US1006553A

US1006553A - Box-seat, box-couch, and the like.

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Publication number: US1006553A
Application number: US48106309A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Hoey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-03-03
Filing date: 1909-03-03
Publication date: 1911-10-24
Anticipated expiration: 1928-10-24

Description

J. HOEY.

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JOHN I-IOEY, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOX-SEAT, BOX-COUCI-I, AND TI-IE LIKE.

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To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-IN IrIoEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city-and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box- Seats, Box- Couches, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to those articles of furniture, which, by reason of having a capacious receptacle to receive and store things in, are commonly termed box-seats, boxcouches, and the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective, economical and easily operated article of this type, which objectI attain by the novel construction and combination of parts which I shall hereinafter describe.

From this description, with assistance of the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, the nature and special advantages of my invention will be easily understood.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a box-seat with its cover closed. Fig. 2 is a view of the same, with its cover open. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a box-couch showing two covers, one of which is raised and the other closed down, the upholstery being omitted. Fig. 4t is a view of the box-couch of Fig. 3, showing it upholstered, one cover being raised. Fig. 5 is a view vof a box-couch, prior to upholstering, showing it with a stationary back, one cover being raised, and the other closed.

In Figs. l and 2, I show the simplest form of my invention. It is a box, to contain anything desired. The body of the box is l, and its cover is 2. One end of the body is formed with a transverse exterior recess or rabbet 3. The cover is formed with an extension 4 at one end, and said cover is connected with the upper edge of one end wall of the body by hinges 5 which are located in the line of junction of the cover with its extension. The effect of this construction is well illustrated in Figs. l and 2. When the cover is closed, its extension 4 over-hangs the rabbet 3 of the body, as seen in Fig. 1; and when the cover is raised, as in Fig. 2, said extension turns down into said rabbet, and finds a stop therein, which, in this case, is between the meeting vertical walls of the two. These serve as a stable bearing or rest,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 3,

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

1909. Serial No. 481,063.

to hold the cover firmly in its upright position, which position is maintained by the weight of the cover, its center of gravity being outside of or beyond the line of its hinges. It will be noted that that face or wall of the cover extension 4 which forms its bearing when elevated, is inclined to the plane of the lower edges of t-he cover, so that said extension is thickest at its extremity. This beveled portion, which I have designated by 6, and which I may term a beveled projection, serves two purposes, namely, first in connection with the complementarily beveled opposing face of the vertical wall of the rabbet 3, it furnishes even a more stable support than if both faces were straight; and second, it provides for an even line of upholstery, if t-he box is to be upholstered, or when, as I shall hereinafter describe, it is applied in a box-couch which is upholstered.

The box of Figs. l and 2, is a short box, and I have, therefore, shown only one cover. It will be readily understood, however, that two covers could be applied to a longer box, one at each end, to meet in the transverse center. This will clearly appear from the description of the remaining drawings.

In Fig. 3, I show the application of my invention to a box-couch. In this ligure are shown two covers, one at each end and adapted to meet in and to be lifted from a line transverse of the box, here shown as the middle line. As the several parts of this box-couch are like those of the box-seat of Figs. l and 2, they are designated by the same numerals.

In Fig. 4, the box-couch in Fig. 3 is shown with upholstery 7 By observing the line 8-8 of this upholstery at the closed end of the couch, it will be seen that said line is uniformly straight to the very extremity of the couch, a result rendered possible by the beveled projection 6 of the cover extension, which gives a surface extending downwardly as seen in Fig. 3, below the top line of the box, adapted to receive the straight line of tacks which commence along the upper part of the box side and continue in said projection 6, to the very end of the cover extension. This not only gives a presentable appearance, but it adds to the security of the upholstery fastenings, which will not pull out when the cover is up.

The limiting stop which forms the bearing for holding the overbalanced cover upright, is not necessarily that'which is formed by the meeting vertical edge of the extension 4 and the vertical wall of the rabbet 3. In some cases it may be formed by the horizontal cont-act of the end of the extension with the bottom wall or bottom edges of the rabbet. rIhis is practically so when upholstery is applied to the cover as in Fig. 4. In this case the upholstery is thick enough to contact with the bottom edges or wall of the rabbet, and this contact will of itself, whether the vertical walls actually reach each other or not, serve as the stop to hold the still overbalanced cover upright. I do not, therefore, confine myself to making the vertical edges meet, for my invention contemplates such a limiting stop between theA rabbet and the extension which turns down into it, as will hold the cover upright, whatever may be the lines of contact.

It is often desirable that a box-couch should have a stationary back for cushions to rest against, and to protect the wall from injury. In Fig. 5, I show a back, indicated by 9, said back being a stationary one, rigidly secured to the box by bolts 10, two of which are shown, there being two more, one in each end strip of the back, said latter bolts passing through the box below the end rabbets. The back is thus a stationary one, but is independent of the hinged covers, which, swinging parallel with the plane of the back, can be operated without interference. As the cover or covers in this type of seat or couch are hinged at the ends of the box, the hinges are necessarily close together, so that they do not fully insure the registration of the covers with the box, when they are closed down, nor the alinement of the meeting edges of the two covers. Any displacement of the covers, particularly a failure of the meeting edges to come to and rest in good alinement, is unsightly in a couch, and some provision must, therefore, be made to insure their registration and alinement. I show such means in'Fig. 2. Secured to the inner sides of the cover 2, near its free end are small cleats 2 which, when the cover is down, t withinrthe sides of the box and thus hold the cover true to the box; and when two covers are used, these cleats will hold their meeting ends in alinement.

In box-seats and box-couches thus constructed, the covers are turned toward the ends, instead of, as is customary, toward the back, or instead of being lifted straightup, neither of which is so convenient to place things in the box nor to remove them. In these common methods springs or props are required, which, at best, are not very eflicient or secure. In my construction, the interior of the box is fully exposed upon raising the cover and swinging it to the end, and the cover when raised is so overbalanced by its own weight, especially when the weightvof the upholstery is added, as to make its upright position very stable. By making the cover in two parts, neither is very heavy and each can easily be manipulated, especially as each has a portion overhanging. Moreover, by hinging the covers at the ends so that they swing parallel with the wall, or with the stationary back, the couch or seat need not be pulled out from the wall to open or close the box, and this is true whether the couch has a stationary back or not. In the form of the couch shown in Figs. 3 and 4, access may be had to the box from either side, and when the upholstery is worn on one side, the other side may be turned outwardly.

Having thus Adescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- 1. A couch of the character described comprising a box section provided with a vrabbeted end, a cover section for said box thereof.

2. A couch of the character described fhaving a box section provided with a rabbet extending transversely of the upper portion of one end thereof, the vertical wall of said rabbet being inclined downwardly and inwardly, a cover section for said box normally positioned in a horizontal plane with one end thereof overhanging the rab- Ibet in the box section and terminating approximately within the vertical plane of the end of the box section the overhanging end of said cover being provided with a beveled portion extending therefrom and normally 1 projecting into the rabbet of the box section, and means for hinging the cover section to the box section whereby when the same is elevated to a substantially vertical posi tion, the beveled portion of the extension thereof will contact with the under cut front wall ofthe rabbet of the box section and hold the cover in its elevated position.

3. In box-seats, box-couches and the like, a box, having formed at the upper portion of each end an exterior rabbet; and two lcovers for the box, each formed with a terminal extension, and each hinged on its lower side to the top of the opposite ends of the box in the line of the junction of the cover with itsL extension, whereby said extension, when the cover is down, overhangs the rabbet of the box, and when the cover is raised into approximately vertical position turns down into said rabbet, and sup- .ports the cover by contact with the vertical wall of the rabbet, each of said covers opening and closing a part of the box and meeting transversely thereof when closed, the extension of each cover having its under surface formed with a beveled projection extending outwardly into the space constituted by the rabbet when the cover is closed, and the vertical wall of each box-rabbet being complementarily beveled.

4. In a couch of the character described, a bottom section having a rabbeted end portion, a cover section arranged to overhang the rabbeted portion, means for hinging the cover section so that it may fold down into the rabbeted portion when in approximately vertical position, and a covering secured to the bottom section and to the overhanging end of the cover section adapted to fold at the rabbeted portion when the cover section is open, said overhanging end of the coversection depending somewhat into the space formed by the rabbeted portion whereby the covering material assumes a straight and even line at its upper edge when the cover section is closed. v

5. In box seats, couches and the like, a box having' formed at the upper portion of each end an exterior rabbet, and two covers for the box, each formed with a terminal extension and each hinged on its lower side to the top of the opposite ends of the box in the line of the junction of the cover with its extension, whereby said extension when t-he cover is down overhangs the rabbet of the box and when the cover is raised into approximately vertical position turns down into said rabbet and supports the cover by contact with the vertical wall of the rabbet, each of said covers opening and closing a part of the box and meeting transversely thereof when closed, the extension of each cover having its under surface formed with a beveled projection extending outwardly into the space constituted by the rabbet when the cover is closed, and the vertical wall of each box rabbet being complementarily beveled, and a covering secured to the box and to the beveled projections of the two covers whereby the covering material assumes a straight and even line at its upper edge when the covers are closed;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HOEY.

Vitnesses:

WM. F. BOOTH, D. B. RICHARDS.

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