All About Table Bases—and then some!

Why Choose JI Table Bases for your Food Service?

Written by Linda Oheron | Nov 1, 2017 12:59:00 PM

 

 

Whether out for an evening of elegant dining, a business luncheon, or just grabbing a quick bite in a fast food restaurant with the kids, a stable table may go unnoticed, but an unstable one will not. With a stable table, diners' attention can be on the food, business, and family that are important to them.

Like any stable accommodation, a table needs a firm foundation. That's why JI Bases is all about providing the best table bases in the industry. With a sturdy, table base from JI Bases, neither you nor your diners will cry over spilled milk caused by a rocking table. Whether your diners include infants in high chairs, active children, elderly, or anyone with special needs, a table base from JI Bases will provide the stability required for a pleasurable dining experience.

Who is JI Bases?

With humble beginnings back in 1958 the Jacobs' Family has been making cast iron table bases for 60 years. Today with JI Bases, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, JI Bases has become a manufacturer of quality table bases, and custom restaurant furnishings around the world. Of course a company that's all about excellence in sturdy table bases has a sturdy base of its own. JI Bases was built on the industry-leading 4-prong table base design of founder, Frank Jacobs. Today, their excellent customer service handles the needs of all kinds of clients, regardless of the quantity of tables you need or the class of dining you offer. Sixty years of experience gives JI Bases the foundation it needs to take care of your business right through top design, quality control measures, warehousing, and their lifetime guarantee for all cast iron bases. Orders are shipped within 24 business hours from the St. Louis warehouse and distribution center and can be drop shipped anywhere in North America. In recent years, the company has evolved to serve a growing international demand as well.

JI Bases' cast iron top plates will not bend or flex regardless of years of use, weight distribution, how many elbows rest on the table top, or how many feet dangle or rest below the table. Besides durability and functionality, the columns & base plates can help your dining establishment maintain a pleasing ambiance with a brushed powder finish that creates a blended look and hides the scuffs of diners' feet resting on the bases or casually kicking it as they sit and rise from the table.

Stainless steel bases are also available. Both cast iron and stainless steel bases come in several styles. Cast iron styles include the 3-prong, 4-prong and round bases. In addition, JI Bases also offers a 4-prong, a round, and a square base in their stainless steel line. Any of these styles come in bar height sizes with or without a foot ring. In varying sizes of base sizes, as well as 3 different top plate sizes, allowing the JI Base to fit most table tops. It's up to you. A cantilever style is available for wall-mounted tables with pin leg bases for additional support, and, bolt-down versions are also available.

Remember to create comfortable dining at longer rectangular tables and for your diners with special needs such as compliance with the wheelchair accessibility requirements in your locale. At JI Bases you'll find end bases and ADA series that match both the 3- and 4-prong series in cast iron, and the 4-prong stainless steel series.

All of JI Bases' table bases come with complete, easy-to-follow assembly instructions and assembly videos are available on their company's user-friendly website. The site also offers assistance choosing the best table base style to suit your needs with downloadable guides and specifications sheets to give to your project manager.

With technology to suit millennials and a time-honored tradition of stability, JI Bases has the sturdy foundation for your diners' experience from cafeterias and fast-food to fine dining around the globe. Why let diners' at wobbly tables question the integrity of your establishment when you can build on the unquestionably stable foundation from the leading manufacturer of restaurant furniture? With stylish and durable table bases, both you and your consumers can focus on the really important stuff—food!