US485068A

US485068A - Folding book-rack

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Publication number: US485068A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1909-10-25

Description

(No Model.)

W. H. SUGG.

FOLDING BOOK BACK. t No. 485,068. Patented Oct. 25, 1892.

W/TNESSES INVENTOR MW (0. ($2M A 4 TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. SUGG, OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.

FOLDING BOOK-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,068, dated October 25, 1892.

Application filed November 21, 1891- Serial No. 412,631. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. SUGG, of Tuscaloosa, in the county of Tuscaloosa and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Book-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in folding book-racks, such as are adapted for use in holding books and other articles; and its object is to provide a simple means of connecting a series of shelves together, so that they may be easily held in an extended or folded position, and also to construct the shelves so that they may be adjusted as to Width and will accommodate themselves to the different whole.

To this end my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the folding shelves embodying my invention, showing them extended and in position for use; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shelves in a nearly-folded position, the back of the top shelf being shown raised above the shelf, so that its construction may be the better understood.

The shelves proper 10 are each made up of two

parts

11 and 12, the main part 11 forming the back portion of the shelf, and the part 12 being connected to the part 11 by rods 13, which are secured to the part 12 near the ends and slide in recesses in the part 11, and it will. thus be seen that the shelves may be adjusted as to width. This division of the shelves may be made at any desired pointthat is to say, the two parts may be of nearlyequal width or either part may be made very much wider than the other, if desired. The special object of having the shelves extensible laterally, however, is to enable them to fold snugly one upon the other, as described below. The shelves 10 are pivotally and adpositions of the apparatus as a justably connected together by slats let-,which are arranged to form lattice-work at the ends of the shelves, and the slats cross each other, being pivoted together, as shown at 15, and a pair of slats arranged at the ends of every two adjacent shelves, the slats extending crosswise from the front corner of one shelf to the rear corner of the adjacentshelf. The ends of the slats are pivotedon studs .16, which project from the ends of the shelves.

The top shelf is provided with mortises 17 near the ends and near the rear sides, which mortises are adapted to receive the lugs or links 18, and the links are perforated at their lower ends, as shown at 19 in Fig. 2, so that they may be mounted on the rods 13, which slide through the shelf, or they may be secured to independent rods, if desired. These links 18 are pivoted at their upper ends to an ornamental back 20, which is firmly secured to the top shelf, and it will be understood that any kind of a back may be fastened to the shelf.

The rack is adapted to be suspended upon a wall in the usual way, which may be done by attaching the suspendingcords to the upper shelf in the ordinary manner. The crossslats 14 hold the shelves the requisite distance apart and when the shelves are to be folded they are simply pushed together vertically and the slats willth us straighten into a nearlyparallel position, as shown in Fig. 2, and to allow them to assume this position the

parts

11 and 12 of the shelves separate, as also shown in Fig. 2. When the shelves are hung up, they will drop naturally into the correct position and the two parts of the shelves will slide together, ready for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with sectional shelves,

the top one being provided with mortises and the sections of the shelves being connected by rods secured to one and sliding in're' 5 cesses in the other, of a back provided with apertured links adapted to enter the mortises and to be engaged by the said rods, substantially as described.

2. A folding book-rack consisting of a se- I00 ries of shelves, each formed oflongitudinal I top shelf and adapted to be engaged by the sections connected by rods secured to one secrods connecting the said sections, substantion and slidingin recesses-in the other,cr0ss-, tiaiiy as herein shown and described.

slats pivoted together vand having their ends WILLIAM H. SUGG. 5 pivoted to the sections. of two adjacent Witnesses:

shelves, and a back provided with apertured WM. W. BRANDON,

links fitting in mortises of one section of the A. B. SMITH.