Massage and therapeutic body work table

Claim 1

A portable, folding massage table to be subjected to forces parallel to the surface thereof as well as vertical loading comprising: a pair of rectangular table top sections; a peripheral border flange depending from each of said sections; hinge members interconnecting the flange bottom edges of adjacent sides of said sections to enable folding of said table top sections from a working configuration, wherein said table top sections are co-planar, and a portable configuration, wherein the bottom edges of said flanges are juxtaposed; two pairs of support legs of rectangular cross section; hinge means securing facing sides of each pair of legs to the underside of a table top section near the outer edge thereof to fold toward said hinge members into the receptacle formed by said border flange; a pair of rigid, diagonal cross braces secured between the legs of each pair thereof; a pair of flexible, non-stretchable cables, one of said cables being secured between each leg of a pair thereof and the opposing leg of the other pair thereof, each said cable being of nearly the combined lengths of said table top sections so as to be under tension when said sections are in working configuration, and being secured at opposite ends thereof to opposing legs near the bottoms thereof to prevent separation thereof; a pair of rigid rods removably connected between the inner surface of each of said adjacent flanges near the ends thereof to said facing sides of the pair of legs carried on the same table top section to prevent inward movement thereof; an extension for each of said legs; a row of through holes along the length of each of said extensions; a pair of spaced threaded members secured to each of said legs to extend from a lateral side thereof, said threaded members being receivable in a pair of said holes aligned therewith; and complementary tongue and groove slide means formed in said lateral side and a side of said extension containing said row of through holes.