US613589A

US613589A - Extension-table

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Publication number: US613589A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-11-01
Anticipated expiration: 1915-11-01

Description

Patented Nov. I, [898. F. P. MUSSER.

EXTENSION TABLE.

(Application filed Feb. 19, 1898.)l

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No. 6|3,589. Patented Nnv. l, |898. F. P. MUSSEH.

EXTENSION TABLE.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. MUSSER, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

EXTENSION-TABLE.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,589, dated November 1, 1898.

Application led February 19, 1898. Serial No. 670,884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. MUSSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Extension-Tables, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to extension-tables of that class or description in which the exten; sion-leaveswhen not in use are located and supported underneath the stationary top. The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of the same in which the extension-leaves are provided with hinged drop-down ends, so that they can be readily inserted below the stationary top when not required; but when in use said ends are eX- tended out horizontally and rest upon the side rails of the extension-sections.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an extensiontable constructed in accordance with my invention, one of the end sections being drawn out and one of the extension-leaves in place for use, while the other section is shoved in and the extensionsleaf located under the stationary top. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View looking from the under side of one of the extensionleaves. Fig. 4.- is a detail transverse section of the guide-rails.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the stationary top of the table, provided with depending side rails 2, connected together by transverse bars 3. Secured to said bars 3 are stationary longitudinal guidebars 5, provided on opposite sides with longitudinal dovetailed studs 6, which engage with corresponding grooves in the movable guide-rails 7. Said 'bars 5 at the center are connected by a transverse bar 8, and secured to said rails 7 near the outer ends are transverse bars 9, to which the movable legs 10 of the table are secured.

The numeral 12 designates the end rails of the table, secured to the outer lends of the rails 7. To said end rails are secured side rails 13, the inner ends of which are secured to horizontally-movable transverse bars 14. These bars and rails constitute a movable section at each end of the table.

The numeral 15 designates rectangular movable leaves having hinged to each end a drop-down leaf 16, provided with stops 17, which hold them at right angles to the main portion of the leaf when not in use and also serve to prevent lateral movement of the latter when in place. The said leaves and top are provided with the usual dowel pins and holes. The leaves are formed with recesses 1S, which serve as hand-holes.

In practice when the leaves are not in use the hinged extensions thereof are turned down at right angles and the leaves located underneath the table-top and resting on the movable guide-rails. Vhen it is desired to use the leaves, one or both of the end sections is pulled out and the ends of the leaf raised and the extension turned out into a horizontal position and placed upon the side rails connected with said section, which will support them flush with the table-top. The said leaves are not connected in any manner with the table, so that they can be readily re'- mo'ved, if desired. A table thus constructed will present a neat and nished appearance, the side rails of the said extensions when pulled out forming, as it were, continuations of the side rails of the top.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an extension-table, the combination with the stationary top, the side rails and the movable sections provided with side and end rails, of the removable extension-leaves provided With hinged leaves having rectangular stop-blocks adapted to hold the hinged leaves in a perpendicular position when dropped down and to engage with the said side rails when said leaves are elevated so as to prevent lateral movement of the extension-leaves, substantially as described.

2. In an extension-table, the combination with the stationary top, the side rails and the stationary guide-bars, the movable guiderails, the end rails secured thereto, andthe side rails and connecting-bars, of the removable leaves, the extensions hinged to the ends thereof and the stops secured to said l 5 extensions and said leaves and extensions formed with hand-holes, substantially as described.

messes.

FRANK I. MUSSER.

Titnessesr G. L. EBERHART, W. I. CRAWFORD.