Watertown Slide

The expanding mechanism is called a Watertown Slide and was made by the Watertown Slide Corp. of Watertown, Wis.The tables were sold in the 1940s and 50s in different shapes chests or desks in various finishes. Saginaw Furniture Shops is now out of business. Tables from this line have sold recently for $450 to $800, depending on condition. Saginaw Furniture Shops was in Sparta, MI. They made a line of extending tables contained in cabinets beginning in 1946 using T. E. McFall's patented method under the Extensol name. ...... heres a link I found http://networkedblogs.com/bbcDj