US1371890A - Secretary-case drawer for tables - Google Patents

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L. G. GUSTAVEL. SECRETARY CASE DRAWER FOR TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1920.

1 ,3? 1,890. Patented Mar. 15, 1921..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS G. GUSTAVEL, OF MQNTICELLO, INDIANA.

SECRETARY-CASE DRAWER FOR TABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed November 5, 1920. Serial No. 421,969.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS Gr. GUsTAvnL, a citizen of the United States, residin at Monticello, in the county of White and gtate of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Secretary-Case Drawers for Tables; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

desired to use the case the drawer can be .partially withdrawn, the ease raised and the drawerthen' moved to close it, as far as permissible, thereby moving the secretary case into position above and projecting over the top of the table so that it is in convenient position for use and gives the appearance of a secretary case standing upon the table; the user can then sit down at the side of the table opposite the case and have practically the full top of the table to write upon. en he has finished writing he can partially withdraw the drawer, turn the secretary case down therein, and then close the drawer, the table then presenting an unbroken solid top.

I will explain the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a view of the case attached to the drawer and in raised position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the drawer with the case in lowered position.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the drawer and table with the case closed.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the drawer partly opened and the secretary case in usable position on the table.

The invention may be applied to any ordinary top drawer of any desired table. As shown the drawer 1 may be of any suitable construction; it is shown provided with transverse partition strips 1 and 1.

The secretary case may be of any desired construction and preferably of such length as to fit easily into the drawer between the sides thereof, and is shown as about one half as high as the drawer is deep. The case is shown as having comparments 2, 2* and the table.

2 of different size for stationery, etc. Of

course the particular size and construction r of this case is not a feature of the invention;

To the ends of the case areattached hinge supporting members 3 which depend below the secretary and are preferably pivoted, as

shown at 3 to the-sidesof the drawer ad--- j acent the front end thereof, see Fig. 1.

. These members 3 are of such length that when the case is raised in position shown in Fig. 1 they'will support the case above the top of the drawer a distance equal to the height of the top of the table above the top edge of the drawer (see Fig. 4). 3

The case when raised is supported by members 3 above the level of the drawer but in such position that its bottom may rest neatly upon the top of the table as indicated in Fig. 4 whenthe parts are properly adju'stedl The casemay be closed within the.

drawer as indicated in Figs. 2 and?! so that the contents of the secretary will be retained in the secretary by the transverse strip 1'. The compartment l ibetween the partition 1 and the front of the drawer and the compartment 1 between the partition 1 and the back of the drawer may be used to contain any papers or things which the owner desires.

Normally the secretary case will be folded within the drawer as in Fig. 2 and the drawer closed as in Fig. 3, the case being then entirely concealed and the table looking like an ordinary fiat top library table.

When the owner wants to use the table as a desk he first pulls out the drawer, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, sufliciently to enable him to raise the case to a vertical position and then pushes the drawer inward until the case. projects over the forward edge of the table and the inward movement of the drawer is arrested by the supporting members 3 engaging the edge of the top of Then the owner can sit either at the back or end of the table and use the entire table top as a desk. When the owner has finished his writing, he can pull out the drawer to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, then lower the case into the drawer, and then close the drawer andthe case will be concealed as indicated in Fig. 3.

The secretary case is partially supported by the drawer through the members 3, but may rest lightly upon the top of the table when in usable position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 4.

The device is very simple, useful and of. great convenience, and enables an ordinary library or flat top table to be converted into a writing desk at the option of the owner.

. I claim 7 1. In combination with a table and a drawer slidably mounted in the table; of a secretary case connected to the drawer and adapted tobe folded into the drawer, or

raised upward when the drawer is opened and be supported above the drawer and projected over thetop edge of the table by partially closing the drawer, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a table and a drawer; a secretary case adapted to bebe lowered into the drawer or raised upward when the draweris opened, and to support it above the drawer when the drawer is opened in position to be moved partly over the top edge of the table by closing the drawer, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a table and a drawer; a secretary case adapted to be lowered withinthe drawer; members connecting the case with the drawer so as to permit the case to be lowered into the drawer "or raised to vertical position when the drawer'is opened and when the case is raised the drawer can be closed unt1l the case 15 brought over the edge of the table and the inward movement of the drawer arrested by saidmembers. r a

5. In combination with a table drawer having projections; a secretary lOOX or case adapted to be placed within the drawe'ry hinge members connecting the case with the drawer so as to perm t the case to be raised to vertical positlon and the drawer closed until'the secretary case is brought over the edge of the table and the inward movement of the drawer arrested by thehinge memhers, substantially as described.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature.

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