US 7,320,287 B2
Tablecloth covering and method of covering and skirting a table
Larry Edinger, Westwood, N.J. (US); Walter Jones, River Vale, N.J. (US); and Julian Chan, Chai Wan (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The)
Assigned to SMT Solutions, Inc., Hackensack, N.J. (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/609,369.
Application 11/609369 is a continuation of application No. 11/074091, filed on Mar. 07, 2005, granted, now 7,178,470.
Application 11/074091 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/767131, filed on Jan. 29, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/532121, filed on Dec. 23, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0079734 A1, Apr. 12, 2007
Int. Cl. A47B 13/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 108—90  [150/158] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of covering a trade show table having a tabletop of predetermined dimensions and having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of table covers, each of said plurality of table covers being formed of a polymeric film and having a top cover for covering the top surface of the tabletop, the top cover having a generally polygonal contour with a plurality of sides at an outer periphery thereof, and a plurality of side drops for covering the side surfaces of the tabletop, each side drop extending generally orthogonally downwardly from a respective one of the sides of the top cover to a free edge, and a plurality of pre-fitted corners, each corner defined by two adjacent side drops permanently sealed to one another along abutting ends thereof, wherein the free edges of the plurality of side drops define a periphery substantially identical in size and shape to the outer periphery of the top cover, wherein the top cover of each of the plurality of table covers has different dimensions than the top surface of each other of the plurality of table covers;
selecting one of the plurality of table covers having a top surface with dimensions generally corresponding to the dimensions of the tabletop of the trade show table;
fitting at least two of the pre-fitted corners of the selected table cover onto corresponding corners of the tabletop of the trade show table;
pulling and extending the selected table cover across over opposite corners of the tabletop of the trade show table; and
fitting all remaining pre-fitted corners of the selected table cover onto corresponding corners of the tabletop of the trade show table such that the trade show table is covered and ready for use.