Patent ID: 8225725

Claim:
A table comprising a table top configured to include a top surface and formed to include a cavity having an opening in a bottom surface provided on an underside of the table top and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the top surface, a table top elevator including a first leg unit arranged to lie under the underside of the table top and a fastener mooring coupled to the table top, the fastener mooring including a root plate arranged to lie in a stationary position between the top and bottom surfaces and a retainer coupled to the root plate and arranged to extend from the fastener mooring into the cavity, the first leg unit includes a leg-anchor unit and a table-leg system coupled to the leg-anchor unit and configured to support the table top in an elevated position above an underlying surface, the leg-anchor unit including a base plate located on the bottom surface of the table top and a catch coupled to the base plate and arranged to extend into the cavity, and a fastener including a bolt having a head and a neck coupled to the head and arranged to locate the head between the top surface and the neck and to extend away from the top surface of the table top toward the opening formed in the bottom surface of the table top and through fastener-receiver apertures formed in each of the retainer included in the fastener mooring and the catch included in the leg-anchor unit to define an exposed portion of the neck located in spaced-apart relation to the head, and wherein the fastener further includes a nut secured to the exposed portion of the neck and located substantially in the cavity to trap portions of the retainer and the catch between the head of the bolt and the nut to fix the leg-anchor unit of the first leg unit in a stationary position on the underside of the table top.