Patent ID: 8091488

Claim:
A table, comprising: a frame having two spaced apart leg assemblies and at least one spine connecting said leg assemblies, said leg assemblies defining a centerline of said table; a tabletop, generally planar in shape and having a longitudinal axis, hingedly connecting to said at least one spine, wherein said tabletop rotates about its longitudinal axis mutually parallel and spaced apart from the centerline of said table from a lowered position to a raised position, said lowered position orienting said tabletop horizontal, said raised position orienting said tabletop vertical occupying minimal surface area, and the plane of said tabletop being parallel to said leg assemblies when in said raised position; said at least one spine comprising an outer spine, and a mutually parallel spaced apart inner spine, said inner and outer spines extending approximately the length of said tabletop and connecting with the respective leg assemblies; said table having at lest two hinges, said hinges connecting to said outer spine, and said hinges temporarily securing said table top in the lowered position; said hinges including a block connecting to a bottom surface of said tabletop and a cooperating cover connecting a portion of said hinge, said cover and said block encircling said outer spine; said table top having at least two locks, each lock having a female part upon the bottom surface of said tabletop and a cooperating male part upon said inner spine wherein said locks temporarily retain said table top in the lowered position and prevent accidental tipping of said tabletop; and whereby said tabletop may be pivoted between its said lowered position to said raised position, as during temporary storage.