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A convertible table with two folding legs and two base legs. Each folding leg is rotatably connected to one end of a connection bar, the other end of each connection bar rotatably connected to a respective base leg. A first end of a frame member, which includes a table surface and a writing board, i

A convertible table with two folding legs and two base legs. Each folding leg is rotatably connected to one end of a connection bar, the other end of each connection bar rotatably connected to a respective base leg. A first end of a frame member, which includes a table surface and a writing board, is rotatably attached to top ends of the base legs. A second end of the frame member is rotatably attached to top ends of the folding legs. In a first position, the writing board faces downward and a conventional table is provided with the table surface. In a second position, the folding legs, guided by the connection bars, rotate relative to the frame member and are locked to sides of the frame member by respective locking mechanisms. In the second position, the writing board extends in an upright position and is accessible.

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1. A convertible table comprising: a first leg;a second leg;a first base leg including a first main body and a first support plate attached to a bottom end of the first main body, the first support plate extending along a first axis that intersects and is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the

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A convertible table comprising: a first leg;a second leg;a first base leg including a first main body and a first support plate attached to a bottom end of the first main body, the first support plate extending along a first axis that intersects and is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first base leg;a second base leg including a second main body and a second support plate attached to a bottom end of the second main body, the second support plate extending along a second axis that intersects and is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second base leg;a first connection bar having a first end rotatably attached to a first section of the first leg and a second end rotatably attached to the first main body;a second connection bar having a first end rotatably attached to a first section of the second leg and a second end rotatably attached to the second main body;a frame member extending between a top end of the first leg, a top end of the second leg, a top end of the first base leg, and a top end of the second base leg, wherein a first end of the frame member is rotatably attached to the top end of the first base leg and the top end of the second base leg, and a second end of the frame member is rotatably attached to the top end of the first leg and the top end of the second leg;a first surface extending from the first end of the frame member to the second end of the frame member; anda second surface extending from the first end of the frame member to the second end of the frame member,wherein, in a first position, a longitudinal axis of the first connection bar and a longitudinal axis of the second connection bar are parallel to the first axis and the second axis,in a second position, the first leg and the second leg rotate relative to the frame member, and the longitudinal axis of the first connection bar and the longitudinal axis of the second connection bar extend in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first leg, a longitudinal axis of the second leg, the longitudinal axis of the first base leg, and the longitudinal axis of the second base leg,one of the first surface and the second surface defines a first writing surface, andthe second end of the frame member includes a plurality of slots extending across the second end from a first side of the frame member to a second side of the frame member, and the first writing surface is removably inserted into a first slot of the plurality of slots. 2. The convertible table of claim 1 further comprising: a first lock mounted on the first leg and having a first pin,wherein in the second position, the first pin extends from the first leg into a first receiving hole formed on a first side of the frame member to affix the first leg to the first side. 3. The convertible table of claim 2, further comprising: a second lock mounted on the second leg and having a second pin,wherein in the second position, the second pin extends from the second leg into a second receiving hole formed on a second side of the frame member to affix the second leg to the second side. 4. The convertible table of claim 3, wherein the first leg includes: a first recess formed within and extending through the first leg, and whereinthe first lock is rotatably mounted within the first recess, when the first lock is in an unlocked position and the first pin extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first leg the first lock is entirely enclosed by the first recess, and when the first lock is in a locked position when the convertible table is in the second position, the first lock is rotated within the first recess to be orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the first leg and the first pin extends through the first receiving hole. 5. The convertible table of claim 4, wherein the second leg further comprises: a second recess formed within and extending through the second leg, and whereinthe second lock is rotatably mounted within the second recess, when the second lock is in an unlocked position and the second pin extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first leg the second lock is entirely enclosed by the second recess, and when the second lock is in a locked position when the convertible table is in the second position, the second lock is rotated within the second recess to be orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the second leg and the second pin extends through the second receiving hole. 6. The convertible table of claim 1, wherein the first surface extends on one side of the frame member, the second surface extends on an opposite side of the frame member, andin the first position the first surface and the second surface are parallel to the first axis and the second axis, and in the second position the first surface and the second surface are perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis. 7. The convertible table of claim 6, wherein the one of the first surface and the second surface that defines the first writing surface is an erasable writing surface comprised by a dry-erase board, and the other of the first surface and the second surface is a table surface. 8. The convertible table of claim 1, further comprising: a cover plate on the second end of the frame member that covers the plurality of slots in a closed position, wherein the cover plate is held in a closed position by a press release lock, and in an extended position the cover plate can rotate such that the second end of the frame member and the plurality of slots are not covered by the cover plate. 9. The convertible table of claim 8, wherein the frame member includes: a third surface separate from the first surface and the second surface, the third surface being removably inserted into a second slot of the plurality of slots between the first surface and second surface, wherein the third surface is a second writing surface disposed behind the first writing surface and slides within the second slot. 10. The convertible table of claim 1, further comprising: a first lock;a second lock, whereinwhen the convertible table is in the second position, a first lock is in a locked position such that a first pin extends from a first side of the frame member and into a first receiving hole in the first leg, and a second lock is in a locked position such that a second pin extends from a second side of the frame member and into a second receiving hole in the second leg. 11. The convertible table of claim 1 further comprising: a first tray attached to the top end of the first base leg and the top end of the second base leg, the first tray extending from the top end of the first base leg and the top end of the second base leg along a first plane that is parallel to the first axis and the second axis, whereinthe first tray is disposed below the frame member and is located below a bottom end of the first leg and a bottom end of the second leg in the second position. 12. The convertible table of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of recesses formed within one of an inner surface of the first base leg and an inner surface of the second base leg. 13. The convertible table of claim 1, further comprising: a first rotational bar extending within the first end of the frame member between the first surface and the second surface, a first end of the first rotational bar extending through a first side of the frame member to rotatably connect the frame member to the top end of the first base leg, and a second end of the first rotational bar extending through a second side of the frame member to rotatably connect the frame member to the top end of the second base leg. 14. The convertible table of claim 13 further comprising: a second rotational bar extending within the second end of the frame member between the first surface and the second surface, a first end of the second rotational bar extending through the first side of the frame member to rotatably connect the frame member to the top end of the first leg, and a second end of the second rotational bar extending through the second side of the frame member to rotatably connect the frame member to the top end of the second leg.