Patent ID: 7681847

Claim:
A device for raising the height of a legged article of furniture, comprising four arms, four pins and a center base, wherein each arm comprises at least one tubular beam, a tension creating material, and a pedestal, wherein the pedestal is located at the distal end of each arm, wherein the center base comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion comprises four pin holders, wherein the proximal end of each arm simultaneously fixedly and pivotably attaches to the center base by attaching to one pin and all of the arms lie within a plane, wherein each pin attaches to the center base by attaching to a pin holder, wherein at least two pin holders are closer to each other than they are to the remaining pin holders, wherein each arm is able to rotate about one pin from a radially outward position, relative to the center base, to a storage position, where at least two of the arms are aligned in the same general direction, and wherein the device is in its most compact position in the storage position.