A flip-top table has a tabletop attached to a frame through a pivoting assembly. The tabletop is made from a ballistic resistant material and serves as a ballistic shield, rotating from its horizontal working position to a vertical shielding position. A front modesty panel is also ballistic-resistant and is mounted on the frame's front side with either a fixed connected to the frame or a hinged connection to the tabletop. A lift speed restrictor is connected between the tabletop and the frame, preventing the tabletop from being lifted too quickly and toppling the table, and it includes a biasing mechanism that provides a lifting force and helps to hold the tabletop in the shielding position. Visual markings on the table indicate to persons that the table can be used as a ballistic shield. Casters allow one or more tables to be quickly moved and repositioned into a defensive arrangement.

A portable workstation apparatus includes: a pair of collapsible legs; and a work portion that is attached in a removable manner to the pair of collapsible lags via a pair of brackets. Each leg of the pair of collapsible legs includes: a frame; an extension connected to a first end of the frame; a lower post housed within a sleeve; an upper post; a hinge connecting the lower post and the upper post; a first brace connecting the extension to the sleeve; and a plurality of holes on an exterior face of the lower post or the upper post. Each leg is configured to collapse by folding the upper post towards the lower post via the hinge and rotating the extension toward the lower post.

A table frame for a table has a first column and a second column for supporting a table top, a cross member of hollow profile construction by which the first column and the second column are interconnected with each other and a first cantilever support mounted on the top end of the first column and a second cantilever support mounted on the top end of the second column. The first and the second column each have two projections at respective top ends thereof. The cross member, at each end section thereof, has a pair of oblong holes disposed on its lower side and through which the two projections of the respective column extend into the cross member. Each cantilever support has a first and a second flange which are arranged spaced-apart from one another, each of the flanges abutting the cross member on a lateral side portion thereof.

A lifting desk is related to fields of lifting desks. The lifting desk includes a drive device, a gearbox, a desktop, a crossbeam, and a lifting column, the crossbeam being connected to the desktop, the lifting column being connected to the crossbeam, the gearbox including a gear assembly, the drive device being in driving engagement with the gear assembly, the gear assembly being in driving engagement with the lifting column; the lifting desk further includes a retaining plate, the retaining plate being securely connected to the desktop, the gearbox being connected to the retaining plate. The desk offers an advantage that the structure disclosed may enhance assembly precision of the lifting desk and enables lifting control of the desktop.

A lifting column, including: a column body and a foot, an insert-joint assembly being provided at the bottom of the column body, a snap groove being provided on the insert-joint assembly, the foot including a base and an insert-joint socket, a receptacle configured to receive the insert-joint assembly and an elastic snap-fit assembly disposed at a lower portion of the receptacle being provided on the insert-joint socket, a guide bevel being further provided on the insert-joint assembly; on insert-fitting between the insert-joint assembly and the receptacle, the elastic snap-fit assembly is compressed by the guide bevel, and after the insert-joint assembly is mounted in place, the elastic snap-fit assembly is snap-fitted in the snap groove to thereby secure the column body to the foot.

A lifting column, including: a column body and a foot, an insert-joint assembly being provided at the bottom of the column body, a snap groove being provided on the insert-joint assembly, the foot including a base and an insert-joint socket, a receptacle configured to receive the insert-joint assembly and an elastic snap-fit assembly disposed at a lower portion of the receptacle being provided on the insert-joint socket, a guide bevel being further provided on the insert-joint assembly; on insert-fitting between the insert-joint assembly and the receptacle, the elastic snap-fit assembly is compressed by the guide bevel, and after the insert-joint assembly is mounted in place, the elastic snap-fit assembly is snap-fitted in the snap groove to thereby secure the column body to the foot.