Patent ID: 6041722
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
An event table comprising in combination:a table top, said table top being polygonal in shape, and having a plurality of straight edges defining the perimeter thereof; contiguous ones of said straight edge being joined at an end thereof, said table top having a longitudinal axis, and a latitudinal axis, said longitudinal axis being transverse to said latitudinal axis;a rigid frame; said table top being secured to said frame for selective support on a flat surface;a plurality of pairs of leaves, said leaves being attached about the perimeter of said table top, each leaf having a straight edge and a curved edge generated about said straight edge, said curved edge extending outwardly from an end of said straight edge, and having a rounded apex at the midpoint thereof;each leaf of a pair of said leaves being disposed in opposed relation on opposite sides of said table top;said straight edge of each said leaf being hingeably attached to one of said straight edges of said table top; said curved edge having its apex along either said longitudinal axis or said latitudinal axis; a portion of the curved edge between the apex thereof and the straight edge becoming linear toward its juncture with an end of said straight edge, said leaves being individually and selectively movable between an extended position and a retracted position to define a desired table configuration.