Patent ID: 7677184

Claim:
A flip top table assembly comprising: a table top member having an undersurface; a leg member having a top end; a hinge linking the top member to the top end of the leg member for pivotal movement between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position; a restrainer forming at least first and second openings and forming an edge; a slider forming at least first and second distal pin ends, the slider supported by one of the table top member and the leg member proximate the restraining member; at least a first spring biasing the slider toward the restrainer; wherein, when the table top member is in the substantially horizontal position, the first pin end is substantially aligned with the first opening and is biased by the spring toward a restraining position received within the first opening and, when the table top member is in the substantially vertical position, the second pin end is substantially aligned with the second opening and is biased by the spring toward a restraining position received within the second opening and the first pin end is biased by the spring toward a space adjacent the edge of the restrainer outside the first and second openings; and an activator linked to the slider for moving the slider against the force of the spring to a released position wherein the pin ends are displaced from the openings.