stackyFACTSThe wobbly table you use to flatten shirts holds its ground through sheer tension. Squeezing the handle pulls a metal rod out of a toothed track beneath the board, allowing the crisscrossed legs to fold out until you drop the rod into a new slot to lock it.
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