US1610956A

US1610956A - Wall-structure support

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Publication number: US1610956A
Application number: US753657A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarence W Lannom
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-12-03
Filing date: 1924-12-03
Publication date: 1926-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1943-12-14

Description

Dec. 14 1926.

C. W. LANNOM WALL STRUCTURE SUPPORT Filed Dec. 5, 1924 INVEN TOR.

A TTORNEY Patented Dec. 14, 1926.

UNITED STATES CLARENCE W. LANNOM, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

WALL-STRUCTURE SUPPORT.

Application flled December 8, 1924. Serial No. 753,657.

My invention relates to wall-structure supports, and more particularly to a novel cabinet adapted to be set and secured in a wall recess and embodying a seat, bench, table or the like element which may be readily folded away in the cabinet when not in use.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a novel cabinet construction of the above mentioned character in which the means for supporting the seat, bench, table or the like, when extended for use, forms part of the frontpanel of the cabinet; and when the seat or element is folded in the cabinet the same will be concealed by the said paneled front.

Other objects and advantages and the features of construction of the invention. will appear in the subjoined description of the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved cabinet as seen when closed and secured in position in a wall recess.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the cabinet and wall.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my cabinet showing the bench in partly open position.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the position of the bench and supporting panel. therefor when in service.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale and showing the means for connecting the seat to the cabinet.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section, partly broken away, of the bench extended for use: and

Fig. 7 is a view of a link member.

Referring to the drawing and figures thereof:

A cabinet represented by the reference number 10 and substantially rectangular in shape and embodying a folding bench 11, is adapted to fit and be secured in a recess formed in the wall 12. The cabinet is preferably made of wood and comprises a back 13. jambs 14. and easing members 15 adapted to engage the front face of the wall bordering the recess therein.

A cleat 16 rigidly secured to the back 13 and between the upright jambs 14, acts as a stifi'ening member as well as a seat stop and will hereinafter be more fully described. The cabinet is positioned in the recess so that the lower ends of the casing 15 restupon the upper edge of the baseboard 17 secured at the base of the wall 12.

Forming the front of the cabinet and part of a bench construction are three panels disposed one above the other, the lower panel 18, the middle panel 19 and the upper panel 20. Said lower panel may be hinged at its lower end to the upper edge of the baseboard by means of hinges 21, and may also be hinged at its upper end to the middle panel by means of hlnges 22. Said middle panel is rigidly secured to the underside of a seat 23 intermediate the length thereof by any suitable common means. To the upper outer end of said seat 23 is connected the upper panel 20 by hinges 24.

Said seat is pivotally connected to the cabinet jamb by a pair of connecting links 25, each comprising a piece of round rod bent near each end to form two oppositely disposed

arms

26 and 27 at right angles thereto. The arm 26 seats in a socket 26' out in the jamb 14, and the arm 27 seats in a similar socket 27 formed in the side edge of the seat 23. One of such connecting links is similarly connected to each side of the seat 23.

The lower panel 18 and the middle panel 19 may be cut to form lips 28 on the side edges thereof to engage the casing 15 when the cabinet is closed, and the upper panel 20 may be provided with a similar lip 29 around the sides and top for the same purpase.

A knob 30 is secured to the upper end of the upper panel 20 so as to permit the seat to be conveniently withdrawn from the cabinet.

It will readily be seen from the drawings that when the bench is extended for use the lower end of the seat 23 engages the bottom edge of the cleat 16, and the lower and

upper panels

18 and 20 form supports for said seat.

Elements 31 Figs. 5 and 6, are pieces nailed or otherwise secured in the cabinet to hold the arms 26 in their respective sockets when the seat is in other than the horizontal position.

The specific construction of the connecting links permit'a relatively long bench to be supported within a cabinet and within easy reach of an ordinary individual for lowering.

In the drawings I have shown a cabinet embodying a bench construction, but obviously at-able, ironing board, or like structure could be similarly constructed without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is the following 1. In a wall cabinet structure adapted to be secured within a wall recess, the combination of a seat member having a paneled front in sections, means pivotally connected with the side edges of the seat member and pivotally connected with the inside of the cabinet for connecting said seat member to the inside of said cabinet, the top section of said paneled front being hinged to the top or outermost end of said seat and adapted when said seat is extended to form a support therefor at the said end, the said sections forming the paneled front being in the same plane when the cabinet is closed.

2. In a wall cabinet structure adapted to be secured within a wall recess-the combination of a seat member, means pivotal-o ly connected withthe side edges of the seat member and pivotally connected with the inside of the cabinet for connecting said seat member to said cabinet, a panel secured to the underside'ef said seat member intermediate the length thereof, a second panel hinged to said first-mentioned panel and connected to the lower end of said recess,

and a third panel hinged to the outer end of said seat and adapted to form an upright support for said seat when said seat is extended for use, the said three panels being in the same plane when the cabinet is closed to present a fiushfront.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

CLARENCE W. L'ANNoM.