CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON TABLES AND COUCHES
Year: 1807

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
REMINGTON, of Bloomsbury Square, in the County of Middlesex, Cabinet
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Sixteenth day of
December, in the forty-eighth year of His reign, give and grant unto me,
the said George Remington, my exors, admors, and assigns, His especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said George
Remington, my exors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein
mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON TABLES AND COUCHES;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said George Remington,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
George Remington, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described
and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the following
description thereof, that is to say :-

page_text: Fig. 1, 2, and 3 are plans for constructing the frames of tables in such wise
that, from any sufficient power acting backwards or forwards against them,
they will expand or contract to give length or size: In Fig. 1 the legs or
supporters of the frame are fixed in joints made of brass, iron, or any other
suitable materials as at a; Fig. 4 is a section of the same joint or joints, and
is constructed with a hollow thimble, in which the legs are fixed, and round
which the knockles of the hinge work. Fig. 5 is a section of the joint b,
which is also constructed with a hollow thimble or cylinder in which legs
may also be placed or fixed, and is made of wood, brass, iron, or any other
suitable material. Couches, chaise longues, chairs, or by whatever name
such like may be termed or known, may be made to contract or expand
according to either of the plans Fig. 1, 2, or 3.
Fig. 6 is a plan for supporting drapery or curtains round a couch or chair,
and is made of six (or more or less) ribs or latlıs c, c, c, c, c, which are con-
nected by means of joints as at d. e is a plate of wood, brass, or iron on
which the ribs or laths c, c, c, c, c, are fixed or jointed in such manner that
they may close or expand at pleasure.
Fig. 7 is a section of a couch or chair made with a box to contain the
drapery when out of use. f'is a rod made of wood, brass, or iron, or any
other suitable material, constructed to slide in a groove or to screw down
behind the back, side, or end of the chair' or couch, on which is fixed, by
incans of screws 'or otherwise, the plate e in Fig. 6.
Fig. 8' is a plan or middle section for constructing a globe table, as it is
called, and is made with two moving parts or quarters which work or move
upon the hinges i, i. Both these parts or quarters may be drawn up and
locked at b, as is shown in the Engraving A 1; or one or either of them' may
be kept up, and the other let down, by means of a barrel spring and pulley,
as is shewn in the Engraving A 2; or both the moving parts or quarters may
be let down by barrel spring or springs and pullies, as is shown in the
*Engraving A 3.
Fig. 9 is a plan of the lock fixed at b, Fig. 8, and is constructed with two
spring bolts, of which is one, the other being fixed behind or beside it.
These spring bolts act independent of each other. When the key bolt is
shot it enters into a knotch or space or spaces made in or between the two
spring bolts, which prevents their action either up or down.
My improvements are,-
First, the construction of the joint b.
Second the construction of the joint a

page_text: legs going through a cylinder or thimble, as is represented in the sections
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, or by fixing a cap of brass or iron, or any suitable material,
upon the leg, with a spindle or pivot to run through the joint, or otherwise,
whereby the leg or supporter is brought to an angle of the framework, as at a,
Fig. 1.
Fourth, the construction of couches, chairs, &c. upon the plans Fig. 1, 2,
and 3; and it is to be understood that the plans Fig. 1, 2, and 3, may be
augmented, made, or constructed to any given size, height, or length, for the
purpose of supporting loose seats or frames, beds, leaves, or tops of tables;
that hanging leaves or turn-over leaves may be introduced and secured by
means of hinges, brackets, and otherwise, and that any part or parts of the
plans Fig. 1, 2, and 3, may be made use of in the construction of tables,
couches, or chairs.
Fifth, the method of constructing a globe table (as it is called) with its lock
and machinery, before described.
Sixth, the construction of folding laths or ribs by means of joints or hinges
made of wood, brass, or iron for supporting draperies or curtains round a
chair or couch.
In witness whercof, I, the said George Remington, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of January, One thousand eight
hundred and eight.