US245065A - Writing-desk attachment to other furniture - Google Patents

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S. M. PURMAN'. WRITING DESK ATTACHMENT TO OTHER FURNITURE. 'No 245,065.

Patented Aug. 2, 1881.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. FUPJMAN, F HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

WRITING-DESK ATTACHMENT TO OTHER FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,065, dated August 2, 1881. Application filed February 11, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. FURMAN, of Henderson, in the county of Henderson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and .useful Improvement in Writing-Desk Attach- 4 when not in use for writing, may be folded out of sight, occupying none of the otherwise needed space in a room.

My invention consists of a writing-desk mounted on a table-leaf or swinging board hinged to a table, the several parts being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a sewing-ma- 'chine table to which my invention is applied.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the table-leaf and the writing-desk upon it opened for use. Fig. 3

v is a side view of the device in position for use,

parts being broken out to show the construction.

Similarlettersofreferenceindicatelike parts. 1 A is a board of suitable size and shape to support the writing-desk, and provided with hinges at for attaching it as a drop-leaf to a table of any kind, or to a bracket secured to the wall of a room, or to the back of a seat in a school-room, or to any other suitable piece of furniture.

Upon the leaf A as a bottom is built the desk-body, made in the shape of a box of two halves, b b,- hinged together, and joining at an inclination as usual, so that the cover b, when unlocked by the key 0 from the part b and thrown back, as in Figs. 2 and 3, will form a surface continuouswithr that of the part b and inclining toward the writer, the inclined plane being covered with hinged velveted or clothed pasteboard d, in the usual manner of making such articles. The desk is then divided into suitable compartments, 6 g f h, for holding pens, ink-bottles, note-paper, and other writing materials.

The leaf A has an extension, at, which projects toward the writer a suflicient distance beyond the part b to support the part b when the desk is opened, and thus relieve the strain on the hinges which join the two halves b and I) together.

The leaf A is raised in the horizontal position when the desk is to be used for writing, and retained in said position by a horizontallyswinging brace, H, or other fastening device attached to the table G. The writing finished and the desk locked, the brace H is turned aside and the leaf A allowed to swing down in its perpendicular position shown in Fig. 1, the whole device thus occupying but an immaterially small space-when not in use.

It will be observed that the drop-leaf A, adapted to be hinged to the table G or other article of furniture, forms the bottom of the box or body b, and that the latter is built upon the drop-leaf as a bottom, and that the dropleaf A is prolonged or projects outwardly beyond the desk-body b at a, thus serving the double purpose of a bottom for the desk-body and a supportfor the desk-cover bwhen opened, the latter resting directly on the drop-leaf from the hinged end of the body or box b to the outer end of the drop-leaf at a.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In combination with a table having a leafsupport, the desk composed of a box-body, 11, provided with the hinged cover b and hinged bottom A, the prolongation a of which supports the cover b when opened, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL M. FURMAN. .Witnesses:

P. K. PaEEcrr, T. S. KNIGHT.

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