Patent ID: 7389738

Claim:
A convertible table system for saving space on a boat, said device comprising: a pedestal being mounted to and extending upwardly from a deck of the boat; and a conversion assembly being mounted to said pedestal to position said conversion assembly above the deck, said conversion assembly being actuatable between a table position and a chair position; a base plate being mounted to the pedestal, said base plate being orientated approximately parallel to the deck; a pair of side plates being hingedly coupled to said base plate, each of said side plates being positioned horizontally and aligned with said base plate when said conversion assembly is in the table position, each of a pair of side edges having one of said side plates hingedly coupled adjacent thereto and extending upwardly therefrom when said conversion assembly is in the chair position; a pair of end plates being hingedly coupled to said base plate, each of said end plates being positioned horizontally and aligned with said base plate when said conversion assembly is in the table position, said end plates including a rear plate and a front plate, a rear edge of said base plate having said rear plate hingedly coupled adjacent thereto and extending upwardly therefrom when said conversion assembly is in the chair position, a front edge of said base plate having said front plate hingedly coupled adjacent thereto and extending downwardly therefrom when said conversion assembly is in the chair position; and a plurality of abutment plates being coupled to a bottom surface of said base plate, each of said side edges having one of said abutment plates coupled adjacent thereto and extending outwardly therefrom, said abutment plates abutting said side plates to keep said side plates approximately horizontal when said conversion assembly is in the table position.