Year: 1886

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We JABEZ TREVALLION of Chapel End, Walthamstow, in the county of Essex,
Chair Maker and THOMAS LAWES and JOHN EDWIN RANDELL of 65 City Road in
the county of Middlesex Cabinet Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the application to a box ottoman couch of a number of
sliding bolts and staples in such a manner that they shall serve both as fastenings
for the box and as hinges for the same thereby allowing of the lid of the box or
couch being opened from either side.
In carrying out the invention two or more sliding bolts are fixed at or near the
edge of the box or couch at the sides thereof the said bolts being provided with
projections for operating the same; a corresponding number of eyes or staples are
applied to the under side of the lid in such a position as to receive the said bolts
when slid into their extended position, the said bolts however being released from
engagements with the staples or eyes when slid in the opposite direction.
By this means the whole of the bolts and staples or eyes being engaged the box
or couch can be opened from either side by disengaging the bolts and staples or eyes
on the side from which the box is to be opened those on the opposite side then
serving as hinges and vice versa.
Suitable handles are provided by which to lift the lid of the box or couch.

page_text: We, JABEZ TREVALLION, of Chapel End, Walthamstow, in the county of Essex,
Chair Maker, and THOMAS LAWES and JOHN EDWIN RANDELL, of 65 City Road, in
the county of Middlesex, Cabinet Manufacturers, 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 consists in the application to a box ottoman couch, of a number of
sliding bolts and staples in such a manner that they shall serve both as fastenings
for the box and as hinges for the same, thereby allowing of the lid of the box or
couch being opened from either side.
In carrying out the invention two or more sliding bolts are fixed at or near the
edge of the box or couch at the sides thereof, the said bolts being provided with
projections for operating the same; a corresponding number of eyes or staples are
applied to the under side of the lid in such a position as to receive the said bolts
when slid into their extended position, the said bolts however being released from
engagement with the staples or eyes when slid in the opposite direction..
Suitable handles are provided by which to lift the lid of the box or couch.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1; is
a side elevation of a box ottoman couch with our improvements applied thereto;
figure 2 is a front end elevation shewing the lid opened from the right hand side,
and figure 3 is a similar view shewing the lid opened from the left hand side;
figure 4 is a detached elevation, drawn to a larger scale, of a sliding bolt and staple
suitable for use for the purpose of our invention. Similar letters in all the figures
represent similar parts.
a, a, represent the sliding bolts which we apply to the edge of the box or lower
part c, of the couch at the sides thereof as shown; d, d, are the eyes or staples
corresponding in number with the sliding bolts a, which eyes or staples we apply
to the under side of the lid e, of the couch in the position shewn in figure 1; the
staples or eyes d, enter recesses a³, formed in the edges of the box c, when the edges
of the lid e, and box c, meet and are then in position to receive the bolts a, when
slid into their extended position as shewn in the said figure 1, the bolts a, however
being released from engagement with the staples or eyes d, when slid in the opposite
direction; the sliding bolts and staples or eyes may conveniently be of the kind
shewn in figure 4, that is to say, they may consist of the bolt a, carrying the
projection f, for operating the same, the projection sliding in a slot g, in a plate h,
by which the sliding bolts are attached to the box c; i, is the plate by which the
staple or eye d, is fixed to the lid of the couch.
1,3,1,3, figures 1, 2 and 3 are the handles which are secured to the sides of the
lid f, to allow of it being lifted.
By this means when it is required to open the ottoman couch say for example
from the right hand side, the whole of the bolts a, being at the time engaged with
their respective eyes or staples e, the bolts a, at that side are released and the lid f,
can then be raised as shewn in figure 2, the other bolts e, at the opposite side of the
couch then serving as the hinges upon which the lid f, is being turned.

page_text: In order to open the lid from the left hand side as shewn in figure 3 it is obvious
that the bolts on that side must be released whilst those on the opposite side must
be engaged.
Although in the drawing we have shewn the couch provided with only two bolts
and staples or eyes on each side it will be obvious that more than this number can
be employed if found desirable.
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 :-
1. Providing box ottoman couches with a number of sliding bolts and staples or
eyes substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved box ottoman couch herein before described and illustrated in
figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawing.