Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 27th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
I, LEWIS EVANS, of Belswains, Hemel Hempstead in the County of Herts,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
According to my invention I construct a chair or bench with the back and seat
formed of two flat boards connected together by hinges, the board forming the back
being pivotted at its upper edge to the back framing of the bench or chair, against
which it lies loose, while the board forming the seat rests loose upon the seat framing.
To the underside of the front edge of the seat board are pivotted two supports that are
turned up close under the seat, and to the underside of either the seat or the back is
fixed a bolt, catch or other suitable device whereby the two parts can be securely held
together when they are extended to form one continuous flat board.
For transforming the chair or bench into a table, the seat and back are raised up on
the before mentioned hinges until they are extended as described, and are secured in
that position by the catch, after which the before mentioned supports are turned down
and fitted with their lower ends into sockets on the seat framing, when they will
support the extended boards in a horizontal position so as to constitute the top of a
table.

page_text: I LEWIS EVANS of Belswains, Hemel Hempstead in the County of Herts,
Manufacturer 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 :-
My invention relates to the construction of a seat or chair in such a manner that it
can be readily converted into a table, as I will describe referring to the accompanying
drawing.
Fig. 1 is a side view shewing the position of the parts when they constitute a seat or
chair.
Fig. 2 shews their position when they constitute a table.
A is a base or frame of any convenient form having an inclined limb B projecting
up from it. To the upper end of this limb is hinged by a pin joint at a bar F on
which is fixed a flap or board D. In the position shewn in Fig. 1 this board forms the
back of the seat and in the position shewn in Fig. 2 it forms part of the table. To
the lower edge of the board D is hinged another board E which in the position shewn
in Fig. 1 forms the seat, and in the position shewn in Fig. 2 forms the other part of
the table. To the bar F is jointed by a pin at G another bar H, which, as shewn at
Fig. 1, is held in line with F by a sliding catch K, but which, when D and E are
unfolded at their hinges and turned upwards along with the bar F to the horizontal
position shewn in Fig. 2, is disengaged from the catch K and is turned down to act as
a strut, its lower end engaging in a catch at L.
Thus the bar F is supported at C and G and on it in that position rest the boards D
and E forming the table.
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 :-
--
A seat or chair convertible into a table, consisting of the base A with its limb B,
the bar Fjointed to B, the strut H jointed to F, the board D fixed to F, and the
board E hinged to D, with the catches K and L substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of October 1887.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.