Improvements in or relating to Folding Tables or Desks, and the Combination thereof with Chairs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1805
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Folding Tables or Desks, and the
Combination thereof with Chairs.
I, EDUARD PAREIGIS, Book-keeper, of Treskowstrasse 50, Berlin in the Empire
of Germany, 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:-
The object of this invention is a table capable of being folded together, which
can be adjusted in its height and also in the inclination of its top plate. This is
effected by the upper ends of the trestle which supports the top plate being divided
into several superposed sections connected by hinge-joints round which the sections
fold inwards so that, according to the number of sections folded down, the height
of the trestle and of the table will be greater or less. If also at the one side more
hinged sections are folded down than at the other side, the table-top can be given
a corresponding inclination.
In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 to 4 show four different positions of the
top-plate. Fig. 5 shows the connection of such a table with a folding chair of
known construction.
The essential novelty in the table is the under-frame or trestle.
It is composed,
as shown in Fig. 1, of four bars a and a' each crossing in pairs, connected at the
crossing point by means of pins band at the lower ends by means of two
bars c, c pivoted together at the middle and pivoted severally to the ends of
the bars a, a'.
The transverse connection of these two frames is effected below by means of the
bars d and d', above by bars e and e¹. The upper part of the bars a are twice cut
through so as to form on each of them the two extensions fand g, connected by
means of hinge-joints respectively to each other and to the bars a, a¹. By a similar
division of the bar a' the movable part his formed. Fig. 1 shows all parts
unfolded or opened so that the top-piate is in its highest and at the same time level
position. The lower side of the top-plate k is provided with ledges, of which
those at the sides are provided with a slot into which the pin m, fixed to the
outermost extension of the bar a', is directed. On the hinder end of the top-plate
a prolongation n, movable on hinge-joints, is added. This prolongation or shelf is
supported by brackets o carried by a cross-bar movable in the same way round
hinge-joints and provided with any suitable means for adjusting its angle to the
bar e so that the shelf n will be always in a horiz mntal position, so that vessels
containing fluids, lamps etc. may be put on it whatever oblique position the top-
plate may have at the time.
In Fig. 2 the inclination of the top-plate is shown as obtained by folding the
parts g of the bars a. By folding in further the part f, the further inclination
shown in Fig. 3 is reached. Fig. 4 shows the method of changing the height of
the whole table while preserving horizontal position of the top-plate by folding in
also the part of the bar a¹. In Figs. 1 to 4 the top k is shown partly in section
in order to show the parts lying underneath it. Fig. 5 shows the table in connection
with a folding chair of known construction. The bottom link c is lengthened and
provided with a slot in which engages a pin p fastened on the chair. The table
may be kept at the inclination shown in the drawing, for serving as a reading desk,
by a hook g fastened to the arm of the chair and catching into the eye r on the
trestle of the table.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. A folding table having the upper ends of its trestle frame divided in sections
adapted to be folded down around hinge-joints so that the height of the table
can be diminished or oblique incliuation given to the top-plate in the manner
described.
2. The combination of the table described in Claim 1 with a folding chair of
any kind in which the lower side-link c is protracted and connected to the chair
by means of slot and pin, the table being adapted to be kept in an oblique position
towards the chair by means of a hook substantially as described.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1895.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to the Applicant.