A New or Improved Board and Trestle Combination for Use of Paperhangers and the like
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Board and Trestle Combination for Use of
Paperhangers and the like.
I, SARAH ANN SHEARD, of 19 Great Marton Road, Blackpool, Lodging House
Keeper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved board and trestle combination for use
of paperhangers and the like, and has for its object a trestle that shall be firm,
when in use as such, and to be portable when used as a board
The invention consists of a preferably rectangular board, which is divided
longitudinally.
Cross pieces of non, wood, or othci suitable metal or material are provided, and
hinges are used to enable the two parts of the board to fold over each other.
The legs are fastened or connected to the hoaid in the usual manner, but
are placed at unequal distances from the centre of same, to enable it to be
lolded flat.
The nuts and bolts which are used to fasten the legs in any desired position, are
of the usual shape
Recesses in the board are made to receive these nuts when the board is folded
Dated this 10th day of May 1895
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Board and Trestle Combination for Use of
Paperhangers and the like.
1, SARAH ANN SHEARD, of 19 Great Marton Road, Blackpool, Lodging House
Keeper, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a combinational trestle and board, the
whole when set up forming a table-like structure capable however of being folded
up when not required for use.
As my invention will be more readily understood from a drawing I make
reference to the one annexed hereto in which Fig. 1 18 a plan Fig. 2 an end view
of the combination when folded up, and Fig. 3 a side view when opened out
for use.
The same letters refer to similar parts in each figure. The top 18 divided into
two parts a and b hinged together at o c. de and fg are pairs of trostle legs hinged
ath' and ' to a and b respectively. One of each pair of these trestle legs 18
provided with a slot and the other with a bolt, working in i and having the head k
and the screw nut . The two pairs of legs de and fg are not equi-distant each
side of the hinges cc, but de are so much nearer the division between a and b as
will permit fg to fold over and rest ou a as shown at Fig. 2. The pairs of legs de
and fg are connected together by the cross-piece / hinged at m.

page_text: Any suitable kiud of wood, metal or other material or combination of them may
be used in the respective parts of the combination forming my invention.
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Assuming the table to be folded up as shown at Fig 2, it is opened by bringing a
and b into the same plane by turning one over the other on the binges cc (the
connecting-piece turning simultaneously ou the hinges m). The nuts are then
loosened, and the legs de and fg opened into the position shown in Fig. 3, the nuts ¹
being then tightened up making the whole firm and ready for use. By a reversal
of the above mentioned operations the table and legs can be shut up. I do not
restrict myself to the precise details, relative proportions, configuration or disposition
of parts as any or all of them may be varied without departing from the spirit of
my invention.
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 16-
1. A table folding on hinges along the centre of its width, each folding piece
being provided with a pair of tiestle legs hinged to each of the said folding-pieces :
each pair of trestlo legs being also connected to the other of them by a hinged
connecting piece at each end crossing from side to side of the table, and one leg of
each pair having a bolt working in a slotted opening in the other leg of the pair,
for the purpose of keeping the trostles extended when opened, the whole forming
and operating as a fold-up trestle table substantially as described in the above
Specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
2 The combination of parts acting together as described in the above
Specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawing and forming a fold-up
trestle table for the purposes set forth in the title.
Dated this 31st day of January 1896.
ПUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, Loudon, E.C., Agents for Applicant.