Support for table legs and the like

Claim 1

IN A TABLE STRUCTURE AND THE LIKE HAVING A HORIZONTAL TOP AND AT LEAST TWO LEGS FOR CARRYING THE TOP, EACH OF SAID LEGS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING PORTION, SAID PORTIONS BEING LATERALLY SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER, THE COMBINATION WITH SAID LEGS OF AT LEAST ONE SUPPORT FOR RECEIVING AND DETACHABLY RETAINING THE LEGS IN SUCH SPACED RELATION, SAID SUPPORT BEING MADE OF A RESILIENT, SEMI-RIGID MATERIAL AND COMPRISING: (A) A BASE MEMBER; AND (B) AT LEAST TWO SOCKET-DEFINING ELEMENTS INTEGRAL WITH THE BASE MEMBER, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS INCLUDING A PAIR OF ARMS WHICH EXTEND OUTWARDLY FROM THE BASE MEMBER TO FORM THEREBETWEEN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING SOCKET FOR RECEIVING AND DETACHABLY ENGAGING SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF A LEG OF THE TABLE, THE OUTER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF ARMS FORMING AN OPENING INTO THE SOCKET AND BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE NOT GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM CROSSSECTIONAL DIMENSION OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF A LEG WHICH IS TO BE INSERTED THEREBETWEEN, SUCH THAT WHEN EACH OF THE LEGS INSERTED INTO A SOCKET IN THE SUPPORT THE ARMS OF THE SOCKET DETACHABLY RETAIN THE LEGS THEREIN TO SUPPORT THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE.