41 and a lower rear elongated member 47 having lower rear dowels 49 the lower rear dowels 49 fit into the apertures 24 of the lower rear hinge brackets 21 these lower rear dowels 49 are able to rotate within the apertures 92 the lower front dowels 45 fit into the slots 23 of the lower front hinge brackets 19 these lower front dowels 45 are adapted to slide horizontally within the slots 23 in the presently preferred embodiment all of the dowels of the table hinge 33 comprise steel a first set of parallel fingers 51 is secured to the upper front elongated member 35 and the lower rear elongated member 47 in the presently prelimited embodiment the first set of parallel fingers 51 comprises four red oak members which are glued to both the upper front elongated member 35 and the lower rear elongated member 47 similarly a second set of parallel fingers 53 comprising three red oak members is glued to both the upper rear elongated member 39 and the lower front elongated member 43 a pin 55 runs through all of the parallel fingers all of the parallel fingers rotate about the pin 55 for example fig1 shows the first set of parallel fingers 51 rotated counterclockwise about the pin 55 and the second set of parallel fingers 53 rotated clockwise about the pin 55 in this configuration the.