Table construction

Claim 1

A TABLE COMPRISING A TOP INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT TOP PLATE, AND EDGING EXTENDING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID TOP PLATE AND DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF, SAID EDGING INCLUDING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING ATTACHMENT FLANGE AND A DEPENDENT SIDE FLANGE ON THE OUTER EDGE THEREOF AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID ATTACHMENT FLANGE AND SAID TOP PLATE AT POINTS SPACED INWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID TOP PLATE, CONTINUOUS REINFORCING SHEET DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP PLATE AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE AREA OF SAID TOP PLATE WITHIN SAID EDGING, SAID REINFORCING SHEET INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SPACED APART ATTACHMENT PORTIONS DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP PLATE AND A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING REINFORCING RIBS DISPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT PAIRS OF SAID ATTACHMENT PORTIONS AND SPACED FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP PLATE, MEANS SECURING SAID ATTACHMENT PORTIONS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP PLATE AND TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ADJACENT ONE OF SAID ATTACHMENT FLANGES, AN APRON ASSEMBLY ARRANGED ADJACENT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP AND INCLUDING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FRONT AND REAR APRONS AND A PAIR OF LATERALLY EXTENDING SIDE APRONS ALL DISPOSED WITHIN THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID DEPENDING SIDE FLANGE, SAID FRONT AND REAR APRONS EACH HAVING A MOUNTING FLANGE ON THE UPPER SIDE THEREOF AND DISPOSED AGAINST RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID ATTACHMENT PORTIONS, MEANS SECURING SAID MOUNTING FLANGES TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED ATTACHMENT PORTIONS TO MOUNT SAID APRON ASSEMBLY UPON SAID TOP, AND A PLURALITY OF LEGS RESPECTIVELY SECURED ONLY TO SAID APRON ASSEMBLY TO SUPPORT SAID TABLE UPON AN UNDERLYING SUPPORT SURFACE.