Patent ID: 7478602

Claim:
In a game table having a tabletop and a plurality of downwardly extending support legs, wherein the tabletop is pivotally connected to the legs and convertible thereby between a normally horizontal playing position and a vertical storage position wherein the legs are substantially coplanar with the tabletop and include feet, the improvements wherein; a rigid link pivotally connects all of the legs and causes the legs to assume a disposition substantially coplanar with the table top as the table to is convened from its playing position to its storage position; one or more of said support legs is a base leg comprising a horizontal crossbeam and feet for supporting the tabletop during both the playing and storage positions; said rigid link comprises a beam pivotally connecting the one or more base legs to the remaining legs; and a coupling extending from and disposed at a substantially perpendicular intersection of said rigid link and said horizontal cross beam temporarily and removably affixes said rigid link to said horizontal cross beam during the storage position to prevent the tabletop from inadvertently falling into the playing position, said coupling comprising: a first coupling portion affixed to one of said rigid link and said horizontal cross beam, and a second coupling portion affixed to the other of said rigid link and said horizontal cross beam.