Improved Method of and Means for Supporting a Shelf, Table, Picture-rod or other article from a Wall or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 28th July, 1900
Improved Method of and Means for Supporting a Shelf, Table,
Picture-rod or other article from a Wall or the like.
I, JAMES LETHBRIDGE BROOKE TEMPLER, Lieut.-Colonel, Stanhope Lines,
Aldershot, in the County of Hants, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved method of and means for supporting a
shelf, table, picture-rod or other article from a wall or the like, and the object of
it is to enable such articles to be quickly erected wherever required, by anyone
not necessarily skilled, and without the employment of nails, holdfasts, screws,
angle brackets or like fastenings or supports, which damage the wall or other
main support, and when not wanted may as easily be taken down or removed and
the wall made intact.
According to my invention one or more special bricks having a hole through
them are let into the wall or other main support and form sockets in which are
inserted the ends of rods or rails upon which is placed the bench, table-top,
shelf, picture-rod or other article.
These special bricks may be made of any suitable material, preferably cast
iron or cast steel, and the hole through them may be of any shape but preferably
it is T-shaped. It extends right through from side to side of the brick or
substantially so; in the case of stretchers (bricks laid lengthwise) it pierces the
brick transversely and in the case of headers (bricks laid endwise) it traverses
the brick longitudinally; in each case preferably centrally.
In the case of a plastered wall a projection extending around the hole is
made on the front side of the brick about as deep as the thickness of the plaster.
facing, the outer edges of the said projection being preferably curled over back-
wards or notched to afford the plaster a better hold at those parts.
Rods or rails having a cross-section corresponding to that of the hole in the
special bricks above mentioned are inserted therein and their projecting ends
serve to support the shelf, table top or other article.
In the case of supporting' a picture-rod or the like the rods or rails are prefer-
ably replaced by stout hooks, the shanks of which may be plain and simply
fit in the correspondingly-shaped hole in the brick by friction, or both shank and
hole may be screw-threaded if desired.
Finally, it is preferable to cement or otherwise fix these bricks into
the wall, but the rods, rails or hooks may be simply held in their sockets by
friction.
Dated this 28th day of July 1899.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improved Method of and Means for Supporting a Shelf, Table,
Picture-rod or other article from a Wall or the like.
I, JAMES LETHBRIDGE BROOKE TEMPLER, Lieut.-Colonel, Stanhope Lines,
Aldershot, in the County of Hants, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly des-
cribed and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved method of and means for supporting a
shelf, table, picture-rod or other article of furniture from a wall or the like,
and the object of it is to enable such articles to be quickly erected wherever
required, by anyone not necessarily skilled, and without the employment of nails,
holdfasts, screws, angle brackets or like fastenings or supports, which damage
the wall or other main support, and when not wanted may as easily be taken down
or removed and the wall made intact.
I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail with the aid of the
accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of this specification and
read therewith in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of portion of a brick wall shewing my improved
brick built in at intervals and shewing three of the supporting rails inserted
therein.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a stretcher brick constructed according to the
present invention and as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a header brick.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a header brick provided with a modified
form of hole.
Figures 5 and 6 are a sectional plan and front elevation respectively showing
the bricks as used for plaster walls.
Like reference letters denote the same parts throughout the figures.
According to my invention one or more special bricks a having a hole b
through them are let into the wall c or other main support and form sockets in
which are inserted the ends of rods or rails & upon which is placed the bench,
table-top, shelf, picture-rod or other article.
These special bricks a may be made of any suitable material, preferably cast
iron or cast steel, and the hole through them may be of any shape but preferably
it is T-shaped. It extends right through from side to side of the brick or
substantially so; in the case of stretchers (bricks laid lengthwise) and shown in
Figure 2, it pierces the brick transversely and in the case of headers (bricks
laid endwise) and shown in Figure 3, it traverses the brick longitudinally;
in each case preferably centrally.
Referring to the modification illustrated in Figures 5 and 6. In these figures
the brick is somewhat modified to make it adaptable for use in plaster walls.
In the case of a plastered wall such as e, a projection f is made on the front side
of the brick a about as deep as the thickness of the plaster facing e, the outer
edges of the said projection being preferably curled over backwards as shown at f
or notched to afford the plaster ca better hold at those parts.
Rods or rails having a cross-section corresponding to that of the hole in the
special bricks above mentioned are inserted therein and their projecting ends
serve to support the shelf, table-top or other article.
In the case of supporting a picture-rod or the like the rods or rails are
preferably replaced by stout hooks, the shanks of which may be plain and
simply fit in the correspondingly-shaped hole in the brick by friction or both
shank and hole may be screw-threaded if desired.

page_text: Finally, it is preferable to cement or otherwise fix these bricks into the wall,
but the rods, rails or hooks may be simply held in their sockets by friction.
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:.
:_
The method of and means for supporting a shelf, table, picture-rod or other
article from a wall or the like, consisting of the combination with the wall or
other solid structure of special bricks built in said structure at intervals, said
bricks having holes through them and bars or rods fitting slidably in said holes
and projecting outwards from the face of the wall or other solid structure for
supporting the table top, shelf or the like, substantially as described and shown.
Dated the 30th day of April 1900.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.