US278036A - Combined trunk and table - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

' G. P. NASH.

COMBINED TRUNK AND TABLE.

Patented May 22 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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o. P. NASH. GOMBINED TRUNK AND TABLE.

No. 278,036. Patented May 22,1888.

s N, .Q e A w .N w Q N E j UNITED qSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

' OALEB P. NASH, OF BRATTLEBOROUGH, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ONF-HALF t TO J. EUGENE JACOBS, OF SAME 4PLAGE. V

COMBINED TRUNK AND TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,036, dated May 22, 1883.

i Application filed October 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

` vBe it known that I, OALEBI. NASH, ot'Brattleborough, in the county of Vindham and State of Vermont, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Trunks 4and Tables, oi'which the following isa specili- I5 The invention consists in various details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1- is an end view of the combined trunk and table zo embodyingmyimprovement,showingtheparts in the form of a trunk. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof'. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same with the parts extended to form a table. Fig. 4 is a transverse section z5' thereof, and Fig. 5 is a view of a spring.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures. A A' designate two box-like sections, which are connected at adjacent edges by hinges a, 3o so that they may be folded together or spread apart to bring their bottoms into line.` As shown, strips bare arranged outside theedges, to which the hinges a are applied, and corresponding strips, b', are arranged along the 3 5 edges of the same sides, close to the bottom. When the sections are extended into line their strips b' are in contact.

B designates pairs of legs, which are pivoted to theinner surface of those sides of the sections 4o that are opposite the sides which the hinges a connect. These legs are pivoted close to the ends of the sections, and may be folded within the sections or extended so as to support the sections in an inverted position. In folding the legs those of each pair are folded or swung l toward each other. Y

C designates bars, which are connected to the sections A A by hinges c, so that they can be swung outwardly to permit the legs to be 5o extended, and then may be swung back between the legs to maintain them extended and toprevcntthenifrom being accidentally turned inward, so as to let down the sections. 0n these bars C, at one end, are latches d, consisting of plates pivoted to the bars and adapted to engage with grooves c in the legs. By these latches the bars are secured in position, so as to retain the legs extended. When the legs are swung inward the bars O are swungr inward over them. In lieu of employing these 6o latches, I may combine with the bars O springs which will adjust them between the pairs of legs B, after said legs are extended, and hold them there. I prefer to use for this purpose springs made of wire, like the on'e shown in 65 Fig. 5. One end willbe driven into a bar, C, and the other end, afterv a proper twist has been imparted to the sprin g, will be driven into the adjacent section A or A.

FD designates a leaf, having arms s pivoted 7c to it, so that they may be swung inwgrd so'as not to extend beyond the edges, orV outward to extend beyond one of the edges. iVhe-n they are swung outward their ends may befitted into recesses or cavities f in the section A', to support the leaf from that section. A pin, g, on the leaf enters a recess in the section A andaids in securing the leaf in position. When these arms are folded inward this leaf may be fitted into the section A' to form `8o a cover or partition therefor, as shownin Fig. 2. E designates a leaf provided with arms It, which are pivoted to it, so that they may be swung under the leaf o'r vmay be swung outward to project beyond the same. Then thus 8 5 extended their ends are inserted in recesses lin the section A, so as to support the leaf. A

leaf, F, is then laid on the arms lt between the leaf E and the section A. A pin, j, on the 4 leaf F ts into a recess in the section A and 9o maintains this leafin place; anda similar pin,

k, on the leaf E enters a recess in the leaf F and maintains the leaf E in place relatively thereto. TheleafF may be inserted in grooves m in the section A, to form a partition therein, and the leaf Ewith its arm h folded inward, may he inserted in grooves lin said section, to forni another partition when the sections are used as a trunk.

Gdesignates straps attached to the sections, Ioo

and which may be detached at one end to perlnit of opening and extending the sections. They are provided with button-holes, and are slipped over buttons or headed screws o. The straps are passed through keepers u before being buttoned, and aid in holding the sections together. These straps serve as handles when the article is used as a trunk.

If desirable, I may omit the two strips b in the same plane and employ two strips of twice the width of' the strips b', and arranged in different planes, so as to overlap each other. When such strips are used, either section A or A may be supported by its strip clear of' the oor when the article is used as a trunk.

What I claim as my inventiomand desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The combination, with the two box-like sections A A, hinged together at a, ofthe legs B, hinged independently of each other to the sides of' the sections opposite the hinges a, so that the legs of each pair maybe folded inward toward each other against said sides of the sections, and the bars G, hinged to the edge portions of the sections, and adapted to be swung between the legs of each pair to hold Y them in position, substantiallyr as specified.

2. The combination, with the two box-like sections A Af, hinged together at a, of the legs B, hinged independently of each other to the sides ofthe sections oppositefthe hinges a, so that the legs of each pair may he folded inward toward each'other against the said sides of' the sections, the bars C, hinged tothe edge portions of the sections, and adapted to be swung between the legs of each pair to hold them in position, and latches d, for securing said bars in place, substantially as specined.

3. rlhe combination, with the two hollow boxlike sections AA', hinged together at a, ofthe leaf D, made separate from and independent of the sections, and the arms s, pivoted to said leaf, the said leaf beingof' such size thatit may be tted intocone ofthe said sections across the opening thereof', and the arms s heilig made of' such Alength and pivoted to theleafat such points that they may be swung into such positions as not to project beyond the edge ofthe leaf, and so that they may be swung into such positions that they will extend beyond the edge of the leaf' and may betted into sockets in one of said sections, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with two hollow boxlike sections, A A', hinged together at a, ot' the leaves E F, adapted to be attached to one of the sections to form an extension thereof', or to be fitted into grooves lm in the section to forni partitions within the section parallel with e the sides thereof'7 substantially as speciied. y

l OALEB P. NASH. Vitnesses:

ROBERT G. HARDIE, WILLIAM S. NEWTON.

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