US1721327A - Table - Google Patents

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Karl @Anderaon INVENTOR fifim ATTORNEY July 16, 1929. K. e. ANDERSON TABLE Filed Aug. 3, 1928 I II Patented July 16, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

KARL G. ANDERSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.-

TABLE.

Application filed August 3, 1928. Serial No. 297,186.

This invention relates to improvement in adjustable tables adapted to be connected to beds, couches or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an adjustable table which may be detachably 2L111X6Cl to a bed and which may be swung under the bed when not in use.

A further object is to provide a means for connecting a shaft to a bed support so that the table supporting bracket may pass the connection of the shaft with the bed and be lowered below that connection to be swung under the bed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a section taken thru the bed showing the table and supporting shaft in position.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

A bed frame 1 is supported by casters 2 on a surface 3 and in turn supports a mattress 4: and springs 5. The usual angle irons used for connecting the ends of the bed and for supporting the springs are indicated by the numeral 6 and are also used to support the bracket 7 which is part of the invention. Secured by welding or other means to the bracket 7 is a shaft 8, which extends above and below the said bracket. The bracket 7 is secured to the angle iron by a threaded bolt 9 which bears against the inner surface of the iron and is adjusted by the wing 10.

Adjustably supported on the shaft is the table 11 having downwardly extending members 12 between which is slidably mounted a drawer 13. The drawer is mounted in the usual manner by having splines 14 on the members 12 engage channels cut into the sides of the drawer. The table may be positioned anywhere on the shaft from the top to the bottom, it being adapted to be swung in any position after being secured in its vertical position, by means of the following connections.

Secured to the members 12 by screws 16 is a bracket 17 having one end curved in the form shown at 18 to fit around the shaft. Fitting just under the bracket 17 is a leaf spring 19 which is held by the same screws 16 and which is adapted to bear against the surface of the said shaft 8. A bracket 19 similar to bracket 17 is secured to the members 12 and is also adapted to engage the surface of the shaft, the curved ends of the two brackets conforming to the curve of the'shaft but not entirely encircling it. A cap 22 is secured to the lower end of the shaft and is formed with a lug 28 extending inwardly with relation to the shaft.

The entire device may be attached to any bed by securing the bracket 7 to the angle iron of the bed and positioning the table for use, that is in the relative position on the bed by sliding the bracket 7 along the angle iron to the desired position and then tightening the bolt 9. The table may be rotated freely on the shaft and also moved vertically between the ends of the said shaft to position the same. To put the table into storing position it is swung into the position indicated by the upper dotted lines in Figure 1 and moved vertically downward to the bottom of the shaft, the space between the curved ends 18 and 20 of the brackets 17 and 19 allowing it to pass the bracket 7, and swung into position indicated by the lower dotted lines in Figure 1, the lug 23 engaging the space between the curved ends of the brackets and securing it in position. To again position it for use it is merely necessary to raise the table slightly and slide it into position with the reverse movements used to put it in storage position. The spring 19 forms the tension means to hold the table in position without binding, the said spring however projecting to allow it to be depressed by the finger.

WVhat is claimed is:

An adjustable table for beds comprising a shaft, a bracket secured thereto to secure the said shaft to the bed, a table, a pair of brackets secured to the table and partly encircling the shaft, a spring interposed between the brackets and the shaft to tension the brackets on the shaft, the said ends of the said brackets being spaced from each other, and a cap having a lug adapted to fit into the space between the ends of the brackets and hold the table in one position.

'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

KARL G. ANDERSON.

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