COLLAPSIBLE PIECE OF FURNITURE Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: collapsible furniture for living and industrial quarters. SUBSTANCE: furniture has a support base consisting of two pairs of successively articulated portions and a working surface made up of two parts, each articulated with one pair of support base. The other pair of members of support base consists of two L-shaped members articulated to each other in crossbar. In functional position the parts of working surface are arranged one above the other. The support base member articulated with upper portion of working surface is higher than the second member of its pair by the thickness of the lower part of working surface. Upper part of working surface at three free sides has a collar extending around its perimeter, encompassing the lower part of working surface. EFFECT: improved design. 3 cl, 4 dwg