US1143182A - Cushion. - Google Patents

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B. F. FORTINER & J. G. MAIN.

CUSHION.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 190a.

Patented June 15, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- ATTORNEY B.'F. FORTINER & J. G. MAIN.

CUSHION.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 4, 190a.

PatentedJfine 15, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2' ATTORNEY accordance with the metal so that it shall be practically firethe county Pa mo.

BENJAMIN F. FORTINER AND JAMES G. MAIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNORS TO THE HALEAN'D KILBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILA- CUSHION.

Application filed April 4,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BEN AMIN F. FORTI- KER and JAMES G'. MAIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in: of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention concerns cushions adapted particularly seats for railway cars.

. The invention is of particular utility in the construction of cushions for use as backs of car seats, but is also applicable to seat cushions for car seats and cushlons for other uses.

The object of the invention is to effect certain improvements in the construction of such cushions with respect particularly to the methods of applying the upholstery and covering material to the frames of the cushions whereby greater strength and superior wearing qualities are obtained and the cost of manufacturing the cushionsredvuced. p

y The frame of the cushion constructed in invention is made of culty has been experienced heretoforein applying the upholstery and covering material to the metallic frame and securing it firmly thereto so that the upholstery will not shift its position and the cushion will not show wear over a long period of use.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide an improved method of applying the, upholstery and covering to the frame whereby'therequisite strength is obtained and reduction in the cost of manufacture effected. The cushiom of our invention is adapted particularly for use as a back cushion in a car seat and, when so used, is supported upon supporting levers which enter sockets formed at the bottom of the side edges of the cushion and from which the cushion may be readily withdrawn for cleaning or repairing. Our invention also includes an improved method of securing the Specification of Letters Patent.

for use in the construction of Patented June 15, 191 .5. 1908. Serial No. 425,129.

F igiire 1 is an elevation of the cushion,

broken away in part to show the construction, Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the cushion, 4 is an enlarged sectionalview on line of Fig. l and Fig. 5 is adetail view hereinafter referred to. Referring to these drawings, the frame of the cushion is of rectangular form and consists of frame members of pressed sheetmetal secured together at their ends. Preferably the frame consists of two such members 1 and 2, the latter being bent to form three sides of the rectangular frame. Each of these frame members is pressed to provide a groove 3 on the outer side thereof and integralflanges 4' atrthe lateral edges turned inwardly of the frame. Certain of these flanges may be curved in the direction of their length, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the covering material of the cushion overlying these flanges is thereby given the curvature desired cushion. In order to secure the adjacent ends of the two frame members together metallic corner-pieces 5 are provided to which the ends of the frame members are secured in any suitable manner. These corner-pieces are castings each "having two walls lying at right angles one to the other and gussets 6 t0,contribute to their strength. In order to reinforce the frame at the corners formed by the bends in the member 2, braces 7 are provided consisting of sheet-metal strips pressed to provide flanges at their lateral edges, these flanges being riveted to the flanges formed on the frame member 2. The ooves 3 in the frame members 1 and 2 fdrm a groove extending entirely around the outer side of the frame and having strips 8 of wood, or other suitable material, secured therein. except at the lower portions of the sides of the frame for a purpose hereinafter explained. A central brace 9 formed of sheet-metalexten'ds across the frame and has its ends secured to opposite sides thereof.

Fig.- 4 4 for the surface material of thetend across the frame perpendicular tothe springs brace 9 and their ends are riveted to the in- I wardly turned flanges 4: on the frame mem'-' bers 1 and 2. These flat springs are yieldingly 11 which lie between the flat springs 10 on opposite sides of the cushion and between those springs and the brace 9. 1

In order to secure the upholstery and covering material of the cushion to the-frame, strips of wood in addition to those located in the grooves 3 are employed, these strips being preferably covered with canvas; These canvas-covered strips 12-are secured to the flanges 4 on the frame members 1 and 2, so that on each side of the frame a contin-\ uous t'acking strip .is provided extending entirely around the outer edge of the frame. Thestrips 12 may be held in place by rivets 13 securing them to the flanges 4. In cushions of this type it is usual to provide an inner covering of fabric termed the first canvas ,'over this the upholstery, and then the outer coveringwhich may be'of lush or other suitable material, and if desire a covering of a suitable material such for instance as muslin may be provided between the upholstery material and the outer. covering. In ap lying these coverings to the frame, the canvas 14 is drawn over theflat springs 10 on ,one side of the cushion and its edges are secured to the frame members and to the wooden strips 8 in the grooves 3 therein by glue or otherwise, as shown at 15,

F g. 3. A similar covering 16 is then applied over the flat springs 10 on the other side of. the cushion and its ed es securely glued to the frame over the e ges of the canvas covering 14, as shown at 17, An u holste edging 18 is then ap ii to each acesof t e cushion frame exten 'ng entirely around the cushion or around the top and side edges only, as desired, the tacking strips 12 forming a foundation and sup ort for'the edging; This edging is secure to then applied hsograme by tacks 20 passing through the en strips 12, the ends of these tacks enmetal underlying the strips 12 turned thereby so that they are w h gaging .t e and being clenched and held firmly against withdrawal. The hair or other upholstery 21 is over the first canvas- 14' and 16 and within the area defined by the edging 18. A textile covering 22 is then drawn over, the hair 21 and edging 18 on each side of the cushion and the e ges of these two coverings are secured to the frame of the cushion m any suitable manner, lpreferably by a few tacks driven through t e e es of the covering and into the wooden stri s 8. The outer" covering'23 is then ap lie over the Lees of the cushion and its e ges are securely fastened to the frame of the cushion by a line of tacks driven through the of the covsustained by a plurality of spiral erings 2322,16 and'14 as. into the wooden strips 8.

These tacks hold all of the several coverings firmly to the cushion frame and give ample strength to the finished cushion; as they not only hold the edges of the outer coverings 23 to the frame-but also the edges of the coverings 22, 16 and 14, the latter may, in the construction of the cushion, be

secured to the framel'iy glue .or'by'a small I reduced to a minimum. As above mentioned the strips 8 of wood are omitted at-the lower portions of the side edges of the. frame. .At these points the groove 3 formedv in the frame member 2 is enlarged and socket mem-- bers 24, U-shaped in cross-section are secured within the enlarged portions. of thisgrooye hy screws 25 passin 'th'rou opemngs' -m the frame member 2ganden%diingthreaded openings "the corner-pieces 5.1 socket members 24 are employed not only as sockets t i"receive the back-sup o vers 26 but also to secure the v e outer coverings 22 and 23 to the" me; the

edges of the coverings 22 and 23 along the These" portions of the frame-where the wooden strips 8 are omitted, are carried down into the groove 3 in,the frame member 2, as shown at 27, Fig. 4. When in this position the socket members 24 are inserted 111 place and secured bythe screws 25 so that they serve as clamps to hold the edges firmly to theframe. This having been done, covering lates 28 aresecured to the side edges of the rame by screws the ends of which enter threaded openings in the corner pieces 5 so that these plates with the socket members 24 form openings extending lengthwise of the.

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side edges of the cushion adapted to receivethe back-supporting levers 26.

Having described our invention, what. we claim as new therein and desire to secureby Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

1. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame-members secured together at their ends and havin the' lateral edges thereof turned inwar y of the frame to form flanges extending at substantially a right angle to the body-portions of'the mem- 'bers, tacking strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lying flat' against' the outer sides of said inwardly-turned flanges and secured to the flanges, springs supported on thefraxne, upholstery material to said tacking strips and a 'coverin gexten over the frame, yieldingly sustalned b sai springs and havin its edges secured the frame, substantia y as set forth. f

2. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame members secured together at no their ends and each pressed to provide flanges at its lateral edges extending inwardly of the frame, wide, thin tacking supported thereby on both sides of the frame, and means for securing said material,

to said strips, substantially as described.

3. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame-members secured together at their ends, said members having grooves in the outer sides thereof and integral flanges extending inwardly of the frame at the edges of the members, tacking strips in said grooves, tacking strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lying flat against said flanges and secured to the outer sides of the flanges, springs supported on said frame, upholstery material secured to the tacking strips on said flanges and a covering for the cushion yieldingly sustained by said springs and having its edges secured to the tacking stri s in said grooves, substantially as set forth. a v

4. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame members secured together at their ends and pressed to provide flanges extending inwardly of the frame, tacking strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lying against said flanges and secured to the vfianges, springs vsupported on said frame,

upholstery material extending over said springs and. yieldingly sustained thereby, and tacks securing said material to said strips, said tacks extending through said strips and having their ends turned bysaid flanges substantially as described.

5. Iii a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame membei's secured together at their ends and pressed to provide flanges extending inwardly of the frame, tacking strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lying againstsaid flanges and secured to the flanges, springs supported on said frame, strips of upholstery secured to said tacking strips, upholstery overlying-said springs, a covering extending -over said upholstery and means for securing the edges of the covering to the frame, substantially as described.

6. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame members secured together at their ends and pressed to provide grooves on the outer sides thereof, tacking strips in said grooves, springs supported on said frame, inner and outer coverings extending over the same side of said frame, means for securing the edges of said infier covering to said frame, and tacks entering said tacking strips and securing the edges of both said coverings to said frame,,said tacks forming a securing means for the inner covering independent of and additional to the securing means above named, substantially as described.

r 7 In a cushion having upholstery on both sides thereof, a frame formed of sheet-metal frame-members secured together at their ends, said members having grooves in the outer sides thereof and integral flanges exof the -members, tacking-strips in said grooves, thin tacking-strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lying flat against said flanges on both sides ofthe frame and secured to the outer sides of the flanges, springs supported by said frame, canvas members on both sides of the cushion drawn over said springs and secured to the tacking strips in the gfooves, upholstery material positioned outside said canvas members and secured through the same to the tackingstrips on said flanges, and a covering for the cushion, positioned outside of said members and upholstery material, and having its edges secured to the tacking-strips in said grooves, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame-members secured together,

pressed to provide a groove on the outer side thereof and integral flanges turned inwardly of the frame, a tacking-strip in said groove, thin tacking-strips lying flat against the outer sides of both of said flanges, flat metal springs extending across the frame with their ends disposed against the inner sides of the said flanges, rivets securing said thin tacking-strips and springsto said flanges, canvas members on both sides of tending inwardly of the frame at the edges I the cushion drawn over said springs and secured to the tacking-strip in the groove, upholstery material secured by tacks through said canvasmembers to the tackingstrips on the flanges, and a covering for the cushion, positioned outside said members and upholstery material and secured to the tacking-strip in the groove, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed this-31st day of March, 1908.

R. M. FRIES, P. J. TUCKER.

and witnessed Correctionin Letters Patent No 1,143,182.

, It is hereby. certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 1,143,182 granted June 15, 1915,

the words disposed in tlze plane of t/zefram and lying against the outer sides of said flanges on bot/2 sides of the frame secured to the flanges, and thet the said Letters Patentshould be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the reeord of the ease in the Patent Ofliee. V I

Signed and sealed this 6th day of J uly A. D., 1915.

" I R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Omnmissioner of Patents.

[SEAL] upon the application pf Benjamin F. Fortiner and James G. Main, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for animprovement in Cushion s, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, lines 44), strike out the words I seeu'red to the outer sides of said flanges on both sides of the frame, and insert

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