US665761A - Folding table. - Google Patents

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No. 665,76l. Patented Ian. 8, I90! S. M. SNOOK, .7 v V FOLDING TABLE. (Application filed an 2a. 1900.

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UNITED STATES PATENT- Grace.

SIMON M. SNOOK, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 665,761, dated January 8, 1901.

Application filed May 23, 1900. semi No. 17,723. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, SIMON M. SNOOK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Folding Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to knockdown or folding furniture; and its object is to provide a new and improved folding table which is siniple and durable in construction, easily set up, and arranged for convenient folding or storing in a comparatively small space.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im-' provement extended or set up, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same folded.

The improved folding table is provided with crossed legs A A for supporting a table-top B, preferably in the shape of an ironing-table top, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 1. On the upper cross-bars A A of the legs A A and on the inside thereof are secured lugs O C, on which are pivoted the upper ends of the parts D D of a reach D for connecting the two legs with each other, said parts of the reach extending in V-shaped form when the table is extended and being folded one inside of the other when the table is folded, as shown in Fig. 2, said reach parts being pivotally connected with each other at their lower ends by a transverse pivot E, as is plainly indicated in the drawings. As shown, the reach part D is preferably formed of two bars, while the reach part D is a single bar adapted to pass between the two bars of the reach part D when the table is folded up, as shown in Fig. 2. On the reach parts D D are secured lugs F F, respectively, on which are pivoted braces G G, formed with catches H H, adapted to hook upon the lower cross-bars A A of the legs A A, respectively. Each catch H and H is formed with an incline H extending from the catch proper inwardly to ride on the corresponding cross-bar A or A when extending the device from the folded position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1, the said inclines guiding the catches H H into a locking engagement with the cross-bars A A when the crossed legs A A are moved apart and the reach parts D D opened. Thus when the operator extends the table by moving the legs A A apart the braces will automatically lock with the cross-bars A A without requiring any attention on the part of the operator. When the table is to be folded, the catches H H are first lifted out of engagement with the cross-bars A A and upon moving the legs A A toward each other the braces will ride outwardly over the cross-bars to finally drop or swing into a depending position outside of the said cross-bars, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. It is understood that the lugs F F are of sufficient length to permit the movement of the braces, as described.

By the arrangement described a very firm supporting structure is provided for the table-top B when the device is to be used as a table, as shown in Fig. 1, it being understood that the braces G G prevent accidental folding of the reach parts.

When it is desired to fold the table, the table-top is first removed from the legs A A, and then the catches H H are disengaged from the bars A A and allowed to slide through the crossed legs, while the reach part D is folded between the bars of the other reach part D after which a pivoted catch I on one of said bars of the reach part D is swung over into the path of the other reach part D, so as to lock the two reach parts together and prevent the same from opening accidentally while the table is in a folded position.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the lugs F F are so disposed on the reach parts and the braces G G are of such length that the lower ends of said braces are in alinement with the lower end of the reach parts whenthe table is in a folded position, so that the folded table will stand in a vertical position on a floor or the like without requiring further support. By reference to Fig. 2 it will also be seen that the braces G G extend approximately parallel to the folded reach D and are spaced therefrom, so as to act as legs for the reach and support the folded table in an upright position.

On the outer sides of the cross-bars A A of the legs A are secured staples J J, adapted to be engaged by hooks K K, secured to the under side of the table-top B, so that the latter can be held upon the said staples, as shown in Fig. 2, at the time the table structure is in a folded position. Thus the several parts are united when in a foldedposition, and at the same time the folded structure can be conveniently set on the floor without further support.

In order to prevent shifting of the table-top B in a forward direction,the under side of the said table-top is provided near its base with a pin or screw L, adapted to project down in one of the staples J or abut against the outer face of the cross-bar A on the leg A.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A folding table, comprising a pair of crossed legs, each leg being provided with a lower cross-bar, a reach pivotally connected at its ends to the said legs at or near the upper ends thereof, the said reach being made in parts, a pivot for connecting the reach parts with each other, braces pivoted to the said reach parts, and catches on the free ends of the said braces'and adapted to hook on the said lower cross-bars, the catches having inclines extending toward the said pivot, and the said inclines being arranged to ride on the said cross-bars to guide the catch into locking position on the cross-bar when opening up the reach, as set forth.

2. A folding table, comprising a pair of crossed legs, a reach for connecting the legs with each other, said reach consisting of parts pivotally connected with each other and adapted to fold one into the other, the upper ends of the reach parts, being pivoted to the upper cross-bars of said legs, braces pivoted to the said reach parts and adapted to lock on the lower cross-bars of said legs, and a catch on one of the reach parts for locking the other reach partin position when folded, substantially as shown and described.

3. A folding table, comprising a pair of crossed legs, a reach for connecting the legs with each other, said reach consisting of parts pivotally connected with each other and adapted to fold one into the other, the upper ends of the reach parts being pivoted to the upper cross-bars of said legs, braces pivoted to the said reach parts and adapted to lock on the lower cross-bars of said legs, a catch on one of thereach parts for locking the other reach part in position when folded, a tabletop having hooks, and staples on the crossbars of one of the legs, and engaged by said hooks to support the table-top on said legs, as set forth.

4. A folding table, comprising a pair of cross-legs having top and bottom cross-bars, a reach made in parts pivotally connected with each other, the free ends of the said reach parts being pivoted to the upper crossvbars of the said legs, braces pivoted on the reach parts and having catches for engaging the lower cross-bars of the said crossed legs, staples on the cross-bars of one of the legs,

from the said legs, as set forth.

5. A folding table, comprising a pair of crossed legs with cross-bars, a folding reach for connecting the legs with each other, said reach consisting of parts pivotally connected with each other and pivotally connected to the upper cross-bars of the said legs, lugs secured to the reach parts, braces pivoted on the said lugs, and catches on the braces for engaging the lower cross-bars of the legs when :the device is ext-ended, said braces being located outside the lower cross-bars when the device is folded, substantially as shown and Witnesses:

DALBYS L. FIOKES, O. A. CRANDALL.

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