Stowable wall table

Claim 1

A stowable table, comprising: (a) a support structure, such as a wall or cabinet structure, adapted to have said table mounted thereto; (b) a substantially unitary table top having an inner end and an outer end, said table top having a first vertical stowed position proximate said support structure, and a second horizontal use position where it extends horizontally from said support structure; (c) arm means connecting said table top to said support structure, said arm means having an inner end pivotally fixed to said support structure at a predetermined location on said structure, and an outer end pivotally connected to said table top at a predetermined location proximate the inner end of the table top; (d) leg support means connected to said table top at the outer end thereof, said leg support means having a stowed position against the table top and a supporting position wherein said leg support means extend downwardly from the outer end of the table top toward a floor surface; (e) floor engaging means at the outer end of said table top and adapted to move along in contact with the floor surface when the table top is being moved between its first and second positions, and (f) said arm means being the sole primary connection between said table top and said support structure, such that both the inner end and the outer end of said table top are able to move away from said support structure, said arm means and said table top being so arranged relative to said support structure that the length of the arm means plus the distance from the pivot connection of the arm means on the table top to the inner end of the table equals the distance from the pivot location of the arm means on the support structure to a location on said structure proximate the inner end of the table in its stowed position, and the distance from the pivot connection of the table top to the outer end of the table top equals the length of the arm means plus the distance from the pivot connection on the support structure to the location of the outer end of the table proximate the floor surface in its stowed position, whereby, with said table top in its stowed position, the upwardly disposed inner end of the table top can be moved outwardly from said support structure, with the inner end being supported by said arm means, and downwardly positioned outer end of the table can be moved outwardly from the support structure along the floor surface, with the outer end being supported by the floor surface, and then upwardly to its use position.