Writing-table and machine-table combination
OwnerDieter Horninventor
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Abstract
A table having a table top writing surface and adapted to house a concealed sewing machine and the like until needed, the table including a movable machine storing drawer having a lower surface above the normal knee level which sloped downward toward the rear, the machine being mounted on a plate arranged in the drawer with a lifting mechanism that moves the plate flush with the table top when the drawer is in its extended position and that moves the plate downward to bring the machine into a position within the drawer to allow the drawer to be pushed into its retracted position beneath the table top.
Claims6
A writing and machine table combination including a broad-surfaced planar table top and a movable machine drawer slidably disposable in said table below the table top, the invention comprising:
- a machine-supporting plate mounted on said machine drawer;
- support means associated with said plate for swingably supporting a machine below the upper surface of said plate when not in use and supporting a machine above said upper surface when in use;
- positioning means coupled to said drawer for positioning said upper surface of said plate immediately in front and at the level of the upper surface of said table top when said drawer is in its outward extended position;
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- swingable bottom plate means hingedly attached at the lower-front portion of said machine drawer and normally extending downwardly and rearwardly therefrom for swinging upwardly to a knee-clearing horizontal position when desired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.