Table Tennis Table

A table tennis table, comprising:

• two playing surface boards that can be transferred from a vertical storage position into a horizontal play position and from the horizontal play position to the vertical storage position, each playing surface boards having an apron on an outer edge of a lower surface of the playing surface boards, the playing surface boards having a playing end apron and two side aprons and at least one of the side aprons having a through hole;
• a lower frame for supporting the playing surface boards, the lower frame comprising an L-shaped frame portion and a first aperture and a second aperture defined in the L-shaped frame portion;
• a guide portion pivotally connected to one of the side aprons, the guide portion defines an L-shaped groove received within the L-shaped frame portion and the guide portion comprises an extension that extends through the through hole in the apron;
• a cable comprising an outer sheath and an inner wire, wherein the inner wire has a release end and a handle end, wherein the release end extends through the channel in the extension and is connected to a locking pin;
• a biasing member that biases the wire and the locking pin into the L-shaped groove and into one of the apertures in the L-shaped frame portion when the aperture is aligned with the locking pin;
• a release handle slidingly connected to handle mount, wherein the handle mount is fixedly connected to the under surface of the playing surface beard adjacent to the playing end apron and the outer sheath is fixedly connected to the handle mount and the handle end of the inner wire is connected to the release handle, wherein the guide portion pivots about a rotational axis within the channel of the extension, wherein the locking pin is biased within the first aperture when the playing surface board is in the vertical storage position and biased within the second aperture with the playing surface board is in the horizontal play position.