Patent ID: 8365678

Claim:
An extensible table comprising: a main surface supported by a support base; a first auxiliary surface and a second auxiliary surface, arranged underneath the main surface when the table is retracted in a condition of minimum extension and coplanar and side by side to the main surface when the table is extended in the condition of maximum extension; a table extension mechanism, wherein said extension mechanism comprises two movable supports arranged side by side, each of said movable supports carrying one of said first auxiliary surface and said second auxiliary surface and supported and guided on said support base, wherein each of said movable supports comprises a lifting and lowering member of the respective auxiliary surface during the table extension and retraction movement, each of said movable supports being connected to a respective rack, said racks extending parallel to a direction of the extension and retraction movement of the table, said racks being connected to a common toothed wheel arranged between said racks, said common toothed wheel being supported by said support base, said common toothed wheel and said racks forming a kinematic connection, said movable supports being connected to one another and to said support base via said kinematic connection, said kinematic connection applying synchronous and symmetrical movement to said two movable supports when moving said first auxiliary surface and said second auxiliary surface relative to each other during the table extension and retraction movement.