Patent ID: 8186282

Claim:
A table comprising: a base, the base comprising an upper surface and a plurality of pockets; a plurality of legs supporting the base, each of the legs comprising a first band-engaging region and a second band-engaging region spaced from the first band-engaging region; and a plurality of bands; wherein each of the pockets of the base comprises a bottom surface and defines an aperture extending through the bottom surface; each of the legs is received by the aperture defined by a respective one of the pockets of the base; the table is selectively configurable in a first configuration wherein the upper surface of the base is positioned a first distance above a support surface, upon which the legs are configured to rest, the table being further selectively configurable in a second configuration wherein the upper surface of the base is positioned a second distance above a support surface, upon which the legs are configured to rest, the first distance being greater than the second distance; each of the bands is releasably attached to, and at least partially surrounds, the first band-engaging region of a respective one of the legs, and is in contacting engagement with the base, when the table is in the first configuration; each of the bands is releasably attached to, and at least partially surrounds, the second band-engaging region of the respective one of the legs, and is in contacting engagement with the base, when the table is in the second configuration; each of the pockets further comprises an upper, downwardly-facing surface, the upper, downwardly-facing surface of each of the pockets partially defining a respective one of the apertures; each of the bands comprises a first flange; and the first flange of each of the bands is in contacting engagement with the bottom surface of the respective one of the pockets of the base when the table is in the first configuration, and when the table is in the second configuration.