Patent Model - Improved Folding Desk
Maker and role
Ernst Gilles, Patentee
Jules Wendell, Patentee
Abraham Grant, Assignee
Production date
Mar 22 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8" (19.1 x 24.1 x 20.3cm)
Description
Gilles and Wendell assigned one third of their rights to Abraham
P. Grant, of same place. Their improved folding desk consists of "constructing the standards of the tables and desks with vertical slots provided with notches, and in pivoting to the arms supporting its top, levers, so constructed and arranged that their loose ends may slide in the slots in the standards and engage in the notches therein, so that the top may be supported at any angle desired." (Patent Number 101,118)
P. Grant, of same place. Their improved folding desk consists of "constructing the standards of the tables and desks with vertical slots provided with notches, and in pivoting to the arms supporting its top, levers, so constructed and arranged that their loose ends may slide in the slots in the standards and engage in the notches therein, so that the top may be supported at any angle desired." (Patent Number 101,118)
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Object number
2015.14.1157a,b
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