Folding table

Claim 1

A FOLDING TABLE COMPRISING A STATIONARY FRAME ASSEMBLY, A PAIR OF LEGS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME ASSEMBLY ADJACENT OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED AND COMPRISING A TOP SECTION FOR SUPPORTING THE TOP OF THE TABLE AND A BOTTOM SECTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE SURFACE SUPPORTING THE TABLE, WITH ONE OF SAID LEGS WHEN FOLDED LYING FLAT AGAINST SAID STATIONARY FRAME ASSEMBLY AND THE OTHER OF SAID LEGS WHEN FOLDED LYING FLAT AGAINST SAID ONE LEG, A TOP MEMBER HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME ASSEMBLY, SAID TOP MEMBER WHEN UNFOLDED BEING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AND SUPPORTED BY SAID UNFOLDED LEG MEMBERS, SAID TABLE TOP WHEN FOLDED HANGING DOWNWARDLY OVER SAID OTHER LEG WHEN FOLDED THEREBY TO PROVIDE A COMPACT FOLDED TABLE, MEANS FOR RETAINING EACH OF SAID LEGS IN THEIR UNFOLDED POSITION SUPPORTING SAID TOP, SAID RETAINING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE RETAINING MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID TOP, WITH EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH A CURVED LEADING END PORTION OF A RESPECTIVE RETAINER MEMBER EXTENDS WHEN SAID LEGS ARE MOVED TO A SUPPORT POSITION GENERALLY NORMAL TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME ASSEMBLY AND SAID TOP, SAID CURVED LEADING END PORTIONS OF SAID RESILIENT RETAINING MEMBERS RETAINING SAID LEGS IN SUCH POSITION.