Apparatus to join table tops together

Claim 1

Apparatus to removably join together two tables comprising the combination of first and second tables each including a support secured to a top having at least one planar edge, the planar edges of the two tops having equally-spaced and alignable bored openings, a sleeve member supported in each of said openings by the table tops, the internal projected portion of each sleeve member including a resilient circumferential constriction spaced from the terminal end of the sleeve member to lie within the table top, two elongated connector elements each including two circumferential recesses spaced from the terminal ends thereof to releasably receive said resilient circumferential constrictions in the sleeve members while supported in aligned openings in the two table tops, the circumferential recesses in each connector element being spaced by a distance corresponding to the space between the circumferential constriction of two sleeve members while supported in aligned openings in the table tops when the planar edges thereof are disposed in a juxtaposed relation, and fastening means to secure each sleeve to a table top.