IMPROVEMENTS IN TABLES. STOOLS. AND OTHER PIECES OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pierre Samain, of Meusnes (Loire et Cher), in the
Empire of France, Lock Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TABLES. STOOLS. AND OTHER PIECES OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Pierre Samain at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th January 1856.
I, PIERRE SAMAIN, of Meusnes (Loire et Cher), in the Empire of France,
Lock Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVE..
MENTS IN TABLES, STOOLS, AND OTHER PIECES OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in applying moveable hinged legs to pieces of house-
hold furniture, such as tables, stools, desks, and other similar articles, so that
they may be easily taken to pieces for the purpose of packing and in order to
lessen their bulk, whilst at the same time their constituent parts may be very
speedily put together again. The furniture thus made, though lighter than in
the usual way, is, nevertheless, very solid. The annexed Drawing represents
a table made according to that plan. Fig. 1 is a view of a table with all its
parts put together; Fig. 2, with the legs taken out and put together; Fig. 3,
the column or stand S with its nut N, by means of which all the parts are held
firmly together.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Pierre Samain in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th July 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PIERRE
SAMAIN, of Meusnes (Loire et Cher), in the Empire of France, Lock Maker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Pierre Samain, Her special licence that I, the said Pierre Samain,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Pierre Samain, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN TABLES, STOOLS, AND OTHER PIECES OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Pierre Samain, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within.six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Pierre Samain, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This Invention of improvements in tables, stools, and other pieces of house-
hold furniture, consists in the particular construction of these articles, with a
view of making them more, portable than those of the ordinary description.
This is effected by making theso improved pieces of furniture to come apart
and certain parts, to, fold up, so as to occupy a comparatively small space, but
when put together to be as, firm and stable, as similar articles of the ordinary s
description. In the Drawing accompanying and forming part of this Specifi-
cation, the improvements are shown as applied to a table, but they are also
applicable to other articles of furniture, for example, foot stools, coat and hat
stands, flower stands, desk stands, targets.

page_text: Fig. 1 represents the pillar and foot of a table. A, B, C, are arms upon
which the top of the table is placed; D, E, F, are the legs which support
the pillar S; these legs are made with tenons at the upper part, which fit into
mortices i, i, made in the lower part of the pillar S, as shewn by Fig. 3.
The legs are secured in the mortices by pins passing through the tenons, as
shewn by Fig. 5; this arrangement permits of the legs folding together, as
shown in the Drawing. N is a nut, having an internal screw made therein,
which takes on to the screw V, shown by Fig. 3; when the table is set up, this
nut is screwed up, as shown at Fig. 1, and serves to keep the legs firm and
steady; the arms A, B, C, are secured in a similar manner. Fig. 2 repre-
sents the legs of the table, and Fig. 3 the arms, taken apart and placed
together in a small compass ready for packing; these parts may be made in
wood, metal, or other suitable material..
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of carrying
the same into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not con-
fine myself to the precise arrangement of the parts shewn in the accompanying
Drawing, as the same may be varied or modified without departing from
the Invention; but what I clain, and desire to secure under the herein-before
in part recited Letters Patent is, constructing pieces of household furni-
ture in the manner herein-before described and shewn, or any mere modification
thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Pierre Samain, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.