Portable tables for massage and physical therapy
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1. A portable foldable table adapted for use for massage and other body therapy, comprising:
- first and second table top sections having inner and outer ends, and means for hingedly connecting said inner ends of said first and second table top sections to one another whereby said first and second table top sections may be folded in overlying relationship relative to one another, each of said outer ends defining first and second spaced corners,first and second leg assemblies, each including first and second legs pivotally mounted at first and second pivot points adjacent said first and second spaced corners of said first and second table top sections, respectively, said first leg of said first leg assembly being oriented generally diagonally with respect to said first leg of said second leg assembly and said second leg of said first leg assembly being oriented generally diagonally with respect to said second leg of said second leg assembly, each of said leg assemblies including means for limiting the pivotal movement of said first and second legs relative to said first and second table top sections as said legs are moved from a first stowed position beneath said first and second table top sections to a deployed position when the table is erect, anda cable stabilization system including at least two diagonally oriented cable segments extending between said first and second leg assemblies beneath said first and second table top sections and at least two longitudinal cable segments extending from adjacent said outer ends of each of said first and second sections vertically downwardly to said first and second leg assemblies, respectively.
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Portable folding tables which are particularly adapted for massage and other body therapy uses wherein each table includes two top sections which are hingedly connected at one end and which are supported by legs which are pivotally connected thereto. Each leg is reinforced by either a longitudinal pivotally folding brace, a guide assembly or a positive stop member. The legs, and reinforcing braces when used, are automatically deployed and stabilized by cable systems which extend both longitudinally and diagonally relative to the table legs.
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1. A portable foldable table adapted for use for massage and other body therapy, comprising:
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first and second table top sections having inner and outer ends, and means for hingedly connecting said inner ends of said first and second table top sections to one another whereby said first and second table top sections may be folded in overlying relationship relative to one another, each of said outer ends defining first and second spaced corners, first and second leg assemblies, each including first and second legs pivotally mounted at first and second pivot points adjacent said first and second spaced corners of said first and second table top sections, respectively, said first leg of said first leg assembly being oriented generally diagonally with respect to said first leg of said second leg assembly and said second leg of said first leg assembly being oriented generally diagonally with respect to said second leg of said second leg assembly, each of said leg assemblies including means for limiting the pivotal movement of said first and second legs relative to said first and second table top sections as said legs are moved from a first stowed position beneath said first and second table top sections to a deployed position when the table is erect, and a cable stabilization system including at least two diagonally oriented cable segments extending between said first and second leg assemblies beneath said first and second table top sections and at least two longitudinal cable segments extending from adjacent said outer ends of each of said first and second sections vertically downwardly to said first and second leg assemblies, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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