Patent ID: 7490562

Claim:
A folding table tennis table comprising a rigid support, two table tops that are movable relative to said support between a horizontal position and a vertical position, each table top co-operating with the support to form a structure of configuration that is reversibly foldable between an unfolded state which is the horizontal position of the table top and a folded state which is the vertical position of the table top, which structure comprises retractable locking means including a movable bolt to lock said structure in at least said folded state, wherein the foldable structure includes abutment means comprising said bolt and a shoulder which are engaged when the structure reverses from a position of the table top near said folded state towards said horizontal position of said table top, thereby opposing reversibility of the structure to continue, and wherein each table top is provided with a finger projecting from each side edge of said table top and engaged in a corresponding guiding slideway secured to the support and extending in a substantially vertical direction, and with, on each side edge of the table top, said bolt having an axis perpendicular to said side edge and urged resiliently along its axis towards the support, which support presents a recess facing each side edge and forming a catch for receiving said bolt when the structure is in at least one of said folded state or said unfolded state, wherein said shoulder for stopping the bolt is defined by one end of a secondary recess in the support, remote from the catch, said recess defining beside the catch a wall over which the bolt can slide.