An Improved Adjustable Table or Bracket for the Bedside or other Use.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Adjustable Table or Bracket for the Bedside or
other Use.
I, SYDNEY HERBERT COUSINS of Bradley Villa, Priory Park, Kilburn in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
By this my Improvod adjustable arrangement suitable for Invalids and for
Parents and for Infantile use requiring attention during the night, wherein I take
and fix to the upright of either side of the bed post or Couch a portion or portions.
of metal surrounding the post or vertical support, which are so arranged as to suit
or clip around any size of post or support by screwing or clamping them together
on to the same or in any suitable manner, so that they may easily slide and be
adjustable at any desired height or level. I attach and connect to the said metal clips
or surroundings a vertical web of metal (or may form part thereof) having either a
groove therein wherein a pin may be inserted or a suitable hinge formed, to which
a horizontal support or bracket is connected and attached thereto having a Tray
fitted on the said bracket or support and coupled thereto underneath and having
a slot and guide working therein so as to enable the Tray to be drawn forward from
the upright post when desired and to be brought parallel to or over the bed or
couch, working by means of the hinge arrangement referred to, or in other
suitable manner, radially and to be steadied or fixed in the required position as
may be desired.
The sliding Tray would be provided with a back and with sides to keep the
necessary articles required in position and in the case of using a Lamp or Night light
for which provision would be made for securely fixing the same, that when swung
or pushed aside the rays of light would be hidden or made dim.
Dated the 7th day of March 1888
HUGHES & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Adjustable Table or Bracket for the Bedside or
other Use.
I, SYDNEY HERBERT COUSINS of Bradley Villa Priory Park Kilburn in the
county of Middlesex Gentleman 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 an improved bed tray or stand for invalids and children
and has for its object to receive & support night lights food warmers or other vessels
required for the use of children or invalides at night time, or any other vessels or
utensils whatever may be the purpose for which they are required. With particular
reference to night lights by turning as will be hereinafter described the tray towards
or from the bed the full glare of the said light can be obtained or the latter can be
screened from sight so as not to disturb the sleep of the occupier of the bed.
The tray is provided with sides to prevent articles from slipping off the same
and is capable of sliding to and fro in order to be brought as near the bed side as
required.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have shown the
same on the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my
improved bed tray or stand. Fig. 2 being a plan thereof. A is the tray proper
made of suitable wood such as pine, maple, mahogany, oak, rose wood, ebony or any
other material and carrying two guides G. G₁ formed or fixed in any convenient
manner upon its under surface. Between these two guides runs a sliding bar S
whose rear extremity is provided with an opening through which passes the upper
end of the screw rod R forming part of the bracket B and secured to the said bar by
means of nut. N. The lower end of the screw rod R receives mounted thereon first
the shank or rod of the clip or clasp C and then one extremity of a curved piece P
whose other extremity is fixed to the centre of the underside of the said sliding bar
these two pieces being likewise secured to the screw rod R by another nut N¹. The
shank or rods of a second clip or clasp C joined to the former clip or clasp by an
upright rod R is mounted upon the rod R below the sliding bar S as shown, the
bracket being further consolidated by an arched or curved rod D whose ends are
screwed respectively to the undersides of the upper and lower shanks or rods s s¹ of
the clips or clasps C. C. The sliding bar S can be fixed to the tray in any convenient
position by means of the screw . The said clips or clasps C. Care fixed to the posts
or uprights of a bed-stead by means of the thumb screws W. W so that the improved
bed tray or stand can be adjusted at any suitable height to the said bed post or
upright and removed therefrom whenever desired. The tray proper A is provided in
front with two side bars .M. M and an end piece E and at the rear with two upright
sides O. O¹ joined at the top by a cross bar centrally notched at n so as to form a

page_text: box or recess for a night light for instance and the said tray has a back or screen F
having for its object to conceal the said light when the tray which pivots by means of
its slide upon the rod R is turned away from the bedside.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved bed tray or stand arranged, combined and operating substantially as
and for the purpose described.