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An assembly for mounting a table, tray or other removable component to a chair to support a laptop computer or other appliance includes a socket that can be permanently mounted in the chair arm and a bracket or mounting assembly that can be mounted on the bottom of the removable component. The socke

An assembly for mounting a table, tray or other removable component to a chair to support a laptop computer or other appliance includes a socket that can be permanently mounted in the chair arm and a bracket or mounting assembly that can be mounted on the bottom of the removable component. The socket includes a sleeve with a collar mounted on the top of the sleeve. The collar surrounds the area around a hole in the chair arm through which the socket sleeve extends. The sleeve is attached to an internal frame member. A spring biased plug shifts within a cavity in the sleeve. A rigid pin located on the bottom of the removable component is inserted through a central opening in the collar into the cavity, forcing the plug into the sleeve. The table is firmly supported by the socket, but it is free to rotate in a horizontal plane.

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1. A socket for use in mounting a component on a piece of furniture so that the socket comprises means both supporting the component and preventing damage to surrounding surface of the piece of furniture, the socket comprising:a collar having a peripheral flange and a central opening for receipt of

1. A socket for use in mounting a component on a piece of furniture so that the socket comprises means both supporting the component and preventing damage to surrounding surface of the piece of furniture, the socket comprising:a collar having a peripheral flange and a central opening for receipt of a pin located on the component; a separate sleeve, the collar adapted to be attached to a first end of the sleeve with the peripheral flange extending outwardly from and laterally beyond the sleeve; a plug extending into the collar central opening and shiftable relative to the collar and to the sleeve; a spring located in the sleeve and supporting the plug, the spring urging the plug to a position in which the plug closes the central opening; a spring stop located on the sleeve at a distance from the first end so that the spring and plug are located between the first end and the spring stop, and means for attaching the sleeve to the piece of furniture at a distance from the surrounding surface of the piece of furniture and from the collar, whereby the component is adapted to be mounted on the piece of furniture by inserting the pin in the central opening, forcing the plug to a recessed position with the socket providing means for preventing the pin and the components from tilting relative to the socket and to the piece of furniture.