Executive-type folding table

Claim 1

A FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING A TOP HAVING DEPENDING SKIRT MEMBERS ALONG ITS SIDES CUT AWAY AT THE CORNERS TO RECEIVE FOLDING LEGS IN THEIR UNFOLDED POSITION, TOW PAIR OF RIGID HOLLOW FRAME LEGS, AND STRETCHERS INTERCONNECTING THE LEGS OF EACH PAIR ADJACENT THE TOP, AND FORMING END SKIRTS FOR THE TOP WHEN THE LEGS ARE UNFOLDED, CROSS MEMBERS DEPENDING FROM THE TOP AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE ENDS OF THE TOP, HINGE MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE STRETCHERS OF EACH PAIR OF LEGS TO THE CROSS MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY FOR MOVEMENT OF THE PAIRS OF LEGS AND STRETCHERS BETWEEN FOLDED POSITION, IN WHICH THE LEGS AND STRETCHERS LIE IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE TOP, AND AN UNFOLDED POSITION, IN WHICH THE LEGS AND STRETCHERS ARE STBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF THE TOP AND DISPOSED UNDER THE TOP WITH THE LEGS RESPECTIVELY IN ABUTTING RELATION TO THE ENDS OF THE SKIRT SIDE MEMBERS, AND FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SIDE AND END SKIRT MEMBERS, A SLOT IN THE WALL PORTION OF EACH LEG WHICH HAS AN INTERFACE WITH THE ENDS OF THE SIDE SKIRT MEMBERS, AND SLOTS IN THE SAID CROSS MEMBERS DISPOSED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RESPECTIVE SLOTS IN THE LEGS, LOCKING RODS, CAM MEANS ENGAGING THE LOCKING RODS ADJACENT THEIR INNER ENDS, THE OUTER ENDS OF THE LOCKING RODS EXTENDING THROUGH THE SLOTS IN THE CROSS MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE SLOTS IN THE LEGS FOR ENTRY INTO THE LEGS THROUGH THE SLOTS IN THE LEGS WHEN THE LEGS ARE UNFOLDED, THE OUTER ENDS OF THE LOCKING RODS COMPRISING HEADS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND HAVING CONTACT SURFACE PORTIONS ADAPTED TO RESPECTIVELY ENGAGE AND PRESS AGAINST THE INNER SURFACE OF THE PORTIONS OF THE LEGS HAVING AN INTERFACE WITH THE ENDS OF THE SIDE SKIRT MEMBERS WHEN THE LOCKING RODS ARE MOVED INTO LOCKING POSITION, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE CAM MEANS TO MOVE THE LOCKING RODS INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FOR LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE LEGS RESPECTIVELY.