US1890835A - Table - Google Patents

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Dec, 13, 1932.

G. c. WEBB 1,890,835

' TABLE Filed June 15, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l A w- Z Dew. 13 1932, a B; 1,890,835

TABLE Filed June 15. 1931 Z-Sheats-Sheei 2 '1; I e i i i I I I i i a v I l u Patented Dec. 13, 1932 PATENT- orlnce GEORGE C. WEBB, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK TABLE Application filed June 13, 1931. Serial No. 544,163.

One object of this invention is to provide a mounting for a table leg which will permit the leg to be swung intoan upright position to support the table or to be swung close against the under side of the table top to permit the table to be stored in a smallspace when it is not in use, the mounting for the leg firmly holding it in either of its positions. Another object of the invention is to provide .10 means whereby an ash tray or a drinking glass may be supported in convenient position at the side of thetable without interfering with the use of the table. These stated objects and other objects which will appear incidentally in the course of the following description are attained in devices such as are illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim. 1

In the annexed drawings,

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view-of a table having the invention applied thereto and showing the legs in the folded position assumed when the table is not in use,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, more particularly showing one form of ash tray or support,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, partly in horizontal section and partly in bottom plan,

showing the ash tra-y support in position for use, and showing a leg in supporting position Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the socket member which is secured upon the leg,

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the bracket which cooperates with the socket member and is secured to the rails of the table,

Fig. 6 is a View, partly in plan and partly in horizontal section, showing a form of ash tray holder different from that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and

Fig. 7 is a detail section on the line -7-7 of Fig. 6.

The table comprises a top 1 and rails 2 which may be of any suitable material and are preferably arranged to form a square, the invention being intended more particularly for use upon card tables. At each corner of the table, I secure to the rail a bracket which comprises an end plate 4 adapted to be secured to one meeting rail and a locking plate or body 5 which is disposed adjacent the other meeting rail and is formed at its end remote from the plate 4 with alip or flange 6 adapted to bear against the lastmentioned rail. The main body portion 5 of the bracket is thus caused to stand at an obtuse angle to the rail and will thereby cause the-leg 7 to assume an oblique position relativeto the rail when it is swung up to the table top. Interference between the several legs is thus avoided, and the legs may be disposed below the respective ash tray or cup holders. The body portion 5 of the bracket 3 is formed with ribs 8 on the side presented to the adjacent rail, thereby forming grooves 9 on the inner face which extend at right angles to each other, as Will be understood uponreference to Fig. 5. At the upper or attaching end of each leg is secured a socket member 10 which is a three-sided bracket. adapted to fit against opposite sides of the leg and provided on its connecting web with a rib 11 adapted to seat in either of the grooves9 in the cooperating bracket 3, as will be understood. lhe bracket 3 and the socket 10 are each provided with an opening 12 or'13 through which a boltv 14 is passed, 30 said bolt being also inserted through the adjacent side rail of the table whereby to pivotally attach the leg to the table. An expansion spring 15 is disposed around the pivot bolt between the leg and a nut 16 on the end of the bolt and tends constantly to hold the leg to the bracket 3, so that when the leg is turned to cause the rib 11 toregister with either of the grooves 9, the rib will a be seated in said groove and the leg will be in Fig. 3.

held in the position to which it has been turned. It will be understood that, while I have shown the bolt 14: as passing through the table rail, it may have its head disposed between the rail and the bracket 3 and held against the bracket.

Adjacent one end, each rail is provided with an opening through which a slide 16 may pass. This slide, in the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is provided in its upper side with one or more recesses 17, one of which may be utilized to hold an ash tray, and the other of which may receive a drinking glass or cup. A right-angular frame or bracket 18 is secured tothe inner sides ofthe rails at the corner of the table so that it braces the table and also helps to guide the holder when the same is slid through the )enin in the rail. One or more uide ins 19 is mounted in the frame or bracket 18 and passes slidably through the inner side of said frame, these pins being provided with heads 20 at their inner ends which are adapted to impinge against the frame and thereby limit the outward movement of the pins. The outer ends of the pins may be threaded so as to be firmly secured in the inner end of the sliding holder, and expansion springs 21 are mounted around the pins between the inner end of the frame 18 and the inner end of the holder, so that if the holder be released the springs will eject the same to the extent permitted by the heads 20 in an obvious manner. Alocking pin 22 is mounted in the rail at a rightangle to the slide and is adapted to engage a socket 23 in the side of the slide so that the slide will be held in its retracted position against the tension of the springs 21 when the use of the slide is not desired. The locking pin is provided with a head 23 which serves as a handle and also as a stop to limit the inward movement of the pin, and it passes longitudinally through a sleeve or housing 24 set in the rail, as shown An abutment 25 is provided on the locking pin, and an expansion spring 26 is disposed around the pin between said abutment and a plug 27 which closes the outer end of the sleeve so that, normally, the pin will be projected inwardly to engage the socket in the ash tray holder. If the pin be drawn outwardly against the tension of the spring 28, the springs 21 will at once move the ash tray holder to the position shown in Fig. 3 and indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that an ash tray or a drinking glass may be supported thereon.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I have illustrated another formof holder, which may be employed instead of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, if preferred. In this arrangement, an opening 28 is formed in the table rail, and a door 29 may be provided to extend over the opening when the holder is not to be used, the door being so mounted that it will fit within the opening flush with the outer surface of the rail, as will be understood. The ends of the opening 28 may be faced with metal wear plates 30 to prevent chipping of the rail, and rotatably mounted in these plates and extending at one end through the meeting rail is a rod or shaft 31 upon which is secured in any desired manner a block 32. The block 32 is provided in one or more sides with a series of openings 33 in which may be engaged the ends of fingers 34 which constitute the terminals of resilient rings 35 within which may be placed an ash tray, such as in dicated at 36 in Fig. 7, or a drinking glass or like utensil. By selectively engaging the fingers 34 in the openings 33, the holding rings 35 may be placed under any desired tension, so that a tray or other object inserted through them will bevery effectually clasped and held. The ash tray 36 is shown as having its side flaring upwardly so that it will not pass readily through the holding ring and be released therefrom, but the ring will read ily pass over slight projections, such as a rib 37 formed thereon, and, as the greater diameter of the utensil is at the top, a firm engagement of the ring around the utensil will be effected. The fingers as, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7, are properly shaped to bear against meeting sides of the block 32 and the block may have grooves leading from the sockets, as shown in Fig. 6, deep enough to receive the fingers so that they will be supported firmly by the block and will not easily work loose therefrom. A locking pin 38 is provided in this form of the invention, corresponding in all respects to the locking pin 22 previously described, and said locking pin is adapted to engage either of the openings 39 formed in an end of the block 32, so i that the block will be firmly locked in either of its positions.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided exceedingly simple and efficient means whereby an ash tray or other object may be conveniently and securely held at the side of a table, and the table legs may be readily swung into position to support the table or in position to permit the table to be placed out of the way when not in use, and will be eflectually held in either of its position.

Having thus described the invention, I,

claim:

In a table, the combination with meeting rails, of a rightangular bracket secured to the inner sides of the rails, one rail having an opening therethrough with one end of the opening flush with one side of the bracket, a holder slidably mounted in the opening in the rail and arranged to bear against the flush side of the bracket, guiding and supporting pins secured in the inner end of the holder and slidably fitting through that side of the bracket which is parallel withthe rail having the opening, expansion springs mounted on said pins and bearing at one end against the holder and at their opposite ends against said side of the bracket, a locking pin mounted in and housed by the table rail having the opening at the side of the opening and adapted to engage the holder to retain it in retracted position, and means housed in the rail 'yieldably holding the locking pin in the holder-engaging position.

In tesstimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE C. WEBB. [11. s.]

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