US1015512A - Closet-seat. - Google Patents

Description

W. E. ROSS & L. G."JENSEN.

CLOSBT SEAT.

f APPLIGATIQN FILED JUNE 27, 1911.

1,015,512., Patented Jan123,1912.

f d E WILLIAM E. ROSS AND LABS ran sra"rEisl PATENT crnica.

c. JENSEN, or Fnolnnnns, MONTANA.

oLosET-sner.

Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented aan. 23,191.2.,

- Appneatmnnied :une 27,1911. 'serial No. 635,628.

.connection with the ordinary seat, and.'

which will beso constructed as t-he user against contagion.

Theinvention. further aims to provide a seat of the character mentioned which may be folded to occupy but little space and will be so light in weight as to 'be convenient to carry from place to place.

to protect Further the invention aims to provide' an' auxiliary seat for closets which'seat may be washed or otherwise cleaned and will` be comfortable to the liser. i y

ln the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is `a perspective view of'a closet seat' embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a l View partly in side elevation'and partly in section, the auxiliary seat/,being illust-rated as disposed directly upon th'e main or ordinary seat, in full lines, and supported there-` above, in dotted lines; Fig. 3 1s a perspective view;of the auxiliary seat,'looking at the under side thereof; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the auxiliary seat, showing the manner in which itis to be folded.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.-` 'In the drawing, the closet'bowl is indl-y catedby the lreference character B and the seat thereof by the reference numeral 1, this seat being of substantially the same construction as the ordinary seat. A cover 2 is provided as usual and may be swung down to overlie the seat 1. vAnumber of standards are foldably mountedfupo'n the seat 1 "and are designed to support the auxiliary seat in a manner which will be presently explained. Each of these standards comprises an attaching plate 3 which is formed with a recess'l 'of substantially the same shape and dimensions as the standard which is indicated by the numeral 5 and .is pivoted as at 6, at one end, in' one "end in the countyA of the vrecess `.The ,standard 5 may be folded to'v lie within; therece'ss,4,' when the *auxiliary seat is inet'i'n use, or maybe swung to a position upstanding .from the said seat. Two of the standardsfabove ,described are mountedattherearof theseat, at each side of the oxaningdv in the seat, and a single one of the standards is mounted at the front of the seat midway. lbetween `the sides thereof and the pivoted end of the standard @lathe front ofthe seat is the one whic is adjacent' the pivoted ends of t-he standards v,

at therear of the seat.- The standards are provided with shoulders 8`A so that when they are swung up tothe position shown'in Fig. l of thedrawing, they will vbe held'in this position by the auxiliaryiseat which theysupport and which will now be described.

The auxiliaryseat canvasor other similar material land' is indicated bythe numeral 9,V itfbeing of substantiallyv the same form aslthe seat l1 and being formed with an opening 10 designed to be located directly abovevthe opening 'L is preferably made of n in the seat l. The seat .9 is. provided, at

its rear, at each side",of the openingl-O with sockets 11 which extend transverselyofjthe seat and are connected by a reinforcing 12. which is located between the. plies ofthe seat 9 and extends transversely of the seat rearwardly ofthe opening 10"\therein. A block 13 is arranged a't the front of the seat, upon its under side and isv ormed wit-h a series of sockets 14 which extend in a line from frontto rear. 'A rod 15 is in- -tegral with or secured to the block 13 at its rear end and extends to each side' of the*` said block and is secured between the plies of the seat, this rod together Withthe rod stantially flat when in use'.

12 serving to hold the flexible seat sub-' ,A

In usingthe auxiliary seat in connect-i511 p' with a main seat such as shown and de- 100.

scribed, the upperends of the standards at the rear of the main seat are fitted in the. sockets 11 and the upper endof'the singlev standard at the' front of the `seat is 'fitted in one vor another vof the sockets-1st. auxiliary-seat is in this manner supported spaced above the main seat l. The auX- iliary seat is preferably provided at the front of the opening 10 with an apron 16'- which depends'therefrom andis designed-t0. 1-1QA protect the user of the seat, in a manner",-r`

which will be' readily understood. By refl The j;

ferring to Fig. 2 of the drawing it, will be readily understood'that the auxiliary seat may be used, conveniently, in connection with an ordinary closet seatin which instance the apron 16 will perform the same function asy above described.

Il In folding the auxiliary seat, the portion rearwardly of the rod l2 is lirst folded over on. the line ain the direction indicated by 'zthe arrow a, Aafter which the portion in advance of the block 13 is folded over on the line b-by as indicated by thearrow b. The apron 16 is then folded down to the right in Fig. 3 of the` drawing and the'mat is then vfolded diaconally on the line c-c and inally'on the line d-d.

It will be observed from an inspection of Fig '2 that the standards are so inclined that when the auxiliary seat is removed they will fall by gravity into their sockets. Having thus described the invention, what claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a closetseat, of -a flexible mat having sockets, and standards upon the .seat fitting at their ends in the sockets and supporting /the mat above the Q 'The combinationwith a closet seat, of a flexible mat having sockets, and standards 'foldably mounted upon the seat and .fitting -at their ends inthe sockets and supporting the mat above the seat..

'l 3. The combination with a closet seat, of

a, flexible mat having sockets, standards at each side of the seat at the rear thereof, and a standard at the front of the scat, the standards fittingat their ends in the sockets and supporting the mat above the seat.

4. ,The combination with a closet seat, of a fiexible mat having sockets, plates secured upon the seat and having recesses, and a standard pivoted upon each plate and foldable to lie in the respective socket or to upst-and from the seat, the said standards litting at their ends in the sockets in the mat and supporting the said mat above the seat.

5. The combination with a closet seat, of

Astandards pivot-ed at opposite sides of the at the middle of the front of the seat,

an auxiliary yseat having spaced sockets receiving the upper ends of the 'first menti oned standards, and a plurality of sockets arranged to interchangeably receive thel upper vend of the last mentioned standard.

7 The combination with a closet seat, of

standards foldably mounted upon the seat about the opening therein, and an auxiliary seat supported by the standards.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in presence'of two witnesses.

WILLIAM Ross. 1jr.. a] Lans c. JENsEv. [as] lVitnesses z" i MAGKZY F. EMMEN, GEORGE L .'loLsoN.

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