Foldable combined bench and table

A foldable combined bench and table comprising:

• a. a pair of support frames, each including
• (i) a bottom rod adapted to be laid on a ground surface and spaced apart from said bottom rod of the other one of said support frames in a longitudinal direction, said bottom rod extending in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction, and having front and rear ends opposite to each other, and an intermediate portion interposed between said front and rear ends;
• (ii) frontmost and rearmost posts extending uprightly from said front and rear ends, respectively, and
• (iii) a leg member extending uprightly from said intermediate portion, and including a first proximate end portion and a first distal end portion;
• b. a mounting frame including:
• (i) a pair of side rails disposed in parallel and spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction, each of said side rails including right and left end portions, and a middle portion interposed between said right and left end portions,
• (ii) rightmost and leftmost crossbars respectively disposed to interconnect said right end portions and said left end portions, each of said rightmost and left most crossbars defining a first axis and being coupled with said first distal end portion of said leg member of a respective one of said support frames such that said first distal end portion is pivoted about the first axis, and
• (iii) right and left crossbars disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction and each interconnecting said middle portions of said side rails;
• c. a pair of linkage assemblies, each including upper and lower linking arms which respectively have second proximate and distal ends and third proximate and distal ends, said second distal end of said upper linking arm being hinged to said third proximate end of said lower linking arm about a second axis which is parallel to the fist axis, said second proximate end of said upper linking arm and said third distal end of said lower linking arm and said third distal end of said lower linking arm being respectively secured to a respective one of said right and left crossbars, and said first proximate end portion of said leg member of a respective one of said support frames such that when said second distal end of said upper linking arm is swung about the second axis to a stretched position, where said upper and lower linking arms are substantially aligned with each other, the respective one of said support frames will be placed in an erected and unfolded position so as to put up said mounting frame, and when said second distal end is turned about the second axis to a folded position where said upper and lower linking arms are out of alignment, said bottom rod of the respective one of said support frames will be brought closer to said mounting frame wherein each of said linkage assemblies further includes a retaining member for retaining said upper linking arm in the stretched position wherein said retaining member includes a retaining recess formed in said third proximate end of said lower linking arm, a retaining stem disposed on said second distal end of said upper linking arm so as to be retained in said retaining recess when said second distal end is in the stretched position, and a retaining arm having a fourth distal end which is hinged to said third proximate end of said lower linking arm about a third axis parallel to the second axis, and a fourth proximate end which is swingable about the third axis to retain said retaining stem in said retaining recess;
• d. a pair of bench seat members, each disposed detachably across a corresponding pair of said frontmost posts and said rearmost posts;
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• e. a flat board member mounted on said mounting frame.