A Truly ADA Compliant Picnic Table for Public Parks

To be truly ADA compliant picnic tables in public parks and campgrounds must provide specific knee and toe clearances under the table top.
 
 
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June 29, 2012 - PRLog -- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines for Outdoor Developed Areas is very specific about the wheelchair clearances required under a picnic table. To be fully ADA compliant, and wheelchair accessible, a public picnic table must provide (minimum) space under the table top that is 27 inches high, 30 inches wide, with 19 inches of knee clearance plus 5 inches of additional toe clearance. R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. of Cherokee, Iowa, has designed a universally accessible picnic table that meets or exceeds these clearance guidelines. Under the company’s Pilot Rock brand we offer the W Series picnic tables with full-length top and seats, and ADA compliant wheelchair access at both ends. There are two wheelchair accessible points on each table regardless of length. The full-length seats provide complete seating if a wheelchair is not in place. The W Series picnic tables are available as 6, 8 10 or 12 feet long. You can select a variety of frame finishes and top/seat materials to fit your landscape theme. The table frames include a lifetime warranty. R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. has been awarded 6 patents on this universal access picnic table design.

The company suggests park and recreation departments be careful of other tables that claim to be “ADA approved” or to offer “universal” access. First, there is no such thing as “ADA approved”. The ADA does not sign off on any picnic tables or other products. Second, many other brands of tables create their “universal” picnic table by centering an 8 ft. long top on 6 ft. frame spacings. This extra one foot at each end of the table does not always provide the full 24 inches of knee and toe clearance needed under the table top that the ADA guidelines require. If you want your parks and campgrounds to offer ADA compliant picnic tables, then you need to confirm the clearance dimensions underneath the table top.

R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. makes a variety of accessible picnic tables, in rectangular, square and round shapes. These tables can offer either end access or side access. Portable picnic tables are the most popular, but stationary pedestal tables are available also.
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