Thomas Redmayne's 1875 School Desk Patent Model fragment
date: label: date made
content: 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-11-02
name: label: patentee
content: Redmayne, Thomas
label: transfer
content: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
label: inventor
content: Redmayne, Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: Thomas Redmayne from Sheffield, York, England, received a British patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 169478 was issued on November 2, 1875.
label: Description
content: This is a partial model, consisting of a dark wooden rectangular plank with metal screws and two brackets that are connected by three screws, and there is a metal circular piece on each end. The desk was made of dark wood and designed to be adjustable. A wheel mechanism was used for adjusting and altering the angle of the desktop. Lying flat, it formed a table; reclined, it formed a desk, and placed in a vertical position, it served as a seat back.
label: Description
content: We are not aware of any additional information about the inventor/patentee.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced in patent specifications
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: classified
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: American History Education Collection
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Patent Model School Seats and Desks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0393
label: catalog number
content: 65.0393
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 169,478
objectType: label: Object Name
content: school desktop
label: Object Name
content: desk patent model fragment
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 4 in x 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.27 cm