US985219A - Furniture. - Google Patents

Description

. A. SNYDER.

FURNITURE.

APPLIOATION FILED 001.29, 1910.

Patented Feb.28, 1911.

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FURNITURE.

@85219. Specification of Lettersiatent Patented Feb. 28, 1911. Application filed October 29, 1910. Serial No. 589,713.

T 0 all whom it may concern: by means of the mechanism typically shown Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel form of disappearing furniture, illustrated as a disappearing bed in the present application.

The invent-ion has special reference to the in the accompanying drawings, in which: l Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a combination embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a reduced plan showing the relative positions of the two pieces of furniture shown in combination in the drawings, and illustrating their positions for simultaneous use. Fig. 4: is an enlarged perspective view showing the contype of furniture which disappears by a struction and connection of the head of the motion of translation into the recess or cabibed frame and the recess closure panel. Fig. net; and the chief object of the invention is 5 is a detail section taken on line 55 of the provision of certain novel means for all Fig. 4. lowing the piece of furniture to be swung In the drawings 5 designates the walls of away from in front of the recess opening the structure which are made to form a rewhen once removed therefrom. cess 6 in which my improved device is I have illustrated my invention in the placed. On walls 5 forming the sides of reform of a bed, and the advantages and concess 6 are placed rails 7 adapted to confine veniences of the whole invention will be deand guide rollers 8 mounted on recess closcribed and explained with relation to that sure panel 9. Recess closure panel 9 is particular piece of furniture, but it will be adapted to move from the position shown to understood that other pieces of furniture the front of the recess where it takes apcan be so constructed. proximately the position shown in Figs. 1 Typically, then, the invention consists of and 2 for foot board 10 of the bed frame. a bed frame adapted to move horizontally To one vertical edge of panel 9 is hinged, as and longitudinally into a recess, being proat 11, one corner of bed frame 12, head vided with casters or equivalent means for board 13 being attached directly to the panel rolling support. To the inner end of the by hinges, as is best shown in Fig. 4:. The bed frame, which end will be termed the corner of the bed frame thus attached to the head, is pivotally attached at one corner a panel is supported by the panel. The other panel which is adapted to close the recess corners of the bed frame are supported by when the bed is withdrawn therefrom. The casters 14 of any desired type. Foot board panel is movably supported so that it can be 10 of the bed frame forms the normal clotranslated to the front of the recess, being sure of the recess, as is shown in Figs. 1 preferably supported on rollers. With this and 2. panel at the front of the recess, the bed frame may be swung on one of its corners, which corner is hinged to the panel as a pivot. The bed may thus be swung to a po- When it is desired to use the bed it is pulled directly outwardly until closure panel 9 occupies a position at the front of the recess. Stops 15 on the closure panel engage with stationary rail 16 at the front of the recess and prevent further movement of the panel. The panel is moved at both edges In apartment constructions it is desirable by the bed through the medium of hinge for two reasons that the bed should not proconnections 11 at one edge, and the special ject lengthwise into the room; the firstbeing device shown in Figs. 4: and 5 at the other that it thereby encumbers more space than is edge. This device comprises a socket 17 necessary and more than it would encumber if mounted on the edge of panel 9 and adapted its side rail is placed against the wall of the to cooperate with a ball 18 mounted on head room, and second, that oftentimes the space 13 of the bed frame. The ball and socket above the bed recess is desirably utilized by are of the usual resilient character, allowother pieces of furniture whose use is coning separation when a sufficient force is exvenient while the bed is in use. My invenerted. In the present case this force is tion overcomes these objections and accomlarger than the force necessary to pull panel plishes the corresponding desirable results 9 out of the recess, so that, on the initial depth of the recess, clear of the front of the recess.

reached its forward within the same recess 6, a table sliding on rails 26.

drawn, as shown in Fig. 8. I figure it will be seen that the the mere purpose as l of my bed, or rather,

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- mounted within the recess to be movable be outward motion of the bed, the, panel is moved therewith. IVhen the panel has position, the bed may then be swung around to the position indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 2 andshown in full lines in Fig. 3. The bed maythusbe swung against a wall 5 and into proximity with a window 20 from which thorough eventilation can be had. I

I have shown above the bed and situated The inner end of the table is always supported by the rails, while the outer end is provided with hinged legs 27 adapted to be thrown downwardly to a vertical position when the table is with- From this table and bed in no wiseinterfere with each other, it possible to use the bed and the table simultaneously. I have shown this table for illustrating the utility in general, the utility of any piece of furniture mounted in a manner such as that shown and described. A combination of, different pieces of furniture Having thus described my invention, I claim: 7

1. In combination with a structure hav-- ing a recess'therein, a member slidably tween the front and back thereof, and an article of furniture hinged on a vertical axis atone corner to the memberand adapted 7 other edge of the to move: therewith into and out of the recess.-

2. In combination with a structure having l 'Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents 'a recess therein, a closure panel for the front of the recess slidably mounted to move from a positionin the rear portion of the recess to a position at the front of the recess to close the recess opening, an article of furniture hinged on a'verticalaxis at one corner to the closure panel, and means for movably supporting the article of furniture.

3. In combination with a structure having a recess therein, a closure panel placed across the recess, rolling supports for the closure panel allowing its movement from the back of the recess to the front opening thereof, an article of furniture adapted to be concealed within the recess and having one of its rear corners hinged to one edge of the closure panel, releasable means attaching the other rear corner of the article of furniture to the panel, and rolling supports for the forward end of the article of furniture,

4. In combination with a structure having a recess therein, a closure member for the front of the recess and supported therein to move re'ctilinearly between the front and back thereof, and an article of furniture adapted to move rectilinearly into the recess and hinged at its rear end to the closure member, sons to swing in a horizontal plane when withdrawn from the recess.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day of October 1910;

WILLIAM ASHLEY SNYDER.

Witnesses:

ELwoon H. BARKELEW, JAMES H. BALLAGH.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0;

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