Improvements in and Connected with Desk or other Flaps and Seats.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1887.
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 10th Aug., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with Desk or other Flaps
and Seats.
We, WILLIAM PHILIP WILLMOT, Manufacturer, and CHARLES JARRETT, Gentleman,
both of Saint John's Grove Croydon in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In schools and public or other buildings it is frequently desirable to have a desk
or flap which answers for a table when in use and yet can be readily removed or turned
out of the way and the same may be said of seats or benches.
The present invention is designed to meet these requirements and consists in so
binging a flap to its supports that it may be folded down to rest closely against them
and when desired may be turned over on its hinges and rest against a supporting
piece at such an angle as may be previously determined. When used as a desk flap
the frame work may have the usual ink wells and other recesses and when the flap is
not in use it may be turned over to form a back to a seat in front. When used as
a seat the flap may be turned over backward against the supports and leave the
passage way clear.
The hinge may conveniently be made with side ears or lugs that on the framework
carrying a projecting pivot which passes into a suitable hole in that upon the flap
or seat.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London;
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in and Connected with Desk or other Flaps
and Seats.
We, WILLIAM PHILIP WILLMOT, Manufacturer, and CHARLES JARRETT, (ientleman,
both of Saint John's Grove, Croydon, in the County of Surrey, 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 :-
.
In schools and public or other buildings it is frequently desirable to have a desk or
flap which answers for a table when in use and yet can be readily removed or turned
out of the way, and the same may be said of seats or benches.
The present invention is designed to meet these requirements and consists in so
binging a flap to its supports that it may be folded down to rest closely against them
and when desired may be turned over on its hinges and rest against a supporting piece
at such an angle as may be previously determined.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings which form part of this specification and in which:
Fig. 1 represents an end elevation of a school or other seat with the flap turned
down to form the back.
Fig. 2 represents the same parts when the flap is turned over to form a desk for
those in the row behind it.
Fig. 3 represents two seats back to back with the flaps turned and held so as to
form a table.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the stop by which the flap is held in the desired
position, and
Fig. 5 is a side sectional elevation of the same.
When the flap is to be used as a desk the usual ink wells and other recesses may
be formed in the connecting pieces between the framework standards A. Said pieces
-are secured upon the projections but are not shown in the drawings. When-tho
flap B is not in use it may be turned over to form a back to a seat in front as shown
in Fig. 1, in which said flap B is carried by hinges or pivot pieces b provided with
ears adapted to be pivoted to the standards, the shape of said hinges being such that
the flap may form a seat back as shown in Fig. 1, or on being turned over, form a
desk as shown in Fig. 2, or a table as shown in Fig. 3.
When in the position shown in Fig. 2 the hinge rests against the lug c on the
standard and to this is pivoted a piece & which when turned over as shown in Figs. 1
and 3 and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, so as to rest on pin or stop.e will.
support the flap in a horizontal plane, thus enabling a table to be formed as shown in
Fig. 3, in which the usual desk shelves D are represented as being hinged so that they
may be turned up out of the way to allow leg room when using both seat and table.

page_text: As the application of the hinged flap to a seat will be obvious from the description
given, illustration or further description thereof is deemed to be unnecessary, except
to say that as the usual under legs will not be present and the leverage will be
considerable, the hinges standards and flaps will require to be of considerable
strength.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1st. The improved arrangement of parts in which a flap is so hinged to the
standards as to form the back of a seat, a desk, or table, as may be desired and
substantially as set forth.
2nd. The improved arrangement of parts in which a flap is so hinged to the
standards as to form a seat but capable of being turned over said standards so as to
leave a clear passage way substantially as described.
Dated this 97th day of June 1800
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agent for the Applicants.