US1019202A - Furniture appliance. - Google Patents

Description

J. H. TUDOR.

FURNITURE APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1910.

Patented M21115, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1910.

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JOHN H. TUDOR, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

FURNITURE APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed June 15, 1910. Serial No. 567,087.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. TUDOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture appliances, and is more particularly adapted for practical and eflicient use in shoe stores.

The object of the invention is to construct a device of the character above described in such a manner as to inclose a length of carpet or other similar pliable material capable of being rolled, which material is adapted to be withdrawn from the seat or bench to which it is attached and in a position to rest upon the floor, upon which carpet when withdrawn and in the position refered to, the prospective purchaser may stand or walk in trying on and fitting shoes without defacing the soles or other portions of the shoes.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for drawing the carpet or the material within the device or a portion of the seat when the same is not in use, thereby protecting the carpet from dirt or other accumulations.

A further object of the invention is to construct this particular appliance in such a manner that the carpet in a rolled condition may be easily removed from its receiving inclosure under the seat, whereby said carpet may be easily and convenientlyxcleaned for further application and use in the manner as above stated.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete invention showing the carpet withdrawn from the seat, and the clerks combined seat and foot rest commonly employed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of the seat and its attachments. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the carpet receiving portion of the seat in an open position for removing the parts located therein.

Referring to the drawings 1 represents a seat or bench of any approved design and properly supported by end walls 2 forming the opposite sides of the seat, the lower edges of which sides are adapted to rest upon the floor for properly supporting the seat in a practical manner.

Located below the seat 3 proper is a boxing or receptacle 4 having a vertical front wall 5 and a rear wall 6 which is inclined with respect to saidfront wall, said rear wall being intermediately disposed leaving its upper edges a suitable distance from the seat 3 and the lower edge properly positioned above the floor upon which the seat is placed, the objects of which will be hereinafter described.

Hingedly secured to the upper edge of the rear inclined wall 6 is a right angular shaped cover 7 the free edge of which is adapted to come in contact with the terminal edge of an inwardly projecting flange or wing 8 forminga part of the front wall 5 adjacent to the upper edge of the same, whereby the boxing may be covered at that portion of the same to prevent dirt or other accumulations from gaining access to the interior of the boxing. Also hingedly secured to the lower edge of the rear inclined wall 6 is an angular shaped cover 9, the terminal free fiat portion of which is normally positioned below the lower edge of the front wall 5, to provide a longitudinal passage for the carpet, said cover also closing the lower end of the boxing.

The hinged covers referred to are indispensible and by their employment convenient access may be had to the interior of the boxing for easy removal of the rolled carpet when it is desired to cleanse the latter.

Removably mounted in suitable brackets secured to the opposite side walls of the boxing is a spring actuated roller 10 to which is secured one edge of the carpet or other pliable material 11 employed in carrying out the invention, and also mounted in the opposite sides of the boxing and adjacent to the lower end thereof is a guide roller 12 over which the said carpet freely passes from the spring roller, whereby the said carpet is properly guided and directed below the lower edge of the front wall 5 of .the boxing and above the floor.

When the carpet 11 is rolled upon the spring roller 10 and not desired for use the enlarged portion 13 will come in contact with the lower edge of the front wall 5 and the free edge of the lower cover 9 completely covering the longitudinal slot 14 provided for the free passage of the carpet in withdrawing the latter from its receiving boxing. The enlarged portion 13 forming the free end of the carpet 11 also provides means for preventing the spring roller from drawing the carpet within the boxing and beyond the front face of the same, and further provides means for withdrawing the carpet from the box for use. I

As clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings the carpet together with its enlarged free edge is located above the floor when said carpet is in a closed position and entirely drawn within the box, and it is further to be observed in this connection that when the carpet is withdrawn for use that portion of the same located within the longitudinal guideway 14 will also be located above the floor for easy manipulation of the carpet and reduction of the friction occasioned by the rolling thereof to a minimum, the enlarged portion always being in a convenient position to be grasped for the withdrawal of the carpet from its receiving box.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the ordinary salesman stool and foot rest is shown in its proper position in respect to the seat for the customer, which stool is of the usual construction, and in ordinary practice the said stool is first adjusted in a proper and convenient position in respect to the seat after which the carpet is withdrawn to cover the intervening space between the stool and seat.

It is clearly obvious from the foregoing description that the invention as constructed of a box secured thereto and beneath the side of said bench, a roll of carpet mounted in the upper portion of the box, a guide roller mounted in the lower portion of the box, a hinged cover in the upper portion of the box whereby the roll of carpet may be removed from the box, the forward wall of the box being disposed a suitable distance above the floor, one end of said carpet having a bar secured thereacross and projecting under the said forward wall, and a hinged cover for the lower portion of the box, said cover comprising a main portion hinged to the rear wall of the box, an integral portion extending at an angle from the free end, and a lateral foot on the first mentioned extension whereby when said cover is in closed position, the extension will form the bottom of the box and be suitably spaced from the lower end of the forward wall to provide a slot to permit the withdrawal of the carpet and'the said lateral foot supporting said extension below the front wall'of the box.

In testimonyv whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. TUDOR.

lVitn'e'sses L. L. ALBRIGHT, R. C. GHARIS.

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

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