US1154268A - Park-bench. - Google Patents
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G. A. BARKER.
PARK BENCH.
APPLICATION FILED APR.3.1913.
Patented Sept. 21, 1915.
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hppliostion the April 3, 18125. Serial 3K0.
To all whom may; concern! Be it known that I, Gnome it. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful improvement in Park-Benches, of which the following is a. specification.-
This invention relates to e bench which is prirnsriiy intended to be placed in s public park to afford workmen and isborers e convenient and sociable settee and. table for use at lunch time, although course it can be pieced in private as Well as public parks and iney be used by picnickers or others desiring a comforstnble resting place 'with convenient facilities for Writing or supporting a. book. or handiwork.
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and cheap open air bench which Will accommodate two people and provide both with convenient table facilities and at the some time so divide the bench that one party cannot dispose himself in such manner as to occupy all of it, or cannot use it for sleeping purposes. in'eccompiishing this object a bench is built with 2, back on one side near one end end with e book on the other side neor the other end, and provided with a table that extends engnlsrly between, is supported by and assists in strengthening the books, the tsbie being shaped to give siii'iicient sect-aces arranged in convenient positions for holding lunches, papers, magazines, books west; to; two people, and the sect being cut away on each side to permit persons occupying opposite ends and facing; oppositely on the bench to turn somewhat sidcwise toward each other Without inconvenience when desiring to utilize the table or converse.
Figure l of the accompanying drawings shoves a plen of park bench which enibodies this invention. Fig. 2 shows e front view of the some. Fig. 8 shows an end Vie of eith istter, es 1 mama-awn:
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The seat is formed 0 s A toned to the top oi the turns ably spaced sport to form a resting place which will. not retain Water. A section of the seat along one edge at one side of the middle, and a similar section along the other edge at the other side the rniddle is recessed, 6', so as to magic it somewhat narrower at those localities The lower ends of the back supports T, are festened to thei'raine, those on one side or" the middle being on one side of the seat and those on the other sideof the middlebeing on the other side of the sect. These stipports desirably incline outwardly from each. other. Fast-coed to these supports on each. side are the back rails 8 and 9. It the frame and back supports are made of wood, the outer beck supports may be strengthened by metal bracket plates 11.
Arranged across the bench at e littie distance above the seat is a table 10. This table is supported by and fastened to the projecting inner ends of the lower back rails 9 on opposite sides, and it is also fastened to the inner of the two beck supports on the opposite sides of the seat so as to hoia those supports from being spread apart and broken 0%. The table is desirably mods somewhat nsrroiver at the middle than it is at each outer end and the ends are swelled on the sides of the seat opposite from the books, that is, the table is rounded out so it will extend partly in front of a person sitting on the bench and leaning against the back on eit er side. The recessed sections of the seat are made beneath table so that persons may turn sidewise When using the table "Without inconvenience.
A strong bench can be chespiy built in the manner described, and can pieced in public or private perks by municipalities, corporations or individuals for the comfort oi laborers end'woritn'isn during iunch time, table nii'ords convenient support for t i isle, or aback.
top-oh t for steep-- back by which it is supported and in front of the back on the opposite side.
2. A park bench having a frame, legs supporting the frame, a seat fastened to the frame, a back on one'side of the frame near one end of the seat, a back on the other side of the frame near the other end of the seat, a
table supported by and tying together the inner ends of the backs, said table on each side extending: beyond the back by which it is supported and in front of the back on the opposite side, and said seat being recessed at the front edges beneath said projecting portions of the table.
, 3. A park bench having a frame,'legs supporting the frame, a seat fastened to the frame, tvvo backs, one fastened to one side 36 of the frame on one side of the middle and the other fastened to the other. side of the frame on the other side of the middle, and a table supported by and tying together the inner ends of the backs, said table extending obliquely with relation to the seat and to the backs and projecting on each side be:
yond the edge of the seat and in front of the back on the opposite side.
4. A park bench having a frame, legs supporting the frame, a seat fastened to the frame, two back supports fastened to one side of the frame at one side of the middle and two back supports fastened to the other side of the frame at the other side of the middle, back rails fastened to the back supports, and a table supported by the back rails and tying together the inner ends of the backs, said table extending diagonally across the seat and projecting on each side beyond the edge of the seat and in front of the back on the opposite side.
5. An open air bench having a frame, four legs supporting the frame, seat strips fastened to the top of the frame, back supports on opposite sides of the frame on opposite sides of the middle, back rails connecting the back supports, a table extending between and secured to the inner back supports and supported by the back rails, said table projecting on each side over edge of the seat in front of the back that is on the opposite side, and said seats being recessed on the edges beneath the projecting portions of the table.
GEORGE A. PARKER.
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US20050248192A1 (en) * | 2004-05-07 | 2005-11-10 | Schaller Maureen H | Feeding chair apparatus |
US20060170260A1 (en) * | 2004-05-07 | 2006-08-03 | Schaller Maureen H | Feeding chair apparatus |
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