Patent ID: 8490555

Claim:
An elevating table apparatus comprising: a) a table top providing an upper work surface and a lower surface; b) a plurality of table legs, each leg including telescoping leg members, one telescoping leg member being a sleeve member that has a bore that is receptive of the other leg member; c) a geared mechanism on the upper end portion of each leg that enables a user to elevate the table top relative to an underlying support surface or floor, the geared mechanism including multiple gears that rotate together; d) each leg having a gear box housing that envelops the geared mechanism and that extends circumferentially around and radially away from the geared mechanism, wherein the housing is structurally connected to both the table top and each leg; e) the gear box housing being connected to the leg below the geared mechanism; f) the gear box housing having an upper peripheral edge portion that is structurally connected to the table top and that extends radially out from the geared mechanism, and wherein the gear box housing surrounds the geared mechanism; and g) wherein there are no connections below the gear box housing that span in a generally horizontal direction from one leg to another leg below said table top.