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Claim 1

A TABLE COMPRISING A FLAT QUADRANGULAR TOP HAVING A SMOOTH UPPER SURFACE DEFINING A GAME PLAYING AREA ADAPTED FOR THE RECEPTION OF PLAYING PIECES, FOLDABLE LEGS SECURED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP, UPSTANDING FIRST HINGE LEAVES SECURED TO THE EDGES OF TWO OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID TOP, HINGE PINS AT THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF SAID FIRST HINGE LEAVES, SECOND HINGE LEAVES PIVOTED ON SAID HINGE PINS, RIGID OPAQUE RECTANGULAR COVER SECTIONS, EACH OF AN AREA SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ONE HALF THE AREA OF SAID UPPER SURFACE, EACH HAVING AN EDGE SECURED TO THE SECOND HINGE LEAVES ON ONE OF SAID OPPOSED SIDES, SO AS TO FOLD OVER SAID UPPER SURFACE TO COMPLETELY COVER THE SAME, SAID COVER SECTIONS EACH HAVING A PAD OF AN AREA SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH SECURED TO ITS UNDERSIDE WHEN IN FOLDED-OVER RELATION, SAID PAD BEING FORMED OF SOFT COMPRESSIBLE RESILIENT MATERIAL TO VERLIE PLAYING PIECES REMAINING ON SAID PLAYING AREA, SAID UPSTANDING FIRST HINGE LEAVES EXTENDING ABOVE SAID UPPER SURFACE A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE COMBINED THICKNESS OF THE ADJACENT COVER AND ITS ASSOCIATED PAD, WHEREBY SAID COVER SECTIONS LIE IN FLAT RELATION WHEN FOLDED OVER SAID TOP.