US1424419A - Knockdown folding table - Google Patents

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v J. A. MALARKEY. KNOCKDOWN FOLDING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- I4, I92I- Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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J. A.,|VlALARKEY. KNUCKDOWN FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4. I921.

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James A.

MALABKEY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

KNOCKDOV/N FOLDING TABLE.

Application filed February 14, 1921.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that lIJanns A... llllfiijLAiiKirlY, a citizen ol the United States, and a resident of the city of Portland, county of Mulb noma-h, and State of Uregon, have invented a certainnew and useilulImprovement 1n. Knockdown Folding Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention 1S to provide a knock down toldmg table wh ch may be readily taken apart. and as readily set up again, by the retailer or purchaser,

the only implement required being a screw driver.

It is furthermore my object to make the several parts of such form and w dth that they may be easily stacked together in a compact bundle or package, for shipment or storage.

It is furthermore my object to make my table of -t'ew parts, easily made and easily put together, and in this way insuring simplicity and cheapness both in material. and labor.

In the drawings, I

Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of my table set up with its leaves horizontally extended;

Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of. the severa], parts so grouped as to ilustrate the ease with which they may be stacked into a compact bundle, and this view also showing the details of construction 0'? the several parts;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line of Fig. l with the separable parts sepa rated but positioned tor being put in place, that is. fitted to each other;

Fig. 4 shows a sectional view oil one end of my table on the line 4 of Fig. l with the separable parts arranged in the same manner asinentioned with respect to Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 illustrates a detail ct construction.

Tn Fig. 2 the several parts which com pose my table are shown complete, that is, with their component pieces permanently put in place, so that this view illustrates in detail all the parts of which my table 15 composed when put in its disassembled or knocked down state.

The parts composing my table are standards c, made with feet 2. To the upper ends of the standards are permanently fastened cleats r and s. Near their lower ends the standards are provided with grooves as c and (Z, and these grooves are provided-with. screw holes 0' and d. The lower ends of the Specification of Letters Patent.

It atented Aug. 1, 1922 Serial No. 444,692.

standards 6 and j are securely connected by a brace-bar 7). To the inner side of the latter are removably fastened/bracing blocks on cleats a, by screws Z and m inserted in registering, holes a and 6 provided in said brace-bar and in said cleats.

The cleats a. are fastened tothe brace-bar at such distance from the ends that, when their ends have been inserted inthe grooves d and c of the standards, the ends oft-he cleats will abut against the standards; and by then inserting screws g in the screw-holes c" and d of the grooves 0 and d of said standards, and if desired, further screws as 9 through the standards into the screw holes 3 of the cleats a, the brace-bar b will be secured firmly in place between the standards 6 and f, and the lower ends of the latter will be firmly braced.

The cleats r and s secured. to the upper ends of the standards 6 and f are provided with screw holes 7 and q in which to receive the screws fastening the table top on the 7 standards.

To the sides of the table top 0 are removably hinged leaves a and 'u by separable hinges as illustrated at t and t in Fig. 2.

Frames 7' and L" are pivoted between the brace-bar 7) and the table-top 0, and serve to.

support the leaves a and u when extended in horizontal position. These frames consist of a short vertical or hinge bar as j and a longer vertical bar or leg j connected by cross bars 7' as shown in Fi n 2. The short or hinge bars of the frames 7 and bare pro vided with dowel pins as shown by '0 and h with respect to the Frame y, and by z' and 10 with respect to the frame k.

To set up my table it is convenient to proceed as follows: First secure the cleats a to the bottom of the brace-bar b, then insert the ends oi. the brace-bar in the grooves 0V and (Z of the standards e and f and fasten the parts securely together. The table top 0 may now be fastened on the cleats p and s of the standards e and f, before doing so putting in place the hinged-frames or leaf supports 7' and 70. And finally the leaves it and u may be secured in place by inserting the pintles in the knucklesof the hinges t and t.

The illustrations and description above given are merely intended to show a practical mode 0t construction of my device. The particular details of construction above described are, however, variable to suit the ideas of the manufacturer, provided such to the under side-of and at the corners of the brace, fastening neans extending through the standards and engaging the ends of the cleats, the cleats being elongated and e tended inwardly toward the center of the brace,'a top'extending across the upper ends of the standards and of greaterjtransverse Width than the latter to provide overhanging portions, said top having oppositely disposed openings in its under side in alignment Withthe openings in the brace, a leaf hinged to each of the overhanging portions, -frames t'or supporting the leaves, eachti'ame comprising an outer vertical leg equalyin lengthto the length of the standards, an inner leg equal inlength to the distance between the under side of the top and the top surface of the brace, 'hraces connecting the legs of each' franie, and studs'extending from the top and bottom of the short leg to en gage the openings "in the topandbrace,

'Whereloy when theleaves are in folded posi;

tion the frames are adapted to be folded in c the spaces formed the overhanging poi tions of the top and said leaves. i

JAMES MALARKEY,

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