Knock-down table

Abstract

A knock-down table comprises a top frame and attachable legs. The top frame comprises a horizontal surface with a lip about its perimeter, and walls depending downward from the underside of the top frame. An interchangeable table top is placed on the top frame within the confines of the lip. Each downward depending walls has a cutout at each top end corner to form a channel at each underside corner of the top frame. Extending downward from the top frame and in close proximity to each channel is a bolt assembly and a locator pin. A plurality of tapered, flanged legs that are roughly L-shaped in cross section are secured to each corner of the top frame by the bolt assemblies. The flanged legs are tapered so that the wider portions of the tapered legs each are proximate to the top frame and extend partially over the downward depending walls when assembled. Located at the top end of the flanged legs are plates, each having a slot and a guide hole therethrough. The plates extend through the channels in the downward depending walls. The slots of the plates engage the bolt assemblies, and are secured by tightening nuts thereon. The locator pins fit within guide holes in the plates of the flanged legs. Removable shelves are placed between the flanged legs by using at each corner an extension depending downward to engage the cleat in the respective flanged leg by passing through an aperture in the cleat. Versatility of the knock-down table is apparent from the fact that the interchangeable table tops can be complex works of art, including, for example, ornamental features such as scrolls and intricate inlaid wooden sections.