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A massage table having a sheet member including a perimeter and a lower surface opposite an upper surface. Stiffeners are positioned adjacent to the perimeter and the lower surface, and a plurality of elongated padding members having a polygonal cross-section are provided. Each padding member is pos

A massage table having a sheet member including a perimeter and a lower surface opposite an upper surface. Stiffeners are positioned adjacent to the perimeter and the lower surface, and a plurality of elongated padding members having a polygonal cross-section are provided. Each padding member is positioned adjacent to one of the edge members and longitudinally aligned with the length axis of the adjacent edge member. A lower longitudinal edge of the padding member is adjacent to and aligned with the lower longitudinal edge of the adjacent edge member, and an upper surface thereof is positioned parallel to the upper surface of the support member. One or more tensile members diagonally connect two or more points about the perimeter, the tensile members crossing proximate the center of said sheet member. Compression structure spans between the lower surface and an intersecting region of the tensile members.

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A massage table, comprising: a plurality of legs and a table top supported by the legs, said table top comprising: a frame comprising a support member having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a plurality of edge members adjacent to a peripheral edge of the lower surface of the support member

A massage table, comprising: a plurality of legs and a table top supported by the legs, said table top comprising: a frame comprising a support member having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a plurality of edge members adjacent to a peripheral edge of the lower surface of the support member, each of said edge members having a lower longitudinal edge and a length axis; a plurality of wedge-shaped padding members, each of said wedge members being positioned adjacent to one of the edge members, said wedge-shaped members each having a length axis aligned with the length axis of the adjacent edge member, a lower longitudinal edge adjacent to and aligned with the lower longitudinal edge of the adjacent edge member, and an upper surface positioned parallel to and above the upper surface of the support member; first padding means having a lower surface positioned adjacent to and overlying the upper surface of the support member and an upper surface spaced apart from the lower surface thereof and substantially aligned with and parallel to the upper surface of each of the wedge-shaped padding members; second padding means having a lower surface positioned adjacent to and overlying the upper surface of the first padding means and the upper surface of each of the wedge-shaped padding members; and a covering positioned in overlying contact against substantially all of said second padding means, at least a portion of each of said wedge shaped members, and at least a portion of each of said edge members; and tensioning means for tensioning the frame to increase the rigidity of the frame; said tensioning means comprising: a slide member having an inner planar surface slidably mountable adjacent the lower surface of the support member and an oppositely facing outer surface; a stop for limiting movement of the slide member relative to the frame in a desired direction; a first elongate tensioning member having an end; first mounting means for rotatably mounting the first tensioning member to the slide member so that said end of the first tensioning member is positionable through a first arc defined between a first point adjacent the upper surface of the slide member and a second point which is spaced apart from the first point in a direction which is generally away from the outer planar surface of the slide member; a second elongate tensioning member having an end; second mounting means for rotatably mounting the second tensioning member to the slide member at a location spaced apart from the first tensioning member so that said end of the second tensioning member is positionable through a second arc defined between a third point adjacent the outer surface of the slide member and a fourth point which is generally away the outer planar surface of the slide member; a first tensioning cable having a first end secured to the frame at a first securement location and a second end secured to the frame at a second securement location; a first cable receptacle defined adjacent the end of the first tensioning member for slidably receiving a first portion of the first cable; a second cable receptacle defined adjacent the end of the second tensioning member for slidably receiving a second portion of the first cable; limiting means operatively associated with the first and second cable receptacles and the first cable for limiting sliding of the first cable relative to the first and second cable receptacles, wherein when the end of the first tensioning member is rotated in the first arc in a direction toward the second point of the first arc and the end of the second tensioning member is rotated in the second arc in a direction toward the fourth point of the second arc, the slide member is urged against the stop and the first cable is tensioned such that pressure is supplied from the first cable through the slide member to the upper support to tension the frame and render the supper support more resistant to deflection, and wherein when the end of the first tensioning member is rotated in the first arc in a direction toward the first point of the first arc and the second tensioning member is rotated in the second arc in a direction toward the third point of the second arc, the slide member is urged away from the stop tension is relieved from the first cable.