Patent ID: 7946230

Claim:
An ant resistant table comprising: a table top for carrying dessert; a base below the table top, the base having a base bottom for residing on a horizontal surface; an outer edge of the base; a vertical support portion of the base providing support to the table top; a horizontal top surface portion of the base between the outer edge and the vertical support portion and forming a closed path containing the vertical support portion; a joint obstacle residing on the horizontal top surface between the outer edge and the vertical support portion, the joint obstacle comprising: a first moat containing a liquid and residing in the horizontal top surface portion and residing in from the outer edge and forming a closed path containing the vertical support portion; a second land residing on the horizontal top surface portion between the first moat and the vertical support portion and forming a closed path containing the vertical support portion; and a second moat containing the liquid and residing in the horizontal top surface portion and spaced in from the second land and forming a closed path containing the vertical support portion, wherein, the joint obstacle comprising the combination of the first moat, the second land, and the second moat, the first moat and the second land have approximately the same width, and the joint obstacle causes the ant to reject a path across the second moat.