US138728A - Improvement in book-rests for desks - Google Patents

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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 l is a side elevation of an ordinary school-desk with the book-rest attached Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section of same.
  • A is the body of an ordinary desk supported in the usual manner.
  • B is the book-rest, which is composed of the plain, or, if preferable, perforated board, and a strip or cleat at the bottom to prevent the book from slipping down.
  • 0 is a metallic are provided with a slot, (1, and This are is secured to the sides of the desk by ordinary thumb-screws, which may be simply screwed into the wood or clamped by nuts screwed onto the ends of the screws from. the inside. Similar screws fasten the slotted end of the arc to the rest.
  • the slots in the are provided for the adjustment of the rest to the desired angle when in position.
  • Staples or hooks a are driven into the ends of the rest to receive the arms 6, which may be provided with shoulders to bear against said loops and thereby serve to steady the rest when in position.
  • the screws b form the axis about which the rest may swing when not in use, it being allowed to drop in front of the desk apron-like out of the way.
  • the foot of the support rests against the stop, usually provided .in ordinary desks, to prevent books and other articles from slipping off.

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L. A. TARRING.
Book-Rests for Desks.
N0.138,728, V Patented May 6,1873.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LIDA A. TARRING, OF,WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-RESTS FOR DESKS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,728, dated May 6, 1873; application filed April 26, 1873.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LIDA A. TARRING, of Washington City, District of Columbia, have invented a Book-Rest for Desks, of which the following is a specification:
' Nature and Object of the Invention.
. pensed with altogether without removing it from the desk, by letting it swing about its axis and drop down apron-like quite out of the way.
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Figure l is a side elevation of an ordinary school-desk with the book-rest attached Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section of same.
Similar reference letters denote like parts in both figures.
A is the body of an ordinary desk supported in the usual manner. B is the book-rest, which is composed of the plain, or, if preferable, perforated board, and a strip or cleat at the bottom to prevent the book from slipping down. 0 is a metallic are provided with a slot, (1, and This are is secured to the sides of the desk by ordinary thumb-screws, which may be simply screwed into the wood or clamped by nuts screwed onto the ends of the screws from. the inside. Similar screws fasten the slotted end of the arc to the rest. The slots in the are are provided for the adjustment of the rest to the desired angle when in position. Staples or hooks a are driven into the ends of the rest to receive the arms 6, which may be provided with shoulders to bear against said loops and thereby serve to steady the rest when in position. The screws b form the axis about which the rest may swing when not in use, it being allowed to drop in front of the desk apron-like out of the way. When in position the foot of the support rests against the stop, usually provided .in ordinary desks, to prevent books and other articles from slipping off.
The importance of an economical and simple support as an attachment to desks, especially school-desks, has been long felt, and in my device I propose to furnish such an article as will fully meet the requirements in the case.
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provided with the arm 6, and secured to an ordinary desk by set-screws, as and for the purpose set forth. I
- LIDA A. TARRING.
Witnesses M. GARDNER, Enw. W. DoNN.
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US2778706A (en) * 1953-02-27 1957-01-22 William B Macwhirter Adjustable desk top

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US2778706A (en) * 1953-02-27 1957-01-22 William B Macwhirter Adjustable desk top

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