Movable Table for Fixing to Side of Bedstead.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1898--Accepted, 15th Oct., 1898
Movable Table for Fixing to Side of Bedstead.
JOHN WILLIAM SHARPUS, 25, High Street, Margate, China Dealer, CHARLES
EDWARD DENING, 2A, Lombard Street, Margate, Upholsterer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Fig. 1 movable table in wood or other material on metal supports, which
can be lowered or raised by telescoping-screw fastening-and with screw fasten-
ing for fixing same on to bedside.
Fig. 2 bottom of movable table showing metal slide for moving on support.
Fig. 3 section of screw fastening for fixing to bedside.
Movable table for fixing to side of bedstead.
A tray forming a table for invalids or others, supported by a metal rod which
fastens by a screw to side of bedstead.
We JOHN WILLIAM SHARPUS, of 25, High Street, Margate, in the County of
Kent, China Dealer, and CHARLES EDWARD DENING, of 2A, Lombard Street, Mar-
gate, aforesaid, Upholsterer, 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 and accompanying drawings:-
Our said invention has reference to the portable tables used by invalids for
carrying food, supporting a book or the like. Such tables are generally provided
with a suitable base and are placed in juxtaposition to the bed at the required
times so as to allow the table to project over the bed in a position convenient
for the person therein.
This type of portable table in addition to being cumbrous, is costly to produce,
and the object of our invention is to provide means whereby such cost and bulk
may be reduced.
The accompanying sheet of drawings, to which we will refer, clearly illustrates
our invention.
Briefly speaking our invention consists of an attachment carrying the table, which
may be readily secured to the side rail of the bedstead.

page_text: In Fig. 1 of the drawings the attachment is shown applied to the angle iron
side rail of a bedstead, and consists of a bracket a which can be readily secured
to the angle iron side rail b by means of a screw d.
The bracket a is bored out and sliding therein is a tube e which can be secured
within the bracket a at any convenient height by means of a pinching screw f.
The tube e may be of any convenient length and is shown in the fig. as being
broken off for want of space.
A projecting arm g sliding on the tube e and secured at any convenient height
by means of a screw g¹ carries a table h. The table his formed with a pin h¹
which drops into a socket formed on the end of the arm g, and is secured by means
of a wing or other nut h². The arm g is of convenient length to carry the table
over the bed. The upper portion of the tube e is bent at a right angle, and a
rod i secured to a book rest slides adjustably therein and is secured by a screw j¹.
Fig. 2 shows a view of the bracket at right angles to Fig. 1.
If desired the book rest j may be dispensed with. In Fig. 3 we show the table
carried adjustably upon a bent arm k which is socketted in the adjustable tube e
sliding within the bracket a as shown in Fig. 1. The bent arm k may be of any
convenient length and the table may be slid to a suitable position thereon and
secured by the wing nut 1.
Fig. 4 shows a modified form of bracket a in which the retaining screw is dis-
pensed with. The bracket a in this case is simply slipped upon the angle iron
side rail b as shown and is retained in position by the weight of the parts the attach-
ment being devised to carry light articles only. In addition to the table h a book
rest may be slipped upon the sliding tube or rod e as shown in dotted lines and
arranged at a convenient height by means of a sliding collar m'provided with a
pinching screw m¹.
In Figs. 5 and 6 we show a modification in our attachment for use where
tubular side rails are employed Fig. 6 being a view at right angles to Fig. 5.
In this case the bracket is in the form of a clip n hinged at n¹. The clip n
embraces the tubular rail o and is secured in any convenient position thereon by
screwing up the nut p on the screwed bolt 7 thus bringing the halves of the
hinged bracket tightly together.
If desired the bracket n might be permanently bolted to the rail o and the sliding
tube or rod e carrying the table be secured within or removed from the bracket as
required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1) The improved attachment for bedsteads consisting of a bracket a, screwed to
or carried by the angle iren side rail 6, and provided with a sliding tube or rod e
carrying a table, book rest or the like, in the manner and substantially as described
and illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings.
2) The modified form of attachment for use with bedsteads having tubular side
rails consisting of the bracket n temporarily or permanently secured to the side
rail o, the bracket n being provided with a sliding tube or rod to carry the table
or the like substantially as described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the
drawings.
Dated this fith dov
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