamping means
159.12  DF  .~.~ Including folding legs
158  DF  .~.~ Threaded connection
158.11  DF  .~ Having means to detachably connect a tubular component to another component
158.12  DF  .~ Separable components connected together by interlocking parts (e.g., groove and tongue, etc.)
158.13  DF  .~ Separable components connected together by clamping means
160  DF  SURFACE WITH BRACED HINGED LEG
161  DF  MISCELLANEOUS
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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901  DF  SYNTHETIC PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM (E.G., PALLET, ETC.)
902  DF  .~ Made with deformable integral fastening elements
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FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
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FOR 100  DF  COMBINED (108/50)
FOR 101  DF  INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM (108/51.1)
FOR 102  DF  VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE (108/144)
FOR 103  DF  WITH SEPARABLE COMPONENTS (108/153)
FOR 104  DF  .~ Surface separable from support entity (108/157)