A New or Improved Adjustable Rest for Supporting the Hand or Wrist whilst Writing.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1805
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Rest for Supporting the Hand or
Wrist whilst Writing.
We, FRED WAITE, of 32, Mount Pisgah, Otley, in the County of York,
Printer's Engineer, and WAITE & SAVILLE, LIMITED, of Falcon Works, Otley,
aforesaid, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and readily adjustable
platform or rest for supporting the hand or wrist whilst writing in thick volumes
particularly at or near the bottom of the page.
For this purpose we employ a board or other bed piece to which two pairs of
inclined links are pivoted and arranged to cross each other in the form of a trestle.
One pair of these links is pivoted to an upper board or platform piece and the
other pair is provided with a cross piece at the top which is adapted to engage the
teeth of a rack secured to the underside of the top board. One pair of the links
are provided with a cross piece at or near the centre and this cross piece passes
through curved slots formed in the other links. Studs may be used instead of this
cross piece. The said links and rack are made sufficiently long to permit of the
desired
range of adjustment. A spring is preferably provided to normally keep
the cross piece in contact with the rack and a rotary cam piece may be mounted
parallel to the rack to disengage it therefrom when it is desired to adjust the
height of the platform. Instead of the cam piece the rack itself may be made to
partly turn to disengage its teeth from the cross piece or the cross piece may be
made to partly turn for the same purpose.
As a modification the said rack may be fixed to the bed piece or single links
may be employed instead of pairs of links.
One or more fingers or pieces of metal or other suitable material may be pivoted
to the top close to the edge so that it or they may be turned to project over the
leaves of the book to hold them down.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1895.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adjustable Rest for Supporting the Hand or
Wrist whilst Writing.
We, FRED WAITE, of 32; Mount Pisgah, Otley in the County of York,
Printer's Engineer, and WAITE & SAVILLE, LIMITED, of Falcon Works, Otley,
aforesaid, Engineers, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and readily adjustable

page_text: platform or rest for supporting the hand or wrist whilst writing in thick volumes
particularly at or near the bottom of the page.
To fully describe our invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate similar parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a side view of our improved rest in which the top board or
platform is at its lowest point in relation to the bed or bottom board.
Figure 2, represents a similar view with the top board raised approximately to
its highest point. In this figure the left hand end of the base board is shown
broken away.
Figure 3, represents a plan view of Figure 2.
Figure 4, represents an end view of Figure 2, and Figure 5, represents a cross
section of the same on the broken line a. b.
The base board A has the pair of links B, B pivoted to it by the screws e, e and
the upper ends of these links are pivoted by the screws e 2, e 2 to the top board C.
The pair of links D, D are pivoted to the base board by the screws e 3, e 3 and the
links B have each a curved slot B 2, formed in them to engage the cross piece D 3
which passes through them and rigidly connects the links D. A similar cross
piece B3 also connects the top of the links D and the middle part B 4 of this latter
cross piece is formed angular to engage the teeth of the rack E secured on the
underside of the top board C by the screws E 2, E 2. The spring F fixed to the
underside of the top board by the screws F2, F2 is provided to bear against
the lower side of the cross piece B 3 and keep the part B4 in contact with the
rack E.
When the top board is raised to its maximum height in relation to the base board
or to any intermediate position it is prevented from falling down again by the
part B4 of the cross piece B 3 engaging one of the teeth of the rack E.
To disengage B from the said rack and enable the top board to be lowered we
employ the cam piece G preferably of_triangular section. This cam piece is
pivoted at its inner end in a bearing lug E3 formed in the rack E and a pivot G 2
on its outer end passes through a bearing hole formed in the turned up end F 3 of
the spring F. A. button H is secured on the outer end of the pivot G 2 by which
the cam G may be turned in either direction so as to cause one of the angular
corners along each side of G to bear upon the cross piece B 3 and thereby raise
the top board sufficiently to disengage the rack E from B 4.
Instead of the cam G the rack itself may be made to partly turn to disengage its
teeth from B 4. Or the cross piece may be made to partly turn for the same
purpose.
As a further modification the said rack may be fixed to the bed piece, which
practically means that the whole arrangement may be inverted.
The upper face of the base piece and the underside of the top piece are
recessed or cut away at certain parts so that the said rack, spring, cam and cross
pieces do not prevent these two faces being brought together.
Finger pieces J of metal or other suitable material are preferably secured to the
top board so that they may be turned outwards to project over the leaves of the
book with which it is used to hold them down.
The lower right-hand corner of the top board may be rounded off or cut away
to prevent the sleeve of the person using it catching thereon as shown by the
broken line K Figure 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A hand or wrist rest consisting of a base board having a top board adjustably
connected to it by means of links and fitted with a rack or equivalent device
for locking the top board after adjustment, substantially as herein shown and

page_text: 2. A hand or wrist rest having a base board A in combination with a top
board C connected to it by links B, D, a locking rack E and a releasing cam G,
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination with a hand or wrist rest of the form and construction
5 herein described of a finger piece or finger pieces.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1896.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.