CA1047317A - Headrest and cabinet for railway car compartment - Google Patents
Headrest and cabinet for railway car compartmentInfo
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Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure A passenger railway compartment includes a convertible seat arrangement and upper berth adjustable to sleeping positions. A combination headrest and cabinet is positioned above the seat rest and is movable from latched position in engagement with a partition wall downwardly to expose an open side of the cabinet which will permit access to a pillow or bedroll contained there-in. In the upright position of the seatback the cabinet is provided with a flexible headrest member for use by the passenger.
Description
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HEADREST AND CABINET FOR RAII.WAY CAR COMPARTMENT
Background of the Invention 1. Field of the Invention The field of invention pertains to railway compartments having convertlble seat and sleeping arrangements.
More specifically, the invention relates to a headrest compartment and cabinet which is movable from a headrest r position to expose one side thereof which contains a sleeping accessory.
HEADREST AND CABINET FOR RAII.WAY CAR COMPARTMENT
Background of the Invention 1. Field of the Invention The field of invention pertains to railway compartments having convertlble seat and sleeping arrangements.
More specifically, the invention relates to a headrest compartment and cabinet which is movable from a headrest r position to expose one side thereof which contains a sleeping accessory.
2 Description of the Prior Art The art of passenger car seat and sleeping accommodations provided in compartments of passenger cars includes numerous accessories which may serve dual functions.
Some of these are disclosed in U.S. paten-ts 24,563 June 2~, 1859, 25,570 September 27, 1859, 940,383 November 16, 1909 and 1,763,490 June 10, 1930. ~he present invention is an improvement over the aforementioned patent structures.
Summary of the Invention In its broader aspects the invention comprehends -~
a passenger compartment for a railway car including a side wall, longitudinally spaced and laterally extending partition walls and a divider wall extending longitudinally providing a door opening into the compartment. A seating arrangement ls provided in the compartment which includes a seat and seatback movable ~ ;
from a seating pasition to a horizontal bed position, the ~`
seatback in the ~eat position being normally upright against one of the partition walls. A headrest and cabinet combination are ~ -provided which include a box-like structure having one open side facing the one of the partitions and a head resting covered opposite side. Upper and lower bracket members are attached to . .
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, . . .
'73~7 the one of the partition walls and reinforce same. The box-like structure of the headrest and cablnet combination has a lower housing frame member. Hinge means connect the lower bracket member with the lower housing frame member to thereby permit 5rotational movement of the headrest and cabinet combination from a supported closed positlon on the lower bracket member with the open side facing the one of the partitions whereby the headrest and cabinet combination is immediately above the seatback and provides a headrest, into an open downward dependiny position ~ -lOwhereby the lower bracket and the lower housing frame member provide shelf means for storage when the seat and seatback are in the horizontal bed position. r More particularly, a seating and sleeping com-partment for railway passenger cars includes an upper berth mov-able from a stored position to a horizontal sleeping position.The passenger compartment includes seats facing one another both o~ which are convertible with their respective seatbacks to an elongated horizontal sleeping position.
A headrest is provided on each partition wall above the seatback in the seating position the headrest including a flexible foamlike material supported in a hollow box-like frame structure. The~frame structure is open on one side which in the seat rest positlon of the structure is Elush against the partition wall. When the horizontal seats and the vertical seatbacks are positioned in a reclined fashion for sleeping purposes the box-like headrest structure~may be hingedly moved downwardly into . .
positlon exposing the open side of the cabine-t or structure. In this position the passenger has ready r ' ~ .
~ 2 -... .
~73~l7 access to pillow or slmllar accessory means which is contained therein.
Brief Descr~ption of the Drawin~s FIG. 1 is a perspective view Df the interior one-half por~ion of a seating and sleeping com-partment of a railway passenger car;
FIG. 2 is a view of the compartment shown in FIG. l showing the same transformed to sleepin~ --accommodation;
FIG. 3 is a sectional vLew taken substantially --along the line 3-3 of FI(~
FIG~ 4 is a front. elevational view~of ~e combination headres~ and:cabinet--with a por~ion broken~
away; and . ~:
FIG. 5-is a cross sectional view ~aken substantially along the line~5-5 of FIGr 4 , - os~riuci~ ~f che ~rcfLrred Embodiment `.
. - ' Referring par~icularly to FlGSo 1 and 2, ~a raiIway car~csmpartment or bedroom lO lncludes a car 20~~side::1l having.an:outside window 12, a roof structure --13 and~ ~longitudinally spaced transversely extending parti-tion walls 14. I~ FIGS. l and 2 one-half of the compart- . :
, ment 10 is disclosed~ ~he other half being essentially `:
_ 3 - ~:
~ ~ 7 ~ 7 identical having a similar seat back and headrest con-st:r~ction. The compartment is mounted on the railway car floor 15 and also supports an uprigh~ longitudinally extending divider wall 16 laterally spaced with respect to ~he wall 11. In conventîonal fashion the present com-partments are provided on opposite sides of the passenger car and are sufflciently spaced apart by the divlder walls 16 to provide a sultable aisle generally designated at 17. Each of the divider walls 16 also includes an aisle window 18. -An upper berth 19 is hlngedly connected as indicated at 20 to ~he outer wall or side 11 and may be suitably latched in a storage position-as shown in FIG.: .
-1 and which--m~y be released-to a horizontal or reclining . position wherein the upper berth 19 is supported upon brackets 21 provided on the par~ition walls 14.
The combination seat and lower berth arrange-ment 22 includes a seat 23 slidingly supported for hori~on- :
tal movement upon tracks 24, one of said tracks belng ~0 positioned on the outer side wall 11 and the other being suitably supported on a partitioned cabinet 26 adjacent the divider walls 16. An armLest 25 may be connected to the seat 23 to be moved with the seat to the position indicated Ln FIG. 2. A seat back 27 is positioned in a substantially upri~ht positîon as shown in FIG. 1 but may be moved to convert the seat 23 with the back 27 as ~ _ .
73~7 shown in ~IG, 2 to a horizontal bedlike posture.
A combination headrest and cabinet 28 is supported on each of the partit~on walls 14 above ~he seat back 27 as ~ndicated in FIG. 1. The combination 28 in-- 5 cludes a boxlike frame structure 29 provided ~ith upper hori~ontal frame members 30 and lower horizontal frame members 310 The frame members 30 and 31 are connected to vertical side frame members 32 and as bes~ shown in FIG.
2 the structure 29 is provîded with an open side generally referred to at 33~ The other side of the structure 29 i~
suitably covered by means of a flexible panel 34 which may consist-of-sponge rubber or the---like:suitably covered wlth a fabric of relatively-1exible and-comfortable ..
. material. The: ~lexlble panel 34 may be backed up by .
flexible strapping-35 to prov~de resiliency and-thus comfort-when ~he unit is used- in the headrest position~
As best shown in FIG~ 2 when the open side is exposed during the horizontal-position- of the-seats-and-seat~~~-back, a pillow, bed roll or other accessory of similar type deslgnated at 36 may be easily removed by the passenger~ :
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Referring now part:Lcularly to FIG. 3 an outwardly ~ pro.~ ecting horizontal hinge spacer bracket 37 : is rLgidly connected to ~he partitlon wall 14 and has supported thereon at one end a piano hinge 38 which is -also connected to the lower frame member 31 of the . . .
' . :
-73~1l7 structure. Thus the structure 29 may be hinged about the bracket 37 from the solid line position indicated in FIG. 3 to the dotted line position wherein the open side of the frame structure is accessible to the passenger. In the closed full line position wherein the structure is used as a headrest laterally spaced spring back latch members 39 are connected to ~he partition wall by means of screws 40. The latch members 39 include a spring loop 41. . -Horizontally spaced latch brackets 42 are suitably connect-ed by means of screws 43 within a recess 44 to the upper hor:izontal frame member 30. In the position shown in FIG~-5 the structure is held in a latched position up against the wall 14 by means of the latch brackets 39 and 42. The spring loop 45 is în springlike engagement with the loop 41-but upon outward and downward pressure on the structure or cabinet the spring loops 41 and 45 are released to permit hinging movement of the structure to the position shown in FIG. 3.
Operation In F~G. 1 the compartment is set up for seating with the upper berth 19 in a stored position.
The headrest combination 28 provides head rest comfort for the passenger. When the seats 23 and seat backs 27 .
~ are moved to the horizontal position shown in FIG. 2 the headrest combination 28 may then be moved to the position shown in FIG. 2 abou~ the hinges 38. Outward ~:
and downward pressure on the cabinet prov;des for dis-:
~73~7 engagement of the spring loops 45 and 41 so ~hat the cabinet now merely falls down to the dotted line position shown in FIG. 3 whereupon the passenger may readily remove the plllow 36 which ;s contained within the cabinet.
Very easily and very slmply the passenger can then return the headrest to the position indicated in FIG. 1 where-upon ~he spring loops 41 and 45 again mainta~n khe solid line position of the cabinet as shown in FIG. 3.
The structural strength of the cabinet ~8 serve to strengthen the partition wall 14 so tha~ the partitlon walls may be made of a relatively thin material providing for a lighter weight passenger car. Further, -the- support -brackets~21 for: the-upper berth 19 also combine to rigidify the partition walls 14.- Thus-a com-fortable headrest is provided which ~s readily movable to a position for providing access to-accessories-con~ained within the cabinet.
The foregoing d~scription and drawings merely explain and illustrate the invention and the invention is not limited thereto, except insofar as the appendant claims are so limited~ as those skilled in the art who have the disclosure before them will be able to make modifieations and variations therein withou~ depart ing from the s~eope of the lnvention.
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Some of these are disclosed in U.S. paten-ts 24,563 June 2~, 1859, 25,570 September 27, 1859, 940,383 November 16, 1909 and 1,763,490 June 10, 1930. ~he present invention is an improvement over the aforementioned patent structures.
Summary of the Invention In its broader aspects the invention comprehends -~
a passenger compartment for a railway car including a side wall, longitudinally spaced and laterally extending partition walls and a divider wall extending longitudinally providing a door opening into the compartment. A seating arrangement ls provided in the compartment which includes a seat and seatback movable ~ ;
from a seating pasition to a horizontal bed position, the ~`
seatback in the ~eat position being normally upright against one of the partition walls. A headrest and cabinet combination are ~ -provided which include a box-like structure having one open side facing the one of the partitions and a head resting covered opposite side. Upper and lower bracket members are attached to . .
~k'"
, . . .
'73~7 the one of the partition walls and reinforce same. The box-like structure of the headrest and cablnet combination has a lower housing frame member. Hinge means connect the lower bracket member with the lower housing frame member to thereby permit 5rotational movement of the headrest and cabinet combination from a supported closed positlon on the lower bracket member with the open side facing the one of the partitions whereby the headrest and cabinet combination is immediately above the seatback and provides a headrest, into an open downward dependiny position ~ -lOwhereby the lower bracket and the lower housing frame member provide shelf means for storage when the seat and seatback are in the horizontal bed position. r More particularly, a seating and sleeping com-partment for railway passenger cars includes an upper berth mov-able from a stored position to a horizontal sleeping position.The passenger compartment includes seats facing one another both o~ which are convertible with their respective seatbacks to an elongated horizontal sleeping position.
A headrest is provided on each partition wall above the seatback in the seating position the headrest including a flexible foamlike material supported in a hollow box-like frame structure. The~frame structure is open on one side which in the seat rest positlon of the structure is Elush against the partition wall. When the horizontal seats and the vertical seatbacks are positioned in a reclined fashion for sleeping purposes the box-like headrest structure~may be hingedly moved downwardly into . .
positlon exposing the open side of the cabine-t or structure. In this position the passenger has ready r ' ~ .
~ 2 -... .
~73~l7 access to pillow or slmllar accessory means which is contained therein.
Brief Descr~ption of the Drawin~s FIG. 1 is a perspective view Df the interior one-half por~ion of a seating and sleeping com-partment of a railway passenger car;
FIG. 2 is a view of the compartment shown in FIG. l showing the same transformed to sleepin~ --accommodation;
FIG. 3 is a sectional vLew taken substantially --along the line 3-3 of FI(~
FIG~ 4 is a front. elevational view~of ~e combination headres~ and:cabinet--with a por~ion broken~
away; and . ~:
FIG. 5-is a cross sectional view ~aken substantially along the line~5-5 of FIGr 4 , - os~riuci~ ~f che ~rcfLrred Embodiment `.
. - ' Referring par~icularly to FlGSo 1 and 2, ~a raiIway car~csmpartment or bedroom lO lncludes a car 20~~side::1l having.an:outside window 12, a roof structure --13 and~ ~longitudinally spaced transversely extending parti-tion walls 14. I~ FIGS. l and 2 one-half of the compart- . :
, ment 10 is disclosed~ ~he other half being essentially `:
_ 3 - ~:
~ ~ 7 ~ 7 identical having a similar seat back and headrest con-st:r~ction. The compartment is mounted on the railway car floor 15 and also supports an uprigh~ longitudinally extending divider wall 16 laterally spaced with respect to ~he wall 11. In conventîonal fashion the present com-partments are provided on opposite sides of the passenger car and are sufflciently spaced apart by the divlder walls 16 to provide a sultable aisle generally designated at 17. Each of the divider walls 16 also includes an aisle window 18. -An upper berth 19 is hlngedly connected as indicated at 20 to ~he outer wall or side 11 and may be suitably latched in a storage position-as shown in FIG.: .
-1 and which--m~y be released-to a horizontal or reclining . position wherein the upper berth 19 is supported upon brackets 21 provided on the par~ition walls 14.
The combination seat and lower berth arrange-ment 22 includes a seat 23 slidingly supported for hori~on- :
tal movement upon tracks 24, one of said tracks belng ~0 positioned on the outer side wall 11 and the other being suitably supported on a partitioned cabinet 26 adjacent the divider walls 16. An armLest 25 may be connected to the seat 23 to be moved with the seat to the position indicated Ln FIG. 2. A seat back 27 is positioned in a substantially upri~ht positîon as shown in FIG. 1 but may be moved to convert the seat 23 with the back 27 as ~ _ .
73~7 shown in ~IG, 2 to a horizontal bedlike posture.
A combination headrest and cabinet 28 is supported on each of the partit~on walls 14 above ~he seat back 27 as ~ndicated in FIG. 1. The combination 28 in-- 5 cludes a boxlike frame structure 29 provided ~ith upper hori~ontal frame members 30 and lower horizontal frame members 310 The frame members 30 and 31 are connected to vertical side frame members 32 and as bes~ shown in FIG.
2 the structure 29 is provîded with an open side generally referred to at 33~ The other side of the structure 29 i~
suitably covered by means of a flexible panel 34 which may consist-of-sponge rubber or the---like:suitably covered wlth a fabric of relatively-1exible and-comfortable ..
. material. The: ~lexlble panel 34 may be backed up by .
flexible strapping-35 to prov~de resiliency and-thus comfort-when ~he unit is used- in the headrest position~
As best shown in FIG~ 2 when the open side is exposed during the horizontal-position- of the-seats-and-seat~~~-back, a pillow, bed roll or other accessory of similar type deslgnated at 36 may be easily removed by the passenger~ :
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Referring now part:Lcularly to FIG. 3 an outwardly ~ pro.~ ecting horizontal hinge spacer bracket 37 : is rLgidly connected to ~he partitlon wall 14 and has supported thereon at one end a piano hinge 38 which is -also connected to the lower frame member 31 of the . . .
' . :
-73~1l7 structure. Thus the structure 29 may be hinged about the bracket 37 from the solid line position indicated in FIG. 3 to the dotted line position wherein the open side of the frame structure is accessible to the passenger. In the closed full line position wherein the structure is used as a headrest laterally spaced spring back latch members 39 are connected to ~he partition wall by means of screws 40. The latch members 39 include a spring loop 41. . -Horizontally spaced latch brackets 42 are suitably connect-ed by means of screws 43 within a recess 44 to the upper hor:izontal frame member 30. In the position shown in FIG~-5 the structure is held in a latched position up against the wall 14 by means of the latch brackets 39 and 42. The spring loop 45 is în springlike engagement with the loop 41-but upon outward and downward pressure on the structure or cabinet the spring loops 41 and 45 are released to permit hinging movement of the structure to the position shown in FIG. 3.
Operation In F~G. 1 the compartment is set up for seating with the upper berth 19 in a stored position.
The headrest combination 28 provides head rest comfort for the passenger. When the seats 23 and seat backs 27 .
~ are moved to the horizontal position shown in FIG. 2 the headrest combination 28 may then be moved to the position shown in FIG. 2 abou~ the hinges 38. Outward ~:
and downward pressure on the cabinet prov;des for dis-:
~73~7 engagement of the spring loops 45 and 41 so ~hat the cabinet now merely falls down to the dotted line position shown in FIG. 3 whereupon the passenger may readily remove the plllow 36 which ;s contained within the cabinet.
Very easily and very slmply the passenger can then return the headrest to the position indicated in FIG. 1 where-upon ~he spring loops 41 and 45 again mainta~n khe solid line position of the cabinet as shown in FIG. 3.
The structural strength of the cabinet ~8 serve to strengthen the partition wall 14 so tha~ the partitlon walls may be made of a relatively thin material providing for a lighter weight passenger car. Further, -the- support -brackets~21 for: the-upper berth 19 also combine to rigidify the partition walls 14.- Thus-a com-fortable headrest is provided which ~s readily movable to a position for providing access to-accessories-con~ained within the cabinet.
The foregoing d~scription and drawings merely explain and illustrate the invention and the invention is not limited thereto, except insofar as the appendant claims are so limited~ as those skilled in the art who have the disclosure before them will be able to make modifieations and variations therein withou~ depart ing from the s~eope of the lnvention.
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Claims (6)
1. A passenger compartment for a railway car including a side wall, longitudinally spaced and laterally extending partition walls and a divider wall extending longitudinally providing a door opening into said compartment, a seating arrangement in said compartment including a seat and seatback movable from a seating position to a horizontal bed position, said seatback in the seat position being normally upright against one of said partition walls, the improvement comprising:
a headrest and cabinet combination including, a box-like structure having one open side facing said one of the partitions and a head resting covered opposite side, upper and lower bracket members attached to said one of said partition walls and reinforcing same;
said box-like structure of said headrest and cabinet combination having a lower housing frame member; and hinge means connecting the lower bracket member with the lower housing frame member to thereby permit rotational movement of the headrest and cabinet combination from a supported closed position on said lower bracket member with the open side facing said one of the partitions whereby said headrest and cabinet combination is immediately above said seatback and provides a headrest, into an open downward depending position whereby said lower bracket and said lower housing frame member provide shelf means for storage when said seat and seatback are in said horizontal bed position.
a headrest and cabinet combination including, a box-like structure having one open side facing said one of the partitions and a head resting covered opposite side, upper and lower bracket members attached to said one of said partition walls and reinforcing same;
said box-like structure of said headrest and cabinet combination having a lower housing frame member; and hinge means connecting the lower bracket member with the lower housing frame member to thereby permit rotational movement of the headrest and cabinet combination from a supported closed position on said lower bracket member with the open side facing said one of the partitions whereby said headrest and cabinet combination is immediately above said seatback and provides a headrest, into an open downward depending position whereby said lower bracket and said lower housing frame member provide shelf means for storage when said seat and seatback are in said horizontal bed position.
2. The invention in accordance with claim 1 further including:
first track means mounted to the outside wall for operative association with one side of said seat and means supporting second track means for operative association with the other side of said seat, means, including said first and second track means, for operatively converting said seat and seatback from the seating position to said horizontal bed position whereby said seat moves horizontally in a direction away from said one of said partition walls and a lower end of the seatback also moves horizontally while an upper end of said seatback slides vertically downwardly along said one of said partition walls.
first track means mounted to the outside wall for operative association with one side of said seat and means supporting second track means for operative association with the other side of said seat, means, including said first and second track means, for operatively converting said seat and seatback from the seating position to said horizontal bed position whereby said seat moves horizontally in a direction away from said one of said partition walls and a lower end of the seatback also moves horizontally while an upper end of said seatback slides vertically downwardly along said one of said partition walls.
3. The railway passenger vehicle of claim 2, wherein said seat includes:
armrest means adjacent to said outside wall;
said armrest having an upright, post portion attached to said seat and adapted to move in unison therewith.
armrest means adjacent to said outside wall;
said armrest having an upright, post portion attached to said seat and adapted to move in unison therewith.
4. The railway passenger vehicle of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said means for supporting the second track means includes:
a cabinet;
said cabinet having means extending from said divider wall to said seat; and said cabinet having a plurality of partitions dividing the cabinet into a number of compartments.
a cabinet;
said cabinet having means extending from said divider wall to said seat; and said cabinet having a plurality of partitions dividing the cabinet into a number of compartments.
5. The railway vehicle of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said compartment includes:
an upper berth with means movable between an upright, stored position to a lowered, operative position;
said upper berth having means cooperative with the upper bracket member attached to said partition wall.
an upper berth with means movable between an upright, stored position to a lowered, operative position;
said upper berth having means cooperative with the upper bracket member attached to said partition wall.
6. The railway vehicle of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said upper bracket member includes:
catch means;
said catch means engaging and securing the (claim 6 cont'd) headrest and cabinet combination in the closed position.
catch means;
said catch means engaging and securing the (claim 6 cont'd) headrest and cabinet combination in the closed position.
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