IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF Carpenter, for an Invention of BRACKETS OR STAYS."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Lee, of Watford Field, Watford, Hertfordshire,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
Carpenter, for an Invention of
BRACKETS OR STAYS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Lee at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th January 1880.
GEORGE LEE, of Watford Field, Watford, Hertfordshire, Carpenter.
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRACKETS OR STAYS."
"IMPROVE-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of brackets or
stays suitable for rendering tables, chairs, seats, shelves, and other articles portable.
by means of the application of an improved folding bracket or stay made of wood,
iron, steel, brass, or other substance.
The bracket or stay which consists of my Invention may be straight or curved
in the form of a rod which is fixed from the bed to the legs or supports of the article
to which it is to be applied; the rod is constructed so as to form a double joint or
binge at each end, the motion of which is guided and regulated by an intermediate
folding joint, hinge, or slot in or near the centre of the rod; the rod is fitted with a
sliding tube, which, when drawn over the intermediate folding joint, hinge, or slot,
almost instantaneously brings the bracket or stay into a rigid possition, and renders
the article to which it is attached immediately ready for use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Lee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th July 1880.
GEORGE LEE, of Watford Field, Watford, Hertfordshire, Carpenter.
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRACKETS OR STAYS."
"IMPROVE-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of brackets
or stays suitable for rendering tables, chairs, seats, shelves, and other articles
portable by means of the application of an improved folding bracket or stay.
The bracket or stay of which my Invention consists may be of straight or curved
rod form at the joint part, and of any desired ornamental form for the rest part,
and will be fixed from the bed or body of the article to the legs or supports thereof,
to which it is to be applied. The rod portion of the bracket or stay is constructed
so as to form a double joint or hinge at each end, the motion of which is guided
and regulated by an intermediate folding joint piece or hinge in or near the centre
of the rod. The rod portion of the stay or bracket is fitted with a sliding tube,
which, when drawn over the intermediate folding joint hinge, almost instantaneously
brings the bracket or stay into a rigid position whereupon the article to which it
is attached will be ready for use.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed Fig. 1 represents a stay or bracket con-
structed according to this Invention; Fig. 2 represents a modification of the same;
Fig. 3 represents the joint with tapered sliding tube arranged with a bayonet
fastening; Fig. 4 illustrates the application of the bracket or stay to the supports
of a folding table, rout seat, shelf, or other article; Fig. 5 shows the joint or hinge
of the bracket of modified form, and with screw thread upon outside thereof for
reception of the fastening sleeve, which will be correspondingly threaded.
The rods of these stays, as represented in the Drawings, are straight, but in some
cases they may be more or less curved, and the fastening sleeve will be curved
accordingly.
A are the rods which, at their adjacent ends, are formed as forks to receive the
intermediate joint piece B, as represented in Figs. 1 to 4, or, as shown in Fig. 5, the
end of the rods A are made flat to take into forked ends of the joint piece B; C is
the fastening sleeve, which, in Figs. 1, 2, and 4 is shown straight, in Fig. 3 conical,
with a bayonet fastening C', and in Fig. 5 with a screwed portion C2 of the
sleeve C for engaging with corresponding screw thread A¹ on rod A.
The hinges D, at the ends of the brackets in the several Figures, are for the
purpose of allowing of the folding of the parts together and the fork hinge; E, of
Fig. 1, represents further provision for hinge for like purpose, and any ornamental
form of the bracket pieces from the shoulders F, against which the sleeve C abuts
to the hinge parts D or E, may be employed to suit any article that is required to
be fitted with this folding bracket or stay device.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, I claim,
The improvements in the construction of brackets and stays, as and for the
purpose herein specified and shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, 3, and 5 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Lee, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Second day of July, One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Patent Agent & Engineer,
6, St. Paul's Chyard.,
London, E.Č.
GEORGE LEE. (L.S.)