A Combined Portfolio and Desk for Holding Musical and other Books or Sheets, Pictures, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 13th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Portfolio and Desk for Holding Musical and other
Books or Sheets, Pictures, and the like.
I, FRANK WILLIAM HARRIS, of No. 83, Brockley Road, London, S.E. in the County
of Kent, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is a music portfolio or case and music desk or stand combined in a portable form,
it is quickly convertable.
The lid when raised is supported at the correct angle to form the back of desk or
stand; the ledge upon which the lower edge of the sheet or book rests is fixed and
is as far as it extends the top of case, the lid being hinged or suitably fixed thereto―
music hooks or other device may be fixed to front of ledge to keep music in place.
Fig. 1. is portfolio.closed.
Fig. 2. is portfolio opened forming desk or stand.
A. is side of case made with a raised angle on top front portion.
B. is front.
C. is so formed that owing to angle noted under A. it holds the sheet of music or
book in its place when used as a desk or stand.
D. is lid of portfolio and back of stand.
E. is back of case to which handle and fastener or fasteners may be fixed or fasteners
may be placed on A. or D.
F. is support for D. when opened and is received into A. on the opposite-insides; it
is hinged on and folds back to D. or may be joined to or let into A., when closed.
G. is bottom of case.
Dated this 8th day of February 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Portfolio and Desk for Holding Musical and other
Books or Sheets, Pictures, and the like.
I, FRANK WILLIAM HARRIS, of No. 83, Brockley Road, London, S. E. in the County
of Kent, Chemist, 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 :-
It is a music portfolio or case and music desk or stand combined, in a portable form,
it is quickly convertable.
The lid when raised is supported at the correct angle to form the back of desk or
stand, the ledge, upon which the lower edge of the sheet, or book, or other article for
which it may be used, rests, is fixed and is as far as it extends the top of case, the lid
being hinged or suitably fixed thereto-music hooks or other device may be fixed to
front of ledge to keep music &c. in place.
The drawings left with my Provisional Specification illustrate one of the methods
I employ.
Fig. 1. is portfolio closed.
Fig. 2. is portfolio opened forming desk or stand.
A. is side of case, with a raised angle on the top front portion.
B. is front.
C. is so formed that owing to angle noted under A. it holds the sheet of music or
book &c. in its place when used as a desk or stand.
D. is lid of portfolio and back of stand.

page_text: E. is back of case to which suitable handle and fastener or fasteners may be fixed
or fasteners may be placed on A. or D. or partly fixed thereto.
F. is support for D. when opened and is received into A. on the opposite insides,
it is hinged on and folds back to D. or suitable supports may be fixed to or received
into A. giving three more or less elevations to D.
G. is bottom of case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what I claim is :-
1. An easily convertible device which can be used as a portfolio or desk.
2. The angle on A. which supports C.
3. The combination of C. with D. forming a cover to case when closed and the
supporting ledge and back of desk when opened.
Dated this 7th day of November 1890.
FRANK W. HARRIS,
83, Brockley Road, S.E., Chemist.