US1812694A

US1812694A - Portable desk

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Publication number: US1812694A
Application number: US399641A
Authority: US
Inventors: Howard T Hallowell; Bennett Frank
Original assignee: Standard Pressed Steel Co
Current assignee: SPS Technologies LLC
Priority date: 1929-10-14
Filing date: 1929-10-14
Publication date: 1931-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1948-06-30

Description

June 30, 1931) H. T. HALLowELL E1' Al. 1812694 PORTABLE DESK Filed Oct. 14, 1929 Patented June 30, 1931 UNITED STATES vpzi'rila'l'- OFFICE HOWARD T. I'IALLOVV'ELL AND FRANK BENNETT, OF JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, .ASSIG'NORS T0 STANDARD PRESSED STEEL C0., OF JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA,

A. CORPORATION OF P'ENNSYLVANIA.

Application filecl (ictober 14, 1929. Serial No. 399,641. w

,= clerk is to check-off goods, or for any other purposes.

A further obj ect of the invention is to so design the hinge that it will be substantial and will be hidden from View.

In the accompanying drawngs:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our improved desk; v

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2-2, Fig. 4, illustrating the -i'mproved hinge;

Fig. 8 is a side view of the hinge portion of the desk; i

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H, Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a the hinge.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body of the desk having an inclined top 2, hinged to the body portion at the rear end. This top portion is provided with a flange 3 at the front and at each side. At the rear of the top portion is a trough-shaped reinforcing member 4:, which can be used as a receptacle for pencils and other writing material. The front fiange 5 of this reinforcingmember is low and the rear flange is much higher than the front fiange, so that When the top is raised to gain access to the interior of the desk, the articles in the receptacle will not roll off the rear of the top portion.

The body of the desk is supported on four legs 7, having braces 8, as shown in Fig. 1. The rear legs are provided with casters 9 and the front legs arranged to rest directly on the floor, so that when the desk is being used, the front legs steady the desk and prevent it rolling, but when it is desired to move the desk, the front end of the desk is raised slightly, after which it can be readily moved on the casters to any position required.

The main feature of our invention is the hinge by which the top is pivotally niounted on the body portion.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3 and 4, 10 is one side of the body portion and 11 is the deep flange of the top portion 2. This fiange is preferdetached perspective View of ably turned inwardly as at 12, to reinforce the top.

The hinge 13 is shown clearly in Fig.V 2. One leaf 111 of the hinge is secured to the side of the bodyporrtion by bolts 15, while the other leaf 16 is secured to the fiange 11 of the top by bolts 17. The two leaves are bent to- Wards each other as at 18 to form flattened ends 19, which are pivotally connected by a rivet 20, or any other suitable pivot pin. The fiattened portions are held in contact with each other so as to hold the top portion against lateral movement.

When the top is raised, the leaf 16 turns on the pivot 20. The hinge is concealed not only by the deep flange 11 of the body portion 2, but also by the inturned end of the fiange 12 when the top is raised, giving the desk a very neat appearance.

Thistype of hinge is very substantial and cannot be readily broken by rough usage.

In Fig. 1 we have shown a drawer 21, arranged to slide under the body portion 10, but this may be omitted without departing from the essentials of the invention.

It is to be understood that there is a hinge at each side of the desk.

We claim:

1. The combination in a desk, of a body portion; a fianged top portion of greater width than the body portion; and hinges made of two sheet metal strips and bent so that the pivot portions of the hinge will be close together, while the two leaves of each hinge will be spaced apart, one leaf of each' hinge being secured to the side of the body portion and the other leaf being secured to the flange of the top portion.

2. The combination in a desk, of a body portion; a flanged top portion of greater width than the body portion and having a deep flange at each side, the lower portions of each fiange being turned inwardly towards the side but not in contact therewith; and a hinge member located at each side of the desk near the rear thereof and in the space between the side walls of the desk and the flanges of the top portion, the inturned portion of each Aflange extending under the hinge.

3. The combination in a metallic desk, of a daj body portion made of sheet metal; metallic legs supporting the body portion of the desk; a top portion having deep flanges which are untul'ned at the lower edges; a trough-shaped reinforcing member extending acrossV the top of the desk, one edge of the trough-shaped member being higher than the other; and hinges located in the space between the side flanges of the top portion and the sides of the body portion.

4. The combination in a desk, of a body portion; a top portion flanged at each side; a hinge located in the space between each flange and the body of the desk, the hinges being of Sheet metal and bent to provide extended flat surfacesl; and transversepivot pins extending through the flat surfaces of thev hinges.

HOWARD T. FRANK BENNETT.