A Folding and Adjustable Book or Picture Stand.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Folding and Adjustable Book or Picture Stand.
I ROSA BATES temporarily residing at 21 Cantlowes Road, Camden Square,
London, N.W., Writer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A folding and adjustable book or picture stand, to rest upon a table or desk, or-
when of larger dimensions-on the floor. The stand consists of bars of wood
bamboo metal or other substance, threaded near the top upon a metal rod and kopt at
suitable distances fro:n each other by the insertion of moulds or beads of wood metal
or other material. The said bars being extended form a support to a hanging shelf,
suspended by cord ribbon or other suitable support from the top. Two moveable
arms are attached to the lower edge of tho sholf & can be exten led to keep the
object placed on the shelf in position.
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I, ROSA BATES, of 21 Cantlowes Road Camden Square London, N.W. Writer 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 folding and adjustable book and picture
stand, which is intended to rest or stand upon a table, desk or shelf, or when of large
dimensions, upon the floor, and consists of three or more (preferably four) bars or
legs of wood, bamboo, cane, metal or other suitable material, all pivotally mounted or
threaded, near their upper ends, upon a metal rod, and are maintained at a suitable
distance from each other by the interposition of beads or spherical moulds of wood,
metal or other material, also mounted upon the said rod, the whole being retained in
position by the means of a head upon end of the said bolt and a nut upon the other,
and-by dividing or separating the lower onds of the said bars or legs so that some
extend in a forward direction, while the other or others take a like position in a
backward direction, the said bars or legs operate to support each other, and form a.
stand for a shelf or bracket suspended thereon by a cord, ribbon, chain or other
support engaging with the upper ends of certain of them.
In order that my invention, and the manner of connecting together the several
parts constituting the same may be fully understood, I have hereunto appended a
sheet of drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my invention while Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the
same as it would appear when viewed from left to right of Fig. 1.
Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of the two parts constituting the shelf or bracket
shewn suspended and in position in Figs. 1 and 2.

page_text: Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of one of the wedges or keys by means of which
the portion Fig. 4 is fixed in position upon Fig. 3, as shown by the detail view
Fig. 6 and hereinafter explained.
carry my invention into effect by providing of wood, bamboo, cane, metal or
other suitable material, a pair of legs or bars A A', having near their upper ends
suitable holes by which they may be threaded upon a metal rod a, and betweon the
said bars or legs A A' I mount in like manner upon the rod a a bar or bars leg or
legs B, the whole of these being suitably divided from each other by the means of
intervening beads or spherical inoulds 6, also threaded upon the rod a, the whole
being retained in the said connected positions by the means of a head c at one end
of a and a nut d serowed upon the opposite end of same, or a nut d upon each ond
of a as may be desired, whon by dividing or separating the lower ends of A and A'
from B the whole will forn a self supporting stand as illustrated by Figs. 1 aud 2.
The shelf or bracket I prefer to construct in two parts C and D, the former being
the back portion, having two rectangular apertures e and el with which engage two
similarly disposed projections and f upon the shelf portion D, when the latter is
placed upon the front face of C as nt Figs. 1 and 2, but as tho oxtensions or
projections and f1 occupy only a portion of the depth of the apertures e and e¹ the
remainder of the said apertures is occupied by the blade portion g of a pair of wedges
or keys such as Fig. 5, these being inserted into e aude from the back face of C
below the projections faud upon D, and thus serve as supports for D as shewn in
Figs. 1 and 2, and more particularly by Fig. 6, in which the back portion C is shown
in section. The back portion C is also provided with a pair of preferably circular
holes and in these is threaded a ribbon, cord, chain or the like k, and by suspending
this upon the upper ond or ends of the bar or bars B, the shelf or bracket C D is
suspended upon the bars or legs A and A' as at Figs. 1 and 2, so that a picture, book
or the like may be rested upon the portion D, and to facilitate the retention of the
picture or the open condition of a book when resting thereon, I provide upon the
front edge of D a pair of arms or buttons such as m.
The wedges 9 are each provided with an enlarged head such as p, the shape and
size of which may vary, that is to say, the outer ends of p abut against the inner
surfaces of the legs or bars A A', and it follows that if the said heads p are
enlarged the lower ends of the legs or bars A A' would be pushed outwardly, as
indicated by dotted outline in Fig. 1, and so enhance the rigidity of the stand
generally.
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.
1st. The improved folding and adjustable stand for pictures or books substantially
as herein described and shown.
2nd. In an improved stand for pictures, books and the like, the combination of
three or more legs or bars such as A A and B, mounted or threaded upon a rod a,
and kept at a suitable distanco apart from each other by the means of beads or moulds
such as balso threaded upon a, with brackets or shelf composed of two parts such as C
and D, connected to each other by the means of projections such as fupon D,
engaging with apertures such as e and e' in C, accelerated by wedges or keys such
as g, having enlarged heads such as p, the said compound bracket and shelf being
suspended upon the said legs or bars A A' aud B by means of a ribbon, cord, chain
or the like such as k, threaded in holes such as in the portion C, the whole
connected and combined substantially as, and for the purposes herein set forth and
shewn by the appended drawings.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.