Wheelchair table

Claim 1

A wheelchair table, which comprises: a. a rectangularly shaped table top having a curved cutout portion along one longitudinal edge thereof; b. an inverted U-shaped hollow tubular member affixed transversely to a bottom surface of said table top at each end thereof, the open ended legs of each said tubular member extending downwardly, each said leg having on its interior face an aperture therethrough; c. a pair of cross brace members having center vertically aligned slot apertures therethrough, each said cross brace member communicating between said pair of said legs of each said tubular member; d. a hollow cylindrically shaped sleeve in each said aperture of each said leg; e. a pair of horizontally placed cross joining beams; f. upwardly extending support bars joined to each end of each said cross joining beam, each said support bar having a plurality of equally spaced horizontally aligned slot apertures therein along one longitudinal surface thereof, each said support bar slidably contained into each said open end of each said leg of each said tubular member; g. a vertically placed scissor shaped member mounted on a horizontal pin in each said vertical slot aperture of each said cross brace member, the handles of said scissor shaped member extending above said cross brace member and the legs of said scissor shaped member extending below said cross brace member; h. a horizontal extension rod extending outwardly from a lower free end of each said leg of each said scissor shaped member, each said extension rod slidably extending through one said cylindrically shaped sleeve to engage one said horizontal slot aperture of one said support bar; and i. tension springs mounted between said handles of each said scissor shaped member.