US683069A - Table. - Google Patents

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' No.'683,069. Patented Sept. 24, mm.

c. E. PUGH.

TABLE.

\Application filed Dec. 1,\1900.) "(No Model.) I 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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TABLE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF IcE.

,CHARLOTTEIE PUGH,OF'OAKV1LLE,OREGON.

TABLE SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,069, dated September 24, 1901.

Application filed December 1, 1 900. Ser a NO'BBIWO- (NO-111013810 v -'\t- -t To all whom, it may concern..- I v Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE E. PUGH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakville, in the county of Linn and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Im-f provements 1n Tables, of which the following are each equal to one-half is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tables; and its'primary object is to'provide a device of this character, which may be com-f pactly foldedfor convenience in transportation, storage, the.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in providing a cover to opposite ends of which are hinged cross-strips.

having legs extending downward therefrom. Leaves are hinged to each of the side edges of the cover by means of hinges of peculiar construction, and a block is hinged to the cover at the center of the bottom thereof and ,is provided with tongues which are adapted when said block is turned to swing under the leaves and support them in raised position.

The invention also consists in providing rods which are connected at their outer ends to the cross-strips of the legs and at their in- -ner ends to the block at opposite sides of its pivot. These rods serve as braces-for the legs when the table is in use.

The invention also consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table Fig. 2 is a. similar view showing the table folded. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the table, showing the leaves in raised position. Fig. 4- is a similar View illustrating the leaves in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a dej the block has completed one-half of its movetail view of a hinge.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 is a cover to opposite ends of Lab- ' eral extensions 3 are hinged to each of these strips L and are secured to cross-strips 4, having legs 5 extending from the ends thereof.

vcured to table-leaves 9.

= cross-strip 2,and the inner sections 6 of these leaves are secured to longitudinally-extending strips 8,- while the end sections 7 are se- The'longitudinallyextending strips 8 are equal in width to the height ofthe cross-strips' t, and the leaves 9 the width 0tv the cover 1. v

A block 10 of any suitable form is pivoted at its center, as at 11,to the bottom ot the cover 1 and is provided with oppositely-extending tongues 12, which are adapted when the block is turned upon its pivot to swing beneath the strips 8 and the leaves 9 and support them in raised position. These tongues are adapted when the leaves are not supported thereby to lie adjacent to one end of each of the strips 4.

A red 13 is secured to each of the cross strips 4. atone end, its opposite. end being connected to the pivoted block 10 at a point adjacent to the opposite side of the pivot-pin l1. Theinner ends of these rods are hooked, as at 14, and are adapted to project into staples 15, secured to the block 10, so that the same are readily detachable. Each of the rods is bowed ata point between its ends, as at 16, which is for a purpose hereinafter to appear.

When the table is in the position shown in Fig. 3 and it is desired to lower the leaves without detaching the braces 13, the block 10 is swung upon its pivot 11 untilthe tongues 12 arrive at positions adjacent to the ends of the cross strips 4. This movement of the block will cause the hooked ends M of the rods 13 to swing past the pivot lland will bring the bowed portions 16 into interlocking engagement with each other beneath the,v pivot, as shown in Fig. 4.. This movement of the block 10 will obviously cause the legs to swing slightly toward each other when ment. However, as the tongues 12 reach the limits of their movement the legs 5 will be swung 'out to their normal position. After the table has been placed in the condition shown in Fig. 1, the same can then be folded forstoragarltc. ,by simply detaching the hooks 14 from the staples 15, and the legs can then be swung inward upon their hinges 3 and the leaves 9 folded thereover. The parts of the table will then assume the positions shown in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that the device is simple of construction and occupies the minimum amount of space when collapsed or folded.

in the foregoing description I have embodied the preferred form of my-invention; hut l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I aln aware that modifications may he made therein without dcparting from the principle or sacrificing any' of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly [all within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured byLetterslatcnt, is-

1. The combination with a cover, of leaves hinged-thereto; legs hinged to opposite ends of the cover; a block pivoted to the'nnder side of the cover and having projections to support the leaves; andflrods secured atopposite ends to the legs and block respectively.

2. The combination with a cover; ofleaves hinged to the cover; cross-strips hinged to the ends of the cover, legs extending from said cross-strips, a block pivoted to the cover and having projections to support the leaves, rods connected at opposite ends to the block and cross-strips respectively, the rods being secured to the block at opposite sides of its pivot.

3. The combination with a cover; of crossstrips hinged to the ends thereof, legs extending from said cross-strips, a block pivoted to the cover having project-ions to Support the leaves, rods secured at their outer ends to the cross-strips, staples upon the block at opposite sides of its pivot, hooked ends to the rods I dctachably secured within said staples, and bowed portions to the rodsadapted to engage and interlock with each other beneath the pivot of the block.

4. The combination with a cover; of crossstrips hinged at the ends thereof, legs extcnding from said cross-strips, a block pivoted to the cover, rods connected at their outer ends to the cross-strips and detachably secured at their inner ends to the block at opposite sides of its pivot, leaves hinged to the cover, and tongues extending from the block and adapted to support the leaves in raised position.

' 5. The combination with a cover; of strips secured thereto, lateral extensionshinged to v said strips, cross-strips secured to said extensions, legs extending therefrom, leaves hinged to the ends of the first-mentioned strips and formed of hinged sections, table-leaves secured to each of said sections, a block pivoted 6o 5 l to the cover, tongues extending therefrom and adapted to support the leaves in raised position, and rods secured at their outer ends to the cross-strips of the legs and detachabl y secured at their inner ends to the block at opl posite sides of its fulcrum.

' In testimony whereof I atfix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

'oHARLorT 'E. Poet-L 1" U "Witnesses: I H. O. JACKSON,

H. W. MoE MUeRv,

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