Flat Pack End Table and Coffee Table

A packaged flat-pack table comprising:

• a first U-shaped bar having a first surface area;
• a second U-shaped bar having a second surface area;
• a first support bar having a third surface area;
• a second support bar having a fourth surface area;
• a base having a fifth surface area;
• and
• a package having a sixth surface area of inner usable space, wherein each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base is adapted to fit within the package, wherein a thickness of each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base is substantially the same, wherein a sum of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth surface areas forms a packing area, wherein the sixth surface area of the package is greater than the packing area, and wherein the sixth surface area of the package is less than a sum of the packing area and the first surface area of the first U-shaped bar.

A packaged flat-pack table comprising:

• a first U-shaped bar;
• a second U-shaped bar, wherein the first U-shaped bar and the second U-shaped bar nest together such that at least two surfaces of the first U-shaped bar are adjacent to surfaces of the second U-shaped bar and such that the first U-shaped bar has ends that extend in opposite directions from ends of the second U-shaped bar;
• a first straight bar;
• a second straight bar;
• a rectangular base with a shorter side;
• and
• a packing box, wherein each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first straight bar, the second straight bar, and the base is disposed within the packing box, wherein a thickness of each of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first straight bar, the second straight bar, and the base is substantially the same, and wherein the packing box has an inside height that is substantially the same as the thickness of the first U-shaped bar, the second U-shaped bar, the first support bar, the second support bar, and the base.