Folding table

Claim 1

A FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING A PAIR OF TABLE TOPS AND A CENTRAL SUPPORTING FRAME, SAID CENTRAL SUPPORTING FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF VERTICAL LEGS ON EACH LATERAL SIDE OF SAID TABLE TOPS, SAID LEGS BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT THE INNER ENDS OF SAID TABLE TOPS WHEN SAID TABLE TOPS ARE IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND ALIGNED, SAID FRAMES FURTHER INCLUDING A PAIR OF MEMBERS HAVING TRANSVERSE PORTIONS PASSING UNDER SAID TABLE TOPS AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID LEGS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TABLE TOPS, SAID MEMBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED WITH THE TRANSVERSE PORTIONS FORMING THE BRIDGING PORTIONS THEREOF AND PROJECU ARE SECURED TO SAID VERTICAL LEGS, SAID LEGS OF THE HAVING FLANGES FORMED AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND PROJECTING INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER, SAID FLANGES BEING INTEGRAL WITH AND FORMED FROM SAID LEGS OF SAID U, PIVOT MEANS SECURED TO SAID FRAME AND TO EACH OF SAID TABLE TOPS WHEREBY EACH OF SAID TABLE TOPS MAY BE PIVOTED FROM SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION TO A POSITION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, BUT SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE VERTICAL, SAID PIVOT MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF FIRST BARS AND A PAIR OF SECOND BARS SECURED TO EACH OF THE LEGS OF EACH OF SAID MEMBERS AND TO EACH OF THE TABLE TOPS, SAID FLANGES PROVIDING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID TABLE TOPS IN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION WHEN PIVOTED UPWARDLY AROUND SAID PIVOT MEANS, AND LEGS SECURED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID TABLE TOPS FOR MAINTAINING SAID TABLE TOPS IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION.