Combined table and chair assembly

A combined table and chair assembly, comprising:

• a base having a pair of parallel side bars:
• a table having a leg mounted securely on an intermediate portion of said base, and a table top mounted on a top end of said leg, said table top having a hollow bottom part which defines a first receiving space, and a flat top part which covers said first receiving space wherein said flat top part includes first and second spaced apart, substantially horizontal side panels immovably fixed to said bottom part of said table top and spaced apart so as to provide an opening between said first and second side panels communicating with the first receiving space to provide access to the first receiving space through the table top, and first and second folding panels, each folding panel pivotally connected to one of said side panels so as to be movable between a first position wherein it covers said opening to close the first receiving space, and a second position wherein the opening is uncovered to provide access to the first receiving space through the table top;
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• two chairs mounted slidable and supported solely on said pair of side bars of said base at opposite sides of said table adjacent to said side panels, each of said chairs having a hollow lower portion which defines a second receiving space, and a seat panel pivotally mounted on said lower portions over an open top end of each of said hollow lower portions, each of said seat panels being movable between a first position to close the second receiving space and a second position to open and provide access to the second receiving space.