Ping-pong table with swing top board

Claim 1

A Ping-pong table unit forming one-half of a Ping-pong table and designed for use with an identical Ping-pong table unit to constitute a complete Ping-pong table, said table unit comprising, in combination, a pair of laterally spaced elongated frame members; a pair of main support legs each secured to a respective elongated frame member to extend vertically therefrom; a table top, having a width equal to that of a Ping-pong table playing surface and a length equal to one-half that of such playing surface, pivotally mounted, at a pivot axis intermediate its ends, on the upper ends of said main support legs; respective pairs of pivotally interconnected first links connecting said main support legs, at pivot points thereon, to said table top at first pivot points on said table top spaced from said pivot axis toward one edge of said table top a distance such that, when said table top is swung to the horizontal position, said pairs of links are fully extended; a pair of supplementary legs pivotally secured at their upper ends to second pivot points on said table top adjacent the opposite end edge thereof, said supplementary legs having a length substantially equal to the height of said table top above a support surface when said table top is horizontal; and respective second links connecting said supplementary legs, at pivot points thereon, to said pivot points on said main support legs; said second links extending substantially horizontally when said table top is swung to the horizontal position; said second pivot points being spaced from said pivot axis a distance such that, when said table top is swung to a vertical position, with folding of said first links, said supplementary legs and said second links are aligned vertically with said main support legs.