Patent ID: 6981453
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A portable massage table comprising: a rectangular table top including a pair of table top sections having inner and outer ends and first and second sides, said pair of table top sections abutting each other at their inner ends and hingedly connected to one another at said inner ends, each of said table top sections having first and second inner corners at the juncture of said inner end with said first and second sides, respectively, each of said table top sections having first and second outer corners at the juncture of said outer end with said first and second sides, respectively; a centrally positioned V-shaped truss member having first and second truss leg members having inner and outer ends, said first and second truss leg members being joined at their outer ends to form a truss apex, said inner ends of said first and second truss leg members being hingedly secured to the inner end of one of said first and second table top sections, said truss member having an opening passing through said apex, said truss member having first and second slots passing through each of said first and second truss leg members, respectively, adjacent the inner ends thereof; first and second table legs located adjacent said first and second outer corners of said first table top section, respectively, said first and second table legs being pivotally connected to said first table top section; third and fourth table legs located adjacent said first and second outer corners of said second table top section, respectively, said first and second table legs being pivotally connected to said second table top section; a first table support cable extending from said first corner of said first table top section through said opening at said apex of said truss member and to said second corner of said second table top section; a second table support cable extending from said second corner of said first table top section through said opening at said apex of said truss member and to said first corner of said second table top section; first table leg support cables extending from and attached to a mid-portion of said inner end of said first table top section to each of said first and second table legs and attached thereto in the lower half thereof, and extending from and attached to a mid-portion of said inner end of said second table top section to each of said third and fourth table legs and attached thereto in the lower half thereof; second table leg support cables extending from a location adjacent said first and second corners of said first table top section to an attachment point located in a mid-portion of each of said first and second table legs, respectively, and extending from a location adjacent said first and second corners of said second table top section to an attachment point located in a mid-portion of each of said third and fourth table legs, respectively; and third table leg support cables attached to the tops of said first and third table legs and extending through said first slot in said first leg of said truss member, and attached to the tops of said second and fourth table legs and extending through said second slot in said second leg of said truss member.