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. M. GABRIELLI. COMBINED TABLE, IRONING BOARD, AND STEP LADDER.

No. 440,351. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

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No. 440,351. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

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MARTIN GABRIELLI, OF NEVV YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED TABLE, lRONlNG-BOARD, AND STEP-LADDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,351, dated November 11, 1890.

Application filed June 2, 1890- Serial No. 354,016- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN GABRIELLI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Table, Ironing- Board, and Step-Ladder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to a combined kitchen-table, ironing-board, and stepladder, and has for its object the provision of a device simple in construction, cheap in manufacture, and eificient in practical use.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 represent side elevations of an article constructed according to my invention used, respectively, as a table and step-ladder. Fig. 3 is a face view of the step-ladder, and Fig. 4. is an end view of my invention when used as a table.

Like letters of reference, wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring again to the drawings, A represents the legs of my table, one of which is placed under each of the four corners of the same, each opposite pair of legs A being connected by two or more inclined or oblique cross-pieces 0., adapted to form steps, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Near the top and on the interior sides of each opposite pair of legs A are pivoted, by the rivets a the braces A each pair of the latter being also provided with connecting cross-pieces a, obliquely placed as regards the edge line, the terminal edges being so formed as to assume a vertical position when my device is used as a table, and to lie in an approximately horizontal direction when my appliance is used as a step-ladder, the two braces A being joined together by the hinges a The braces A are preferably made narrower in width at their hinged ends, and at the larger extremities of the same are formed eccentric projections or enlargements o adapted, in connection with a lug or stop M, with which the legs A are provided, to limit the upward motion of the braces A when my article is used as a step-ladder, as

is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which case the oblique cross-pieces a. and a serve to form steps for the same. The braces A are provided with stay-hooks a which serve to engage with the legs A when my device is used as-a table, and thus to hold the parts rigidly together. The upper portions of the legs A are provided with recesses a, one pair of'which serves to hold the, loose cleat B, together with the cross-cleat c, rigidly attached to the under side of the table-top O, and the other pair the cleat b, hinged to the ironing-board l3, and the cleat c, secured to the table-top O. Hooks c serve to hold the ends of the table-top C to the upper portions of the legs A.

In practical operation, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, my device forms a substantial steady table of light weight and of convenient size.

For ironing purposes, the hooks 0 having been disengaged, the table-top C may be removed and the ironing-board B will then be in proper position for use. The hinge b serves to allow the free end of the board to be raised so that the clothes may be drawn over it, and the inclined braces A will keep the same in an elevated position, so as to prevent them from being soiled, which would be the case should they fall upon the floor.

When the use of a step-ladder is desired, the ironing-board B and cleat b hinged thereto, and also the loose cleat B, are removed, and the stay hooks a loosened, whereupon the braces A pivoted to the legs, the joint being near the center of the steps, may be lifted up to the position shown in Fig. 2, one of the stay-hooks a on each side now serving to hold each pair of braces A together, a strong, steady, and convenient step-ladder thus being formed.

As it is evident that many slight changes in the construction and relative arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the particular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that I reserve the right to make such changes, and that What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with folding steps hinged together at the top and jointed near the center and provided with recesses, of two cleats, one hinged to an ironing-board, the two cleats adapted to become engaged with the recesses, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with folding steps hinged together at the top and jointed near the center and provided with recesses, of a detatchable table-top and an ironing-board, both adapted to engage with the recesses, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The folding steps hinged together at the top and jointed near the center, the lower portion serving either as table-legs or as the lower steps of the step-ladder and the upper portion forming either the topof the same or braces for the table-legs, in combination with a detachable table-top provided with cleats adapted to engage in recesses formed in the steps, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same, in the city'of New York, county and State of New York, this 13th day of July, A. D. 1889.

' MARTIN GABRIELLI.

Witnesses:

JNo. FOWLER, SADIE ONEILL.

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