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Description

R. SELLICK.

STAND.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 22. I916.

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R. SELLICK.

STAND.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 22, 19X6.

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Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 35,7553.

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT SELLICK, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Newark, county of Essex, and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a structure in the nature of a stand on which persons can be arranged and seated, the stand being arranged to incline the seats in the usual manner of stands for this purpose, the structure being particularly adapted for stands for spectators at games or for performers in choruses and the like. The stand is one that is adapted to be erected and taken down without the use of nails, the parts fitting together in a way to provide a stable stand that is well braced when assembled, the parts acting to support each other against accidental movement when the stand is assembled, but permitting an easy knocking down of the stand when it is desired to take it apart. The stand when collapsed takes up but little room, since the different parts of the structure can be piled in a small space and very little storage room is needed for housing the stand when it is not erected.

The stand is particularly ,adapted for ball fields and the like, being adapted to be removed at the end of the game or between seasons, and is also adapted for use in choruses or tableaux where its use on a stage is made possible by reason of its knock-down or collapsing feature.

The invention consists of inclined stringers that are braced against movement both in a horizontal and transverse direction, on

which stringers are arranged purlins which in turn support stanchions on which the seats are arranged, the stanchions and purlins being held in their positions by braces which form the supports for the floor boards between the seats, the boards fitting together and being held in place by the other elements so that, unless desired, it is not necessary to drive nails into the structure to fasten the parts together.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a top View showing a stand of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a side view of the stand shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail showing a stanchion in front view supporting a seat board, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the detail shown in Fig. 3, the purlin, the

floor board and the seat board being shown 1n section. abutting ends of the seat boards showing the manner of locking them together and locking them on the stanchion. Fig. 6 is a side view showing the stringer and the jacks for holding it. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7, 7, in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows a jack which is used at the juncture of the stringers when thestand is extended farther to the rear. Fig. 9 is a front view, and Fig. 10 is a section of a modified form of structure showing a different form of stanchion and a slightly different manner of disposing of the parts, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view'showing one method of fastening the braces to the purlin in a modified form.

The stand can be made of any size, one size being shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the supporting portion of the stand consisting of stringers 10 which are arranged in substantially parallel relation and are arranged to lie at an incline, beingsuitabl supported by jacks 11. The jacks are arranged to hold the stringer in its inclined position and keep it from moving sidewise, the jacks being preferably arranged alternately trans- "versely and longitudinally on the stringer.

In Fig. 1 jacks are shown at 0, in transverse position, and at b in longitudinal position, these positions alternating both across the stand and from front to rear so that a stiffening of the structure is assured. jacks are shown in detail in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the transverse arrangement of jacks being shown at a in Fig. 6, the transverse jacks consisting of the legs 12 which are arranged at an angle to each other, the plates or boards 13 holding them together, the upper ends 14 0f the legs forming an opening for the reception of the stringer 10. A modified form of transverse jack is shown in Fig. 8 in which the legs 12 are adapted to receive the abutting ends of the stringers 10 and 10*, the stringer 10 being arranged to extend the stand farther to the rear and being held, at its other end, in turn by other jacks, the stringers being cut away as at 15 to receive the shoulders 16 of the bar 17 which is held by suitable braces 18 on the legs 12.

In the center of Fig. 6, as at b, I show a longitudinal jack, the legs 12 being provided at the top with a beam 19 which supports the stringers 10 and 10*, the bottom having side-plates 20 which are usually formed of a Fig. 5 is a bottom View of the The.

piece of board, these side-plates projecting above the bottom 19 so. that the beam and the side-plates form a channel for the stringer. It will be understood that other means of fastening the stringers in position can be used, but the form illustrated is preferred, as the alternate arrangement of the jacks, to prevent tilting in any dlrection, 1nsures a solid structure.

Supported on the stringers and extending from side to side of the stand are the purlins 21, these resting on the stringers and bein held against movement in any manner, but in Figs. 3 and 4 I show them held between blocks 22. The purlins are arranged as far apart as the seats are to be apart, the purlins supporting the stanchions 23. The form of stanchion shown in Figs. 3 and 4 consists of uprights 24 and 25 having, at the front, the obliquely arranged strips 26, being connected near their bottoms by the board 27. The bottoms of the strips 26 rest on the purlin, the stanchions being arranged side by side a suitable distance apart and supporting, at their tops, the seat boards 28. The

braces 29 are laid on the structure so that I a notch 30, at the forward end, rests over the top edge of the board 27, and a notch 31, in the rear end of the brace, rests on and catches over the to edge of the purlin. The rear end 32 of t e brace 29 thus extends under the stanchion, over which the next succeeding upper brace 29 is caught. The truss pieces 33 and 34 are arranged to project rearwardly from the uprights 24 of the stanchion and are fastened to the upright 25,

the truss piece 33 being arranged on onesido. of the uprights and having its top edge 36 bearing against the under side of the brace \29,the truss piece 34 having its bottom edge the brace 29 upright. In this description I refer to the braces and stanchions in the singular, but it will be understood that they are disposed over the stand side by side as closely as is deemed necessary to place them, fichgrding to the load they are expected to It will be readily seen from this description that the jacks and stringers are put in place and then the purlins are laid down extend ving across the stringers, after which the stanchions can be put in place properly disposed over the purlins, but the preferred way is to start at the bottom row and brace the stanchions on the purlin and also brace the purlin by means, of the braees 29 whici; are extended back to the next purlin, then the next set of stanchions are put in place, the succeeding braces 29 extended back to the next highest purlin, and the floor boards are then laid on, after which the structure can be continued on toward the back until the top row of seats is reached. The seat boards 28 are laid on loose if desired, but the preferred manner of fastening them is by having their abutting ends formed with cleats 39 which are fastened, with a space between them, to the end of one board, and a cleat 40 is fastened at the end of the next adjacent seat board, the cleat 40 extending between the cleats 39, all the cleats being grooved at 41 so that the grooves are in line when the seat boards 28 abut, these grooves fitting over the top edge of the top brace 42 of the stanchion which has its top edge slightly lower than the top edges of the uprights 24 and 25, the grooves thus holding the seat boards against movement longitudinally and also preventing their independent lifting, since the cleats project under the abutting board and thus hold the ends of the board against lifting unless both boards are a center board 43 and a front board 44, the f front board 44 having its bottom edge resting on the top of the purlin 4.5, the center board 43 being cut away to extend over the top edge and down along the back edge of the purlin as at 46 and having a notch 47 to receive the edge of the front floor board 48, the floor boards being supported on a brace 49. The braces 49 in this construction are supported on their front ends on a" purlin 45 and are suspended on their back ends, as at 50, from the bottom of the next highest purlin. One form of supporting the back end of the brace is shown in Fig. 11 in which the wire hanger 51 is bent around the purlin and around the end 50 of the brace 49 and then twisted, as at 52, to hold the brace 49 against movement longitudinally or transversely. The brace 49 is prevented from moving forwardly inasmuch as when it is fastened to the boards 48, the front board fitting in the groove or notch 47 is held against forward movement, since the center board 43 of the seat against which it presses, presses in turn against the next lower purlin 45. The seat boards 53 rest on the stanchions and are either laid on loose or can be secured in any convenient manner that will permit their being detached quickly and easily when it is desired to take down the stand.

The structure herein outlined, which is subject to alteration and modifications in the shape-of its parts, forms -.a stand that can'be taken down and set up without it be ing necessary to employ carpenters, since after the parts are once made to fit together they can be erected by workmen who are not especially trained mechanics, and the parts when properly put together are held against collapse.

It will be noted in Fig. 4 that any tendency of the occupants of the seat to tilt forward is counteracted by the stanchion being held against forward swinging, because the truss piece 33 bears against the lower edge of the brace 29 which is held down by the bearing on the back face of the purlins to prevent the forward movement of the next highest stanchion, and any backward tilting of the seat is prevented by reason of e the notch 30 in the brace fitting over the board 27, and the lower end of the stanchion fitting against the back edge of the purlin, the purlin in turn-being held against tilting backward by the notch 31 of the next lower brace 29. Any means may be employed for preventing side movement of the purlin on the stringers, one form being shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which the purlin is provided with a notch 54 which rests over the top edge of the stringer 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A stand comprising stringers, purlins supported by the stringers, stanchions on the purlins, seats on the stanchions, braces,

and floor boards on the braces between the stanchions of one row and the next adjacent row, the purlins, the stanchions and the braces having co-acting means for detachably securing them in fixed position.

2. A stand comprising substantially parallel urlins, stanchions on the purlins, seats on t e stanchions, braces connecting the rows of stanchions and the purlins, and floor boards on the braces and bearin against the rows to prevent movement 0 the rows toward each other.

3. In a stand, stringers, rows of seat-s11 porting elements at separated. points on the stringers, braces detachably supported on the rows to hold the rows in alinement, and floor boards on the braces.

4. In a stand, stringers, rows of seat-supporting elements at separated points on the stringers, braces detachably supported on the rows to hold the rows in alinement, and floor boards on the braces, said boards bearing against the rows to prevent their movement toward each other.

5. In a stand, parallel rows of seat-supporting elements, said rows containing stanchions, seats on the stanchions, braces readily detachable and holding the rows in position, and floor boards on the braces, the floor boards resting against the rear edge of the stanchions of the row in front of its braces.

6. In a stand, purlins in substantially parallel relation, braces supported between the purlins, stanchions on the purlins and stanchions, and floor boards on the braces and bearing against the stanchions to the front of them so as to prevent rearward movement of said stanchions.

7. In a stand, purlins substantially parallel, stanchions resting at their front on the purlins, braces extending across the space between the purlins, and floor boards on the braces, the floor boards engaging the back of the stanchions to prevent rearward movement of said stanchions.

8. In a stand, purlins substantially parallel, stanchions with their front ends resting on the purlins, braces extending from front to rear, and flooring on the braces, the stanchions resting at their rear on the flooring.

9. In a stand, purlins substantially parallel, stanchions resting on the purlins, and braces detachably secured at their rear ends to the purlins and detachably secured at their front ends to the stanchions, said stanchions extending downward and engaging the rear face of the purlins.

10. In a stand, purlins arranged substantially parallel, stanchions resting with their front ends on the purlins and extending down to engage the back face of the purlins, braces in notched engagement at their rear ends with the purlin and in notched engagement at their front ends with the stanchions, and flooring on the braces, the rear part of the stanchion having a nose resting on the purlin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 21st day of March, 1916.

ROBERT SELLICK.

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