The present invention relates to an adjustable table, for instance for cockpits in leisure boats or similar places, where there is a need to be able to swing the table-top aside, to be able to disassemle the table and to be able to raise or lower the table.

It has been a problem with prior art tables, for instance for leisure boats, to mount these tables stably, for example in a cockpit, without having to perform any work operation on the floor of the boat. Furthermore, when the space is limited, it is essential to have only one table leg and yet obtain a stable table.

Tables of this kind have often been provided with devices which are complicated and take up a great deal of room. Thus, for example, floor- space has been required for the setting up of tables which has been a great disadvantage in for instance boats and other spaces, where space and passability are limited when a table is mounted.

It also is of great value from the point of view of cleanliness to have as much free surface as possible even when a table is mounted. It is furthermore difficult to reach to clean under table-tops that are permanently mounted. It has further been a problem with disassemblable prior art table arrangements to collect all the pieces in one unit taking as little space as possible after disassemblage.

The present invention has as its purpose to overcome the above- mentioned disadvantages and to provide a table which is easy to assemble and which at the same time takes up the smallest possible space, both in assembled and in disassembled state.

The table furthermore fits in most spaces and can be mounted in several optional places. The table can be moved steplessly forwards, backwards and laterally by means of different rotational movements and can additionally be lowered and raised steplessly.

Accordingly, the invention relates to a table arrangement including one essentially horizontal table-top, one swivel arm parallel to the table-top, a post being perpendicular to the swivel arm and an attachment fitting parallel to the post. The invention is characterized in that the swivel arm is provided with a bore at each end and that the table-top is detachabiy

mounted in the bore at one end of the swivel arm in such a way that the table-top is rotatable around a pin arranged on the underside of the table-top, that the other end of the swivel arm is detachabiy and turnabiy attached to one end of the post which is provided with a pin and that the post is vertically displaceably and removably arranged on the attachment fitting which is attached to a surface being approximately parallel to the post. The invention will be more closely described below with reference to the attached drawings wherein

Fig 1 shows the table seen from the side

Fig 2 shows the post in cross-section seen from above

Fig 2b shows the post seen from the side

Fig 3a shows the attachment fitting seen from above

Fig 3b shows the attachment fitting seen from the side

Fig 4a shows the swivel arm seen from the side

Fig 4b shows the swivel arm seen from above

Fig 5a shows the fitting on the underside of the table-top in cross- section

Fig 5b shows the fitting mounted on the underside of the table- top, seen from below the table-top.

In Fig 1 it can be seen that the table consists of a table-top 1 which is attached to one end of the swivel arm 2, which is parallel to the table-top 1, by means of a pin 6 arranged on the underside of the table-top 1 on a fitting 5. The swivel arm 2 has a bore 11 at its other end, enclosing a pin 7 on the upper end of a post being perpendicular to the swivel arm. The other end of the post 3 is arranged to be vertically displaceble and removable on an attachment fitting arranged parallel to said post 3.

The turning movement of the table-top is steplessly lockable by means of the lever 8 which clamps the pin 6.

The turning movement of the swivel arm 2 can be locked steplessly by means of the actuating lever 9. The post 3 is attached to the attachment fitting 4 and can be locked in any desired vertical position by means of an actuating lever 10.

In Fig 2a the post 3 is shown from above. The post is provided with a pin 7 at one end and has a longitudinal dovetail-formed recess in its outer surface, said recess being slitted at its base in order to be lockable around the dovetail-formed male part 13 on the plate 4 by means of a screw 12 and an actuating lever 10.

In Fig Z the post 3 is shown from the side.

In Fig 3a the attachment fitting 4 is shown with its dovetail- formed male part 13 which fits the dovetail-formed female part of the post 3.

In Fig 3b the attachment fitting is shown from one side as it is mounted by screws on an essentially vertical surface.

In Fig 4 the swivel arm is shown from the side with the bores 11 at each end and with the screws on the actuating levers 8 and 9.

In Fig 4b the swivel arm 2 is shown from the side with the slit 14, extending from the two bores 11, and the two threaded bores for the actuating levers 8 and 9.

In Fig 5a the attachment fitting, which is mounted under the table, is shown in cross-section. The dovetail-formed list 15 on the attachment fitting is arranged to clamp the post when the table is dismantled and in this way ail pieces are collected in one place when the table is not used.

Fig 5b shows the attachment fitting with the longitudinal dovetail-formed list 15 seen from underneath the table.

At the assemblage of the table, to begin with, the attachment fitting 4 with the dovetail-formed male part 13 is fixed permanently on an essentially vertical surface by means of screws. The essentially vertical post 3 with its dovetail-formed female part is slid onto this attachment fitting and the position of the post relative to the attachment fitting, i.e. the height of the assembled table, is adjusted by means of the actuating lever being tightened in such a way that the post is clamped around the attachment fitting. The swivel arm is then mounted on the pin 7 of the post by means of the bore 11 and the angular position of the arm 2 is then fixed by means of the lever 9. The table-top is thereafter mounted in the second bore located at the other end of the swivel arm by moving the pin of the attachment fitting being arranged on the underside of the table through the bore, and is then fixed by means of the lever 8.

At the disassemblage of the table, the swivel arm is released from the post by releasing the actuating lever 9 whereupon the table-top 1 is lifted, with the swivel arm mounted in the attachment fitting. The post 3 is then released from the attachment fitting 4 by turning the lever 10 to the open position. The post 3 is then mounted on the dovetail-formed list of the fitting 5, all pieces that belong to the table now being fixed on the underside of the table-top, after which the table easily can be put away if not needed. By mounting a plurality of attachment fittings 4 one will have several alternative locations for the table. The attachment fitting consists of

a plate with a dovetail-formed male part which is intended to fit a corresponding female part in the post 3. The attachment fitting furthermore has bores for screws for the attachment to a surface being approximately parallel to the post.

The post 3 is slitted in the female part in order to allow its diameter to be adjustable and to allow the post to be locked around the dovetail-formed male part of the post by means of an actuating lever 10, and the post can in this way be moved upwards and downwards on the attachment fitting and be locked at any desired lever by means αf the lever 10.

The swivel arm 2 has a bore 11 at each end and slits 14 at each bore arranged to allow the diameter to be adjustable in order to lock the swivel arm on the pins 6 and 7 by means of actuating levers 8 and 9.

This invention provides in a very versatile table which is stable, easy to assemble, and thus also easy to disassemble, at the same time that one and the same table can be used in several, different places by mounting a number of vertical fittings.