US1260972A - Convertible chair. - Google Patents

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A. FAIELLA. CONVERTIBLE CHAIR. -APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. I917.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

W Illa WITNESS ATTORNEY Amwa FAIELLA, or PHILADELPHIA, rnnivsrnvenm.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

T1) all whomt may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY FAInLLA,

a. citizen of the United States, residing at 1025 Carpenter street, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Convertible Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to chairs and has particular reference to 'a convertible and collapsible chair having features of construction embodied therein which permit the same to be employedas a childs chair, or as the usual conventional chair, and to be Capableof being folded when not in use, so as to be conveniently and compactly stored.

An object of the invention, among others, is to provide a convertible chair having a novel folding back construction, which will render the chair applicable for seating both infants and adults, by a convenient adjustment of the folding back construction.

Another object resides in a chair ofthe above character wherein the several parts comprising the same are substantially hinged together, so that when the chair is not in service it may be collapsed in a compact manner so as to occupy a minimum of storage space.

A further object is to provide a chair embodying the above features and which will be stanch and durable in construction, convenient to adjust to its various serviceable or inactive. positions, and capable of being cheaply manufactured.

Other objects Will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing wherein has'been shown the preferred embodiment of the present invention- 1 Figure 1 is a p'erspectiveview of the chair,

illustrating the same as when employed in the capacity of an. infant?s chair.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the chair, and illustrating the parts thereof in the same positions as'indicated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the chair.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional. View illustraing the chair in its collapsed position, an

Fig. 5 is a view of the chair as when employed in the usual conventional manner.

Sim l ,cha acters of. reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918..

Application filed Marehz l, 1917. 7 Serial No. 157,164.

- Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the chair in its entirety, and the same preferably consists of a plurality of spaced rear uprights 2 and 3, which are braced and held in parallel relation by means of the cross strips 4. The main seat 5 of the chair is hinged as at 6 to the uprights and is adapted, when the chair is in the position indicated in Fig. 1, to extend on a horizontal plane. The seat is supported in an active position through the agency of swinging leg members 7 and 8,. which'are hinged as at "9, along their rear surfaces to said uprights, the leg members having their upper extremities disposed in engagement with the under surface of the seat 5, so as to support the latter. Said seat is further supported in an extended position through the medium of a swinging front leg section 10, which is hinged as at 11 to the forward and lower surface of the seat 5, said section 10 being adapted to aline with the forward uprights of the members 7 and 8, in order that clamps 12 may encircle the same, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to prevent undue movement of the members 7 8 and 10 with relation to the extended seat 5, as will be clearly understood. The clamps 12 are of a removable nature so as to be readily removed from engagement with the supporting members in order that the latter will be capable of freely assuming collapsed positions. It will be obvious that hooks may be employed in place of the clamps 12 if found desirable.

Bythis construction, and with reference to Fig. 4 of the drawing, it; will be seen that when the chair is collapsed, the seat 5 is folded back against the uprights 2 and 3, and its connected leg section 10 will be in contiguous and parallel relation thereto.

Likewise, the leg members 7 and 8 are swung to folded positions in close relation with the uprights 2 and 3, and are situated immediately below the folded seat 5 and its connected section 10. This construction and method of folding the above described elements of the chair, permits the latter, when folded, to occupy but a minimum of space, which provides an exceedingly desirable feature when the chair is not intended for service.

So far the chairhas been described as when it is employed. for seating adults, however, additional features of construction are provided which render the chair applicable for use as an infants high chair, as well as the ordinary chair. The additional parts of the chair which are necessary to enable the same to be employed as a childs chair, are so arranged as to not interfere with the compact folding of the same. Moreover, when the structure of the .childs. seat or auxiliary seat is not; being utilized, it may be folded into the back of the chair, so that the latter will outwardly resemble the appearance of an ordinary chair, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing.

The structure for seating a child consists of an auxiliary seat 13, which in this instance has its rear edges provided with protruding trunnions 14:, the latter being adapted to extend into slots 15, vertically formed in the uprights 2 and 3. The seat 13 when in use extends forwardly in parallel relation to the main seat 5, and is maintained in this position through the agency of a supporting frame 16, which is hinged as at 17 to the under surface of the seat 13. The frame 16 is adapted to extend vertically, so that the lower edges thereof engage with the upper surface of the seat 5, whereby the weight of a child will be safely supported by the seat 13. In order to prevent the frame 16 from accidentally slipping out of place, the same may be provided with reduced pins 18, the latter being adapted to engage withinopenings 19 formed in the seat 5, thus preventing undue movement of the auxiliary seat. A food-supporting tray 20 is pivoted as at 21'to the uprights 2 and 3 and the same is adapted to be swung to the horizontal position, shown in Fig. 1, so as to be positioned in front of a child resting upon the member 13. Stop brackets 22 carried by the uprights 2 and 3 engage with the tray 20, so as to retain the same in the horizontal position mentioned. In order to prevent undue upward movement of the tray use is made of a hook 23, which is pivoted to the tray and is adapted to engage with an eye 24 provided on the seat 13, thus preventing a child from oscillating the tray so as to prevent the accidental displacement of articles or matter deposited thereon.

When the seat 13 is not in use, the frame 16 thereof is disengaged with the seat 5, and is folded so as to assume parallel relation with the seat 13, then the latter is swung.

to a position between the uprights 2 and 3 and is. adapted to extend in parallel relation to the latter. When in its folded position the seat 13 may be employed as a back rest for the chair 1. The tray 20 is swung upon its pivots 21 so as to lie in back of Gopiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of ratenta,

From the foregoing it will be seen that there is provided a chair inwhich the objects of the present invention have been achieved, and that all of the advantageous features above mentioned are, among others, present. The chair can be quicklyand conveniently adjusted to assume its several operative positions, and when not in service the several parts thereof may be so compactly folded that the chair will occupy but a minimum of space when being stored. Furthermore, simple locking means are pro vided for insuring the retention of the several parts of the chair in the various positions, and to prevent the same from becoming accidentally displaced.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new and patentable is:

1. A chair comprising a plurality of spaced uprights, having elongated slots formed therein, a main seat hinged to said uprights, an auxiliary seat fulcrumed within said slots and adapted, when extended, to lie in a parallel plane above said main seat, and a supporting frame hinged to said auxiliary seat, and operable to engage with the main seat.

2. A chair comprising a plurality of spaced vertical uprights, a main seat connected to the latter, an auxiliary seat fulcrumed in elongated openings formed said uprights, supporting legs carried by said auxiliary seat and adapted to bear upon said main seat, to support the auxiliary seat in an extended position, and a tray pivoted to said uprights and normally disposed above said auxiliary and main seats, and in parallel relation with the latter.

3. A collapsible chair comprising a pin. rality of spaced vertical uprights having elongated slots formed therein, a main seat hinged to said uprights, side legs hinged to the latter and operable to'normally support said main seat in an extended position, cooperating leg sections hinged to the main seat and disposed in alinement with thesupporting side legs, means for preventing move.- ment of the former and latter mentioned. legs with respect to said main seat, an auxiliary seat fulcrumed within the slots of the uprights, and means for folding said seats and their associated supporting elements in a collapsed position when the chair is out of service.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

ANTHONY FAIELLA.

Washington, D. 0.

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