US269365A

US269365A - Adjustable leg for furniture

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Publication number: US269365A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-12-19
Anticipated expiration: 1899-12-19

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(No Model.)

I; WOOD.

ADJUSTABLE LEG FOR FURNITURE.

No. 269,365. Patented Dec. 19, 1882;

7 W6 rjrm/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIG WOOD, OF MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE LEG FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,365, dated December 19, 1882. Application filed August 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FREDERIC W001), of

-Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Adjustable Legs for Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

Casters have been combined with a screwsteln running into the lower end of the table or chair leg, so as to be adjustable, to cause the legs to take an even bearing upon the floor, and billiard and other tables have beenprovided with adjusting-screws for leveling the table and compensating inequality in the floor.

My present invention is for covering up the screw and obtaining the required adjustment without marring the appearance of the leg.

In the drawings, Figure l is a section of the adjusting-screw and cylinder. Fig. 2 is a seellOl] with the parts inverted in position, and Fig. 3 shows a caster added to the screw adjustment.

(t represents the lower end of the leg of the table, chair, or other piece of furniture to which my improvement is applied.

bis the adjusting-screw, and e is an ornamental ca-se surrounding the screw and concealing it from view. This case is connected at one end to the screw by the head-piece (I, so that the screw and head can be revolved by grasping the case and rotating it.

In Fig. l the screw b passes into the footblockf, which latter rests upon the floor. In Figs. 2 and 3 the screw 1) passes up into the leg a, and the head-piece d is down ward. in either case the adjustment is made by grasp- .ing the case 0 and revolving it and the screw until the required bearing on the floor is obtained. In. Fig. 2 the head-piece (Z is to rest upon the floor. In Fig. 3 a caster is shown as pivoted to the lower end of the case at the center of the head-piece d.

I prefer to connect the head-piece (l by a cen tral pivot, h, to the ferrule or plate k, that surrounds the lower end of the leg or, as seen in.

Fig. 1, so that the case and head-piece can be revolved below the lower end of the leg. and the foot-blockf, resting upon the floor, will remain stationary, or can he held while the case and the screw are being revolved to adjust the length of the leg, as aforesaid.

The surface of the case can be made more or less ornamental. It the case is made of the same wood as the leg, the adjustment will not be noticeable, and the leg will appear to he of an' ordinary character, or nearly so, and this adjustment is very cheap and easily applied.

I do not claim a screw, nor a separate cup, nor bearing-disk, as these have been used. My case and screw are either in one or permanently connected together by the head-piece, and the cylindrical portion within the ease forms the nut for the screw, thus rendering the parts simple, strong, and inexpensive.

I claim as my invention- 1. The screw 1), head-piece d, and case a, all permanently connected together, in combination with the foot-block or table-leg passing into the case and receiving the screw, substan tially as set forth. a

2. The screw 1), head-piece d, and case a, all permanently connected together, in combination with the leg and with the caster upon a pivot in the center of the head-piece (7, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 26th day of July, A. D. 1882.

Gno. T. PINCKNEY, Guns. H. SMITH.