US129766A

US129766A - Improvement in extension-lounges

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Publication number: US129766A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 1889-07-23

Description

G. H. THGNIAS. lmprovement in Extension-Lounges.

iISlog 129,766I Patented Ju1y23, 1872.

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PATENT OFFICE.

y "GEORGE H. THoMAS, or @Umor rorNT, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT yIn ExTENsloN-LouNeEs.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Extension-Lounge, invented by GEORGE H. THOMAS, of Quincy Point, in thetcounty of Norfolk and State of Massachuse s.

The object of this invention is to so construct a lounge that it may readily be converted into, a bed for two persons, and also so that it may be conveniently packed for storing or transportatiomand so that the'parts willbe kept parallel with each other, as will be `hereinafter more fully set forth and described. -l l In thedrawing accompanying this specification, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of Fig. Staken on the line ma'. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of Fig. 1 on the line y y. Fig. 3 is a view of the Vbottom side of the lounge, showin g the extension in dotted lines. Figs. 44 and 5 are views of the springs which linsert to render my lounge-bottom and bed or the cushions elastic; Fig. 5 being a longitudinal section of Fig. 4 on the line .e z, and

' the latter a top-view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A andB represent the' two frames ofthe lounge and the extension, made much alike, with each a head-piece, C, and a bottom, D.

The extension B is sufficiently large to allowV the lounge part A to slip into it, the headpiece of each being dovetailed, as seen in Fig. 1.. F is the back of the lounge, which is made removable `to facilitate the packing away of the combined article. Legs G are attached to both parts, one being on each corner of the extension and one on each of the back corners of the lounge. The extension B draws out from the lounge, as represented in Fig. 8, and

\ is guided by asystem `of bars, H, and braces, I, connected together with rivets, and attached tothe under side of the parts, as seen in Fig. 3. J is the cushion of the lounge, and K is the cushion of the extension. These cushions or spring-bottoms are connected together, and the extension cushion K folds up onto the .Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,766, dated July 23, 1872.

other, as seen in Fig. 1, when the lounge is not extended. Referring again to the bars and braces H I, it will be seen that the two' bars H H are attached to the bottom of the lounge by pivots at one end, and to the'circular braces I I at the other. These braces I I are cbnnected together by the longitudinal bar L. They are connected, by pivots, with the back rail of the extension-frame at the points m m. N is a simple Xed brace attached to the extension passing over the lon gitudinal bar L, which supports the parts and holds them up to the bottom. O is a branch from the piece I', upon the end of which is a handle, P, by means of which the lounge may be extended. 4The two parts of the lounge bein g thus connected together will remain parallel with each other when the extension is drawn out. Rollers may beintroduced between the two bottoms to lessen the friction. The cushion K of the extension when folded up, as seen in Fig. 1, extends up over the headpiece C, and is fastened by a button, B,'as seen in Fig. 1. The back F is attached to the lounge by means of the cleats S S on its back side, which cleats extend down and enter the slot T, formed by the -bar u on the back rail of the lounge. The back of the lounge may thus be slipped to its place or removed a l pleasure.

In upholstering the cushions I use the springs arranged as seen` in Figs. 4. and 5. The springs are common spirals, separately confined n a frame by cords, as seen `in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti AThe combination of the bars and braces which connect the parts A B together, consisting of the parts H H, I I, and L 0, arranged substantially as shown and described.

' GEORGE H. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

A. L. BAKER, T. B. THOMAS.