Improvements in Adjustable Tables.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
Improvements in Adjustable Tables.
I, EDWARD EVAN BENNETT of L Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.,
Furniture Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to tables supported on adjustable brackets to be secured to
a bed, chair, or stand, for the use of invalids and also for use generally while
reading, writing, taking meals, etcetera.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a table having the improvements of this invention;
Fig. 2 an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the supporting pillar or stand
and bracket sleeve, and means for connecting and adjusting the same;
Fig. 3 an enlarged section of a fragment of the fastening of the angle plate for
connecting and adjusting the adjustable arm section with the table,
Fig. a section through said angle plate the end of the adjustable arm section and
the table connection ;
Fig. 5 a side elevation of the adjustable table with the bracket sleeve and tray
plate in section and with the adjustable arm section reversibly connected to the
bracket arm to hold the table centrally over the pillar or stand;
Fig. 6 a detail perspective view of the angle plate,
Fig. 7 a similar view of the upturned end plate broken off from the adjustable
arm section;
Fig. 8 an end elevation of the angle plate with its vertical face plate
presented;
Fig. a similar view of the upturned end plate of the adjustable arm
section; and
Fig. 10 an end elevation of the table, the angle plate and the adjustable arm.
section.
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1 is the pillar or stand preferably tubular and is screw threaded internally at its
upper end to receive the screw 2 of a tray plate 3 (Figs. 1, 5) a collar 4 being also
formed on the pillar 1 at a suitable place to provide a long bearing for the sleeve 5
of a bracket 6 beld upon the upper end of the pillar by the tray screw 2.
pin sockets in and around the collar 4 to receive a spring pin 8 supported in a
socket 9 (Fig. 2) in the lower part of the bracket 6. Said socket has a longitudinal
slot 10 at top to receive a pin 11 projecting from the pin 8, by which arrangement
the pin 8 may freely move within the socket in a straight line. A coil spring 12
encircles the pin 8 and presses it to engage normally with any one of the pin
sockets 7 in the collar to thus lock the bracket 6 at any desired point upon the
pillar. When the bracket is to be removed from the pillar, the spring pin 8 is
pulled out from engagement with the collar 4 as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 2
and then turned partly round to hold it, by means of pin 11, cut of such
engagement, said pin 11 theu abutting against the outer face of the socket.
The adjustable arm section 13 has apertured lugs 13 which have a sliding fit
upon the arm 6ª of the bracket 6 and a set screw 13b fitted in one of the lugs
takes against the bracket arm 6" and holds the adjustable arm 13 in any desired
position thereon. The arm 13 may be supported to form an extension of the
arm 6ª (Fig. 1) or it may be reversed to hold the table centrally over the pillar 1
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page_text: (Fig. 5). The free end of the adjustable arm 13 is formed with a vertical
flange 13 to which, by means of a screw bolt 13' and wing nut 138 is attached
at 14 the angle plate 14 at its vertical side, its horizontal top being adapted to
receive the hub plate 15 of a table 16. The flange 13° is provided at top with
a central radial recess 13d and side recesses 13° to receive a rib 14° projecting
from the angle plate 14 and thus allow the latter to be secured either in the middle
recess to hold the table in a horizontal position or in either of the side recesses
to hold the table at a desired angle. On the top of the horizontal leaf of
the angle plate is a shoulder 14° U shaped in plan and a corresponding U shaped
cap plate 14' secured thereon by screws 148 so as to provide a socket to receive the
hub plate 15 of the table. The hub plate is a simple flanged plate secured by wood
screws 15ª to the underside of the table 16, the flange 15° thereof being slid under
the cap plate 14' and into the socket 17° of the angle plate 14, a pin 17 (Figs. 3, 6)
upon the latter, serving to hold the hub plate securely therein aud so that it may
be turned therein when the set screw 18 is loosened, said set screw serving to fix
the hub in any desired position.
The pin for holding the hub plate in place passes through a socket 14b (Fig. 3)
upon the angle plate 14, a spring 17" attached to the pin tending to lift it up and
thus hold the hub plate in place. When the pin is drawn down against the
resistance of the spring the hub plate may be withdrawn from the socket and the
table readily removed or replaced. The tray carried on the top of the pillar may
serve to hold a lamp or other objects.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A table supporting pillar provided with a bearing at its upper end, and a
collar at the lower end of said bearing formed with peripheral pin sockets, and a
table supporting bracket having a sleeve to fit the journal of the pillar and a socket
to hold the pin actuated by a spring opposite the sockets of the collar, said pin
being provided with a projecting pin to lock the spring pin out of engagement
with the sockets, substantially as described and shewn.
2. The combination with a table supporting pillar, of a bracket arm fitted
thereon, an adjustable arm having a sleeve or apertured lugs to slide thereon and
adapted to be reversibly connected therewith, a set screw to fix said adjustable arm
on the bracket arm and a table supported on the adjustable arm, substantially as
described and shewn.
3. The combination with a table supporting pillar, a bracket arm, an adjustable
arm section having a vertical end flange provided with radial recesses, an angle
plate supporting a table and having a side to fit the vertical end flange of the
adjustable arm and provided with a rib to fit said radial recesses, and a clamping
bolt to connect the adjustable arm section to the angle plate, substantially as
described and shewn.
4. The combination with a table, of a bracket angle plate having a U shape
socket upon its horizontal arm, a hub plate secured to the underside of the table
to fit into said socket and a piu fitted in the said horizontal arm opposite the
opening to the socket to hold the hub plate therein, substantially as described and
shewn.
Dated this 17th day of May 1897
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.