US279290A - Table - Google Patents

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' swung up 130 serve as an ornament.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY VON DER WULBEKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.-

TABLE.

SPECIFIOATION forming paart of Letters Patent N0. 279,290, dated. June 12, 1883 Application filed August 24, 1882.

T0 aZZ whom z't may concern Be it: known that I, ANTHONY VON DER WUL* BEKE, 0f the eity 0f New York, county and Stehe of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tables, 0f which ehe following specification is a full, elear, and exaet descriptibn.

This invention relates to an improved table, whieh, when not in use, may be swung upward and held in place against a Wall, t0 serve as a pieture, mirror', 01 other ornament.

'Ihe invention eonsists in tl1e combination 0f a Wall with a hinged platform, a plante projecting beyond ehe edge 0f alle platform, am]. with a leg pivoted to the platze and adapted so be swung upon the platform, all as hereinafter more fully sei; out.

. The invention also eonsis ts in ehe details 0f construetion hereinafter m01e fully poinoed out.

In the aeeompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion 0f aroom provided With my improved table, showing 111 Fig. 3 is a perspeetive view 0f a ortion 0f a 100n1,

"showing my improved table leb down for use.

which is pivoted a leg, c. '1his leg is equal in le'ngth 130 the distanee tl1e platform a is hinged from ehe floor. Wl1en tl1e platform is let down,

es in Fig. 3, t0 serve es aoable, the leg csupporo's its free end, the upper edge 0f said. leg being concealed beneafuh the plate b, a-s shown; y but when the table is so be converted into a room Ornament ehe leg c is revolved t0 rest (N0 model.)

upon the top of platform a, and then seid platg is a ledge fastened 130 the Wall A a short distance beneath the hinged edge of the table, t0 serve -es an additional Support;

The lower side 0f the platform ato Will, the side exposed when the platform is swung up is proVided with asuitalole ornament, such as a mirro1 or pieture.

My invention may also be applied t0 benehes,

es shown in tl1e drawings, whieh may be hinged no the Wall ab tl1e right and left 0f the oalole,

if desired. a a represent two sueh benches. b b are ehe projeeting end plates; c c, the pivoted legs, and d d the catehesall operating in the same manner .as hereinabove deseribed with relation to the table.

It will be seen that by my invention the furniture 0f a room maybe rapidly removed, and ab ehe san1e ohne the room ornamented by swinging said. .furniture up against the W?b1l. In this way a dining-room er publie resort may be converted 111110 a dancing-hall of attraetive appearanee in a very sho1t time: The invention is also useful when the floor of a room is 130 be temporarily eleared for cleaning purposes.

I elaim as my invention H 'Ihe combination 0f Wall A with hinged plaoform a, plate b, p10j ecting beyondthe edge of platform' a, and with leg c, p1'v0ted to plate b and adapted t0 be swung upon plaform a, substantially as specified.

ANTHONY VON DER WULBEKE.

Witnesses:

HERMANN KQSTER, F. v. BRIESEN.

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