Untitled record

Application filed October 21,1886. Serial No. 216,835. (No model.)

To all whom it. may concern: ।

Be it known that I, Levi Smith, a citizen : of the United States of America, residing at Highland, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in desks, the object of the same being to provide a desk with an adjustable top, which will serve as a book-support, and which may be adjusted at any suitable angle with respect to the stationary top; and 20 to this end my -invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illus25 trate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of”a desk, showing my improvement applied thereto, the supplemental or adjustable top being folded down upon the stationary top. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the top 30 elevated, or in a position for receiving a book for reading purposes. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the line x x of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken through the line y y of Fig. 2.

A refers to the side pieces of the desk, which are recessed horizontally, aS shown at a a, for the reception of a sliding board, B. Above this sliding board and upon the upper edges of the side pieces, A A, is rigidly secured by 40 any suitable means a stationary top, C, which is preferably inclined upwardly. To the upper end of this inclined stationary top is secured a transverse strip or board, D, which extends above the same, and is provided with suitable 45 grooves or recesses, d, which form a pen-rack, and a circular or other shaped recess, d', for the reception of an ink-well.

, The stationary top 0, hereinbefore referred io c, which will prevent the adj ustable top E making a noise when lowered.

The stationary top C has attached to its outer edges recessed guide-bars F F, which are rig- 55 idly secured thereto, and centrally the stationary top is provided with a slot,/, above which is secured a plate, g, having a series of perforations, with which a suitably-constructed pivoted catch attached to the adjustable top will 60 engage.

The adjustable top E has secured to its lower edges side plates, e, to the lower edge of which are pivoted blocks h, having inwardly-turned ends which engage with a recess in the sides 65 of the stationary top 0, so as to permit the lower edge of the top E to be slid over the top 0 without being elevated.

The top 0, at the limit of the movement of the top E, is provided with recesses i, which 70 extend from such a point under the board D, where plates I, having eyes formed in the lower ends, are secured. To these plates are suitablv-pivoted bars L L,'the opposite ends thereof being pivoted to plates I',,secured to the mov- 75 able top E. The bars L L are adapted to lie within the recesses i, when the movable top is adjusted so as to lie parallel with the stationary top 0. The movable top is provided near its lower edge with a projecting rail, e', which 80 will serve to hold books or papers in place.

The catch G, -which is pivoted within a recess in the lower edge' of the top E, is provided With a portion which forms a.hand-hold, which is also provided with a block of leather or other suitable material which will prevent noise or the contacting of the metallic parts against each other. .

When the parts of the desk are organized as shown in Fig. 1, the same may be used as an ordinary flat or inclined-top desk, and when a reading-desk is desired the top E may be elevated, as shown, so as to support the book in au inclined position before the reader.

Owing to the pivoted bars L, the inclination of the top may be varied without changing the distance of the center portion of said top from the eye of the reader. By providing the slid_t ing board B a supplemental top can be provided, so as to support paper or books when

I am aware that it has been heretofore proto, adjacent to the transverse board D, is pro- vided, so as to support paper or^dook 50 vided at its edges with recesses O', and to the the desk is used for copying Imposes. 3 . . » ·_ _£j λΊτπ T nni ovrorb ffhaf·, ih 119R ΙίΡΡ,Π ΠβΙθυΟΙΟ top adjacent thereto is attached rubber blocks ₉o ico

359,474 posed to so construct a desk that the front part of the desk-top can be adjusted at an angle with the top of the frame on which it rests and with the stationary rear part of said top, and 5 this I do not claim; but I am not aware that prior to my invention a desk having a stationary top extending from front to rear and entirely covering the desk has been provided with an adjustable top adapted to fit snugly io upon the front part of the stationary top, or to be adjusted at an angle with said stationary front part.