US787674A - Leg-rest. - Google Patents

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No. 787,674. .PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

G. KELLY.

LEG REST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.-

LEG-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,674, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 21,1903. Serial No. 166,487.

To all whom} it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mineralpoint, in the county of Iowa and State of Wis-- consin, have invented a new and useful Leg- Rest, of which the following is a specification.

This present invention relates to leg-rests, which, While employed in connection with rocking-chairs, are independent of the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple article that may be employed as a support for the legs of an occupant of an ordinary rocking-chair and can be manufactured and sold as a complete device in itself.

It is furthermore the object to provide in a device of this character a leg-support that will havea uniform movement with the chair,-

so that the legs will not slide upon the support when said chair is rocked.

A simple form of theinvention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein F igurel is a perspective view of the legrest, showing the same in use. Fig. 2 is aview in elevation of the rest. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through'the same.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a frame is employed comprising sleepers 5, to the intermediate portions of which are secured upright standards 6, said standards and sleepers being also connected by curved braces 7. The lower and upper ends of the standards are connected by cross-pieces 8 and 9, the latter of which is suitably ornamented, as illustrated It will observed that the lower edges or bottoms of the sleepers are flat and that an enlarged base is provided, so that this frame is stationary.

A swing is hung within the above-described frame, said swing comprising spaced hangers 10, having their upper ends pivoted, as shown at 11, to the standards, the pivots being insertible in any of a series of vertical openings 12, formed in the standards, whereby the height of the swing may be adjusted. The

lower ends of the hangers are connected by a leg-supporting element 13, provided in its up per side with leg-receiving seats 14, consisting of curved recesses. A receiver for papers or other articles in the form of a receptacle 15 is secured to and betweenthe upper ends of the hangers, said receiver being preferably provided with an open side that is closed by a hinged cover or door 16, the outward movement of said door being limited by l I suitable straps 17, as will be evident by reference to Fig. 3.

In the practical embodiment of the invention the hangers 10 will be at least as long as the distance between the rockers and the seat of an ordinary rocking-chair, and thus the leg-supporting bar or element 13 will swing through the arc of as great a circle as that upon which the seat of the rocker moves. The length of the hangers is therefore an important feature in connection with a stationary frame, for the legs of the occupant of a rocker, resting upon the supporting element, will have as free swinging movement as the body, thereby preventing the sliding of said legs in the leg-support. The r'eceptacle for papers and the like is in convenient position to the occupant, and this receiver, moreover, serves as a strengthening element to the swing, preventing the inward movement of the hangers, and therefore their disassociation from the pivots.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the'herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising a stationary frame provided with a base and having upright standards provided at their upper portions with alined perforations arranged at intervals, a rest composed of spaced hangers located at the inner faces of the standards, a leg-supporting bar connecting the lower ends of the hangers, and a receptacle connecting the upper portions of the hangers, the latter being extended upwardly beyond the receptacle and provided with perforations, and supporting pivots passing through the extended portions of the hangers and arranged in perforations of the standards, said pivots being removable and adapted to engage any of the perforations of the standards to permit the rest to be raised and lowerec.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a stationary frame provided with a base and having upright standards provided at their upper portions with alined perforations arranged at intervals, a rest composed of spaced hangers located at the inner faces of the standards, a leg-supporting bar connecting the lower ends of the hangers and provided at its upper face with opposite leg-receiving seats consisting of curved recesses, and a receptacle connecting the upper portions of the hangers, the latter being extended upwardly beyond the receptacle and provided with perforations,and supporting-pivots passing through the extended portions of the hangers and arranged in perforations of the standards, said pivots being removable and adapted to engage any of the perforations of the standards to permit the rest to be raised and lowered.

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

GEORGE KELLY;

Witnesses:

PHIL ALLEN, J12, FRANK E. HANSOOM.

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