Patent ID: 8104849

Claim:
An expandable table device for allowing a user to care for a baby, said expandable table device comprising: (a) a base having a first side panel, a second side panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, an open front, and a back panel; (b) a storage compartment disposed in the base near the top panel; (c) a table component for supporting a baby slidably disposed in the storage compartment, the table component comprising a base wing connected to a middle wing and an end wing; wherein the table component can move between an expanded position and a retracted position; wherein when the table component is in the expanded position the table component provides a generally flat surface; wherein in the retracted position the middle wing is stacked atop the base wing and the end wing is stacked atop the middle wing; wherein in the expanded position the base wing, middle wing, and end wing are unstacked and are extended outwardly from the storage compartment; (d) a locking groove disposed on a first side of each of the base wing and the middle wing; a locking tab disposed on a second side of each of the middle wing and the end wing; wherein the locking groove of the base wing is for engaging the locking tab of the middle wing and the locking groove of the middle wing is for engaging the locking tab of the end wing; wherein the locking tab and locking groove both allow the base wing, middle wing, and end wing to be secured together in the expanded position; wherein the end wing is secured on one side to the middle wing while the other side of the end wing is not connected to any other structure; and (e) a track disposed in the storage compartment for slidably enaging the base wing, wherein the track allows the base wing to slide in and out of the storage compartment; wherein the middle wing has a top edge and a bottom edge; wherein a guide is disposed in the top edge and is for allowing an adjacent wing to slide atop the middle wing or below the middle wing.