Improvements in School, Garden, and the like Seats or Desks.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in School, Garden, and the like Seats or Desks.
I FRANCIS ERNEST MORGAN Albert Street Oldbury in the County of
Worcester, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to those seats & desks that are used more
particularly in schools and are adapted for being moved or turned back readily
and silently out of the way of children or others when standing (or for other
purposes).
In describing my invention I make a seat and desk stand of cast iron or other
material the brackets which carry the seat and desk boards being pivoted to the
stand. The tongue or hinged part of the bracket of the seat or desk which fits
into a jaw on the stand has a small recess round the diameter of the hinge pin in
which is placed a spring or spring washer of steel or other material. The strength
of this spring is so regulated that it will carry the weight of the seat or desk in any
position in which they may be placed & will prevent them falling by their own
weight and making a noise iu so falling. It also prevents the clothing and fingers
of children & others getting nipped.
Dated this 30th day of December 1895.
Improvements in School, Garden, and the like Seats or Desks.
I FRANCIS ERNEST MORGAN of 3 Heath Villas Washwood Heath Birmingham
in the County of Warwick late of Albert Street Oldbury in the County of
Worcester Ironfounder do hereby declare the nature of this invention for
Improvements in school garden and the like seats or desks and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention bas reference to those seats and desks that are used more
particularly in schools and are adapted for being moved or turned back readily
and silently out of the way of children or others when standing (or for other
purposes).
In referring to the accompanying drawing
Fig, shews a side elevation of a school seat and desk with my invention
applied.
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the said invention on an enlarged scale and
Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on line X X of Fig. 1 of the drawing.
In describing this invention which is shewn as applied to a school seat and
desk A is the bracket which can be fixed in any suitable manner to the underside
of the seat B or desk C, the said bracket having, a preferably rounded part a¹ in
end view to fit between the jaws d' d² of the stands D¹ D³, and working on the
centre pivot E (for the purpose hereinafter stated).

page_text: On one of the sides of the part a' of the bracket A I form a slot a² for allowing
the seat B or desk C to be moved to the required angle for using in the school or
to be put at right angle to the stands D' D² when not required and as shewn by
dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing.
To prevent the seat B or desk C from moving too far I fix a stop pin or rivet F
to the jaws d' d' of the stands D1 D2 the said pin or rivet to fit loosely in the
slot a of the bracket A. In the part a' of the bracket A. I form a recess a into
which is placed a spring washer & (or any other suitable spring) of a proper
strength for the purpose of keeping the part a' of the bracket A tight against the
inner edge d³ of the jaw d so that the seat B and desk C can be held firmly in the
position required through the friction caused by the spring washer G thus the seat B
or desk C must be moved by hand to the position required.
It is to be understood that my invention can be applied to garden and like seats
similarly in the manner herein before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;
A seat and desk having a bracket A working on the pivot E between jaws d¹ d
the bracket A having slot a² and stop pin or rivet F and recess a³ in combination
with the spring washer G for holding the seat or desk in position substantially as
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1896.
FRANCIS ERNEST MORGAN.