Improvements in or relating to the Legs of Chairs, Tables, and other Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL DI DUITUATIONR
Improvements in or relating to the Legs of Chairs, Tables, and
other Articles of Furniture.
I, JAMES CORP of 149, Gower Street, London, W.C. Joiner, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device to be used in connection with tables, chairs
and other articles of furniture, which will allow the legs on which they are
supported to be collapsed into a small compass, at the same time providing à
means of attachment, which will fix the legs in extended position as securely as
in ordinary furniture.
The four legs are arranged in pairs, a cross bar connecting each two together,
each pair being hinged to the top of the table or other article. The legs of
each pair are placed not quite opposite, so that when folded they will be alongside
of each other, thus enabling them to be flat. Between the two pairs of legs a
The ends
metal or wooden bar is fitted, hinged longitudinally to the top or seat.
of this bar are bent up, the hinge allowing them to be turned over to lie flat,
or to project. When the legs are to be fixed in extended position, the bar is
turned outwards, and a pin on each end takes into a hole in a lug on the cross
bar, the ends at the same time bearing against the latter, so that the legs are
held rigidly in position. On turning the bent bar over the legs are released.
Instead of employing a single bar, two may be used, one at each side to render
the fixing more secure. Two end bars may also be used in place of the one
extending from one side to the other, each part being hinged separately. The
bar will, besides serving to fix the legs, also considerably increase the strength
of the table top or chair.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to the Legs of Chairs, Tables, and
other Articles of Furniture.
I, JAMES CORP of 1 Gower Place, late of 149 Gower Street London, W.C. in
the County of Middlesex, Joiner, 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:-
This invention has reference to "Improvements in or relating to the legs of
chairs, tables & other articles of furniture" the same having for its object to
provide a means by which the legs of tables or the like may be folded in a small
compass thereby greatly economizing space in storing & facilitating the removal of
such articles of furniture. By my device the legs are also held in a very firm
manner when extended at the same time forming a brace for the centre of the

page_text: table or the like thus holding the whole in a rigid manner, this, it will be seen,
forms an important feature of the invention.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood I have herewith
annexed a sheet of illustrative drawings in which
Fig. 1. represents a side view of my invention with extended leg.
Fig. 2. shews a bottom view thereof &
Fig. 3. a view with the legs folded.
In carrying my invention into practice the four legs A. A. A. A. are arranged
in pairs connected by a cross bar B. each pair so connected being hinged in any
suitable manner to the under part of the table, chair or other article.
In a short table as illustrated in Figs. 1 & 2 the legs of each pair are not placed
opposite otherwise when folded they would not lie flat in a longer table as in
Fig. 3. the legs may coincide. Between the said two pairs of legs A. A. A. A.
I hinge, longitudinally, to the under part C of the top or seat a bar or brace D of
wood metal or other suitable material the ends of which I bend up, the hinge a
allowing the bar or brace with its bent ends to lay flat or project as the case
may be.
When it is required to fix the legs in an extended position the bar or brace D
is turned outwards & a pin c on each end engages with a hole formed in a lug c
provided on the cross bar B. the ends of said bar or brace bearing at the same time
against the cross-bar B. I do not restrict myself to the lug c & pin c for any
other suitable method by which to connect the cross-bar & bar or brace may be
employed. On turning the bar or brace D over on its side the legs are released &
same may be folded flat.
In place of using a single bar or brace two or more may
be utilized to render the fixing still more rigid or two end bars may be used in
place of one extending longitudinally from side to side each bar having its separate
hinge.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. A device by which the legs may be held in a rigid manner when required
consisting of a hinged bar or brace D capable of being connected to the cross-
bar B by means of a lug c & pin c or equivalent connecting device substantially as
described & for the purpose set forth in & by the accompanying drawings &
Specification.
2nd. The employment of two or more bars or parts thereof substantially as
described & ascertained.
Dated this 9th day of December 1804
C. W. HIGGS,
32, Queen's Terrace, London, N.W., Agent.