US1011585A - Camping accessory. - Google Patents

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s. E. GREASBY.

(111111111111 AOOESSORY. APPLICATION FILED 11115, 1911.

1,011,535, Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

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S. B. OREASEY.

CAMPING ACCESSORY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1911. 1,011,585. Patented Dec. 12,1911.

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SAMUEL ELLIOTT CREASEY, or ALFRED, MAINE;

CAMPING ACCESSORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 621,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CREAsEY', a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Alfred, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Camping Accessory, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The principal object which the present invention has in view is: to provide a stool capable of arrangement for conversion into the following :-first, a stool the height whereof may be varied; second, a table; third, in conjunction with other stools of similar construction abed; and fourth, a packing crate or holdall.

lVith this object in view the invention consists primarily in forming in the crossed pivoted legs of the usual camp stool a series of oppositely disposed detent notches adapted for engagement by a holding member for the loose end of the seat cover, said seat cover in the present invention being lengthened in excess of the ordinary'cover.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a camp stool constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing in dotted lines a method of adjustment to vary the height of said stool; Fig; 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a camp stoolconstructed in accordance with the present invention, disposed to form the supports for a service table, said table being shown in conjunction therewith; Figs 5 is a detail view showing the under side of the service table disclosed in Fig. 4:; Fig. 6 is a detail view in perspective showing the method of securing the table top to the supporting stool; Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a stool constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention as disposed to form a half section of a packing crate; Fig. 8 is a cross section taken on the line 88 in Fig. 7 and showing two of the stools strapped together to form a carrying crate or holdall; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of five stools constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention,

Itdisiposed and connected to form a couch or As shown in the accompanying drawings, the supporting legs 15 and 16 are connected by pivots 17. Each pair of legs forms in conjunction with the cross rods 18 a rectangular frame of equal length and equal extension on each side of the pivots 17 The cross rod 18 connecting the upper ends of the legs 15 serves as a holding bar for the flexible apron 19. The fixed end of the apron 19 is turned upon itself to form a loop to surround the rod 18, the overturned edge 20 of the said apron being sewed upon the body portion thereof.

The apron 19 is elongated, the length being varied to suit all of the conditions of employment above referred to. The free end of the apron is bound securely about the attaching rod 21, the ends whereof are extended to fit within the recesses 22 which are formed upon the edge of the legs 16, which edge is upperirost when the legs 16 are disposed as shown in Fig. 1. The series of recesses 22 may include as many of the said recesses as is deemed necessary to adapt the structure to the various uses above pointed out. The apron 19 has formed adjacent the edges thereof a series of eyelets 23 which serve to hold suitable binding material when the device is formed as a packet, and to hold the separate structures in joined {)GlttlOl'l when the same are employed as a When the construction is employed as a stool the apron 19 is carried over the rod 18 at the upper end ofv the legs 16, and the ends of the rod 21 are adjusted in the recesses 22 to permit the apron 19 to regulate the spread of the upper end of the legs 15 and 16. It will be seen that as the rod 21 is engaged with the'lowermost of the recesses 22 the effective height of the structure is raised. If the rod 21 be adjusted in the uppermost of the recesses 22 the elfective height of the structure is considerably lowered. The difference in the heights of the structure may be seen best in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

When the structure is employed as a table, the table top shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings is secured to the structure by passing the cords 24 through the perforations 25 formed in the center board 26 of the table, and also extended through one of the eyelets 23 of the apron 19. This is the usual ungs method of attaching the table board to the above described structure. When it is found necessary to further steady the board 26 this may be accomplished by passing the ends of the cords 24 around the legs 15 and 16 of the table which will be found adjacent to the perforations 25 formed in the said board 26. This construction is best seen in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

As shown in Figs. 4 to 6 inclusive of the drawings the table top constructed by me is provided with folding leaves 27. The leaves 27 fold on the board 26, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, and are normally held in the extended position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings by a pivoted rocking arm 28. The leaves 27 are secured to the board 26 by means of hinges 29, as shown in Fig. 5. The table thus constructed is readily disposed in the packet formed by two such structures shown in Fig. 7 when same are folded as therein shown, to be strapped together in the position shown in Fig. 8.

To fold each of the structures shown in Fig. 1 in position to be utilized as a packet in the manner disclosed in Fig. 8, the apron 19 is reversed from the disposition shown in Fig. 1 to pass over the rod 18 at the lower end of the legs 16, from whence it is extended over the rod 18 at the lower end of the legs 15, and then secured by means of the rod 21 in two of the recesses 22. It will be noted that, as shown in Fig. 7, this arrangement produces astructure tray-like in character, the legs 15 and 16 forming the sides of the tray, the rods 18, 18 and the apron 19 forming the ends of the tray, and the apron 19 forming the bottom of the tray. When packing the crate one of the structures is laid prone upon the ground and the articles are suitably adjusted therein. A second structure of the same construction and arrangement is then overlaid upon the first structure, as shown in Fig. 8 of the draw- It will then be seen that a complete box or crate is formed for holding various camping utensils or paraphernalia desired and employed by campers or foot travelers. If desired a light tent of suitable character,

such as silk, could be very readily stored within the compass of the packet formed by the structure. When the packet is formed as shown in Fig. 8, and suitably packed, the whole is bound by passing a strap or straps 31 about the same and then buckling, as shown in the drawings.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings there is shown a series of five structures such as described, the adjacent edges whereof are bound and connected by the lacings 30. The lacings 30 are woven between the eyelets 23 with which each of the aprons 19 is provided. It will be seen that if it be desired one of the structures may be elevated by adjusting the rod 21 to raise that structure in the manner ,above set forth, thus forming a very convenient pillow arrangement whereon to rest the head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A camping accessory, comprising a plurality of pivotally connected spreadable supporting legs, said legs being arranged in sets, the legs of one set being provided with holding recesses formed in the edge thereof, and

said legs being pivotally connected and provided with cross braces soar-ranged at the upper and lower ends that when folded together the said braces form, in conjunction with each other and with the said legs, a tray-like receptacle; an apron flexibly con nected with one set of said legs and extensible over the corresponding ends of the other set of said legs; a connecting rod mounted on the free end of said apron to engage the said holding recesses, said apron being adapted for disposition to form the bottom of said tray-like receptacle; and means for uniting in packet form and in nested shape two of said accessories.

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

SAMUEL ELLIOTT CREASEY.

Witnesses:

LEONARD JOHNSON, Lnonr'zn T. BowDRnAU.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

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