Frederick Everhart McKinley's 1882 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1882
label: patent date
content: 1882-08-29
name: label: inventor
content: McKinley, Frederick E.
notes: label: Description
content: Frederick Everhart McKinley from Wellington, Kansas, received a U.S. patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 263558 was issued on August 29, 1882.
label: Description
content: This model has a singular bench seat with wooden hinges that come from underneath two front legs. The desk is attached to a backrest that has two slots underneath. The design promised better support and strength than previously made desks. The desk could swing downward, and the seat would be able to swing up. The desk is made of unpolished slats of light colored wood.
label: Description
content: Frederick Everhart McKinley was a carpenter born in 1850.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced in patent specifications
content: United States: Kansas, Wellington
topic: label: classified
content: Patent Models
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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.65.0414
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: 65.0414
label: patent number
content: 263,558
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: desk model
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: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 6 in; 13.97 cm x 8.255 cm x 15.24 cm