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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bookcase.
  • Fig. 2 is a front-edge View of one of the sides.
  • Fig. 3 is a view of one of the shelves with back attached by hinges.
  • Fig. 4 is a view of the shelf and back folded together.
  • the object of my improvement is to render the book-case more portable, and, at the same time, less liable to sustain injury. It is exceedingly desirable that a book-case be so constructed that it can quickly be taken apart and put into asmall compass for transportation, and as quickly set up again, and all without injury to the book-case, though the operation he often repeated.
  • Fig. 1 the sides A and B are cut in two at the middle of their length, and hinged on the inside to admit folding together when the shelves are removed, as in the case of packing.
  • These sides have a compound groove in them, as seen in Fig. 2, G O.
  • This compound groove consists of a plain square groove with a smaller groove cut in its upper half. Ordinarily it .is simply a saw-scarf. This is to admit a projecting iron band, a, fastened to the end of the shelf to hold it in place instead of a dovetail, which is liable to shrink and let the case fall apart.
  • the shelves E are made of plain boards, with a piece of band-iron, one-quarter inch wider than the shelf is thick, attached to its ends by screws.
  • This shelf has its back attached to it by hinges, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, D D. When the shelf is in place the back is held in position by the hinges. Vhen the book-case is taken down for removal or shipment the shelf and back are folded together, as seen in Fig. 4. The upright sides, also, being folded, the whole can be put in a box of small dimensions and transported, at the pleasure of the owner, without damage. A fullsize book-case, seven and a half feet high and four feet Wide, can be packed by this arrangement into a box but four feet long and fourteen by sixteen inches square.

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E. HASKELL.
Folding Book-Gases.
No, 138,022 PatentedApril22,1873.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EZRA HASKELL, OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING BOOK-CASES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,022, dated April 2'2, 1873 application filed September 4, 1872.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, EZRA HASKELL, of Do ver, in the county of Straiford and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain Improvements in Folding Book-Cases, of which the following is a full, exact, and clear description:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bookcase. Fig. 2 is a front-edge View of one of the sides. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the shelves with back attached by hinges. Fig. 4 is a view of the shelf and back folded together.
The object of my improvement is to render the book-case more portable, and, at the same time, less liable to sustain injury. It is exceedingly desirable that a book-case be so constructed that it can quickly be taken apart and put into asmall compass for transportation, and as quickly set up again, and all without injury to the book-case, though the operation he often repeated.
That others skilled in the art may understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.
In the perspective view, Fig. 1, the sides A and B are cut in two at the middle of their length, and hinged on the inside to admit folding together when the shelves are removed, as in the case of packing. These sides have a compound groove in them, as seen in Fig. 2, G O. This compound groove consists of a plain square groove with a smaller groove cut in its upper half. Ordinarily it .is simply a saw-scarf. This is to admit a projecting iron band, a, fastened to the end of the shelf to hold it in place instead of a dovetail, which is liable to shrink and let the case fall apart. The shelves E are made of plain boards, with a piece of band-iron, one-quarter inch wider than the shelf is thick, attached to its ends by screws. This shelf has its back attached to it by hinges, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, D D. When the shelf is in place the back is held in position by the hinges. Vhen the book-case is taken down for removal or shipment the shelf and back are folded together, as seen in Fig. 4. The upright sides, also, being folded, the whole can be put in a box of small dimensions and transported, at the pleasure of the owner, without damage. A fullsize book-case, seven and a half feet high and four feet Wide, can be packed by this arrangement into a box but four feet long and fourteen by sixteen inches square.
Claim.
- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The combination of the upright folding sides A B and grooves O with the shelves and backs E having the projections a, as and for the purpose specified.
The above specification of my invention signed by me this 27th day of August, 1872.
EZRA HASKELL.
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JOHN H. WHITE, UHAs. W. BARTLETT.
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Cited By (4)

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US3028206A (en) * 1955-12-05 1962-04-03 Modern Metal Products Company Goods display, can draining and towel dispensing cabinet
US20080006593A1 (en) * 2006-07-05 2008-01-10 Northrop Grumman Corporation Modular rack design
US20140070676A1 (en) * 2012-09-11 2014-03-13 Mattel, Inc. Reconfigurable point of purchase display system
USD1040584S1 (en) * 2021-03-22 2024-09-03 Landscape Forms, Inc. Support structure

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3028206A (en) * 1955-12-05 1962-04-03 Modern Metal Products Company Goods display, can draining and towel dispensing cabinet
US20080006593A1 (en) * 2006-07-05 2008-01-10 Northrop Grumman Corporation Modular rack design
US20140070676A1 (en) * 2012-09-11 2014-03-13 Mattel, Inc. Reconfigurable point of purchase display system
USD1040584S1 (en) * 2021-03-22 2024-09-03 Landscape Forms, Inc. Support structure

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