AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF FOLDING BRACKETS TO BE USED AS ARTICLES OF UTILITY AND CONVENIENCE IN CABIN, CAMP, OFFICE, HALL, OR DRESSING ROOM
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Madden, of Blenheim House, Heston,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of AN
IMPROVED SYSTEM OF FOLDING BRACKETS TO BE USED AS ARTICLES OF
UTILITY AND CONVENIENCE IN CABIN, CAMP, OFFICE, HALL, OR DRESSING
ROOM."
Sealed the 28th May 1875, and dated the 13th March 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Madden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th March 1875.
I, SAMUEL MADDEN, of Blenheim House, Heston, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF FOLDING BRACKETS TO BE USED AS
ARTICLES OF UTILITY AND CONVENIENCE IN CABIN, CAMP, OFFICE, HALL, OR
DRESSING ROOM," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of brackets in such a
manner that they can be readily folded up into small space and compact

page_text: form, and thereby rendered conveniently portable, and consists in
attaching to a brass or other metal hinge or holdfast (by means of a
central pin or stud) two or more horizontal arms or rods of plain or fancy
woods or other suitable material, cach of which said arms or rods are
united at their ends by means of swivel or swing joints to a second series
of parallel arms or rods in such a manner that the same are capable of
being moved or folded to any angular horizontal position, and which
aforesaid parallel arms or rods may be provided at their outer extremities
with sockets, into which are fitted cross bars of wood or metal of any
desired form, the same varying according to the article required to be
suspended.
The above combined bracket can also be screwed or attached to
revolving blocks fitted on a tubular stand or pedestal, which stand or
pedestal may be fitted with one or more intermediate trays for the
reception of trinkets or other like articles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Madden in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th September 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Samuel
MADDEN, of Blenheim House, Heston, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-eighth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Samuel Madden, Her special licence that I, the
said Samuel Madden, executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Samuel Madden, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF FOLDING
BRACKETS TO BE USED AS ARTICLES OF UTILITY AND CONVENIENCE IN CABIN,

page_text: CAMP, OFFICE, HALL, OR DRESSING ROOM," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Samuel Madden, my executors or admini-
strators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Madden, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings:-
My Invention relates to the construction of brackets or so called
"orderlies" in such a manner that they can be readily folded up into
small space and compact form, and thereby rendered conveniently
portable, and consists as shewn at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in
attaching to a brass or other metal hinge or holdfast a by means of a
central pin or stud 6 two or more horizontal arms or rods c of plain or
fancy woods or other suitable material, each of which said arms or
rods c can be united at their ends by means of swivel or swing joints d,
as shewn at Figs. 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8, to a second series of parallel arms or
rods e in such a manner that the same are capable of being moved or
folded to any angular horizontal position, the whole being designed as
articles of utility and convenience to be secured to any plain or angular
surface in camp, cabin, office, or dressing room for the more complete
suspension of articles of dress, uniform, or accoutrements; or the same
can be made with straight, semicircular, or spiral hook racks to be fitted
round camp poles or other like supports, as shewn at Figs. 7 and 8. The
parallel rods or arms e at Figs. 6 and 6A are provided at their outer
extremities with sockets 8, into which are fitted cross bars of wood or
metal of any desired form, the same varying according to the shape of
the article required to be suspended.
The above combined brackets or orderlies can also be screwed or
attached to revolving blocks g fitted on a tubular stand or pedestal h, as
shewn at Fig. 9, which stand or pedestal may be again fitted with one
or more intermediate trays i for the reception of trinkets or other like
articles.

page_text: Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are designs of brackets or orderlies for tho
suspension of nautical instruments, field or night glasses, &c.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, what I claim and
desire to secure by Letters Patent is, the combination of folding brackets
or orderlies as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Madden, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.