Patent ID: 7814843

Claim:
A folding work surface for mounting on a wall, the work surface comprising: a platform; at least one hinge, having a first section mounted to a bottom surface of the platform and having a second section hingedly connected to the first section and adapted to be mounted to the wall; a pair of upper supports, each having a first end separately secured by a pivot bracket to the bottom surface of the platform, each upper support further having a second end; a lower support having a first end adapted to be secured by a pivot bracket to the wall and having a second end, and wherein the second end of each of the upper supports is pivotally secured to a side region of the second end of the lower support; a pair of locking rings separately positioned on each of the upper supports, each of the locking rings having an opening defined to permit the locking rings to slide over the upper supports; and a stop bracket having a base secured to the second end of the of the lower support and having a pair of locking tabs separately extending outwardly from sides of the base to extend along a portion of the second end of the upper supports, wherein when the platform is in a substantially horizontal position defining an opened position, the upper supports and the lower supports are aligned to permit the pair of locking rings to slide over the locking tabs securing the locking tabs against the upper supports thereby locking the platform in the opened position.