Folding leg assembly

Claim 1

A FOLDING LEG ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A TABLE TOP OR THE LIKE HAVING AN UNDERSIDE AND SIDE EDGES DISPOSED NORMAL TO THE UNDERSIDE AND SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO EACH OTHER, SAID FOLDING LEG ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED LEG OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION INCLUDING AN ELONGATED MAIN WALL EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH THEREOF AND OPPOSED SPACED-APART SIDE FLANGES ON THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID MAIN WALL EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH THEREOF, A LEG BRACKET INCLUDING A MAIN PLATE HAVING STRUCTURE THEREON FOR MOUNTING SAID MAIN PLATE ON AN ASSOCIATED SIDE EDGE WITH SAID MAIN PLATE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY BELOW THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP, THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID MAIN PLATE BEING DISPOSED AGAINST THE ASSOCIATED SIDE EDGE AND DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE THEREWITH, MEANS HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID MAIN PLATE AND THE UPPER END OF SAID LEG WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE OUTER ONE OF SAID LEG SIDE FLANGES DISPOSED AGAINST THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID MAIN PLATE AND LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE THEREWITH AND WITH THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP SIDE EDGE, SAID LEG BEING PIVOTAL BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE POSITION WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP WITH THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID OUTERMOST SIDE FLANGE DISPOSED IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP SIDE EDGE AND A FOLDED POSITION WITH THE LONGITUDINAL FREE EDGES OF SAID SIDE FLANGES DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP AND WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID OUTERMOST SIDE FLANGE LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP SIDE EDGE, A BRACE INCLUDING A FIRST ARM HINGEDLY CONNECTED ADJACENT TO ONE END THEREOF TO SAID LEG BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES ADJACENT TO THE UPPER END THEREOF AND A SECOND ARM HINGEDLY CONNECTED ADJACENT TO ONE END THEREOF TO THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST ARM, AND A BRACE BRACKET HINGEDLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND ARM TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP IN A POSITION SUCH THAT SAID BRACE MEANS ARE IN THE EXTENDED BRACING POSITION THEREOF WHEN SAID LEG IS IN THE OPERATIVE POSITION THEREOF, SAID BRACE AND SAID BRACE BRACKET BEING DISPOSED IN THE DIRECTION OF FOLDING OF SAID LEG AND HAVING A LATERAL EXTENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID DIRECTION OF FOLDING LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES AND A DEPTH WHEN PIVOTAL LESS THAN THE DISTANCE FROM THE EDGES OF SAID SIDE FLANGES TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID MAIN WALL SO THAT SAID LEG COMPLETELY RECEIVES AND ENCLOSES THEREIN SAID BRACE AND SAID BRACE BRACKET WHEN SAID LEG IS IN THE FOLDED POSITION THEREOF.