Frame for a table

1. A table top for a table sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration, the table top comprising:

an upper portion of the table top;

a lower portion of the table top;

a hollow interior portion disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion of the table top;

a lip downwardly extending relative to the lower portion of the table top, the upper portion, the lower portion, the hollow interior portion and the lip being integrally formed as part of a unitary, one-piece construction; and

a frame connected to the table top by one or more fasteners, the frame comprising:

an elongated body disposed at least proximate an outer edge of the table ton;

a first load bearing surface disposed generally parallel to an upper surface of the table top, the first load bearing surface sized and configured to contact a generally planar upper surface of an adjacent table when the table is nested with an adjacent table; and

an engaging portion extending outwardly and at an angle relative to the first load bearing surface, the engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a nesting portion of an adjacent table when the table is nested with an adjacent table, the engaging portion including a second load bearing surface sized and configured to contact a nesting portion of an adjacent table when the table is nested with an adjacent table.

2. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a side rail disposed along a side of the table top; and

wherein the first load bearing surface is disposed generally perpendicular to the elongated body of the frame and the engaging portion extends generally downwardly relative to the lower portion of the table top.

3. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein an upwardly extending portion of the frame contacts the lower portion of the table top;

wherein the body of the frame contacts the lip; and

wherein a lower portion of the frame includes the first load bearing surface and the engaging portion.

4. The table top as in claim 1 , further comprising an upwardly extending potion that extends upwardly from the engaging portion of the frame, the upwardly extending portion including an end that contacts the lip.

5. The table top as in claim 4 , further comprising a compression edge and an alignment member of the lip, the compression edge and the alignment member integrally formed as part of the unitary, one-piece construction, the end of the upwardly extending portion of the frame disposed between the compression edge and the alignment member.

6. The table top as in claim 1 , further comprising a compression edge extending downwardly from the lip and an upwardly extending portion of the frame, the upwardly extending portion of the frame contacting the compression edge of the lip.

7. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein when the table is nested with an adjacent table and a load is applied to the upper portion of the table top, the load is simultaneously distributed over the first load bearing surface of the frame to an upper surface of a table top of an adjacent, nested table and the second load bearing surface of the engaging portion of the frame to a nesting portion of the adjacent, nested table.

8. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the first load bearing surface of the frame is generally aligned with a first load bearing surface of an adjacent table when the table is nested with an adjacent table; and

wherein the second load bearing surface of the engaging portion of the frame is generally aligned with a second load bearing surface of an adjacent table when the table is nested with an adjacent table.

9. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the first load bearing surface of the frame and the second load bearing surface of the engaging portion of the frame allow the table to support a greater amount of weight when the table is disposed in a stack of nested tables because the first load bearing surface is sized and configured to contact an upper surface of an adjacent, nested table and the second load bearing surface is sized and configured to contact a nesting portion of the adjacent, nested table.

10. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the elongated body of the frame comprises a side rail of the frame, the side rail disposed at least proximate a side of the table top;

wherein the first load bearing surface is generally parallel to a lower portion of the lip; and

wherein the engaging portion is generally aligned with the side of the table top.

11. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the frame has a generally Z-shaped cross-sectional configuration.

12. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the first load bearing surface has a generally planar configuration; and

wherein the second load bearing surface has a generally rounded configuration.

13. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the table top is constructed from blow-molded plastic and the upper portion, the lower portion, the hollow interior portion and the lip are integrally formed as part of the unitary, one-piece construction during a blow-molding process.

14. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the frame has a wall thickness measured between an inner surface and an outer surface of the body; and

wherein the engaging portion has a thickness generally equal to twice the wall thickness.

15. The table top as in claim 1 , a further comprising a frame receiving portion integrally formed in the lower portion of the table top as part of the unitary, one-piece construction; and

wherein an upper portion of the frame is disposed in the frame receiving portion, the upper portion of the frame including an upper surface contacting a lower surface of the frame receiving portion.

16. The table top as in claim 15 , wherein the frame receiving portion is disposed at least proximate an inner surface of the lip; and

wherein a sidewall of the frame receiving portion is generally aligned with an inner wall of the lip.

17. The table top as in claim 15 , further comprising a flange extending outwardly from the upper portion of the frame, the flange including an outer surface contacting an inner sidewall of the frame receiving portion, the upper portion of the frame having a generally inverted U-shaped configuration.

18. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the body of the frame includes a generally planar surface disposed generally parallel and adjacent to an inner surface of the lip of the table top; and

wherein the frame comprises a lower portion including the first load bearing surface and the engaging portion, the lower portion of the frame disposed below a lower portion of the lip.

19. The table top as in claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises an upper portion contacting the lower portion of the table top and a lower portion disposed below a lower portion of the lip, the first load bearing surface disposed generally parallel to a lower surface of the lip, the engaging portion extending downwardly relative to the lower surface of the lip.

20. A table sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration, each table of the plurality of stacked tables being substantially identical in size and configuration, the table comprising:

a table top constructed from molded plastic, the table top comprising:

an upper portion;

a lower portion; and

a nesting portion disposed at least proximate an outer perimeter of the upper portion of the table top, the nesting portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a first adjacent table when the table is nested with a first adjacent table;

a frame connected to the table top by one or more fasteners, the frame comprising:

an elongated body disposed at least proximate an edge of the table top, the elongated body including an upper portion disposed at least proximate the lower portion of the table top, the elongated body including a lower portion with a first load bearing surface sized and configured to contact a generally planar upper surface of a second adjacent table when the table is nested with a second adjacent table; and

an engaging portion of the lower portion of the elongated body sized and configured to be disposed in a nesting portion of a second adjacent table when the table is nested with a second adjacent table, the engaging portion including a second load bearing surface that is sized and configured to contact a nesting portion of a second adjacent table when the table is nested with a second adjacent table, the first load bearing surface and the second load bearing surface being spaced apart by a distance and disposed in different planes;

a first support structure connected to the table top, the first support structure sized and configured to support the table top above a support surface; and

a second support structure connected to the table top, the second support structure sized and configured to support the table top above the support surface.