US1188453A - Chair-seat. - Google Patents

Description

w.1. & Al. JOHNSON.

CHAIR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1915.

1 9 1 88,453 Patented June 27,1916,

WALTER J JOHNSON AND ARTHUR L. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER J. JOHNSON and ARTHUR L. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,.have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Chair-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to chair seats, more particularly of the type wherein a portion of the seat is removable. v

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a construction'in which the front rail of the removable or slip seat constitutes the foremost rail of the chair.

Another object is to provide a seat which may be removed from the seat frame without raising the seat, but merely slipping it in a forward direction.

.An'other object is to provide in a seat of this character a front extending entirel or approximately across the entire width 0 the chair.

A fourth object is to provide a slip seat lending itself particularly to a so-called saddle shape.

Fifth, it is our object to produce a con removed and a portion of the padding or.

lining being also removed to better reveal I the construction of the parts. Fig. 2 is a top view of the support with the seat removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3, -3 Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4, 4 Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referrin to the drawings in which'a preferred em odiment of the invention is shown, the stationary support for the seat consists of a front rail 1, side rails 2, 2, and a back rail 3. Over this support lie' two side rails 4,4 and a back rail 5, which are set back somewhat from the inner margins of .the parts 2 and 3 to afford a supporting ledge or shoulder for the seat. Said rails 4 and 5 rise preferably to the height of the 'ence do not reach Specification of Letters ratent. Patented une 27, 1916 Application filed March 17, 1915. Serial No. 14,888. I

slip seat and form stops or abutmentsthere for. The major portion of the front remains uncovered. In consequencefitw be said that the rails 4, 4, 5 are opn'atgt front. Theoretically these parts ,might fbe I I carved from a single piece, but as a practical matter of manufacture the difi'erentjelements referred to should be made of separate pieces of wood, glued or otherwise rigidly secured together. The side rails 4 are curved outwardly at their forward ends and by preferquite to the forward edge of the front rail.

The preferred arrangement of the parts is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The parts mentioned form a permanent and stationary part of the chair, and as the legs, back, and arms of the chair may assume many different forms, and as such parts are well lmown, it isthought unnecessary to'illustrate them.

The slip seat comprises a frame having a' front rail 7,'two side rails 8, 8 "and a' back rail 9. These parts are preferably made of four pieces of wood suitably joined to ether. Theyconform in general to the out ine of the stationary support, the front rail 7 restingupon the front rail 1 and the side and back rails resting upon the exposed marginal edges of the side rails 2 and back rail 3 respect1vely.' The forward edge of the front rail 7 comes flush or somewhat in front of the forward edge of the front rail 1 and at the ends swings out so as to come in front of the forward ends of the side rails 4. Thus the slip seat presents a continuous front, entirely across the width of the chair.

The front rail 7 when viewed in cross-section, as on the line 3, 3, Fig. 1 is rounded with the top of the rails 4, 5 and the inner edges inclining downward as shown.

The area bounded by the rails 7, 8 and 9 is covered by cane-seating 11, fastened in any suitable manner to the rails of the slip seat.- Overlying this cane-seating is a what we claim as new and desire to secure 55 leather cover 12, and by preference a lining 13 of felt or other suitable material is inter- .posed between the cane-seating and the cover. The cover extends around over the front edge of the front rail 7 and secured along the. under edge, covering the entire top surface and sides of the slip seat, and thereby imparting a finished ap- .place the fastening of the cover to th pearance thereto. When the slip seatfis 1n frame workis not apparent.

We call particular attentlon, in

addition .to the general features of construction, to

v renders it possible to employ cane seating,

. upon a saddle. shaped chair seat.

' 1 front end ofv the center ridge 7* is comthe presence of the tongue 7. 'lhis tongue The I paratively high, much higher than theelevation of the central portion ofthe seating. By thus providing the tongue it is possible to avoid a sharp drop "at the inner edge of the front rail which would have a tendency to'very soon out the cane. Withour conleather coveringis also protected, for the.

struction it is possible to taper oh the ridge "to a point flush with orbelow the plane of the caning. By protecting the cane, the

cover cooperates with the caning in supporting the weight of the person using the chair.

As a result of the construction shown, the

leather cover is brought to the. fore-frontof the seat under the-knees of the user and this covered front extends throughout the entire width of the chair. This avoids any ridges or unevenness, such as is frequently found in chairs in which the stationary front rail comes in front of the removable seat. shaped it is comfortable, especially in'view ofthe fact that instead of being solid wood as saddle seats usually are, it is madeof necessary to reach under-and push up from beneath, a draw back that is avoided in a chair of our construction.

Having thus described our -1nvention,

Furthermore, as the seat is saddle.

by Letters Patent, is

1; In a chair, the combination of a stationary support having marginal strips rising therefrom at the sides and back, said strips at the sides terminating short of the frontedge of said support; and a slip seat fitting within the marginal strips on the stationary support and extending to a point in front of them, and extending, across the front, approximately to the outer edges of the side marginal strips.

2. A chair having a stationary support having a front rail, side rails and a back rail rising above the level'of said support, the ends of the side rails being rounded outward at the front ends; and a slip seat resting upon said support and abutting said ralls to be held laterally thereby, the top of the seat being substantially flush with the top of the side and back rails of the support, and said seat having a front rail having laterally extending wings at the ends rounding outward around the front ends of the side rails of the support and terminating. substantially at the outside edges of saidside rails, the spread of the wings being substantially equal to the greatest width of said support.

3. In a chair, a slip seat consisting of a frame having a front rail, side rails and a back rail, and a flexible covering stretched front rail having a center ridge which tapers down onto said tongue.

4:. In a chair, a slip'seat consisting of a frame having a front rail, side rails and a back rail and a flexible covering stretched over said frame, the front rail having a center ridge, and a tongue projecting inwardly toward the center of the frame at 7 least half way to said center, said tongue carrying the ridge down as far as the level of the adjacent inner edges of the side rails.

In witness whereof we hax e hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses. I WALTER J. JOHNSON. I ARTHUR L. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

SELINA E. HIGGINS,

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