US1163263A - Nursery-chair. - Google Patents

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l. F. RUDDUCK.

NURSERY CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. m, 1914.

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JOHN E. RUDDUCK, OF TACMA, 'WASH'.NGTON.

NURSEBY- CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. "Z, 1915.

Application filed September 10, 1914. Serial No. 861,062.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. RUDnUcn, citizen of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, lare invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nursery-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ne\Y and .useful improvements in nursery chairs and alms as its principal object to construct a chair ot this character in which the scat and legs are hingedly connected to the back in such manu ner that they may be folded `flatly thereagainst when the chair is not .in use solas to occupy in storage or in transit, a minimum space.

A further and more specific object of my invention is to provide a nursery chair which consists essentially in a back member, a pair of wings or legs which are hinged thereto, and a seat which is hinged to the back meinber and may be disposed in horizontal position between the legs or wings.

Another object is to form in the seat member an opening of such nature 'that-the chair may he used in connection with a bed pan. or vessel, in the ywell known manuel'.

A/further object is to provide tor the seat a cover-board which is hingedly secured and is adapted to be arranged in dependent relation to the forward edgeof the seat so as to serve in connection with the leg or wing members, as ascreen or housing for the vessel, or bed pan used in connection with the chair.

A still further object is to arrange the cover-board so that it may be positioned on top of the seattorciwcr the opening therein whereby the chair may be used in the ordinary manner. And a still further object is to provide for the chair, a lap tray which is mounted for swinging movement so that it may be disposed in horizontal position imi. mediately over the lap of the occupant of the chair or may be swung to vertical position immediately above the back member.

The above and other incidental objects of a similar nature which will be hereinafter more specifically treated are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specitication and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and forni a part of this application.

`Referring now to the drawings wherein there has been illustrated the preferred embodiment ot my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several Views orf which similar reference numerals designate similar parts, Figure is a pe 'spective view oil the chair showing the seat in a horizontal position with the cover-board in de! pending position, Fig. 9*. is a perspective View showing the seat and cover-board in elevated position. 1n this ligure the legs are shown in open position, Fig. 8 is a from elevation of the chair with the legs, back, and cover-board arranged against the bach member, and Fig. l is a detail perspective View of one corner of the seat illustrating' particularly, the means employed in maintainingl the scat in a horizontal position.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the preferred embodiment ot my invention includes as its essential elements, a back member 1.0, a pair oi' legs or wings 11 and 12, which are hinged to the back member` a seat-board 13 which is also hinged to the back member, a cover-board 14 which is hinged to the' seat-board, and a lap tray 15, which is swingingly connected to the back member.

'lhe bach member 10 is preferably formed as are'v the other elements or' the chair, from wood, although it is quite obvious that under some circumstances, the chair may be formed of metal or any other suitable material. rlhe back member is substantially rectangular in .shape and is equipped with a pair of supporting legs 1G and 17. rlhesc members 16 and 17 are secure-il hy screws, nails, or any other desired fastening means to the t'orward iace oi? the baci; member and at the side edges thereoi, as will be readily. observed upon reference to ltigfl. 'llo these legs or strips 16 and 17' are hinged the leg or wing members 11 and 12, as by hinges indicated at 1S. The members 11 and 1'?. are out along horizontal lines intermediate'their length producing the horizontal shoulders 10 which are oi'- a length approximately equal to one-halt the width of the membersv 10 and 11. The upper terminals of the members 10 and 11 are cut along curved lines indieated at Q0 so that the seat-board support ing plates may be swung without hindrance into raised position when the seatfboard is folded in the manner to he hereinafter described. 1i! desired, `the base edges of the members 1G and 11 may he cut away along curved linesas indicated at 21 although this construction is, of course, not absolutely necessary. l

The seat-board 13 which is substantially rectangular in shape is attached to the back member by a hinge rod 22, the terminals of. which extend through apertures formed inthe strips or back legs 16 and 17. The seatv is in thickness less than one-half the width of the members 16 and 17 and the hinge rod 22 is spaced from the back member 10 a suiii cient distance to permit the cover-board 14 to be received between the seat-board and the back member when the chair is folded.

The cover-board is secured by a hinge 23 to the outer terminal ofthe seat-board and may,therefore, be arranged either in de-y pending position asin Fig. 1 or in engageyment With the upper face of the seat-board v cealed from View.

As a means for supporting the seat when in the position shown in Fig. 1, l employ a pair of platemembers 25 and 26. These members 25 and 26 are similar in construction and are each formed from a single sheet of lmetal which is bent 'along a transverse 'line to produce a horizontal bodv portion and the depending' dange 27. The body portion of each plate is inserted in a hert formed in each. edge of the seat-board and is securedftherein by screws or any other fastening devices which maybe found des sirable.4 Thev iiangesy 2 7 are .spaced from the adjacent edges fotbelseat-board such e distance that theshouiders 19 of the members l1 and l2rnavbe receivedbetweiljthe fianges andjthe adjacent edsesj-o the seatboard. lt ywilly be readilyvobservedyupon reference to' thmdrawings, that when `the seat is lowered int" oriontl pQStO'lIl,` the plates25 and N26 may-'be engaged with the shoulders ,19 so'as to support-fthe seatl and 'to hold thel leg 'members against swinging movement.

' vUpon reference to Fig. 3, the manner in which the @chairis adapted to be folded will be readily' observed. The cover-board is first yfolded to bear against the` upper face of then .swung to engage against the forward the seat-board and this latter member is face' of the back member 10. It then remains to fold one of the leg or wing membersinwardly against the seat-board and to swing the other wing member into position against the first member.

The laptray heretofore designated as an entirety by the numeral 15 includes a pair of parallel spaced arms 28 and 29 which are pivoted as by pins 30 to the members 16 and 17 adjacent the upper terminals thereof. A lap-board 31 is positioned between the outer terminals of the arms, being secured by any suitable fastening devices. A guard rail or rim 32 is secured to the outer edge of the member 31 so that the childs food may be prevented from slipping from the lap-board. ln this connection, it is,of course, appar ent, that the lap tray may be employed as a food tray or as a board for holding blocks or other similar' toys. The tray is supported in horizontal position bythe stop pins 33 against which the arm members bear, as shown in Fig. 1. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire 'to 'secure by Letters Patent is 1. A nursery chair comprising a back member, side members hinged thereto, a

swinging seat connected to the back .member and adapted: to be supported by the upper edges of the side members at the front thereof, a tray, arms carrying'said tray and pivoted to the back member, and lateral rests on the side members to be engaged by said arms above the points of engagement of the sides by the seat whereby the tray will he supported above the seat. i

2. A nursery chair comprising a back member, side members hinged thereto and having their upper portionsreduced atthen,"

front edges whereby to provide horizontal shoulders, a seat swingingly connected to theA back member and provided with grooves in lts side edges, and retainers secured 1n said grooves and having their free edges pro-i jected downward to engage over the shoul ders on the'side members and bear against the outer faces of said members.

3. A nursery chair comprising la 'baclt member, rigid side members fixed to the back member, a seat swingingly mounted betweenL said fixed side members in spaced relation "tothe baclrmember, side members hinged to the xed ide members, retainers on the sides of the seat at the front thereof tdr'ngage. over the vupper edges of the hinged side members, a rigid cover-board hinged to the fron'tedge of the seat to depend therefrom or fold over upon the same, the seat and coversboard being adapted'to swingv up against the back with thecoverboard between the seat and the back, tray carrying arms pivoted to the-back, a tray tot` secured to said' arms and stop pins onithe memes e;

here, whereby the seat ie mounted in spced 'In testimony whereof ax my signature relation to' the back, swinging side members 1n presence of two witnesses.

hinged to the fixed side members, and re' JOHN F. RUDDUCK. fue] tenelson the side of thexseat at the iront -Witnessesz ethereof to engage over the upper edges oi GRovER Tm'rs,

the swinging side members. yLleo TEATS.

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