US1453736A - Table - Google Patents

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May 1, 1923.

A. WAGNER TABLE Filed Feb. 9, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented May 1, 1923.

Darren STATES PATET GFFECE.

ANDREW WAGNER, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FERGUSON BROTHERS MFG. 00., OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed February 9, 1921. Serial No. 443,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a folding-leg table which will be so constructed that each leg when unfolded in position for use will be held and braced rigidly in two directions.

Another object of my invention is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts of a folding table or stand, whereby each of the legs when unfolded is rigidly braced in two directions, one of the braces also serving as a spring means for automatically locking the leg in its unfolded position against unintentional displacement.

Another ob'ec't of my invention is to provide one of t e braces with a yielding. lateral tension to frictionally engage the leg and hold it in its folded position against unintentional displacement.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawin in which Fig. 1 represents an inverted plan view of the table with the legs folded. I

F i 2 represents a similar view with the legs in their unfolded position.

Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 represents a detail elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one corner of the table and the leg adjacent thereto.

Fig. 5 represents an inverted plan view of the same.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line VI-VI of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 reprwents a detail section of the spring brace!- and the adjacent mechanism, and

Fig. 8 represents a. detail elevation of a portion of the leg, one of the braces and the keeper for the brace, said keeper and lockpin being shown in section.

The top of the table is denoted by 1 and may be made of any suitable material. Its edges are conveniently provided with strips 2, 3, 4 and 5 secured to the top in any welltion.

known or approved manner, and projecting below the'under surface of the top suflicient to form a lateral housing for the legs and furnish means for the attachment thereto of the upper ends of the legs and braces to be hereinafter explained.

The legs are four in number and quite similar in construction, and are secured by similar means, so that a specific description of one will suffice for all.

The body of the leg is denoted by 6 and may have any desired shape in cross sec- Atits upper end it is provided with a laterally extended hub 7 securely fastened thereto, so that its ends will project laterally from the body of the leg, and so located with respect llO'lIhG body of the leg that it will lie fiat against the underside of the table top.

Each leg is pivotally secured between a block 8 and its respective strip by means of screws 9, 10; the screw 9 passing through the block into the hub 7, and the screw 10 through the frame into the opposite end of the hub. The block 8 is secured to the underside ofthe table topby screws 11. The blocks are shown as being disposed near the corners of the table top so that the legs are pivoted between one end of the block and one side of the table frame. Furthermore, the blocks are so arranged that those which are diagonally opposite each other are substantially parallel and hence the screws, which act as pivots for the legs, have their axes parallel in the case of the screws which are diagonally opposite each other. The result of this disposition of the blocks 8 and pivot screws is that the legs, when folded, occupy positions around the'table i. e. they compose a rectangle.

One end of a rigid diagonal brace 12 is pivotally secured by the screw 9 between the block 8 and the hub 7, and the other end is secured fixedly to the legs, intermediate the ends thereof, b screws 13. This brace serves to prevent t e leg from swinging in a plane parallel to the axes of the screws which pivot the legs-to the table.

A swinging brace is provided with a, long arm 14 and a short arm 15, which brace is pivoted to the frame at 16. The lower end of the long arm 14 has a notch 17 arranged to engage a lock-pin 18. A keeper 19 of U-shaped form is mounted on the lock-pin 18 in position to guide and hold the lon arm 14 in its position on the leg 6. stop-pin 20 is secured in position on the table frame and arranged to engage the short arm 15 of the swinging brace as the leg nears the limit of its unfolding osition to force the long arm against the ook-pin 18 so as to cause it to snap into the notch 17 in the brace in the long arm 14, as the leg reaches the limit of its unfolding movement. Thus it will be seen that the long arm 14 of the swinging brace sustains the leg in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal axes of the screws 9, 10, while the brace 12 will rigidly support the leg in a direction parallel to the screws 9, 10, so that the leg will, when in unfolding position, as in use, be quite rigidly held in position and a very desirable degree of stability will be thereby imparted to the table as a whole.

To maintain the leg in its folded position, as shown in Fig. 1, the long arm 14 of the swin ing brace has a tendency to yield inwardly toward the leg and thereby create a frictional engagement which will tend to keep the leg in its folded position.

T 0 add to the firmness of the table top,

I bars 21 may be fixed to the underside thereof, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be understood that various changes may be resorted in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly to the form herein set forth.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A folding table comprising a top having a peripheral frame, blocks secured to the underside of the table top and spaced from the peripheral frame, to permit the free ends of the legs to fold against the table top between the blocks and peripheral frame, foldable legs, each leg having a laterally extended hub located between the frame and block, screws extending through the frame and block respectively, into the ends of the hub for pivoting the leg to the frame and block, a rigid diagonal brace leading from the end of the hub adjacent the block to the leg, and a swinging brace pivoted to the table and arranged to engage the leg for locking the leg in its unfolded position.

2. A folding table comprising a top having a peripheral frame, blocks secured to the underside of the table top and spaced from the peripheral frame, to permit the free ends of the legs to fold against the table top between the blocks and peripheral frame, foldablelegs, each leg having a laterally extended hub located between the frame and block, screws extending through the frame and block respectively, into the ends of the hub for pivoting the leg to the frame and block,"a rigid diagonal brace having one end pivoted on the screw between the block and hub and its other end secured fixedly to the leg, and a swinging brace pivoted to the table and arranged to engage the leg for locking the leg in its unfolded position.

3. A folding table comprising a top having a peripheral frame, blocks secured to the underside of the table top and spaced from the peripheral frame. to permit the free ends of the legs to fold against the table top between the blocks and peripheral frame, foldable legs, each leg having a laterally extended hub located between the frame and block, screws extending through the frameand block respectively, into the ends of the hub for pivoting the leg to the frame and block, a rigid diagonal brace having one end pivoted on the screw between the block and hub and its other end secured fixedly to the leg, and a swinging brace pivoted to the table and arranged to engage the leg for locking the leg in its unfolded position, said swinging brace being adapted to exert sufficient lateral tension on the leg to frictionally hold it in its folded position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name, this first day of February, 1921.

ANDREW WAGNER.

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