US1240390A - Article of furniture. - Google Patents

Description

C. R. UHL.

ARTICLE OF FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. I916.

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specification or Letters Patent. P tented Sept. 18, 191 '7.

Application filed November 3, 1916. Serial No. 129,295.

Be itknown'that I, CLEMENT R. UHL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain .new and useful Article of Furniture; and I do here-' by declare the following to be a'full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference'being hadto the accompany ing drawings, and to the characters of reference marked'thereonjwhioh form a part of this'specification.

This invention relates to articles of furniture, and particularlyto furniture of the knock-down type. V V

The object of my invention isthe' pro Vision of an improved articleof furniture, such for instance as a table, which isstron'g, durable and inexpensive in its construction and capable of being easily and quickly. knocked down or set up, and also 'ofbeing lengthened or shortened as occasion may require. Other objects and advantages of the invention Wlll be apparent from the following detaileddescription thereof.

j in which While the invention, in its broader aspoet, is capable'of embodiment in numerous forms, apreferred' embodiment thereof is illustrated. in the accompanying drawings,

"Figural is aperspective view of a table embodying the'invention. Fig. 2 is apers'pective view of a portion of one of the table legs with the rail engaging arms attached thereto. Fig. "3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of thetable rails with a part broken away. Fig. iis an enlarged section of the upper portion of'the table with parts broken away and with parts removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective viewvtaken near the line'55 in Fig. 4; and Fig-.toisacrosssection on the line 6-6 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings,-1 designates each of the several legs of atable, and 2 the topthereof. Each leg 1, in the present instance, is formed of sheet metal and is rectangular in cross-section withthe side edges of the sheet metal meeting at a 'cor'ner thereof and terminatingin'inwardly turned flanges 3, which are rigidly joined together bya U-shaped uniting'stI- ip 1, that iS prefer ably spot welded thereto at spaced points, as at 5.

'Projecting transversely from the upper end of each'leg is a pair of arms 6, 6, which, if .the leg is disposed at a corner of the table, project at right angles to each other, as best shown in Fig. 2. The arms 6, 6 are L-shaped in 'cros'ssection and preferably comprise a single length of angle-iron with a portion of the top flange thereof cut away at the center to permit. the other flange to be bent to fit around the outer side of the leg to which it is attached, being preferably spot welded thereto, as at 7. The top flange of the bar forming the arm 6 preferably rests on the upper end'of the leg and is provided at each end'of its "cut-away portion with an integral tongue 8, which is bent into the upper end of the leg and preferably spot welded to the inner side of the sheet metal forming the leg,

as shown in Fig. 2.

The alined arms 6 of successive legs are connected by side ralls 9, whlch may be of sectional form ifthe space between the legs is of too great a length for a single piece rail. The rails 9 are formed of sheet metal and are triangular in cross-section, having a horizontal side 10, an outer vertical side 11, and' an inner diagonally disposed side 12 connecting the lower edge of the vertical side to the inner free edge of the horizontal side. The edges of the sheet forming the rail meet at the upper inner edgeof the rail and are secured together preferably by spot elding in a manner to'form the inwardly projecting flange 13. The'table top 2 is intended to rest'onthe top side 10 of each rail and is secured thereto by screws 1 1 (Fig. 4), I

which are screwed into the tabletop through openings 15 in the rail flanges 13.

The leg arms 6 are intended to be ins'erted into the adjacent ends of respective rails QWiththe flanges thereof fitting the angle formed 'bythe rail sides 10 and 11. The rails are firmly secured to the arms by set screws 16,which project through the inher rail sides 12 inposition for their inner ends to seat in the angle of the respective arms 6 ,and exert a diagonal thrust thereagainst to retain said arms firmly seated in the outer top angle of the rails. The screws 16, instead of being threaded through f the ad acent ra l section ends-lnspanning relanuts 17 carried by plates 18, which are inserted intothe rails and bear outwardly against the sides 12 thereof. Each nut 17, in the present instance, is secured to the plates 18 by a retaining cage 19, which is fixed to vthe inner side of the plate, as .best shown in great for a single piece rail 9, the rail may be spliced by inserting one or more separate raillengths therein andconnecting the adj acent ends of said lengths'bya coupling bar 20, which comprises a length of angle-iron adapted to fit intothe respective ends of the rail sections in the same manner that the arms 6 are insertedthereimand to be secured in positionby set screws 16, as descr bed 1n connection withthe securingof the arms 6 to the rail ends. The nuts through which the screws thread are also carried'by a removable plate 18, which-is inserted .into the tion to the joint, as shown in Fig. I j 7 It is evident that a table embodying my invention maybe enlarged or'reduced inwidth or length as desired by merely sub stituting rail sections of different lengths for the sections in use, or us ng several rail sectionswhere desired, andclianging the table.

top to conform to the size of the tabledesired. It is also evident that a table embodying' my invention is capable of being or shipment.

I easily and quickly set up or knocked down and of being compactly packed for storage I'wish' it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction, arrangement or form of the parts, as it 1s capable of numerous modifications without having a side opposed to the angle'of said departing from the spirit ofthe claims.

.I claim as new,

; Having thus described my invention, what and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1.,Inflan article of furniture, a pair of legs each having an armprojecting therefrom toward the other leg, said arm being angled in cross-section, a rail bar having recesses in its ends adapted to receivesaid arms, said rail bar being angled in crosssectionto conform to the angle of said arms and extending at itsends adjacent to each leg, and means carr ed by said bar and operable-to releasably secure the arms and bar together in frigid relation.

2. In 'an 'article of furniture, a leg, an arm projecting transversely from said leg and angled in cross-section to form a vertical flange and an inwardly projecting flange at theupper end, thereof, a rail bar having a socket in an end thereof with the :outer wall of socket angled in cross-section to con- 'in' the angle thereof a in an end thereof form to the angle of said arm, and a set screw projected through the inner wall of said socket and'adapted to engage said arm hold fit'firmly seated in the angle of said socket;

3. In'an article of furniture, a leg, anarm projecting transversely from said leg, a rail bar' having a socket in an end thereof for receiving said arm, a plate inserted in said socket and having a threaded part, 'and a screw, inserted through one wall of said socket and the threaded part of said plate and adapted to engage and firmly hold the arm" transversely seated inflsaid socket,

. I 4. In an article of-furniture, a leg, an arm projecting transversely from said leg. and

being angled in cross-section to form a ver-v I ticalf flange and an; inwardly projecting flange, ametal. rail barof triangular form in cross-section adapted to rece1vesa1d arm n one end thereof, and means; carried by the bar'for. releasably holdingthearm transversely seatedin an angle of said bar: V

5. In an article of furniture, a leg, ame tallic arm projecting tra' lSverjsely from said legand being angled in cross-section, a hollow. metal rail bar fore-[receiving said arm and. having two adjoining sides conforming in angleto the-angle of said arm wherebyone; may transverselyseat in the other: and having a sideopposed to the angle of said adjoining sides, and means carried by said opposing side and; operable it transversely seated within the corresponding angleof the rail bar.

6. In. an article legs, an arm projecting transversely from each leg. and angled in cross-section, :a hollow rail bar having two adjoining sides-angled to conform to .theangle of. said arms adjoining. sides,

ing outward against the side of the bar "of furniture, a. pair-of to permit a seatingof one inthe other and plates secured in said bar i and having threadedparts,"said' plat-es bears which opposes the saidangle tl1ereof, and

screws projectedthrough said last mentioned bar side and the threaded parts of said plates and bearing against the respective armsfinthe angle thereof to firmly retam said arms seated in thebar .angle. 7, In an article offfurniture, a rail bar comprising a, plurality of longitudinally alined sections having sockets in the adjacent ends thereof, a coupling vbar inserted at its ends intoeachQof said" sockets and v:

adaptedto transversely seat therein, and m s r df by the rail sections: and oper-- able to releasably; retain the couplingbar transversely seated in to cooperate with the connect said sections. 2 7 H In an article ,of furniture, 'a rail. bar comprising a plurality of hollow longitu the section sockets and coupling bar to firmly dinally alined sections, each section being tions and cooperating with the other sides formed of metal and triangular in crossto releasably hold the coupling bar rigidly ing ends of said rail sections, said bar being In testimony whereof I have hereunto angled in cross-section and transversely seatsigned my name to this specification.

ing in an angle of each of said rail sections, and means carried by a side of the rail sec- CLEMENT R. UHL.

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section, a coupling bar inserted into adjoinseated in said sections. 10

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