Table structure

A table structure comprising:

• a main table having a substantially planar main table top surface and a main table first side surface intersecting said main table top surface,
• a slotted opening extending across at least a portion of said main table top surface and across at least a portion of said main table first side surface, said slotted opening having a slot bottom surface spaced from said main table top surface and defining a slot depth and a pair of opposed spaced slot side surfaces extending from said main table top surface to said slot bottom surface and defining a slot length measured across said table and a slot width measured perpendicularly thereto.
• an auxiliary table having an auxiliary table top surface, skirt means extending downwardly from said auxiliary table top surface at an angle to said auxiliary table top surface for at least a portion of the periphery thereof, first and second skirt surfaces on said skirt means, said first skirt surface being a substantially planar surface extending outwardly from said auxiliary table top surface a distance substantially equal to said slot width at corresponding points along said slot length, said second skirt surface having a cross-section configuration like the cross-sectional configuration of said main table first side surface and intersecting said first skirt surface at an angle equal to the angle at which said main table side surface intersects said main table top surface, said second skirt surface extending outwardly from said auxiliary table top surface a distance substantially equal to said slot width at corresponding points along said slot depth,
• retractable leg means installed on said auxiliary table, said leg means being movable between an extended position for supporting said auxiliary table and a storage position disposed within an envelope defined by said auxiliary table top surface and said first and second skirt surfaces,
• the dimension of said auxiliary table measured perpendicularly to said first skirt surface being substantially equal to said slot depth at corresponding points, the dimension of said auxiliary table measured parallel to said first skirt surface being no greater than said slot length at corresponding points whereby when said auxiliary table is installed in said slotted opening resting on said bottom surface thereof said first skirt surface is substantially in alignment with said main table top surface and said second skirt surface is alignable with said main table first side surface.

A table structure comprising:

• a main table and at least one auxiliary table,
• said main table having a substantially planar main table top surface supported by leg members,
• said auxiliary table having an auxiliary table top surface, a skirt extending from said auxiliary table top surface and having a substantially planar first skirt surface extending outwardly at an angle to said auxiliary table top surface along at least a portion of the perimeter of said auxiliary table top surface, and retractable leg means attached to said auxiliary table, said leg means being movable between an extended position for supporting said auxiliary table and a storage position within an envelope defined by said auxiliary table top surface and said skirt, and
• means on said main table for removably supporting said auxiliary table in such a position as to locate said first skirt surface substantially in alignment with said main table top surface and adjacent thereto when said leg means are in said storage position, whereby a composite table top surface is formed by said main table top surface and said first skirt surface of said auxiliary table.