US114679A - Improvement in lounges and chairs combined - Google Patents

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S. HERSCHMANN.

Improvement in Loungesand Chairs Combined.

N0. 4,679 Patented May 9,1871.

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SIEGMUND HERSOHMANN, OF NEW YORKQN. Y.

Letters Patent No. 114,679, dated May 9, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOUNGES AND CHAIRS COMBINED.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the seine.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of this invention when folded up to be used as a rocking chair.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same when unfolded to be used as a lounge;

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a rocking chair which is provided with a folding seat and a back that'can be turneddown, that portion of the seat which foldsout being furnished with legs which can be turned up or down, while the back of the chair is provided with an extension brace so that the same can. be supported at any desired inclination.

The side pieces of the back can be disconnected from the arm-pieces and turned down with the back, or said side pieces and arm-pieces may remain in position when the back is turned down so as to form abutments, preventing the bed-clothes from falling off if the chair is used as a lounge or bed.

ln the drawing- The letterA designates a chair, the seat B of which is constructed with a leaf, 0, connected to said seat by hinges a, so: that it can be folded up to the position shown in fig. 1, or turned out in line with the seat, as shown in fig. 2r

To the loose end of the hinged leaf 0 are pivoted two legs, b, which can be turned up so as to lie flat against the edge of said leaf, or down so as to stand at rightangles thetcof, (see fig. 2,) and ltLtlIlS latter position thelegs I) support the outer end of the leaf 0.

When the leaf is turned out to the posit-ion shown in fig.2 it can be fastened by sliding bolts 0, situated in the frame of the chair, and operated by buttons or otherwise.

The back I) of niychair swings on a rod, d, and the side pieces G of the back will also swing on said rod, are connected to the back by screws 10, and they are also connected to the arm-pieces H by screws 1, while the front ends of said arm-pieces are secured to the frame of the chair by dowel-pins g.

If the screws 0 are taken out, the back 1) can be turned down to the position shown in fig. '2, and in this position it is sustained by a brace, I, which is so arranged that it can be lengthened or shortened sothat" the inclination of the backcan be adjusted as maybe required. In this case the arm-pieces H and the side pieces G form abutments to prevent the bedclothes from falling off sidewise if the lounge is used as a bed. a

By removing the screws f the side pieces G may be turned down together with the back D, and the armpieces H can be taken out and laid aside; or, if de-v sired, the arm-pieces'can be so arranged that they can be turned down and take the place of the extension brace I.

My chair is supported by rockers J, which are provided with hinged stops j, to be turned down to the position shown in fig. 2 when the chair is used as a lounge; but when. the chair is folded up as shown in fig. 1, the stops are turned up and the chair can be used like a common rocking chair. v

Theleaf 0 will be upholstered on both sides, and the seat B onits upper surface, and the back D will also be upholstered, so that when the chair is unfolded to the position shown in fig. 2- its entire surface will be soft, and'no additional mattress will be required to form a bed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The seat B, provided with a folding leaf, (l,'in combination with the swinging back and its extension brace, and with the side pieces .G and arm-pieces H, all constructed and operating substantially in the man- ,ner herein shown and described.

This specification signed by me this 11th day of April, 1871.

' SIEGMUND HERSOHMANN.

Witnesses.

W. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER.

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