Jigsaw puzzle table

Abstract

A jigsaw puzzle game table for the support and display of jigsaw puzzle game pieces which includes a generally square table top with a lip continuously projecting upwardly and substantially perpendicular from the table top around the entire periphery for the containment of jigsaw puzzle game pieces. The table top includes four legs that are hingly attached opposite the lip.

1 . A hand game support and playing table comprising: 
 a table top, said table top configured in a substantially horizontal manner and adapted for use as an assembly area for a hand game,    at least one lip projecting upwardly from said table top around the periphery of said table top for containing hand game pieces.    
   
   
       2 . The hand game table as recited in  claim 1 , and further including at least one leg, having a first position and a second position, said leg for supporting said table top.  
   
   
       3 . The hand game table as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said leg is hingly attached to a bottom side of said table top.  
   
   
       4 . The hand game table as recited in  claim 3 , wherein said leg is substantially parallel to said table top in said first position.  
   
   
       5 . The hand game as recited in  claim 4 , wherein said leg is substantially perpendicular to said table top in said second position.  
   
   
       6 . The hand game table as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said table top is generally square in shape.  
   
   
       7 . The hand game table as recited in  claim 6 , wherein said hand game table is manufactured from a group consisting of wood, plastic and fiberglass.  
   
   
       8 . A jigsaw puzzle table for support of jigsaw puzzle pieces during the assembly process of the jigsaw puzzle, said jigsaw puzzle table comprising: 
 a table top generally rectangular in shape, said table top being generally planar, and further configured such that when in a substantially horizontal manner said table top for supporting said jigsaw puzzle pieces,    a lip projecting upwardly from said table top, said lip continuously mounted around the entire periphery of said table top, said lip for facilitating the containment of said jigsaw puzzle pieces on said table top.    
   
   
       9 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 8 , and further including four legs, each of said four legs being hingly attached to the bottom side of said table top, said four legs providing support of said table top, each of said four legs movable between a first position and a second position.  
   
   
       10 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 9 , wherein each of said legs are parallel to said table top when in said first position for ease of storage and transportation of the jigsaw puzzle table.  
   
   
       11 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 10 , wherein each of said legs extend away from said table top when in said second position, each of said legs providing support said table top in a desired horizontal playing position when in said second position.  
   
   
       12 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 11 , wherein said table top is approximately forty-one inches wide and forty-one inches in length.  
   
   
       13 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 12 , wherein said legs are approximately twenty-eight inches in length.  
   
   
       14 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 13 , wherein said lip extends perpendicularly from said table top approximately three-quarters of an inch.  
   
   
       15 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 14 , wherein said table is manufactured from a group consisting of wood, fiberglass and plastic.  
   
   
       16 . A jigsaw puzzle table for support of jigsaw puzzle pieces during the assembly process comprising: 
 a table top, generally square in shape, said table top configured in a substantially horizontal manner for support of said jigsaw puzzle pieces, said table top having a mounting surface and a working surface opposite thereto;    four legs each being hingly attached on said mounting surface of said table top, said four legs for supporting said table top, each of said four legs having a first position and a second position,    a lip, said lip projecting upwardly from said table top at approximately ninety degrees and connected continouously around the entire periphery of said table top, said lip to assist in the containment of said jigsaw puzzle pieces.    
   
   
       17 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 16 , wherein when each of said legs are in said first position, each of said legs are parallel to said table top.  
   
   
       18 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 17 , wherein when each of said legs are in said second position, each of said legs are generally perpendicular to said table top.  
   
   
       19 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 18 , and further including a translucent cover of sufficient size to cover said table top within said lip.  
   
   
       20 . The jigsaw puzzle table as recited in  claim 19 , wherein said table top is forty-one inches wide and forty-one inches in length, and said legs are twenty-eight inches long and said lip extends three-quarters of an inch perpendicular to said table top.