Patent ID: 7337728

Claim:
A collapsible folding article of furniture, comprising: a top member forming a generally planar top support surface; a bottom member forming a base; and a plurality of foldable leg assemblies each including a set of at least two elongated leg sections pivotally attached together at adjacent ends by a hinge allowing the leg sections to be rotated between a folded configuration and an extended configuration, each said hinge having a first part attached to one of said leg sections and a second part attached to the other one of said leg sections, said first and second parts being pivotally secured together and having associated therewith a spring loaded detent carried by one of said legs for lockingly engaging a detent receiving aperture formed in one of said first and second parts affixed to the other leg, said detent and the aperture formed in said one part affixed to the other leg being positioned to be in locking alignment and engagement with each other when the leg assembly is in its extended configuration, one end of each leg assembly being pivotally attached to said top member and an opposite end of each leg assembly being pivotally attached to said base member, said leg assemblies allowing the top member to be collapsed from a deployed position remote from the bottom member to a retracted position proximate the bottom member.