Patent ID: 8567325

Claim:
A work table stowage and support fixture, comprising: a bracket to fixedly mount to a substantially vertical wall; a vertical guide having a top end fixed to the bracket and a bottom end distal to the top end fixed to the bracket; a sliding hinge having: a hinge body; a bearing disposed on the hinge body to engage the vertical guide and to substantially prevent horizontal relative motion between the bearing and the vertical guide wherein the bearing is vertically translatable along the vertical guide between a working position and a stowed position; and a hinge pin protruding substantially horizontally from the hinge body wherein the hinge pin has a distal end opposite the hinge body to matingly engage a complementary socket disposed on a work table; and a gravity stop disposed on the bracket to vertically support the sliding hinge when the work table is in a working configuration corresponding to the working position, wherein the vertical guide has a plurality of spaced index apertures to matingly receive an adjustment pin; the bracket further includes a plurality of mounting slots to adjustably attach a support beam; and each mounting slot of the plurality of mounting slots is associated with each index aperture of the plurality of spaced index apertures to selectively cause the support beam to abut and support the work table for each of the spaced index apertures.