US1428707A - In-a-wall furniture - Google Patents

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i alicaton inclu January 535 1819'. Serial No. 2272 760i lf'o all waff am, ft 'may (foncer/L.

Se it known Hurt L MUN i". Timmy :i siii zen of the United tauir winding; in Lim city of St, Luuis-a anni Starr or' Mifsksourh have in- J rented rrrtain new and useful, imprmcmenig in DLA-wail Furniture, of which the fuiiowing is zi Speciicutun.

' My invention reiaes to ifi-:ramii furni iure, and more purticuiariy to un article of furniture for use in a kitchen.y or oiier room, in the 'form 0i a cmnbinre. table, chairs and cabinet and "when uiuracifi haring); the face, thereof' appear zi pandied Sevtion 0f the. wzrii. A furhsr object of the invention is to prm'idif the article in such orn :is being; up-bie for use as a writing draak nd filing; Cabinet. further object of my invention is tu ovcrcmue die uiiiections to iii@ use 0i? ordinary furniture such :is cabinets; an@ :ias in u sniuii room, und this i urercoiu'ie by die use (ne my iiru-wari urniturvr ivii'ii the zimve objers in rica? :ind others as; h@ nature ot? the invention is be uib iii 'stomL rire antichi consists in the novel coni'ruuiion, con'ihina'tiwn und zuiru-ng/anient 55 irunstruwQ/ii in uruurrlzru with my inruiigion. l

Figi, Qyis 2i, 'fi i?" lir@ View fri? iii@ arrivi@ shawn in figura i, zu; appears when upen. 44j; iig, 3, iS ai wri'icai secionui View fr? die ariui@ shown in Figure 1i Fig. '5i-7 a sectional View nikon mi iines of Figure 'L Making in f'iirrifm 0i che arrmin 15 5. is l 'from parsil'xwiire View l? u ,b ini;

rights l adapted n forni u tabieiop C0mparn'iint ihereiiietwcen at the lower end tiureuf? anni a siici" comparnunt Hierdiewven at: the upper end thereof, wili be more fully understood hereinafter. The upper end of auch two uprighs` Q 'forms the side wail pieces oi the upper cabinet seution, as viearij; shown in Figure. 3, of die drawings. top piece 3 is mounted upun @zich pair "if uprigfi'its l furniinp; zx top losure, :Ls clearly :shown in Figur@ 3. tmp piace is iixwi to die upper ends 0i. ihr, uprigiits und :Yorin tim top nf the upper receiving* cabinet Section. The upper receiving cahinQ slefzition 'is provided with a piuriiity of she-shes The 'rzune work also include; *die 'facing stripis 6, Lire panel from; 4' i'cfr auch seat c-Qinpurizi'nenh and time panel front En for the *Dahle-top Qomparinent.

The minimi', run'ie is fiiso prm'iiied with two iiingsd doors i? lforming ciosures for h@ upper part of die upper receiving cabinet Section. A. hingad door 10 forms a ciosur for rh@ lower part of the upper cabinet sec- Lion Tw) hinged doors li. form front ciosuras for in@ Seat cmnpartnvnts arranged In ne iowa' puri, of the cabinet ser-tion naar -iiu wp thaw/Ji :is ciixzrriy siwrfi'i in Figur@ L @if inc drawings.

Tin? Cabinet frame is iuriul with die buck pieces l2 and sirmrn in Figur@ 1.

The cabinet franw pruper is arranged or Set in die wail iuetwern tir@ suddings 1.14-E as dieariy shown in Figures l and either i1e ore or after he'piasi'eringg liu: ineen appiier the balance of tile vali.

A rubin-tup l5 iS vgierzngiveiy suppmad in. ih? tabiewp coingarinsnf; 'formed nahmen the, two uprigrhis' and the iouer sheii' 5, as ci arly shown in Figure B. The Sabia-fop 'i5 shown in ruil lines in its @insed position, which is zr Suiitani'iaiijy' reriai posiciim. n Ordin if) pcrn'ni- Gf' wricvali mijustn'ienz mit the rear and 0'? the tabienp i5, provide, the mairie-mp '1.5 with rvo trunnions l adapted 'to nmve up anni ifmn in the verticali. sim. 17 in @zich uprighi; i2. Th@ uppr @ns provided as Clearly ai? tine sins 17 form a Stop for this, rear end 01"' the; iabiQ-op 15 when in :im miren posion,

piece l2, as shown in dot-ted lines in :Figure iupr 6 which "facing acts as a support, as is manifest The table-toi l5 it will be observed, cannot be opened or extended for use until the door 1,0 is opened,V

A seat 18 is operative y supported iny each seat compartment formed betveen each pair of uprights l as clearly shown in -ligure 3. Each seat 18 is shown in full lines in this view in its closed position, `which is sub stantia lyl vertical ln order to permit of vertical adjustment of the rear end of each sent 18, l provide each seat 1S with a pair of trunnions 1S adapted to move upand down in the vertical slot 20 in each upright l. The upper end of each slot 20forms a stop for the rear end of the seats 18. In order to provide further support for the rear end of each seat 18, I permit the upper face of the rear edge thereof to come Vinto engagement with the lower edge of, the. back piece 13, as shown in dotted lines vin Figure 4i. lThe lower face of each seat 18 near the rear end thereof is adapted to rest upon ythe upper edgeof the front panel 7, asis manifest, and indicated in dotted lines in" Figure 4. lt will be observed that the seats 18 cannot loe/opened or extended for use' until after. their respective doors ll, are opened, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig ure 4.'

l From the foregoing it will 'be readily understood that when it is desired to use the table-top 15, that it first necessary to lower or open the door 1G before raisingthe table-top, into an extended 4horizontal position, as is manifest.

)When it is desired to use the seats 18, it is first necessary to lower or open the doors 11 and then raise the seats 18, finally bringing them to an extended horizontal. position, as clearly shown in Figure The seats i8 it will be observed are arranged on opposite sides of the table-top l5 and intermediate the tabletop l5 and thefloor of the room.

VIt will-thus be seen thatwlliedno table or seats are desired exposed in the room,

that they may be concealed inv the Wall freni vieW,and when desired for use quickly adJuSted to form seats, or either,

may be a vtable-top and independent'of the other.

and 4, excepting that the seatcompartlnents and seats are eleininat'ed and that the shelves -5 are-providedwith upright partitions 2l, thereby rendering the ing away papers or the like, and render-ing the device useful as a Writing desk and filing shelves useful for -iil-v messer' cabinet, instead ofen article of kitchen furniture.

My improved article afina-Well furniture can built in hit-chen, kitchenette., 65 pantry, breakfast-room. or inlirmary, and, in fact any piace a tableg' ajtablel and @Trai-rsp a table` chairs and cabinet; or Writing desk, or writing desk and chair or chairs may hc needed, or desired.`

, From the foregoing. iescription it will be seen that. l provide an article of furniture of the in-a-wall type which most useful and convenient in rooms Where floor space is lacking or small, and an article of furniture, the many advantages of which will readily suggest themselves to' those.l skilled in the art to which it appertains. i

I am awa-re that. the erect details of construction sliown in the drawings are not essential to the invention, and that lvarious minor changes may be made without departingr from the spirit of Iny invention, hence I reserve the right to make any such changes or modifications as may fairly fall Within the scope of the appended claim when fairly construed.

What l claim is.' y lfn-anvall furniture of the class describedA comprising, in combination, 'a pair of op- 9 osed u uiw'hts ariane-ed in s )aced relation .I ly connected `esgits lower edge to said front wall to coin letc a compartment between the uprights back piece and front Wall, a board member receivable in a vertical posi.- tion within said compartment, a trunnion extending laterally from eac-h side face of the board nieniber near the rear end thereofand receivable in opposed slotted. openings in the uprights which openings extend from 105 e point near the lower edge of the uprights vto a point adjacent the lower edge of the back piece, said board member capable of being., raised and extended forwardly in a. horizontal position with relation to the up'- le rights when thehinged door is incre-d to its position, said boardincniher when in'its ex ltended position resting both upon the lower faceof the hinged door and the upper face -The modification shown in Figure of the drawingsis exactly like Figures 1., 2, 3

of the' fron-t'wnll and the upper face of the 2.15 boardv member atits rear edge engaging the lower face of the back Ypiece for guiding 'and retainingthe board member in its horizontally extended position` in" testimony' -whereof, l have hereunto 120 signed my naine 'to the specification. JUHJ P. FROST.

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