US307962A

US307962A - Table

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Publication number: US307962A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-11-11
Anticipated expiration: 1901-11-11

Description

( No Model.)

0. KOSSBIEL.

v TABLE. No. 307,962. Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

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TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,962, dated November 11, 1884.

Application filed June 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES KOSSBIEL, of Guero, in the county of De \Vitt and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Table, of .which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to tables; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved table. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing it raised and projected laterally. Fig.- 3 is an end view of the same, showing it raised and adjusted as a reading-desk; Fig, 4-, an end view of the ,same, showing it lowered and adjusted as a toilet-table.

The table A is provided on the under surface of its bottom with a longitudinal central dovetailed track-plate, B, which fits into a longitudinal dovetail groove in a plate, 0, held on the upper end of a spindle, D. The track-plate B can slide longitudinally in the grooved plate 0, which is provided with a binding-screw, F, for locking the track-plateB in position on the grooved plate 0. The spindle D passes into the top of a tubular standard, G, supported by a suitable base or series of legs, H, of any desired shape or style. The spindle can be screw-threaded, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the interior of the tubular standard must be provided with a screwthread, or the spindle can be provided with a series of grooves forming downwardly-beveled annular shoulders d, in which case the tubular standard must be provided with a spring-catch, J, the free end of the. springcatch projecting through an aperture in the standard so that it can engage with the shoulders d. The spring-catch J is provided at its free end with a button, J, for pulling it outward. If the spindle D is provided with the shoulders d or analogous devices, the upper ends of the legs H, or arms H, provided in place of the upper ends of the legs H, must be provided with upwardly-projecting pins K,

adapted to pass into apertures in the bottom of the plate 0, for the purpose of holding the table steady and in place when it is lowered. The top plate, L, of the table is hinged at its under side, and near one longitudinal edge,to the ends of two arms, M, pivoted at the opposite ends to the inner surfaces of the end pieces of the table at the ends opposite the ones at which the hinged end of the top plate is located. Both longitudinal edges can thus be swung upward. In one case it swings on the hinges connecting the arms M with the plate L, as shown in Fig. 3, and in the other case it swings on the pivots of the arms M. Braces or struts N are pivoted in the upper edges of the end pieces of the table, and are adapted to be folded into longitudinal grooves in the upper edges of the said end pieces. The top plate, L, is provided in its under side and near the ends with a row of apertures, g, for receiving the free ends of the pivoted struts N; or, in place of the said apertures, it can be provided with racks. WVhen the plate L and the arms M, hinged thereto, are turned upward together on the points of the arms M, they are supported in an inclined position by the struts N, the upper ends of which abut against the lower faces of the arms M and support the plate L in a reverse position from that shown in Fig. 3. A mirror, 0, is secured to the under side of the top plate. The top plate is provided on the front edgethat is, the edge of which the arms M are pivoted to itwith clips 1?,which fit in recesses in the edge of the top plate, and can be turned upward to prevent the book or paper from sliding off the top plate. Au arm, Q, is pivoted to the inner surface of the rear longitudinal piece of the table.

The operation is as follows: The table can be adjusted vertically by turning the screwspindle, or it can be drawn upward, and will be held in position by the springcatch J, which catches on the shoulders d. If the table is to be used at a sick-bed, it can be projected laterally by drawing the table-top in the direction in which it is to project, the track-plate B sliding in the grooved plate 0. The table-top can be locked in the desired position by means of the binding-screw F. The

table can thus be adjusted to project partly over a bed, sofa, &c., so as to be very convenient for the person on the bed, sofa, &c. If the table is to be adapted as a reading-desk, 5 the top plate, L, is swung upward and is held at the desired inclination by the pivoted struts N. The clips P are turned up to prevent the book, 850., from sliding off. If the table is to be adjusted as a writing-desk, the arm Q is swung upward and the free end of the top plate, L, is rested on the said arm. If the table is to be adjusted as a toilet-table, the top plate, L, is swung upward until it rests vertically on the upper edge of the front longi- 15 tudinal piece of the table-top, the top plate being held in this position by the arms M.

The table can be provided with a drawer or can be divided into compartments.

CHARLES KOSSBIEL.

WVitnesses:

A. F. PALMIE, H. STOEVESANDT.