Table construction

Claim 1

A TABLE COMPRISING A TOP PANEL AND A SHELF PANEL THEREBELOW AND SPACED THEREFROM, SAID PANELS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED, THROUGH APERTURES, A LIKE PLURALITY OF ELONGATED, RIGID, VERTICAL MEMBERS THREADED AT EACH END PASSING THROUGH EACH ASSOCIATED PAIR OF SAID APERTURES, THE TRANSVERSE EXTENT OF THE MEMBER BEING LESS THAN THE ASSOCIATED APERTURES, A FOOT THREADEDLY ENGAGED ON THE BOTTOM END OF SAID EACH MEMBER, AN AXIALLY-APERTURED LEG POSITION OVER EACH MEMBER INTERMEDIATE THE SHELF PANEL AND FOOT, AN AXIALLY-APERTURED SPACER POSITIONED OVER EACH MEMBER INTERMEDIATE THE TOP AND SHELF PANELS, A NUT THREADEDLY ENGAGED ON THE TOP END OF EACH MEMBER TO CLAMP THE FOOT, LEG AND SPACER INTO A RIGID ASSEMBLY, A STRESS-ABSORBING ANNULAR DISK INTERMEDIATE THE NUT AND TOP PANEL, AN INVERTED CUP-SHAPED ELEMENT POSITIONED BENEATH THE NUT HAVING A CENTRAL HOLE TO RECEIVE THE MEMBER WITH A SNUG FIT, THE DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED RIM OF THE CUP-SHAPED ELEMENT SURROUNDING THE DISK, THE INTERIOR DEPTH OF THE RIM BEING LESS THAN THE COMPRESSED THICKNESS OF THE DISK TO PRECLUDE METAL-TO-PANEL CONTACT BETWEEN THE RIM AND TOP PANEL.