Patent ID: 7984679
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A table, comprising: (a) a primary tabletop, (b) means for supporting said primary tabletop horizontally, (c) a second tabletop vertically nested within and horizontally surrounded by said primary tabletop, (d) one or more additional tabletops vertically nested within and horizontally surrounded by any tabletop located inside the horizontal perimeter of said primary and second tabletops, (e) a unified contiguous horizontal tabletop surface formed from the adjoining tabletop surfaces of said primary and second tabletops and said additional nested tabletops, (f) means for independently vertically erecting and horizontally supporting any nested tabletop at an elevated height relative to the height of the tabletop immediately horizontally surrounding said nested tabletop wherein said means for independently vertically erecting and horizontally supporting any nested tabletop at an elevated height relative to the height of the tabletop immediately horizontally surrounding said nested tabletop includes a plurality of rigid collapsible supporting members which are physically and pivotally connected to both the underside of said nesting tabletop and the underside of said tabletop immediately horizontally surrounding said nested tabletop.