Folding table system and apparatus

Claim 1

Apparatus for foldably mounting the leg structure of a table to the underside of the top of said table, and for supporting a plurality of such tables, one above the other, in a stacked array, comprising: bracket means comprising a band having a central portion of generally cylindrical shape providing a horizontal journal for receiving a horizontal shaft extending horizontally from one of said legs, whereby said shaft and said one leg may be rotated about the horizontal axes of said journal to fold and unfold said one leg with respect to a table top; said bracket means also comprising a table attachment portion for securing it to the underside of said table top; and resilient bumper means having a high-friction surface, secured to the lower side of said bracket means and extending away from said table top beyond all other portions of said table, whereby said bumper contacts the adjacent table when in said stacked array; wherein said band is provided with a substantially flat, downwardly-facing portion to which said resilient bumper means is secured; and wherein said substantially flat portion has an aperture in it, and said bumper means is provided at one end with a portion larger in diameter than said aperture but small enough in diameter to be elastically compressed and forced into said aperture, said bumper means having a circumferential groove formed in said large end portion thereof in which the edges of said band adjacent said aperture seat themselves.