US296209A - Wash-bench and step-ladder - Google Patents

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  • This invention has for its object to provide a novel and efficient wash bench or table capable of being converted into a step-ladder and of being adjusted to serve as a support for the ironing-board.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the parts arranged to provide a verticallyadj ustable bench for supportingawash-tub;
  • Fig. 2 a perspective view, showing the parts converted into a step-ladder Fig. 3, alongitudinal sectional View of the parts adjusted into position for supporting an ironing -board, and
  • the numbers 1 1 and 2 2 indicate supporting legs or standards of equal length, each pair crossing and pivoted midway of their length by a bar or round, 3, which also serves as a connection for the respective pairs of legs' or standards.
  • the ends of the legs are connected,respectively,by bars or rounds'4, 5, 6, and 7, and the bar or round 7 passes through the end portions of two side pieces, 8, which are connected at the other ends by a bar or round, 9, and between the bars or rounds 7 and 9 the side pieces are connected by broad strips 10 to form steps, while the ends of the side pieces which ex" tend beyond the bar or round 7, as at 11, are connected by a broad strip, 12, which projects at one edge beyond the edges of the side pieces to constitute an offset or shoulder, 13.
  • the inner edge of the side pieces, at the end portion opposite the extension 11, are provided with a series of notches, 14, sothat when the legs or standards are spread and the side pieces are uppermost, as in Fig. 1,
  • the round 6 of the legs engages one of the notches of each side piece, thus constituting a bench for supporting a wash tub or a table or platform for any appropriate purpose.
  • this table it is desired to change the height of this table be at its highest elevation, while it can be lowered by changing the round 6 'to any of the notches toward the connecting-round 9 of the side pieces.
  • the rounds 4 and 5 are brought uppermost, and serve as a support for an ironingboard, 15, the said board being preferably inserted under the round 4 and resting upon the round 5.
  • the height of the ironing-board can be changed by adjusting the round 6 into the proper notches in the side pieces, which obviously spreads the legs farther apart or brings them nearer together, according to the adjustment required.
  • the parts are converted into a step-ladder by simply folding the legs together, as in Fig. 2, to bring the round 4 under the offset or shoulder 13 of the step 12, the notched extremities of the side pieces then resting on the floor, and the legs and side pieces standing at an angle to each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
  • the round 4 coming under the offset of the step 12 all the parts are effectually braced and the step ladder held in a rigid condition, with no liability of accidental disarrangeinent.
  • the several steps of the side pieces are arranged obliquely to the plane of the edges of the side pieces, so that when the structure is adjusted, as described, to produce a ladder, the steps will present horizontal flat surfaces for the feet. By disengaging the round from the notches the legs and side pieces can be folded compactly together, and thus occupy but little space.
  • extension 11 which is provided with the step 12, extending beyond the inner edges of the 15 side pieces to provide the offset 13, under which the bar or round 4: of the legs is capa ble of engaging to support the parts in position for a step-ladder.

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J1 SJNELSON. WASH BENCH AND STEP LADDER.
(No Model.)
'Pajtentgd Apr. 1, 1884.
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NITED STATES PATENT rricn.
JAMES s. nntson, or SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.
WASH-BENCH AND STEP-LADDER.
V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,209, dated April 1, 1884.
Application filed August 18, 1 883. (No model.)
To an whom it may concern.-
Be it known that 1, JAMES S. NELSOX, of Springfield, county of Clark. State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Wash-Bench and StepLadder, of which the following is a specification.
This invention has for its object to provide a novel and efficient wash bench or table capable of being converted into a step-ladder and of being adjusted to serve as a support for the ironing-board.
To such end the invention consists in the construction and combination of deviccshereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the parts arranged to provide a verticallyadj ustable bench for supportingawash-tub; Fig. 2, a perspective view, showing the parts converted into a step-ladder Fig. 3, alongitudinal sectional View of the parts adjusted into position for supporting an ironing -board, and Fig. 4 a
' vertical sectional view of Fig. 2.
Referring to the drawings, the numbers 1 1 and 2 2 indicate supporting legs or standards of equal length, each pair crossing and pivoted midway of their length by a bar or round, 3, which also serves as a connection for the respective pairs of legs' or standards. The ends of the legs are connected,respectively,by bars or rounds'4, 5, 6, and 7, and the bar or round 7 passes through the end portions of two side pieces, 8, which are connected at the other ends by a bar or round, 9, and between the bars or rounds 7 and 9 the side pieces are connected by broad strips 10 to form steps, while the ends of the side pieces which ex" tend beyond the bar or round 7, as at 11, are connected by a broad strip, 12, which projects at one edge beyond the edges of the side pieces to constitute an offset or shoulder, 13. The inner edge of the side pieces, at the end portion opposite the extension 11, are provided with a series of notches, 14, sothat when the legs or standards are spread and the side pieces are uppermost, as in Fig. 1,
the round 6 of the legs engages one of the notches of each side piece, thus constituting a bench for supporting a wash tub or a table or platform for any appropriate purpose. If
it is desired to change the height of this table be at its highest elevation, while it can be lowered by changing the round 6 'to any of the notches toward the connecting-round 9 of the side pieces. By inverting the structure from the position shown in Fig.1 to that shown in Fig. 3, bringing the side pieces against the floor, the rounds 4 and 5 are brought uppermost, and serve as a support for an ironingboard, 15, the said board being preferably inserted under the round 4 and resting upon the round 5. The height of the ironing-board can be changed by adjusting the round 6 into the proper notches in the side pieces, which obviously spreads the legs farther apart or brings them nearer together, according to the adjustment required.
The parts are converted into a step-ladder by simply folding the legs together, as in Fig. 2, to bring the round 4 under the offset or shoulder 13 of the step 12, the notched extremities of the side pieces then resting on the floor, and the legs and side pieces standing at an angle to each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The round 4 coming under the offset of the step 12, all the parts are effectually braced and the step ladder held in a rigid condition, with no liability of accidental disarrangeinent. The several steps of the side pieces are arranged obliquely to the plane of the edges of the side pieces, so that when the structure is adjusted, as described, to produce a ladder, the steps will present horizontal flat surfaces for the feet. By disengaging the round from the notches the legs and side pieces can be folded compactly together, and thus occupy but little space.
I am aware that a wash-bench has heretofore been constructed in! such manner that it could be converted into a step-ladder; but I am not aware that such has been effected by the construction and arrangement of devices shown and described by me.
I therefore claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the pairs of pivoted legs 1 and 2, provided at their extremities,
respectively, with the bars or rounds 4 and 7,
extension 11, which is provided with the step 12, extending beyond the inner edges of the 15 side pieces to provide the offset 13, under which the bar or round 4: of the legs is capa ble of engaging to support the parts in position for a step-ladder.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 20 my hand this 9th day of August, 1883.
JAMES S. NELSON.
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HENRY MILLWARD, CHASE STEWART.
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