Ironing board and leg structures for flat, collapsed configuration

An ironing table assembly comprising

• an elongated flat table top having a peripheral depending framing member extending therearound in a direction away from an underside of the table top;
• a pair of spaced apart intermediate channels extending longitudinally of said table top and secured to the underside of the table top, said intermediate channels having vertical webs and parallel flanges, the flanges of each channel being in the same planes as and facing the flanges of the other channel;
• and
• a pair of diagonally-crossed pivotal support legs supporting the table top and movable between an extended position wherein the legs support the table top in an elevated condition and a retracted out-of-use position wherein the legs occupy a position adjacent the underside of the table top, each said leg having one end secured to a leg hinge member which extends between and is supported by the intermediate channels, with one of said leg hinge members being guided for movement lengthwise along said intermediate channels;
• wherein the peripheral framing member, the pivotal support legs and the leg hinge members are shaped, dimensioned and arranged with respect to each other so that the table is collapsible to an approximately flat storage position in which the diagonally crossed pivotal legs assume an approximately horizontal position alongside one another in close proximity to the underside of the table top, with the legs, when thus collapsed, being nested between said intermediate channels, with an outer end portion of each said pivotal leg projecting a short distance beyond a respective end of the table top, and
• wherein said outer end portion of each said pivotal leg has a reduced thickness leg portion engaging in a recessed portion formed in the peripheral framing member and which extends inwardly from its lower edge, such that each said pivotal leg, when fully collapsed, has its projecting outer end portion approximately horizontally aligned with said peripheral framing member.