Combined table comprising a plurality of individual table surfaces

Claim 1

In a combined table comprising a plurality of individual table surfaces having rectilinear side edges, at least a pair of said table surfaces being provided with vertically adjustable legs, and at least a pair of coupling members for connecting one of said pair of table surfaces to an adjacent table surface, each of said coupling members having snap means for detachably connecting each of said coupling members to a first sectional bar mounted in an underside of said one table surface and catch means for detachably connecting each of said coupling members to a second sectional bar mounted on an underside of said adjacent table surface, the improvement wherein each end of said first sectional bar is held in first corner cover means mounted on said underside of said one table surface flush with adjacent side edges thereof and each end of said second sectional bar is held in second corner cover means mounted on said underside of said adjacent table surface flush with adjacent side edges thereof; wherein each of said first and second sectional bars has an outside edge provided with a fitting zone sized and shaped so as to be engageable with an intermediate portion of said coupling members and an inside edge provided with a first channel sized and shaped so as to be engageable with said snap means of said coupling members and a second channel sized and shaped so as to be engageable with wedge locking means for fastening said first and second sectional bars to said first and second corner cover means, respectively; and wherein each of said vertically adjustable legs contains an insert part which is adjustable by means of a spindle and a knurled nut and which includes a foot part guided by a centering pin.