IMPROVEMENTS IN BED TABLES AND BOOK SUPPORTS FOR INVALIDS AND OTHERS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Lock, of Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BED
TABLES AND BOOK SUPPORTS FOR INVALIDS AND OTHERS."

page_text: a bedstead, and to the ends of the arms the table or supporting surface
is attached or connected. One of the arms has a quadrant and pin
attached thereto in order to adjust the angle or position of the table or
surface when in use for reading or other purposes. There are projections
on the lever arms which act as stops to keep the table in proper position.
When out of use the table falls to the foot of the bed as a footboard.
The lever arms which carry the table or supporting surface may be
telescopic or capable of elongation if required, so as to adjust the position.
of table over the bed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Henry Lock in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th September 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY LOCK, of Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Henry Lock, Her special licence
that I, the said John Henry Lock, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said John Henry Lock, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BED TABLES AND BOOK SUPPORTS FOR INVALIDS AND OTHERS," upon the .condition
(amongst others) that I, the said John Henry Lock, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent

page_text: my improved bed table or book support applied thereto; and Figures 3
and 4 show separate views on a larger scale of the table, and one of its
arms or supports.
a, a, are lever arms mounted upon pin or other suitable joints a¹, a¹,
on each side or rail of the bedstead, and to the ends of the arms a, a,
the table or supporting surface c is attached or connected. One end of
the table c has a quadrant c¹ attached thereto, a pin a carried by a chain
being inserted in one of the holes in the quadrant c³, in order to adjust
the angle or position of the table or surface c as required when in use
for reading or other purpose. There are projections a³ on the lever
arms a, which by resting upon the side rail b of the beadstead act as stops
to support and keep the table in proper position when in use. When
out of use the table falls over to the foot of the bed serving as a
footboard, as shewn by dotted lines in Figure 1. The lever arms a
which carry the table or supporting surface c may be formed of telescopic
tubes or slides, capable of elongation if required, so as to adjust the
position of the table over the bed.
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page_text: not confine myself to the exact details herein-before described; but
what I claim is, the arrangement and combination of the arms a and
surface or table c applied to a bedstead, and acting substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein-before described and shewn in the
Drawing hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Lock, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two