Patent ID: 8793823

Claim:
A retractable table apparatus concealable within a bed headboard and extendable over a bed comprising: a frame having a vertically oriented recess; a first table section pivotally attached to the frame and adapted to fit within the vertically oriented recess; a second table section pivotally attached to the first table section and adapted to fit within the vertically oriented recess; a first rotatable leg support pivotally attached the first table section adjacent the second table section; the first rotatable leg support having a first stored position within the first table section and a first deployed position supporting the first table section; a second rotatable leg support pivotally attached to the second table section; the second rotatable leg support having a second stored position within the second table section and a second deployed position supporting the second table section; a linear spring biased between the first table section and the frame; a first torsion spring slidingly connected to the first table section and slidingly connected to the second table section and biased between the first table section and the second table section; whereby the first table section and the second table section are extendable to a flat position over the bed by biasing the linear spring and the first torsion spring when the first rotatable leg support is in the first deployed position and the second rotatable leg support is in the second deployed position; whereby the first table section and the second table section are retractable into a retracted position in the recess by unbiasing the linear spring and unbiasing the first torsion spring when the first rotatable leg support is in the first stored position and the second leg support is in the second stored position; and, whereby the linear torsion spring is negatively biased when the first table section and the second table section are in the retracted position and positively biased when the first table section and the second table section are in the flat position.