Folding table

A folding table comprising:

• a series of table-top panels having opposite side edges, said table-top panels being arranged with said side edges adjacent each other to form joints between adjacent panels and said table-top panels being arranged about a central vertical axis and in a common horizontal plane to provide a table-top,
• a series of generally vertical support panels comprising a support structure, said support panels each having a top edge and a vertical side edge, the side edges being arranged around said vertical axis and said support panels being coincident with substantially vertical planes directed through said axis when the table is unfolded,
• corresponding adjacent side edges of adjacent pairs of support panels being hingedly connected to provide an articulated support structure and provide for folding said support panels mutually toward each other,
• edges of first pairs of table-top panels adjacent every other one of said joints being hingedly connected to provide for folding said table-top panels toward each other and alternate edges of second pairs of table-top panels at other ones of said joints between said every other one being hingedly connected to themselves and to said top edges of the vertical support panels to provide for folding of the second table-top panels toward said first table-top panels so as to enable folding table-top panels and support panels into common planes to produce a compact folded table,
• said adjacent edges of two of the adjacent table-top panels being completely separate from each other so that when the other table-top panels are folded against each other, said adjacent separate panels are situated at opposite ends of the pack of panels in the flattened, folded condition of the table.