Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct, 1886.
Complete Left, 30th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1887.
I, LEONARD COLLMANN, Manager to Thurston & Co. of 16 Catherine Street, Strand,
in the County of Middlesex, Billiard Table Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
In the specification of Henry Creagh's patent dated 12th February 1885 is described
a card table having four or more hinged leaves which extend beyond the general area
of the table and are arranged to be folded out of the way when the table is not in use.
Now according to my improvements I make a card table with four or more leaves
which are each fixed on a leg and capable of being slided in under the table
proper being for this purpose provided with suitable telescopic parts sliding into
corresponding groove parts in the frame of the table. Down into each flap and leg or
in as many as may be desired I form a hole which serves to receive a spring candle-
stick or tube which is provided with a knob fitting in a slot in the side of the leg and
capable of being slided right down into the leg (the hole being then covered with a
suitable lid) or slided up for use, being held in that latter position by turning the
knob into a lateral notch.
The table or board proper is covered with cloth on one side and polished on the
other and can be placed with either side up. Thus when the leaves and legs are
pushed in and the plain side of the table is up it is suitable for the ordinary uses of a
table and when the leaves and legs are pulled out and the cloth covered side of the
table is up it forms a convenient card table. The leaves may each be provided with a
drawer. To hold the leaves in place when pushed in I may provide a narrow ledge
or stop on the outer edge thereof. The board or table proper may suitably be round
or octagonal.
Dated this 9th day of October 1886.

page_text: I, LEONARD COLLMANN, Manager to Thurston & Co., of 16, Catherine Street, Strand,
in the County of Middlesex, Billiard Table 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:-
In the specification of Henry Creagh's patent, dated 12th February 1885 and
numbered 1969 is described a card table baving four or more hinged leaves which
extend beyond the general area of the table and are arranged to be folded out of the
way when the table is not in use.
Now according to my improvements I make a card table with four or more leaves
which are each fixed on a leg and capable of being slided in under the table proper.
being for this purpose provided with suitable telescopic parts sliding into corre-
sponding groove parts in the frame of the table. Down into each flap and leg or
in as many as may be desired I form a hole which serves to receive a spring candle-
stick or tube which is provided with a knob fitting in a slot in the side of the leg
and capable of being slided right down into the leg (the hole being then covered
with a suitable lid) or slided up for use. being held in that latter position by turning
the knob into a lateral notch.
The table or board proper is covered with cloth on one side and polished on the
other and can be placed with either side up. Thus when the leaves and legs are
pushed in and the plain side of the table is up it is suitable for the ordinary uses of
a table and when the leaves and legs are pulled out and the cloth covered side of
the table is up it forms a convenient card table. The leaves may each be provided
with a drawer. To hold the leaves in place when pushed in I may provide a
narrow ledge or stop on the outer edge thereof. The board or table proper may
suitably be round or octagonal.
Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing the legs extended
for use as a card table, Figure 2 a perspective view showing the legs pushed in,
Figure a front elevation partly in section to a larger scale with the legs extended,
and Figure 4 a plan of Figure 3 with the top removed.
It will be seen that I make the card table with four leaves A, A1, A2, A³, (or any
other convenient number of leaves might be used) which are each fixed on
legs B, B1, B2, B3, respectively and capable of being slided in under the table proper
by means of telescopic parts or slides a, a', a², a³, provided with feathers c extending
longitudinally on each side thereof into correspondingly grooved parts d, d², d², d³.
The said grooved parts d, d', d², d³, are firmly secured together at the centre where
they would bisect each other and are covered by an octagonal or other suitably
shaped piece E which may be covered with cloth or other similar material upon which
the table top partly rests. The grooved members forming together the parts d, d², d², d³,
are further secured together at their outer lower ends by cross pieces, which also
serve as stops to the projections g on the slides a, a¹, a³, a³, to prevent same from

page_text: being pulled out too far. Down into the flaps or leaves A, and A² and legs B and B²,
or as many of them as may be desired, I form a hole h which serves to receive
a spring or other suitable candlestick or tube which is provided with a knob k,
with shank, fitting in a slot in the side of the legs B and B2 for keeping the candle-
stick in the highest position, and capable of being slided right down into said legs
(the holes in the leaves A and A² being then covered with suitable lids 1.) The
candlestick in the leg B in Figure 1, being shown in position ready for use, is
held there by turning the knob k into a lateral notch in the leg, whilst in Figure 3
it is shown in its lowest position and the hole in the leaf A2 closed by the lid 7.
The table T or board proper may be covered with cloth on one side and polished on
the other and can be placed with either side up, and when the leaves and legs are
pulled out and the cloth covered side of the table T is uppermost it forms a convenient
card table. The leaves may each be provided with a drawer m, but I have only
shown one so provided, viz.: B³. To hold the table T in place when the leaves
A, A1, A2, A3, are pushed in I provide a narrow ledge or stop n on the outer edge of
the said leaves. To hold the table T in place when the leaves A, A1, A2, A³, are
extended I provide a narrow partly circular recess or rim o covered with cloth some-
what below the level of the top and on the inner edge of the leaves A, A1, A2, A³.
The board or table top T may suitably be round or octagonal, in this case I show it
round.
The advantages of this table are that when shut up it can be used as a dining or
occasional table, having polished top. When open the legs being extended give
increased room for the players' knees, and each player has a small table or leaf for
refreshments and the like, whilst out of two of the legs candlesticks are made to rise
when desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is,―
1. A table having four or more legs each being applied to a leaf capable of being
slided telescopically in and out of the body of the table substantially as set forth.
2. A table having four or more legs each being applied to a leaf adapted to receive
a candlestick or other fitting and capable of being slided telescopically out and in of
the body of the table which is fitted with a loose reversible table top so as to make it
adaptable respectively as a card table or ordinary table substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
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