Object Details
- Description
- Frederick Everhart McKinley from Wellington, Kansas, received a U.S. patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 263558 was issued on August 29, 1882.
- This model has a singular bench seat with wooden hinges that come from underneath two front legs. The desk is attached to a backrest that has two slots underneath. The design promised better support and strength than previously made desks. The desk could swing downward, and the seat would be able to swing up. The desk is made of unpolished slats of light colored wood.
- Frederick Everhart McKinley was a carpenter born in 1850.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- inventor
- McKinley, Frederick E.
- date made
- 1882
- patent date
- 1882-08-29
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 6 in; 13.97 cm x 8.255 cm x 15.24 cm
- Object Name
- model
- desk model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
