Locking device for serving tables

Claim 1

IN A PLURALITY OF SERVING TABLES EACH HAVING A TABLE TOP, AN END WALL AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TABLE TOP AND A PAIR OF ALIGNED BORES AT EACH END WALL, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A LOCK PIN MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID BORES OF ONE OF SAID END WALLS AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID END WALL TO BE RECEIVED BY SAID BORES OF THE OTHER OF SAID END WALLS OF A FURTHER SERVING TABLE, AND LOCK PINS EACH HAVING A CONE SHAPED END PORTION AND A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED BORE, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE BLOCKS SECURED TO THE OTHER OF SAID END WALLS, SAID GUIDE BLOCKS HAVING BORES EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A SUPPORTING BLOCK SLIDABLY POSITIONED ALONG SAID OTHER OF SAID END WALLS, A PLURALITY OF LOCKING PINS SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID SUPPORTING BLOCK AND SLIDABLY POSITIONED IN SAID BORES IN SAID GUIDE BLOCKS, SAID LOCKING PINS HAVING END PORTIONS POSITIONED WITHIN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID BORES IN SAID OTHER OF SAID END WALLS AND RECEIVED BY SAID BORES IN SAID LOCK PINS WHEN A PLURALITY OF SERVING TABLES ARE LOCKED TOGETHER, SPRING MEANS YIELDINGLY MAINTAINING SAID LOCKING PIN END PORTIONS IN SAID POSITION AND HANDLE MEANS FOR SLIDING SAID LOCKING PIN END PORTIONS OUT OF SAID BORES IN SAID LOCK PINS WHEREBY SAID SERVING TABLES ARE RELEASED FROM EACH OTHER.