Hospital or Infirmary Adjustable Bed Table.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1899-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Hospital or Infirmary Adjustable Bed Table.
CHARLES GRAYSON, Workhouse Master, The Workhouse, Ipswich, and JAMES
HENRY HARRISON, Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer, Hyde Park Corner, Ipswich, 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 shape of the table is oblong, and its size, 24 inches, by 15 inches in width:
excepting that for the convenience of the patient, the latter is diminished by
1½ inches for a length of 17 inches along the front side thereof.
The three sides of the table forming the back and ends are furnished with
a guard rim, raised 1½ inches.
In the centre, there is a hinged flap in size 12 by 8 inches, adjustable to any
desired slope, or angle, by a hinged rest, or bracket, fitting at will into notches
cut into the under side of the said flap, to be used as a book-rest, or otherwise.
The ends of the table are fitted with hinged legs or supports, (C) 9½ inches in
length; with feet 10 inches in width, and furnished with two right angled iron
feet of 21 inches in width each, which rest upon the sides of the bedstead when
in use.
The said legs, or table supports (C) are attached by brass hinges (B) to shoulder
pieces of wood ▼ shaped, (C) the tails of which move laterally at will in a
slide (A) provided for the purpose, underneath the table board, and attached
thereto by screws; for a distance or extent, of 9 inches each, as may be required
to suit the width of the bedstead to which the same is adjusted. And by the
use of two thumb-screws, working through the said tail pieces (A) the whole
apparatus of the model is made to hold securely on to any bedstead from 24 to
42 inches in width; but could be constructed to any desired size or dimensions.
The said legs, or table supports (C) are adjustable in length, or height from 10
to 14 inches as may be required. And are furnished with slide grooves, (C) and
moveable thumb-screws (C) for the purpose of heightening or lowering the table,
and of securing the same firmly as may be required for a small, or a stout patient.
When not in use the said legs or supports (C) can by means of the hinges (B)
to the shoulder-pieces be folded under the table: so that the whole apparatus
is only 4 inches in thickness of space.
The table is constructed throughout, of best American white, or bass wood, &
varnished. The top; the shoulder-pieces (C) and the legs (C) are ¾ inch in
thickness, respectively; and the guard-rim is ½ inch in thickness. The hinges (B)
and the thumb-screws are of brass. The weight of the whole apparatus complete
is about 8 lbs. And it can be adjusted for use, or removed, with the utmost
facility.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: -

page_text: 2. The hinging or jointing of the legs or supports to the said ends or shoulder-
pieces.
3. The sliding extensible legs or supports, securable to bedsteads by angled
feet.
4. The novelty of the design and special combination of the adjustable sliding
folding and securing parts of the apparatus for the purposes of a bedtable as
herein before set forth.
Dated this 18th day of April 1899.
Signed
CHAS. GRAYSON.
J. H. HARRISON.