US936586A - Extension-table. - Google Patents

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E. TYDEN.

` EXTENSION TABLE. y APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 26, 1909. 936,586, magma ont. 12, 1909.

UNITED sTATiis PATENT one.

EMIL TYUDEN, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

l nient of the extended table top lwith intervening llers bodily over the support in either longitudinal direction which, is possi-v ble when the extension is less than the inaximuni in the absence of preventative means; and to provide at the same timemeans for securing each table top member releasably at extended posit-ion for the insertion of any desired number of fillers. It consists in the features of construction shown and described as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a top plan view of an extension table equipped withv this invention and shown having the top members partly extended to disclose the devices in question. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line 2 2 on Fig. l'. Fig. 3 a plany view showing a modification.

In the drawings-Figs 1 and 2, there is represented a table having a divided pedestal, but this is notimaterial and is merely shown to indicate the applicability-of1 the invention to such a', table as Well as to one having an undivided pedestal. The pedestal, comprising the two members, A, A, has the usual cap stretchers B, B, for holding the slides, 0,0, to which the pedestalmembers are connected for extension, and is provided with additional slides, G1, C1, connected to the opposite table top .members, D, D, respectively, to accommodate the eX- tension of the table top members relatively to the respective pedestal members orto the l pedestal bodily when undivided'. Upon one of the cap -stretchers there is mounted -a bracket., F, whose upstanding' arm is a plate carrying .a cross pin, F1, progecting at both sides of the plate with which'it is rigid. .Upon each top member there is pivoted for short vertical movement a latch bar, Gr, whose under edge has notches, g, at intervals of a half filler width and positioned so Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1909.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

serial No. 485,978,

that they may engawe the pin, F?, at closed position of the table top members and at half filler width steps of extension. 'lhe outer end of each latch is positioned, conveniently for the operator to reach, just within the curtain or marginal molding, d, of the table. The latches are overbalanced at their inner ends so' that they tend by gravity normally to engage the in, F1. lf desired, the., notches, g, may be eep enough and the range of swing of the latch suii.- cient to allow room for beveling the inner edge of each notch as seen at g1, so that it may engage the pin with some room for drawing upon it as the latch is forced home from the bottom of the notch, as seen inI g2,

so that when the illers are removed the table members may be forced together without re rd to the latches whose slope, g2, will vri e up on the pin, F1, in the closing-up movement. With this construction, it Vwill be seen that the table members at any stage of extension proper, for receiving fillers are positively engaged with the pedestal member against further extension so that when the table is pulled over the-fioor, the member taken hold of for such pulling bein engaged with the edest-al by the abrupt s oulder of the noto ,:g, of its latch carries the pedestal with it and revents the top from sliding bodily over tlie pedestal, and that when the table is pushed in either direction, the member pushed upon is resisted by the opposite member, whlch is simultaneously engaged against the outward movement which"it thus resists, and as in the case of a pull prevents the top from moving bodily over the pedestal.

In Fig. 3 there is shown a modification consisting in mounting the latches for horizontal instead of vertical swing, the bracket or post, F, being then turned ninety degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1, so as to present its lateral vertical edges for engagebers movable relatively to a. sup orting member for extension to admit filers, in

Atop members respectively combination with such supporting member and top members; aV bracket fixed on the supporting member," latch bars carried by the top members respectively, each provided With means for engagement with the bracket at step intervals equal to half-iiller-Width distance, and means foroperating the latches.

2. In an extension table comprising a supporting member and top members movable thereon for `extension to admit fillers, in combination With such supporting member and top members, a bracket erected rigidly on the. supporting member; latches pivoted between their ends on the under side of the having notches for engaging the bracket at step intervals equal to half-filler-Width distance, said notches having an abrupt shoulder facing toward the ends of the tablesaid shoulder being beveled at the edge of the latch, the outer ends oi the levers being accessible for operating the same from the end of the table. 3. In an extension table, comprising a supporting member and top members movable thereon for extension to admit llers, in combination with such supporting member and top members, a latching post carried rigidly by the supporting member; latches on the top members notched for engagement with such latching post at step intervals equal to half-lle1'-Width distance, theAengaging notches having abrupt shoulders f acmg toward the ends oi" the table and sloping shoulders at the opposite sides, and means for operating the latches :tor engagement and disengagement with the latching post.

4. In an extension table having top members movable relatively to the supporting member for extension to admit fillers, in combination with such supporting member and top members, latch bars pivoted on the top members respectively, and a stop'device carried by the supporting member v.tor engagement with the latch bars; said bars having abutments for such engagement at step intervals equal to half-filler Width, and springs operating on the bars tending to engage them With said stop device.

5. In a pedestal extension table havin a divided pedestal and top members Inova le relatively thereto for extension to admit llers, in combination with such pedestal and top members, latch bars pivoted to the top members respectively, and a stopV device mounted on one of the pedestal members, the latch bars having abutments for engagement with such stop device at stepl intervals of their length equal to a half filler Width distance, and means for operating the latches.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of March, 1909.

EMIL TYDEN. Witnesses 't M. GERTRUDE ADY, JULIA S. ABBOTT.

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