Abstract: A folding table includes a tabletop and a number of legs operable between a folded and an extended position. A folding table leg apparatus associated with each of the legs comprises a top plate mounted to the tabletop, the top plate having a pair of side flanges. Each of the side flanges has a height greater than the effective diameter of one leg. The flanges and the top plate define an envelope within which the leg is contained in its folded position and the folding apparatus itself is fully contained within the envelope when the leg is in its folded position. The folding table leg apparatus includes a pair of brace links straddling the leg, each of the pair of brake links being pivotably mounted at a first end to the top plate and pivotably connected at a second end to diametrically opposite portions of the leg, such that the brace links provide support for the leg in its extended position.

Abstract: A table base construction includes a plurality of leg assemblies, a central attachment assembly integrating each of the leg assemblies, a vertical standard assembly mounted on the central attachment assembly, and a support plate assembly mounted on the vertical standard assembly. The leg assemblies include a plurality of elongated strips that are interconnected by machine screws in an overlayed construction.The central attachment assembly centrally connects each of the leg at its inner end in juxtaposed radial relation. The central attachment assembly includes a column washer and an attachment washer. The legs are affixed at their inner ends to the attachment washer by attachment screws extending through the aligned bores in the leg assemblies and the column washer and engaged in threaded bores in the attachment washer. When the leg assemblies are so connected, free edges at the inner ends of the leg assemblies form a non-circular opening.