A linked structure for a foldable table comprising:
- a narrow, rectangular plate body, the plate body having an upper surface, a lower surface, at least a first long edge, a proximal narrow end and a distal narrow end;
- at least a first drop leaf, the drop leaf comprising at least a first table plate having at least a first edge, the first edge of the first table plate aligned with and flexibly attached to the first long edge of the plate body;
- a first concave body and a second concave body, the first concave body attached to the lower surface of the plate body near the proximal narrow end of the plate body, the second concave body attached to the lower surface of the plate body near the distal narrow end of the plate body, each concave body having a pair of connecting unit locking holes disposed on opposing sides of the concave body;
- a first connecting unit and a second connecting unit, the connecting units comprising hollow rectangular boxes with opposing narrow sides, opposing wide sides, and opposing upper and lower open ends that open into receiving concaves, the interior of the first connecting unit comprising a first receiving concave, the interior of the second connecting unit comprising a second receiving concave, the first connecting unit disposed within the first concave body and pivotably fastened to the connecting unit locking holes of the first concave body, the second connecting unit disposed within the second concave body and pivotably fastened to the connecting unit locking holes of the second concave body;
- a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, and a fourth leg, each leg having an upper and a lower end, the upper ends of the first and second legs entering the first receiving concave through the lower open end of the first connecting unit, the upper ends of the third and fourth legs entering the second receiving concave through the lower open end of the second connecting unit, the first and second legs pivotably attached to the first connecting unit between the opposing wide sides of the first connecting unit, the third and fourth legs pivotably attached to the second connecting unit between the opposing wide sides of the second connecting unit;
- at least a first prop and a second prop, the first prop parallel and pivotably attached to a wide side of the first connecting unit, the second prop parallel and pivotably attached to a wide side of the first connecting unit, the props operable to pivot to a horizontal orientation to support the drop leaf, the first prop further operable to pivot to a storage position parallel to the first leg, the second prop further operable to pivot to a storage position parallel to the second leg;
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- a first connecting plate having upper and lower ends, a second connecting plate have upper and lower ends, a third connecting plate having upper and lower ends, a fourth connecting plate having upper and lower ends, the upper end of the first connecting plate pivotably attached to the first prop, the lower end of the first connecting plate pivotably attached to the upper end of the second connecting plate, the lower end second connecting plate pivotably attached to the lower end of the third connecting plate, the upper end of the third connecting plate pivotably attached to the lower end of the fourth connecting plate, the upper end of the fourth connecting plate pivotably attached to the second prop, the second connecting plate pivotably attached to the first leg at a point between the upper and lower ends of the second connecting plate, the third connecting plate pivotably attached to the second leg at a point between the upper and lower ends of the third connecting plate.