Folding table leg brackets

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR UNDER SURFACE THEREON, A BRACKET ASSEMBLY HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART SIDE PLATES, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID SIDE PLATES ON SAID SURFACE IN A POSITION EXTENDING NORMALLY THERETO, A LEG HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION SLIDABLY DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SPACED SIDE PLATES AND HAVING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART HOLES THEREIN, EACH OF SAID SIDE PLATES HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED ELONGATED CLOSED SLOT THEREIN DISPOSED NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID SURFACE, SAID CLOSED SLOTS BEING FORMED CENTRALLY OF THE LATERAL MARGINAL EDGES OF THE ASSOCIATED SIDE PLATE, EACH SIDE PLATE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL ELONGATED OPEN SLOT SPACED FROM AND DISPOSED IN LINE WITH THE CLOSED SLOT THEREOF, SAID OPEN SLOTS HAVING THE OUTER ENDS OPENING ONTO THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE OF THE ASSOCIATED SIDE PLATE, A CLAMPING STRAP DISPOSED AGAINST THE OUTER SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID SIDE PLATES AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND THE EDGES OF SAID SLOTS TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF CONTACT WITH THE ASSOCIATED SIDE PLATE AND HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART APERTURES THEREIN, A PAIR OF SPACED BOLTS NORMALLY DISPOSED RESPECTIVELY IN SAID SLOTS AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HOLES IN SAID LEG AND SAID APERTURES IN SAID CLAMPING STRAPS, EACH OF SAID BOLTS HAVING A CLAMPING HEAD DISPOSED AGAINST THE ADJACENT ONE OF SAID CLAMPING STRAPS AND HAVING A FASTENER ENGAGING END EXTENDING BEYOND THE OTHER OF SAID CLAMPING STRAPS, FASTENERS ENGAGING SAID ENDS OF SAID BOLTS AND ADAPTED TO BEAR AGAINST SAID OTHER CLAMPING STRAP, SAID LEG BEING FOLDABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORT WHEN SAID PAIR OF SPACED BOLTS IS DISPOSED IN SAID ALIGNED CLOSED AND OPEN SLOTS, SAID BOLTS WHEN POSITIONED IN SAID SLOTS PASSING THROUGH SAID HOLES IN SAID LEG AND BEING SPACED APART SUCH THAT WHEN THE UPPER BOLT IS AT THE UPPER END OF THE UPPER CLOSED SLOT THE LOWER BOLT WILL BE AT THE UPPER END OF THE LOWER OPEN SLOT AND WHEN THE UPPER BOLT IS AT THE LOWER END OF ITS SLOT THE LOWER BOLT WILL BE DISPOSED WHOLLY BEYOND THE OPEN END OF THE LOWER OPEN SLOT, THE LOWER WALLS OF EACH SIDE PLATE BEGINNING WITH THE OUTER OPEN END OF SAID OPEN SLOT CURVING ARCUATELY OUTWARDLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM EACH ADJACENT WALL OF SAID OPEN END OF SAID OPEN SLOT AND THEN EXTENDING PARALLEL TO AND DIRECTED AWAY FROM SAID OPEN SLOT TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF EACH PLATE, SAID CLAMPING STRAPS DISTRIBUTING THE CLAMPING PRESSURE OF SAID BOLTS AND SAID FASTENERS OVER A SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF SAID SIDE PLATES THUS SERVING FIXEDLY TO HOLD SAID LEG IN ANY ADJUSTED POSITION THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORT.