US107463A - Improvement in extension tables and settees - Google Patents

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NPETERS, PMOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D c.

which C C O C are the four legs or supports.

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Letters PatentNo. 107 ,463, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXTENSION TABLES AND `SIETTEIES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, Maurin DneznLL, of Wabash, in the county of Wabash and State-,oi Indiana, have invented a new and improved Convertible Extension rlable and Settee, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, in the first place, tocertain improvements in the construction of a convertible table and settee,,w herebyl am enabled to extend the table in lengthf, when desired, with great ease, and without at allvaifectiug or impairiug the con# vertibility and perfect adaptability of my improved article of furniture to its several uses; and, in the second place, to an improved combination oi' a ccnltil'al leg or supports with any form of extension-tai e.

Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of my couvertible extension table and settee, when usedas a settee.

Figure 2, an end elevation of the same in use as an ordinary table, the top 4of the table being cut in section in aline indicated at a: a: of tig. A1.

Figure 3, a side elevation thereof', when used Aas an extension table, the central portion being partly.

brolgeu away to disclose fully the combination and arrangement of its central support.l

Al is the top or outer leaf of my kconvertible table. This top is made double, as seen in the section, tig. 2, and is divided transverselynt one-end, so as to admit of separation into two parts, A A', as shown in ligs. 1 and 3.

These two 'divisions are heldin the saine right plane,vaud properly brought together, vwhen closed, by means of parallel bars, B Bgs. 2 and 3, secured, at one end, within the double thickness of the smaller division, A', and projecting thence into the hollow space formed bythe double thickness of the larger division, A, of the table-top, so as to slide freely in ways formed in said space for their reception, which allow them free play longitudinally, but restrain their movement in any other direction. v

lhese two divisions, A A', of the table-top are, when 'brought together, retained more closely and vevenly at their joint by the use of dowel-pins, a a,

(see iig. 3,) projecting from the edge of one division and entering counterpart holes inthe edge of the op.

posite division.

divisions, so united as to admit of separation and extension, may be placed upon supports obtained by au upward extension to a proper height of the back and ends, or of the four legs of a settee, and be hinged thereto, so as to admit of being turned up, as illustrated in iig. 1.

D D', figs. 1, 2, and 3, is the seat of a settee, of

The legs or supports of both tableaud settee are nected lengthwise of the lsettec in the manner usual in extension-tables by means ofparallel bars H H, nnitedpin pairs on 'leach side, by aV longitudinal dovetail joint, or otherwise, so as to be free to slide one upon the other longitudinally, and yet be firmly snpported and held together transversely.

The legs orl supports C O, at one end, are securedA to the outer sliding bars, H H, and the legs or supports C C', at the other. end, are secured to the inner bars, H H', so that, by sliding said: bars in or out, the legs at each end are carried therewith and are separated or approximated.

The ends of the inner bars, H H', are nuited'by a transverse piece, inl the usual manner, to strengthen the frame, while the outer bars are secured by the seat D of the settee, secured to aud uponA the upper j edges thereof, the continuity ot' the seat being preserved over and beyond the ends of said outer bars by means of end pieces D', secured upon the outer K' endsof the inner bars, H' H', as illustrated in the drawing.

The corner supports O C G of -the settee D, figs. 1, 2and 3, are extended upward above theseat far enough to carry the extension table-top A A at a suitable height above the door, and this table-top is hinged to the rear posts by means of hinges secured to the edge of its doublel portion, so that the top may not only rest upon the supports C O G C, but also be thrown back to uncover' the settee and forma back ypiece therefor.

As the shorter end, A', of the top is hinged to the end ofthe settce which carries the shorter division of l its seat, the seat of the settee and the top of the table will separate and extend together. c

The double top A A', when let down in a horizontal position upon its supports, forms a-s,u itable dining room table, which may be readily leugtheued out as an ordinary extension table by the addition of extra leaves, but which, being thrown up ou its hinges, uu-` c'ovcrs a comfortable settee.

binewith thetop Afor the purpose of supporting the table eentrallyvh'en extended. A

It is so hinged, (see b, Eg. 3,) ytoa piece, It, made to slide centrally within the hollowvspac'e of the top A, as that it may be brought to a right line with said piece, and, with it, be thrust back into said hollow space, so that, when the two parts A A of the top are brought together, this leg K will be completely hidden therein, but, when the top is extended,

l `it will be drawn out until it can' turn upon its joint,

K iig. 3, is a central I,leg o'r support, which I coni- :1nd its't'ree end will then trated in fig. 3.

R R, g. 2, are pins projecting far enough to a'ord support to the lower edge of the' top A Aprhen thrown np. l

The under side of the hinged top A A' should be duly ornnmented.

I claim as my invention- J. The combination oi' an extensible table, A A',

fall to the ground, as illuswith an extension frame made to support and carry asettee, D, substantially in the mannnand for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of n hinged or pivoted leg or support, K,-with :L sliding piece, R,'movin,r in a way formed for it within or upon` the under side of the extensible table-top A A', of a. convertible extension table and settee, all Substantially :is and for the pnr` pose herein set forth.

fitness my hand this 22d day ot' March, A. I).

)L DEBZELL. Witnesses:

JOSEPH MACKEY, O; L. Ross.

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