US1299164A - Combination tray and book-rack. - Google Patents

Description

W. C. FRASER.

COMBINATION TRAY AND BOOK RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1918.

l ,299, 1 64;. Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

( M/Vow UNI . WILLIAM G. FRASER, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COMBINATION TRAY AND BOOK-RACK.

17 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. FRASER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Trays and Book-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to improvements in invalid stands and has for its main object to provide a stand to be attached to a bed or cot which can be used either as a tray or book holder by altering its position.

Another object is to provide a stand of the class described which can be secured to a bed in such a manner that it can be readily swung out of the way when not in use.

Still another object is to provide a tray with means attached thereto which can be swung into position when desired, to act as a retainer for a book or magazine, when the tray is to be used as a holder.

A still further object is to provide a stand of the class described whereby the tray can be etsily removed from its frame when desire The invention in one practical form in which it may be embodied is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my invention attached to a post of a bed and showing the tray as a book holder.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with parts broken away and in section to more clearly show the details of construction, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the tray taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings I have shown my invention attached to a bed post 1 by means of clamps 2 which carry the supporting frame 3 allowing the same to have a swinging movement in order that it might be swung into position in front of the occupant of the bed or to one side of the bed when not in use.

Secured on the main frame 3, centrally of its ends, is a sleeve 4 having one of its ends notched to receive the correspondingly notched end of the sleeve 5 which is loosely mounted on the main frame 3. Fastened to the main supporting frame 3 by means of rivets or bolts which secure the stationary sleeve 4 is a strut rod 3 which acts as a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1918.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919. Serial No. 223,108.

brace for the load on the main frame. Both the ends of the rod 3 and 3 are bent downwardly to drop into sockets provided in the clamps 2.

Mounted on the sleeve 5 in any suitable manner is a tray 6 provided with brackets 7 at its side edges to which are pivotally secured fingers 8. It will be readily seen that when it is desired to use the tray as a book holder, the fingers can be swung inwardly to hold the pages of the book open. Furthermore, the pivotal movement will allow the fingers to be swung upward or downward to accommodate different size books or periodicals.

Carried on the end of the frame 3 and abutting the sleeve 5 is a spiral spring 9 which holds the sleeve 5 in engagement with the notched sleeve 4. It will be readily seen that should the operator desire to convert the book stand into a tray, this can be accomplished by ulling the sleeve 5 outwardly against the spring 9 until its notched end is free from the sleeve 4:- The tray can then be tilted to any desired position, at which point the spring will again force it back into locked engagement with the sleeve 4. This operation is made comparatively simple by the use of a handle 10 secured to the sleeve portion 5.

The extreme outer end of the frame 3 is threaded for the reception of a nut 11, the purpose of which is to hold the spring 9 against the sleeve 5 and in addition to facili tate the easy removal of the tray should it be desired at any time to use this for other purposes.

While I have described and shown my invention in connection with a bed, it will be readily appreciated that the same can be attached to a chair or any suitable object de-, sired. It might also be used not only as a tray and book holder but as a writing table, type-writer stand or the like, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim In a device of the class described, clamps adapted to be secured to a bed-post, a main supporting bar pivoted in one of said clamps and extending at right angles to its pivotal line of axis, a sleeve provided with a notched end mounted upon said supporting bar centrally of its ends, a strut rod pivoted in the other one of said clamps and extending obliquely toward the sleeve, securing members passed through said sleeve and strut rod and the main supporting bar, a tray supporting sleeve slidably and pivotally mounted upon said supporting bar and having one of its ends notched for engagement With vthe notched end of the first sleeve, a tray secured to said supporting sleeve and yieldable the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

WILLIAM o. FRASER.

Copies of this patent may be obtainedifor five centseach, by addressing. the Commissioner 0! Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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