Convertible picnic box

Claim 1

A picnic box assembly, comprising in combination, a picnic table, a pair of benches and a tray, all of which are designed to snugly fit together to form a compact transportable unit, said picnic table being comprised of a tabletop with four removable legs, said tabletop including a central rectangular panel between a pair of rectangular panels, said panels being attached pivotally together by means of hinges therebetween, said tabletop at its corners being provided with internally threaded fittings on the underside thereof for threadingly engaging an externally threaded end on each of said legs, and opposite end of each of said legs being fitted with a cap, each of said benches comprising a rectangular top wall, a pair of opposite end walls and one sidewall, one of said benches being slightly smaller than the other so as to be readily snugly receivable within the other, an outer one of said benches being provided with a carrying handle on the outerside of each opposite end wall, the inner of said benches having a cleat secured to an innserside of each of said end walls, each of said cleats being notched so to support the opposite ends of said legs removably retained between said cleats, said tray comprising a member open at its upper end for access to a plurality of compartments, said tray being snugly receivable within the smaller of said benches; and the larger of said benches being provided with a pair of locks, each one of said locks being positioned along a center of an opposite longitudinal edge of said top wall, and said tabletop being provided with a pair of lock hasps, each one of said lock hasps being secured on an underside of said tabletop and located along a center of a longitudinal edge of each of said side panels which forms an outer edge of said tabletop is fitted around said larger bench with one said end panel of said tabletop being positioned adjacent the outerside of said sidewall of said larger bench, said lock hasps can be engaged within said locks.