A NEW OR IMPROVED TABLE OR APPARATUS FOR TAILORS TO WORK AT WITHOUT SITTING
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis O'Reilly, of Shaw Street, in the City of
Dublin, Ireland, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED TABLE OR
APPARATUS FOR TAILORS TO WORK AT WITHOUT SITTING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis O'Reilly at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
November 1861.
I, FRANCIS O'REILLY, of Shaw Street, in the City of Dublin, Ireland; do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
TABLE OR APPARATUS FOR TAILORS TO WORK AT WITHOUT SITTING," to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to enable tailors to work either continuously
or at pleasure, and either standing or sitting at an ordinary table or bench,
without the necessity of sitting cross-legged as they now do, or injuring their
backs by stooping.
I propose affixing to a table or bench a pillar, either of wood or metal, by
suitable tongues or tabs; on the upper portion of this pillar is à screw, which
passes through the end of a padded board, and above this is screwed a sleeve
board, a piece of suitable fabric being secured to one side of each board; thus
when the boards are separated they represent an apparatus forming a sub-
stitute for the human thigh and knee, and give the workman the same facility
for work as if sitting cross-legged. When the sleeve board is required for
pressing, it can be swung round in front of the operator, after which it may
be returned and secured to the pillar by means of a suspending tab and pin
or screw.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Francis O'Reilly in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th May 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
O'REILLY, of Shaw Street, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Ier heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Francis O'Reilly, Her special licence, that I, the said Francis O'Reilly,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Francis
O'Reilly, 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 "A NEW OR IM-
PROVED TABLE OR APPARATUS FOR TAILORS TO WORK AT WITHOUT SITTING,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Francis O'Reilly,
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
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Francis O'Reilly do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this Invention is to enable tailors to work either continuously
or at pleasure, and either standing or sitting. at an ordinary table or. bench,
without the necessity of sitting cross-legged as they now do, or injuring their.
backs by stooping.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of
illustrative Drawings, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively, as follows:-

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the apparatus; Fig. 2, a top plan view; and Fig. 3,
a side view of the lower portion only. Similar letters of reference denoting
corresponding parts at each of the Figures respectively.
At Figs. 1 and 3 will be seen a pillar, a, a, either of wood or metal, which
pillar is to be secured to a table or bench by screwing it thereto through
holes b, b, also by screwing the tongues c, c, on to the top of the table. On
the upper portion of this pillar is placed a screw or pin, which passes through
the end of a padded board d, and thence through the centre of a sleeve
board e.
To one edge of both these boards is attached a gusset-shaped piece
of silk, baize, or other suitable fabric; thus when the boards are separated
they represent an apparatus forming a substitute for the human thigh and
knee, and give the workman the same facility for work as if sitting cross-
legged. When the sleeve board is required for pressing, it can be swung
round in front of the operator, after which it may be returned and secured to
the pillar by means of a suspending tab and pin, or screw f.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention of "A New or
Improved Table or Apparatus for Tailors to Work at without Sitting," together
with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical
effect, I would remark in conclusion, that I do not confine myself to the
precise details herein described; but what I claim as my Invention, and
therefore desire to be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters
Patent is, the manufacture of an improved apparatus, substantially as herein
described and shewn, and for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis O'Reilly, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two
Witness,
TERENCE M. DOLAN,
31, Mount Pleasant Square,
Dublin.
FRANCIS O'REILLY. (L.B.)