Combined Folding Desk and Chair-Assembly (Patent No: 433740)

Inventor: Brodie, Mike

Location: Vilna

Comments: b. Manitoba 1901, moved to Alberta 1914; also invented combination reversible puller, adjustable socket, collapsible hat, etc.; photos, see The Western Producer, July 7, 1955, scale model for writing desk and chair that folded up to a suitcase shown by Stanley Brodie as inventors' field day in Swift Current; information on file; combination puller in PMA collection H75.43.1; photo UV123, PAA

Description:
1. A combined operative folding desk and chair-assembly consisting of a desk embracing a front vertical wall; a two-part horizontal folding top; means to act as legs associated with said front wall; an arm-rest hinged to one end of said desk at its outer end, and a chair-assembly movably associated with the outer end of said arm-rest and located in front of said desk.

2. A combined operative folding desk and chair-assembly consisting of a desk embracing a front vertical wall; a two-part horizontal folding top one of its parts being much wider than the other means to operate as legs associated with said front wall; an arm-rest hinged at its inner end to one end of said desk, and a chair-assembly; movably associated with the outer end of said arm-rest comprising a plate held in a vertical plane, and a chair movably associated with said plate and located in front of said desk.

3. A combined operative folding desk and chair-assembly consisting of a desk embracing a front vertical wall; a two-part horizontal folding top one of its parts being much wider than the other means to operate as legs associated with said front wall; an armrest hinged at its inner end to the outer end of said desk; a chair-back pivotally associated with said plate, and a seat operatively associated with said chair-back.

4. In the combination as set forth in claim 3, the feature of a means pivotally associated with said chair-back below said seat to support the same in operative position.

5. The combination with an operative folding desk, spaced means carried thereby to form legs therefor, and an arm-rest hinged at its inner end to one end of said desk, of a plate vertically hinged at its inner end to said arm-rest at the outer end thereof; a chair-assembly pivotally associated with said plate, and means associated with said chair-assembly and said plate whereby said chair-assembly is limited in its movement into operative position, in relation to said plate.


6. In combination an arm-rest; a plate vertically hinged thereto at the outer end thereof and provided with a chamfered outer curved end; a chair-back pivotally associated with said plate; a seat operatively associated with said chair-back, and a plate carried by said chair-back and adapted to pass closely in front of said curved end of said plate when the said seat is moved into position for use, for the purpose specified.

7. As a new article manufacture to form a folded portable furniture article of relatively small compass, a combined desk and chair-assembly consisting of a desk folded to form the side wall, top, and front wall of the folded article; an arm-rest hinged to one end of said folded desk and enfolded by said side wall, top, and front wall, and provided at each end with a plate which plates form the closed ends of said folded article; means to act as legs for said desk carried by said wall, and a folded chair-assembly hinged to the outer end of said arm-rest and housed within the same behind said side wall.


8. an operative article of the class described consisting of a foldable table or desk section; foldable means contributarily supporting same, an arm rest associated with one end of said section and contributing to the support thereof, and a foldable chair-assembly associated with the outer end of said arm rest and supporting same