Abstract: A shipping carton including a plurality of foldable tables having detachable table tops, each table top being attachable to a support base including two pair of pivotably connected legs. The carton receives the table tops in bottom-to-top relationship vertically oriented so that they are parallel to the side walls of the enclosure. The carton also receives a like number of support bases having the two pair of legs in a closed position one-half of the bases arranged in a side-by-side first stack between one side of the vertical stack of table tops and a first side wall of the carton, and the other half of the bases arranged in a side-by-side second stack between the opposite side of the vertical stack of table tops and the opposite side wall of the container from the frist side wall whereby the stack of table tops are tightly sandwiched therebetween.