US503246A - Foot-rest for rocking-chairs - Google Patents

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W. .MGQUILLEN EooTREsT 'PoR RoGKNG CHAIRS. n No;503,246. Patented Aug. 15, 1893.

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AWILLIAM MCQUIIILEN, OF WOODLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOOT-REST FOR BOOKING-CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,246, dated August 15, 1893.

Application filed January 26, 1893. Serial No. l$59,788. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MCQUILLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodland, in the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Foot-Rest for Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in adjustable vfoot-rests for rocking-chairs; the objects in View being to provide asimple and effective foot-rest which can be applied to any ordinary rocking-chair; which is adjustable to suit the height of the rocking chair; and whose platform preserves its position in any adjustment of t-he rest.

A further object of my invention is to provide a foot-rest by means of which the chair may be rocked and which during the rocking of the chair moves freely upon the floor.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the class named, which when not in use maybe arranged beneath the chair.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the following description and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:-Figure l is a side view of my improved foot-rest applied in vthe operative position to a rocking chair, the position of said rest when not in use being indicated in dotted lines.. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View of the rest taken centrally through the arm by which the'rest is attached to the chair. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the platform. Fig. 4. is a detail view of the spring-catch.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates the platform of the improved foot-rest, and into the side edges of the same are let the depending hangers or shields 2 whose outer surfaces are flush with the edges of the platform. Y

3 represents a rock-shaft,which is mounted in bearings in the lower ends of the hangers or shields, and upon the reduced ends of said rock-shaft are mounted the rubbertired rollers Ll. The under surface of the platform ad-a jacent to the hangers or shieldsis channeled as shown at 5 to receive the upper sides or edges of the rollers to enable the platform to be arranged close to the iioor.

6 represents an arm provided at its upper end with a snap-hook or catch 7 to engage the rung of a rocking-chair, and provided at its lower end with a bifurcation 8.

9 represents a spring, one end of which is fixed to the front side of the rock-shaft and which curves under the latter and extends upwardly and rearwardly into the bifurcated lower end of the arm o'. The arm is provided with a thumb-screw 10, whereby the spring 9 may be clamped in place. By means of this construction the spring may be extended to adapt the foot -rest to chairs of different heights. 1

Attached to the front side of the rock-shaft by means of the bolt which secures the front end of the spring 9 thereto,is a pressure-spring 11 whose front end is fixed to the under surface of the platform near its front edge.

The snap or clamp at the upper end of the bifurcated arm is adapted to be engaged with the front rung of the rocking-chair when the foot-rest is to be arranged in its operative position, as shown in full lines in Fig. l. In this position the rollers carried by the plat form rest upon the door infront of the rocking chair, and as the chair is rocked, said rollers move forward and backward, as in other devices of this class.

The arrangement of the rollers near the rear edge of the platform enables the occupant of the chair by pressure upon the platform to cause the chair to rock forward and upon relieving said pressure the reflex action of the pressure-spring 1l will causethe chair to rock to the rear. Thus by alternate pressure and release of the platform the chair may be rocked.

Pressure upon the front edge of the platform of the foot-rest will tend to rotate the rock shaft 3 backwardly and thus elevate the arm 6 by which a rocking motion is communicated to the chair. Upon the release of the platform the parts are allowed to resume their normal positions and thus permit the chair to return to a position of equilibrium.

The platform may-be upholstered and ornamented in any desired manner, and it will IOO be noted that the arrangement of the hangers or shields Hush with the side edges of the platform prevents the engagement of clothing, dre., with the rollers and enables the cushion or covering to be arranged symmetrically.

The position of the foot-rest when not in use is shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, in which it is swung under the chair until the spring 9 comes in contact with the rear rung which carries a spring-catch 12 to engage and hold the foot-rest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a platform, a rock shaft mounted thereon and carrying rotatable rollers, an arm provided at one end with a clamp to engage the rung of the rocking chair, spring connection between said arm and the rock shaft, and a pressure spring fixed at its rear end to the rock shaft and at its front end to the under side of the platform, substantially as specified.

2. Ina device of the class described, the combination of a platform, a rock shaft mounted thereon and carrying rollers, a pressure-sprin g connecting said rock-slaaf t with the platform near its front edge, an arm provided with means for attachment to the rung of a chair and having a bifurcatedlower end, and a spring attached at one end to said rockshaft, fitted at the other end in the bifurcation of said arm and engaged by a thumbscrew, substantially as specified.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a platform, depending hang ers or shields let into the side edges of. said platform, a rock-shaft mounted in bearings in said hangers or shields, rollers mounted upon the reduced ends of said rock-shaft, a pressure-spring 11 connecting an intermediate portion of the rock-shaft to the front edge of the platform, a bifurcated bar provided at its upper end with a snap or springclamp to engage the rung of a chair, and a spring adjustably fitted at its upper end in the bifurcation of said bar, and fixed at its lower end to the rock-shaft, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WM. MCQUILLEN.

Witnesses:

OSCAR MITCHELL, WM. PATERSON.

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