Improvements in, and in connection with Tables.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, and in connection with Tables.
I, WILHELM LOUIS GEISSLER, of 21, Schrammsweg, Eppendorf, Hamburg, in the
German Empire, Mechanician, 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 relates to a board to be adjustably attached to the sides of an
ordinary rectangular table, conveniently to the legs thereof. This board is adapted to
slide in grooved bars rigidly attached to the legs of the table and can be raised or
lowered vertically for the required purpose, for instance to serve as a seat for children
who could not reach the top of the table when standing or when sitting on an ordinary
chair; the board can also be adjusted horizontally to bring it into an oblique.
position, to be used for instance as a writing desk or operating table.
In order that this invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the drawings hereunto annexed and to the letters
and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an isometric view, of a table with two such horizontal side boards
attached adjustable as to height.
Figure 2 is a partial end view.
Figure 3 is an isometric view of the grooved hollow guiding bars.
Figure 4 shows a board adjustable as to its horizontal or oblique plane and as
to height and Figure 5 is a part sectional plan of the support of the same.
A grooved hollow guiding bar a is rigidly attached to each end of the side of
the table preferably to the legs to which an adjustable side board c is to be
attached.
The opposite sides of these bars a have holes b. Where the height only is to be
adjustable as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a bracket d is attached to each end of the
board c at its lower side, and is rigidly attached to an angular guiding piece h
which slides in the guide bar a. The angular piece h is held in the desired
position by a bolt e which is passed through opposite holes of the bar a. The bolt e
is attached to the board c by a chain and its free end is hinged so that it can be
turned, after the bolt has been passed through the holes, to prevent the bolt falling
out and to prevent the end f tearing the clothes of a person. This very practical
arrangement may be also used for folding and similar tables.
Figures 4 and 5 show how the board can be adjusted from the horizontal plane to
bring it into an oblique position for serving as a writing desk, as a support for
the back or head of a person and similar purposes. The board c rests on bars k
having adjusting holes i. The bars are hinged to the before mentioned angular
pieces h which effect the vertical adjustment. The board c is held in the desired
oblique position by bars l, hinged to the piece or bracket h, and by bolts m.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. In combination with a table one or more side boards c adjustable vertically as

page_text: to height, and adapted so as to be used as seats or as continuations of the table when
in horizontal position, substantially as described.
2nd: In combination with a table one or more side boards c adjustable both
vertically as to height, and as to the angle of their surface to the horizontal plane,
and adapted thereby for use as seats or a continuation of the table when horizontal
and as writing desks or back supports when placed obliquely or vertically, substantially.
as described.