US170260A

US170260A - Improvement in convertible sofas and tables

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Publication number: US170260A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1875-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 1892-11-23

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CONVERTIBLE SOFA AND TABLE. No.170,260, "Patented Nov. 23, 1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

CHARLES HARRIS, OF WASHINGTON, D. 0., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO LOUIS O. HUTH, AND SAID HARRIS AND HUTH ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD THEIR RIGHT TO ROBERT A. BOYD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONVERTIBLE SOFAS AND TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,260, dated November 23, 1875; application filed March 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES C. HARRIS, of Washington, in the county of Washington and District of Columbia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Oonvertible Sofa and Table; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the an 'neXed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of plan view of my table and sofa in position for use as a sofa. Fig. 2 is an end view Fig. 3 is an end view with the several parts in position for use as a table, the dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 showing the manner of adjusting the legs in transforming the device from a sofa to a table, and vice versa. Fig. 4 is a front view of the same. Fig. 5 is a front view of the sofa. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the parts arranged as a table.

The object of my invention is to combine in a novel manner a sofa and a table, so that they can be used interchangeably; and the nature of my invention consists in securing a broad back to the sofa and pivoting T- shaped legs to the ends thereof, in combination with hinged latches, which afford front supports for the sofa when used as such, and also which latch and hold the legs in position when used as table-supports, as will be understood from the following description.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the body of a sofa, to the back of which a broad board, B, is rigidly secured, which forms a table top when adjusted as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. The ends of the sofa are formed of vertical pieces a a, between which the vertical portions of T-shaped legs 0 G are pivoted at b. The bottom portions of the legs O G are curved, so that each leg has but two hearings on the floor, and at one end of each leg is a notch, c, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

When the legs 0 O are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the lower edge of the back B rests upon their rear portions, and the lower ends of two latches, D D, rest upon the front ends of the legs, and thus sustain the front of the sofa. The latches D D are hinged to the front corners of the sofa, and have the appearance of the front legs thereof.

When it is desired to convert the sofa into a table, the latches D D are turned up, one or both ends of the sofa are raised, and the legs 0 are adjusted in position, as shown in Fig. 2 by dotted lines, at right angles to that which they occupied when used as sofa-support. Then the latches D are adjusted in the notches 0,

and the structure is turned over on its legs, thus bringing the board B in a horizontal position, and making it serve as the top of a table, as shown in Figs. 3, 4., and 6.

It will be seen that the latches hold the legs rigidly in their places, as fully shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The legs 0 O, pivoted between pieces at at