US285995A - Folding table - Google Patents

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P. GESKING. r y FOLDING TABLE.

No. 285,995. Patented Oct. 2, 1883s WITNESSES @fc mignon:

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UNITED '4 STATES NATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK GESKING, OF GRAND' RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FOLDING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 285,995, dated October 2, 1883.

' Application led July Q2, 1882. Renewed July 3, 1883. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern'.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIcK GnsIiINe, of Grand Rapids, in the county -of Kent and useful Improvement in Folding Tables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a folding or knockdown table of simplified construction, to which end my invention consists in a hinged brace of novel construction7 and its combination with a table provided with folding legs, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my im proved table. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tablebrace. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the brace.

A is the top of the table, which is provided on its under side'with hinged legs B B. The leg B is hinged directly to the table-top, while the leg B is hinged to a strip, a., the object being that, when folded7 the legs shall lie one upon the other. Each leg is provided in its lower or outer end and upon the inside with apertured clutch-plates b b, with which the end hooks, c, of the Ibrace D engage. The brace or crosspiece D is made of the two parts d d', which are attached together by a hinge at e, so that the two parts can be folded tof, which form a recess for the end of the part d, and serve to sustain the brace laterally. Upon the part d is also fitted a turning button l or plate, y, which, when turned parallel with the brace, serves to make the joint rigid-and to prevent any bending movement of the brace. On one end of the button or plate g is a catch, h, for taking over a iiange or lng, t', provided on the part d, so asto hold the brace more rigidly and to prevent any movementAof the joint.

f The table is set up by turning down the legs B B, then applying the brace by entering the hooks c into the clutch-plates b, after which the button g is turned to position for holding the brace rigid.

By this construction the table can be quickly set up and taken down7 and when set up the table will be firm and will present a good ap pearance.

The brace I) is also provided with hooks Z at one or both ends for engagement with eyes upon the legs B B to assist in holding the brace more iirmly in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

The table-leg brace D, formed oftwo parts, d d', hinged atV e, in combination with the side plates, f, arranged ou the sides of part d', eX- tending beyond the hinge to form a lateral brace on each side, and locked by a fastener, gli z', as shown and described.

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V'Vitnesses:

W. G. SAUNDERs, THOMAS H. TAYLOR, WILLIAM M. KARR.

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