Portable body massage table

Claim 1

A portable, folding table comprising: a pair of rectangular table top sections; a peripheral border flange depending from each of said sections; hinge members interconnecting said 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 coplanar, to a portable configuration, wherein the bottom edges of said flanges are juxtaposed; two pairs of support legs of rectangular cross section; a first means hingably securing a first end of each said pair of legs to the underside of each said table top section to fold toward said hinge members within said border flange; a first rigid cross brace secured between the legs of each pair thereof; two pairs of support arms of rectangular cross section, each said arm comprising a first and a second section pivotally interconnected by a second pivot means securing facing sides of each to the other; a third pivot means hingably securing a first end of each said pair of arms to the underside of each said table top section to fold toward said table top section within said border flange; a fourth pivot means securing a second end of each said pair of arms to said pair of legs to fold toward said table top section into the receptacle formed by said border flange; a second rigid cross brace secured between the arms of each pair thereof; a pair of first flexible, non-stretchable cables, one of said cables being pivotally secured between each opposing pair of said second pivot means, each said cable being of length to be in tension when said table top sections are coplanar and when said legs are fully unfolded; two pairs of flexible, non-stretchable second cables, each individual said second cable being pivotally secured between said first and said second pivot means, each said second cable being of length to be in tension when said table top sections are coplanar and when said legs are fully unfolded.