Articulating table

An apparatus comprising a horizontal pivot including a plurality of pivot elements stacked vertically on top of each other, said plurality of pivot elements being rotatable about the horizontal pivot relative to each other, each of said pivot elements having a substantially circular shape at a first end and a protruding section at a second end, said protruding sections each being in a same horizontal plane as all other protruding sections, wherein when the plurality of pivot elements are rotated about the horizontal pivot into a first position two or more of said protruding leaves meet to form one or more combined horizontal surfaces and when rotated about the horizontal pivot into a second position each of said protruding leaves separating to form a plurality of separate horizontal surfaces.

An apparatus for creating a plurality of work surfaces comprising:

• a plurality of surface elements, each of said plurality of surface elements having two parts, a first part having a first shape and being stackable vertically with all other first parts of the plurality of surface elements all of which are aligned on a common center, a second part having a second shape and being alignable horizontally with all other second parts to form a common horizontal surface with all other second parts and a top of the stack of first parts;
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• a shaft attached to at least one of the plurality of surface elements enabling rotation of the plurality of surface elements with respect to each other around the common center so that in a first position around the common center the plurality of surface elements align to for the common horizontal surface and in one or more others positions around the common center the plurality of surface elements separate to form two or more separate horizontal surfaces.