Improvements in or relating to School or like Benches or Desks.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1899-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to School or like Benches or Desks.
I, KARL MILLA, Public School Teacher, of VI Eszterhazygasse No. 12, Vienna,
in the Empire of Austria, 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 relates to an improved school or like bench or desk, the object
of which is to provide for every scholar or user a seat of his own of easy access
and with ample room for standing.
In order that the invention may be fully understood it will now be described
with reference to the accompanying drawings in which.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a two seated desk constructed in accordance
with this invention, and
Figure 2 shows in plan two double seuted desks connected together.
In Figure 1ABCDEFGH is the table board or desk J K L M N O
the seat board of the bench A B F G H being one half of the table destined for
one scholar with the seat J O belonging thereto. A partition P forms the
bottom of a shelf belonging to this seat J O.
Both the table board and the partition P have a curved fore edge forming a
bay or recess G which affords the user ample space for standing up, while the
projecting parts or wings F and H serve as rests or supports for the forearms of
the scholar or used when seated.
The edge of the partition P running parallel with the fore edge of the table
board is designed to allow the scholar by means of its central concavity similar
to that of the table board above to stand up, while the projecting wings of the
said partition serve to increase the space of the shelf.
Of the seat board J K NO only the small portion JO of the width of the
arch at J forms the seat proper for one scholar and the intermediate portion K N
of the seat board merely serves as a connection between the two adjacent seats.
Thus the scholar has free access to his seat between the table board and the
back .e., through the open space at H A and J O between the first and second
bench as seen in Fig. 2, on the other haud this arrangement secures for the
scholar a definite seat of his own, accessible exclusively to himself.
The partition R, which separates the two shelves P and Q from one another,
is continued downwards below the table towards S and T, and its end T is pre-
ferably immovably attached to the seat board of the form, whereby table and
form are united together, the arrangement being such as to dispense with any
obstacle to entrance in the shape of a strong lateral connection as usually
employed.
Below the edge A B C of the table board is a wall or board extending down
to Z and presenting at X a somewhat projecting rim, the said wall serving
both to close or limit the shelves and to form the back of the fore bench. To
this end the fingers or angular projections U V on each seat board serve to
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page_text: connect two consecutive benches together, when these projections U Y are placed
in the respective recesses in the wall W (Figure 1) of the rear bench.
Similarly single or more seated benches may be arranged and in case a seat
is not hacked by a rear bench, a special back "may be affixed thereto by means
of the projections U V.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1. In a school or like desk or bench a table board having curved recesses and
,projecting parts, the former giving the scholar ample space for standing upright
and the latter serving as rests or supports for his forearms substantially as
described.
2. The combination with a table board in a school or like bench or desk having
curved recesses and projecting parts of a similarly curved edged partition to
form a shelf, substantially as described.
3. The combination with a table board in a school or like bench or desk
having curved recesses and projecting parts and a shelf or shelves of a seat or
seats connected thereto by means of a vertical partition substantially as described.
4. The combination with a table board in a school or 1 like bench or desk
having curved recesses and projecting parts and shelves connected with a seat
or seats of projections capable of connecting the seats with a following bench
substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1899