Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1897-Accepted 17th July, 1897
I, GEORGE WATSON JESSOP, Medora Cottage, Hurtmore, Godalming, Amateur
Mechanic, 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 improvements in bed-tables, and has for its object the
construction of a simple form of table for attachment to a bedstead which can be
easily turned out of the way when not required without removal from the bedstead to
which it is attached.
In order that my invention may be clearly rendered, reference may be had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a
perspective view of the improved bed-table. Similar letters of reference are used to
indicate the parts in both views.
In constructing a bed-table according to my invention, I employ a bar A of
cylindrical section which may be tubular, of iron or other suitable material. The
said bar is of a length approximately equal to that of the longest bed-stead with
which it is to be employed, and is attached to the head and foot post of the same on
one side by clamps, which may be of any suitable form. I prefer to make the
attachment by bending one end of the bar at right angles, flattening the same, and
applying a band of spring steel or other suitable metal in such a manner as to
einbrace the said bent end and the bed-post, drawing it tight by means of a screw,
and attaching a short piece of metal by a similar band to the other post, the said
piece being bored out to enable the plain end of the bar to pass through it, thus
affording adjustment for varying lengths of bed-stead, but I may employ any other
suitable clamp for the purpose. A tubular piece B is fitted to slide and rotate on the
bar A, and carries two uprights C. C, which are united in their upper end by a
cross-piece E. A table D is pivotally connected to the two uprights at their upper
extremity, and a pin F is provided which can pass through a hole G, in the tubular
fitting, and a corresponding hole in the bar A, when the uprights are brought into a
vertical position.
The action is as follows: When required for use the frame B. C. C. E is turned on the
bar A into a vertical position, and moved along until the hole G is opposite another
of which there may be several in the said bar. The pin F is then inserted, lockin
the frame in position.
The table D is turned on its pivots over the bed, until it rests in a horizontal position
supported by the cross-piece E. When not required, the table is turned back and
the pin F reinoved, when the frame can be turned down out of the way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-

page_text: brought into and out of use, without detachment from the bed, substantially as herein
described and shown.
Secondly. In a bed-table, the employment of a table or shelf pivotally supported on
a frame capable of rotation and sliding on a horizontal bar attached to the bedposts,
and of fixture in a suitable position thereon, substantially as described, with reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings.