Improvements in the Construction of Desks and Seats used in Schools and other places.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 19th May, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Desks and Seats used in Schools
and other places.
I, WILFRED BLEZARD, of Grove House, Padiham, in the County of Lancaster,
Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Heretofore the iron brackets supporting the ends of the bookboard have been
cast in one piece with the standards, and have formed part thereof, thus neces-
sitating the use of a right and a left hand pattern, vizt. one for each end of the
desk or seat.
According to my invention the brackets are cast separately, and are afterwards
secured to the standards by bolts, screws, rivets, or other means.
The advantages claimed for this method of construction are 1st. the same pat-
tern will serve for moulding standards for either end of desk or seat; the right
or left being determined by the position of the brackets on the standards when
affixed thereto.
2nd. The pattern of standard without the bracket is better adapted for "plate-
moulding" than the one with the bookboard bracket cast on.
Dated this 13th day of July 1899.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
Improvements in the Construction of Desks and Seats used in Schools
and other places.
I, WILFRED BLEZARD, of Grove House, Padiham, in the County of Lancaster,
Pattern Maker, 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 improvement in the standards of school desks with
the object of enabling the same pattern of standard to be employed for either end
of the desk.
In standards that have previously been used the brackets for supporting the
ends of the book board have been cast in one piece with the standard thereby
requiring a right and a left hand pattern, viz.: one for each end of the seat.
According to my invention the brackets for supporting the ends of the book
board are cast separately and are afterwards secured to the standards by bolts,
or rivets as shown on the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is an
Bcrews,

page_text: end of standard supporting desk and seat with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is
an edge view of the same partly in section and Fig. 3 a plan of the book board
bracket.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
The standard a is formed with a web and the bracket c is cast separately;
when right or a left hand standard is required the foot c¹ of the bracket is put
through the aperture d so that said foot may project from the standard either on
the right or the left hand side as may be required, the vertical portion of the
bracket being placed against the opposite side of the standard to which it is
bolted or otherwise secured as shown in Fig. 2. By this method of construction
one pattern only is required as the same form of standard will serve for either
end of the desk or seat, the right or left being determined by the position in
which the brackets are affixed to the standards, also the pattern of standard with-
out the bracket is better adapted for "plate moulding" than the one with the
book-board bracket forming a part thereof.
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:
1. Standards for desks and seats as employed in schools and other places with
the book board bracket formed separately from the standard which is provided
with a web as b to which the vertical portion of a bracket as c is bolted or other-
wise fixed with the foot or base of said bracket projecting rectangularly there-
from either right or left substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination with a standard as a for desks and seats of a bracket as b
for the purpose and in the manner substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 14th day of April 1900.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.