Improvements in Portable Folding Tables.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Portable Folding Tables.
I, ALBERT BARKER, of 5, New Bond Street, in the County of London, Silver-
smith and Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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According to this invention I form the table top of a portable folding table of
three principal parts which are hinged together the intermediate part forming
a horizontal platform or box or boxes for carrying certain articles, such for
instance as spirit bottles and glasses, while the two other parts are adapted to
fold up to each other and thereby more or less enclose the intermediate part,
These three parts may be arranged and hinged together in various ways.
In one form the intermediate part is more or less narrower across than the two
other parts and is hinged to the same hinges as the latter; the intermediate part
and the article or articles placed thereon or therein thus take away a portion of
space from the other two, in the open position of the table and according to the
height of said articles so space must also be provided for in the two other parts
of the table top when folded and if required also as to their wells if fitted there-
with. Guides are or may be provided for keeping the intermediate part steady
while the table is being opened and closed. Spring catches (with buttons for
releasing them) are provided for holding the table in the open position and
similarly for holding it in the folded position. Lids are or may be provided for
the parts of the table top or for the two outermost parts, the lids in the latter
being by preference hinged to open so that the contents of the back leaf when
the lids are raised are as visible and accessible as the contents of the front leaf.
The intermediate part may be formed to receive an easel.
In another form the intermediate part of the table top is hinged to the other
parts by a set of hinges, along its two opposite edges. The articles placed on
or in the intermediate part or platform will thus, all according to their height,
encroach upon the available space in the two other parts hinged thereto when
the table is folded. This intermediate part may be formed with a well or wells.
Guides may be provided for keeping the platform steady while the table is being
opened and closed.
The bottom of one or both of the outer parts of the table may be fitted with
a door so as to get access to the interior of the table without opening it entirely.
The uses of this kind of folding table are manifold; it may thus for instance
be made to contain spirit bottles and glasses on or in the intermediate or plat-
form part, while the other parts are used for containing cigars and the like, card
games and other games. Or the table may be made into a writing table with
one or more ink wells in the platform part, and stationary and other articles
such as for a ladies work table in the other parts.
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1900

page_text: I, ALBERT BARKER, of 5, New Bond Street, in the County of London, Silver-
smith and Cabinet Maker, 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: —
According to this invention I form the table top of a portable folding table of
three principal parts or leaves which are hinged together. The intermediate
part of the said three parts forms a horizontal platform or box or boxes for carry-
ing certain articles such for instance as spirit bottles and glasses while the two
other parts are adapted to fold up to each other and thereby more or less enclose
the intermediate part and its contents. These three parts may be arranged
and hinged together in various ways.
Fig. 1 is an end view and Fig. 2 a plan view of one form of folding table, in
the open condition or position, Fig. 3 an end view and Fig. 4 a side view of
same in the folded condition. A and A¹ are the two outer parts and B the
intermediate part of the table top, the part B is narrower across than the parts A
and A¹ and is in this example formed as a well. It is hinged at the upper part
to the same hinges C which connect A and A. The intermediate part Band
the article or articles placed thereon or therein (in this example three spirit
bottles D four glasses D¹ and a biscuit box E) thus take away a portion of space
in the other two parts A and A' in the open condition of the table and according
to the height of said articles space may also have to be provided for in depth,
in the leaves A. and A' when folded. The parts A and A may be provided with
receptacles M for cigars and the like and also receptacles N for playing cards
markers and counters. A guide standard is by preference provided, one at
each end, with slot F wherein work the hinge pins of the folding legs H, for
the purpose of keeping the intermediate part B steady while the table is being
opened and closed. A pair of arms L secured to the underside of the leaf A
and provided with spring catches L' are provided for holding the table in the
open position and similarly a lock I for holding it in the closed position as
described in my Patent Specification No. 23575 of 1896.
Fig. 5 is an end view and Fig. 6 a plan view of another form of folding table
in the open condition; Fig. 7 is an end view and Figure 8 a side view of same
in the folded condition. The intermediate part B of the table top is hinged to
the two outer parts A and A¹, by a set of hinges C along its two opposite edges..
The articles placed on, or in this case in the part B or platform in this case
formed as a well will thus all according to their height encroach upon the avail-
able space in the parts A and A¹ hinged thereto when the table is folded.
Guides F, arms L, spring catches L' and lock I are provided as in the previous
example.
The bottom of A or A¹ or both may be fitted with a door for getting access' to
the interior of the table without opening it entirely.
If lids are provided for the parts A A and B or for A and A¹, they are by
preference arranged as described in my Patent Specification No. 20609 of 1898
so that the contents of the back leaf A¹ is as visible and acessible when the lids
are raised as the contents of the front leaf A.
The part B may be formed to receive an easel.
The uses of this kind of folding table are manifold; it may thus for instance be
made to receive spirit bottles and glasses in the intermediate or platform part B,
while the parts A and A1 are used for containing cigars and the like, card games

page_text: and other games. Or the table may be made into a writing table with one or
more inkwells in the platform part B and stationery and other articles such as
for a ladies work table in the parts A and A¹.
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
1. A folding table top in three parts hinged together substantially as set
forth.
2. A folding table having a table top in three parts hinged together and
arranged substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4.
3. A folding table having a table top in three parts hinged together and
arranged substantially as described with reference to Figs. 5 to 8.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of March 1900.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.