Folding leg assembly

Claim 1

A FOLDING LEG ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A TABLE TOP OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A MOUNTING BRACKET FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF AN ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP AND PROVIDING A SOCKET, AN ELONGATED LEG MOUNTABLE BY SAID MOUNTING BRACKET IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION WHEREIN THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID LEG IS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP AND A STORAGE POSITION WHEREIN SAI LEG IS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP, SAID LEG HAVING A FIRST MOUNTING PORTION ON THE END THEREOF DISPOSED TOWARD THE ASSOCIATED TABLE TOP AND SHAPED COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID SOCKET FOR INSERTION THEREINTO TO PLACE AND TO HOLD SAID LEG IN THE OPERATIVE POSITION THEREOF, SAID LEG HAVING A SECOND MOUNTING PORTION ON SID ONE END THEREOF AND SHAPED COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID SOCKET FOR INSERTION THEREINTO TO PLACE AND TO HOLD SAID LEG IN THE STORAGE POSITION THEREOF, SAND FASTENER MEANS RELEASABLY INTERCONNECTING SAID MOUNTING BRACKET AND SAID LEG FOR LOCKING SAID LEG IN THE OPERATIVE POSITION THEREOF AND FOR LOCKING SAID LEG IN THE STORAGE POSITION THEREOF.