US1269193A - Knockdown table and the like. - Google Patents

Description

G. C. KELLY.

KNOCKDOWN TABLE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. 1916.

Patented June 11; 1918.

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KNOCKDOWN TABLE AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t d J ne 11, 191

Application filed April 24, 1916. Serial No. 93,243.

adapted to have its component parts disassembled for conveniently storing thesame.

Tables of this type are used occasionally in clubs and in hotels and other public places, for banquets and the like,'and"are invariably stored within a compact space when not in use. It is often found necessary to quickly remove the tables after a banquet so that the space occupied by them may be cleared and used for other purposes.

'It is the purpose of my invention to provide a table of this character, the 'component parts of which can be quickly assembled and disassembled, and which when assembled, will be capable of sustaining considerable weight and will also rigidly support the table top and furnish a solid structure. It also has for its object to provide a table of this type which is simple in construction, inexpensive and durable, and the component parts of which can be assembled with ease and speed and which can be readily disassembled. 7

It has for a further object to provide a table which may be constructed of light material so as to reduce the weight to the minimum, thus enabling the same to be conveniently transported or moved about from one place to another.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to'be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims. I

In the drawings,

I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a table constructed according to 'my invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 22, Fig. 1', looking up.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through a portion of the table taken on line 3-3, Fig. I

1, the lower portion of the leg being shown Fig. 41 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line H, F ig.'8.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken online 55, Fig. 1'. Flg. 6 is a detached perspective view of one of the swinging leg braces or brace members. i

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section taken on line 77, Fig. 8, with the brace member in dotted lines in said last-mentioned'figure illustrated in full lines.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a tableprovided with a pair of intermediate legs.

Reference being had to the drawings in detail, 10 designates the tabletop which is shown of rectangular formation, butlmay be round or otherwise formed. Arranged lengthwise on the underside of saidtop are two metallic stiffening'bars '11, 12, each bar having at opposite ends-hollow enlargements or sockets 13 and each enlargement or socket has a lateral projection 14 extending toward the transverse center of thetable top and spaced from the underside of 'the' bar by a notch 15. The bars 11, 12 are-screwed or otherwise fastened to theunderside of the table-top and serve to prevent warping of the top. By arranging the bars lengthwise on theunderside of the top, the latter may be-made comparatively thin so that a table" of light weight results from such construclZlOll.

At suitable distances from the enlargements or sockets 13 I apply to the underside of the bars 11, 12, latch-receiving socket-- members 16, but if desired, these members may be formed integrally with said bars or secured directly to the underside of the table top.

The parts thus far described constitute the table top'or one of the component parts of the table. In a table of ordinary length, two pairs of legs will be found suflicient to properly support the top and any weight it may have to carry, but a table of con-' siderable length may require one or more. intermediate pairs of legs,- as shown in "Fig. 8; but in either case the end pairs of legs are similarly constructed. Each end pair of legs forms one ofthe component parts of the table and comprises'two connected leg members 17 which are preferably reduced in thickness at their upperends, as at '18, to provide a shoulder 19. These legs may be of any cross sectional formation and of to be withdrawn from said sockets.

connected together by a connecting or tie member 20, preferably in theform shown, but any other form of connecting member may be used so long as it is capable of rigidly connecting and maintaining the legs of a each pair in connected condition.

Mounted for horizontal swinging movement on the reduced upper end of each of said legs isa brace member 21- ,Eaclibraoe member comprises converging arms 22, 23,

i one of which is substantially horizontaland the other inclined'to meet the outer end of the. horizontal arm at which end thebrace member has an enlargement or head 24:.

(The inner ends of the arms 22, 23 are providedwith alined hubs 25 having openings 26 therethrough. Through the openings of the alined hubs ofeach brace member the upper reduced end of a leg member 17 is passed and when inserting a leg member through said hubs, a spacing sleeve27 is placed upon the leg member so as to fit between said hubs, said spacing sleeve 27 being pinned to the leg member, as at 29.

Each of the leg members extends upwardly beyond the upper surface of the upper hub 25,as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The projecting upper ends of the leg members of each pair of legs are inserted within the sockets .13 of the metallic bars 11, 12 at the same end of the table, and when thus arranged'the brace members are .f'reeto swing on the'table legs. The upper or horizontal arms 22 of the brace members are provided with upward and inward projections .30 forming substantially locking hooks which are adapted to swing into the notches 15 of the sockets 13 when said members are swung pa'rallelwith the side edges of .the table top. When the parts of the table are disassembled, the brace members of each, pair of legs are swung transversely,

as shownbydotted lines in Fig. 3, and are thus situated between the legs. fpositionedfthe locking hooks of said memiVhen thus bers are disengaged from the notches inl'he sockets 13 soithat the connected legs are free allel with the side edges ofthe table top,

or substantially so, .they are preferably locked at their outer'ends to the table top,

.a'nd-for this purpose a spring latch 31 is arrangedrslidably within each of. the heads 24; at said, outer ends. Each enlargement or, head itherefore has a socket 32 formed ..therein. and arsmalibore 33 extending from said socket downwardly to the bottom face of'the enlargement' Each latch 31 comprises a sliding bolt 36 fitting in the socket32, a rod 37 formed on said bolt and fitting in the bore 33, and a coil spring 38 surrounding the rod and bearing at one end against said bolt and at its other end against the bottom wall of the socket, thusserving to hold the engaging end of said bolt projected from the upper face of said enlargement or head. moths projecting end of said rod a head A2 is threaded or otherwise secured so as to permit of conveniently manipulating the latch. The enlargement or head 24 at the outer end of each brace member has a dovetailed portion 14i projecting from its upper face which is adapted to enter a correspondingly formed groove in the cooperatingdatch-receiving socket member, thus when the brace members are swung into bracing position, the dove-tailed projection of each enters the correspondingly formed groove of its cooperating socket member and prevents flexing of the table top in a vertical direction,

The table top is thus effectually locked and the legs properly braced to sustain any weight which may be placed upon the table.

The connecting members 20 are archshaped, asshown in Fig. 3, thus giving space for the legs of a person sitting at the end of a table. In cross sectioneach of these connecting members is of angle formation, except midlength where a- {flange 45 is formed along the inner edge of the member, the latter being adapted to be engaged by the sliding bolts 36 of the braces when they are swung transversely for the purposeof storing the component parts of the table, the mere swinging of the braces causing the curved faces at .the outer ends of the bolts to engage the flanges 4:5, and by the latter be caused to retract against the action of the springs 38, which springs immediately force the latch bolts outwardly afterthey have passed the inner. faces of said-flanges, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. I

VVhen an intermediate pair of legs are used, the brace members are extended in opposite directions from the supporting legs 'to which. they are attached, as showninFig. 8, thus the hub portion is situated between the enlargements or heads at the outer ends of the brace members; the brace members being otherwise constructed similar'to'those applied to the end pairs of legs. However, if desired, a pair of brace membersadapted to swing in opposite directions'maybe plied to the reduced upper end of each supporting leg.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. An article of furniture comprising a top member having sockets, two pairs of connected legs, a swinging brace member applied to each leg, a dove-tailed connection between said top member and the free or outer end of said brace member, and means for detachably fitting the upper ends of said legs into said sockets.

2. An article of furniture comprising a top member having two pairs of sockets, two pairs of connected legs having their upper ends fitted into said sockets, a swinging brace member applied to each leg, co-acting locking elements on said brace members and sockets, and means for detachably connecting the outer ends of said brace members with said top member at points distant from said sockets.

3. A knock-down table comprising a table top having sockets provided with horizontal notches, table legs having their upper ends slidably retained in said sockets, and swinging elements on said table legs having hookshaped portions adapted to enter the notches of said sockets.

l. A knock-down table comprising a table top having a plurality of sockets, each socket having a lateral projection and a horizontal notch between said lateral projection and said table top, a leg having its upper end inserted into each of said sockets, and a brace member arranged on each leg and having its axis coincident with the axis of its cooperating leg so as to swin thereon and also having a horizontally disposed hook-shaped portion adapted to enter the notch of the cooperating socket, each brace member having a spring latch at its outer end adapted for connection with the table top.

5. A knock-down table comprising a table top having sockets, each socket being provided with a notch, a pair of connected legs at each end of the table having their upper portions detachably fitted into said sockets, a swinging brace member on each leg beneath its socket having a projecting portion engaging the notch of said socket and having also an enlargement at its outer end provided with a spring latch, and socket members on the underside of said table top adapted to receive said spring latches.

6. A knock-down table comprising a table top having a pair of spaced parallel reinforcing bars secured to the underside thereof, each bar having a socket at each end, a pair of connected legs at each end of the table detachably fitted into the sockets at said end; a brace member held on each leg to swing thereon and comprising outwardly converging arms provided with an enlargement at their outer ends, the upper arm of each brace member having means interlocking with its cooperating socket, a spring latch in each of said enlargements, and socket members on the underside of said table top adapted to be engaged by said spring latch.

7. A knock-down table comprising a table top having spaced reinforcing bars secured to its underside provided with sockets at opposite ends, each socket having a notch formed therein, a pair of connected supporting legs at opposite ends of the table top having their upper ends detachably fitted into said sockets, brace members arranged to swing on said supporting legs so as to assume positions between the legs of each pair or positions parallel with the sides of the table, each brace having a projecting portion adapted to fit into the notch of the cooperating socket when swung into the lastmentioned position and having also a dovetailed projection at its outer end, socket members secured to the underside of the table top having dove-tailed grooves to receive said dove-tailed rojections, and a spring latch in each of said heads adapted to latch into said socket members.

8. A knock-down table comprising a table top having notched sockets, a leg adapted to detachably fit into each socket, socket members secured to the underside of said table top, each having a dove-tailed groove,

and swinging braces on said legs, each brace comprisin converging arms having hub portions tting onto its cooperating leg, an upwardly and inwardly extending portion adapted to enter the notch of the cooperating socket, and an enlargement at the outer ends of said arms having dove-tailed projections adapted to fit the dove-tailed groove of its cooperating socket member and a spring latch within each enlargement or 1ead adapted to engage said socket memers.

9. A knock-down table comprising a table top, two pairs of connected legs connected to said table top and a swinging element on each of said table legs, each swinging element having its axis coincident with the axis of the leg on which it swings and being adapted to lock and brace the table top to said leg and to be locked in position between a pair of connected legs when disconnecting the legs from the table top.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GROVER C. KELLY.

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