Shirley L Taylor

US Patent:

7775346, Aug 17, 2010

Filed:

Aug 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/835053

Inventors:

Shirley D. Taylor - Brooklyn NY, US

International Classification:

B65G 15/02

US Classification:

198831, 198539, 186 49

Abstract:

A food buffet table system for conveying food articles around a tabletop to allow a person to access the food articles without reaching across the tabletop includes a base being positioned on and that extends upwardly from a support surface. A tabletop is coupled to the base and positioned above the support surface. The tabletop has a channel that extends into the tabletop through an upper surface of the tabletop in an approximate oval shape along the tabletop. A plurality of conveyor assemblies is positioned in and extends along the channel to receive and support the food articles. The conveyor assemblies are actuated to convey the food articles in an approximate oval path around the tabletop. A pair of drive assemblies is positioned in the tabletop. A plurality of the conveyor assemblies is coupled to one of the drive assemblies to actuate the conveyor assemblies.