US948729A

US948729A - Table having hinged leaf.

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Publication number: US948729A
Application number: US48579209A
Authority: US
Inventors: Augustin Hendricks
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-03-25
Filing date: 1909-03-25
Publication date: 1910-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 1927-02-08

Description

A. HENDRICKS. TABLE HAVING HINGED LEAP. I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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AUGUSTIN HENDRICKS, or GRAN RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

TABLE HAVING HINGED LEAF.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN HENDRICKS, a citizen of the United States of America, 3 residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of l Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Tables Having Hinged Leaves; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tables having hinged leaves and more particularly to means for supporting the leaves in horizontal position, and its object is to provide a support or brace which can be easily and quickly placed in or out of its operative position, but which, after being placed in operative position, can not be accidentally displaced, and to provide the samewith various new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table having a hinged leaf supported by a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the table with the leaf in horizontal position and supported by my device; Fig. 3 is an end view of the same as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a side elevation showing the leaf let down and the brace folded up against the under side of the leaf and outof operation; and, Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section through the cross bar of the table which supports one end of the brace showing details of the brace.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a table leaf pivotally supported or hinged at 2 in any convenient way to the table which comprises legs 3 connected by cross bars 4: and 5. On the under side of the leaf 1 and spaced from the side which is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25,

hinged to the table is pivotally secured one end of a brace rod 6. This rod, when in use,

extends downward at an angle toward the table and is bent at its lower end to allow it Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

1909. Serial No. 485,792.

to be inserted perpendicularly in an opening 7 only large enough to receive the end of the rod, provided in the cross bar a. The rod is pointed at its lower end which allows it to be more easily inserted in the hole 7. Near the pointed end of the rod, an annular groove is out which forms shoulders 8 and 9. The shoulder S resting on the outer surface of the bar t and the shoulder 9 coming in contact with the inner surface of the bar 4 in case the leaf 1 should be raised acci dentally. When the brace rod 6 is inserted in the hole 7, the weight of the leaf will force this rod against one side of the hole and the shoulder 8 will rest on the outer surface of the cross bar 4. Should the leaf be raised, the weight of the rod would be sufficient to keep the shoulder 8 in contact with the cross bar 4 until the rod had moved to the opposite side of. the hole where it would then raise only until the shoulder 9 strikes the inner surface of the cross bar at. If the joint 10 should in any way become tight so that the Weight of the rod 6 would not hold the shoulder 9 in cont-act with the outer surface of the bar, the rod would swing from the pivot 2 which being directly over the cross bar would give the desired result. The rod moving to the opposite side of the hole and the shoulder 9 catching on the inner surface of the cross bar 4:. It would be neces sary to adjust the rod 6 to the center of the hole 7 and then raise it directly upward in order to remove it from operative position, thus overcoming any possibility of accidental displacement. The bend in the rod 6 should be substantially in a plane at right angles to the line of the bar 4.

What I claim is 1. A table, comprising a frame having a hollow brace bar provided with a circular opening, a hinged leaf, a round brace rod pivoted to the leaf at one end and laterally bent near the other end to enter said opening and also provided with shoulders adapted to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the bar at the margin of said opening.

2. A table, comprising a frame having a tubular brace bar provided with a circular opening, a leaf pivotally connected to the frame at one end, a brace rod hinged to the leaf at one end and laterally bent near the I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature other end tolenter said gpening' aid l241st l havd in presence of two witnesses.

i11 an 11111111 a1 O'IOOVQ etWeen t e en an r 7 said end, Wherehy inner and outer shoulders AUGUS BIN HENDRICkS' are formed on the rod to alternately engage Witnesses:

the inner and outer surfaces of the tubular PALMER A. JONES,

bar at the margin of said opening. L. V. MOULTON.