Convertible Table and Method of Use

A table convertible between a smaller configuration and a larger configuration, the table comprising:

• a top comprising a plurality of panels;
• the plurality of panels stacked in the smaller configuration and substantially planar in the larger configuration;
• each of the panels having at least one slot disposed within each edge of each panel;
• at least two base members configured to support the top in both the smaller configuration and the larger configuration;
• a plurality of support members;
• each of the plurality of support members that will form a trim of the top in the smaller configuration having at least one slot disposed along at least one side;
• at least one of the plurality of support members coupled to at least one base member by at least one connection member in the larger configuration;
• the plurality of support members coupled to the periphery of at least one of the panels by at least one spline disposed along adjacent slots in both the panels and the support members in the smaller configuration;
• a brace functionally coupling at least two of the base members;
• a plurality of retainers contained on a retainer surface of one of the panels;
• the retainers disposed within at least a portion of the base;
• one of the panels having at least one finished surface;
• and
• the panel with the finished surface being on top of the stack of panels in the smaller configuration with the finished surface facing away from the base.