US1344901A - Lunch-chair - Google Patents

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R. M. KEAT ING.

LUNCH CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1918.

1 344:, 90 1 Patented June 29, 1920.

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' I N VEN TOR.

R. M. KEATING.

LUNCH CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4, 1918.

1,344,90 1. Patented June 29, 1920.

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INVEN TOR.

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ROBERT M. KEATING, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

LUNCH-Clien- Be it known that I, ROBERT M. KEATING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Springfield in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in An arm rest is arranged at one side and is the back of the chair.

Lunch-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a superior construction of lunch chair wherein the parts may be more easily kept sanitary than in constructions heretofore known, and wherein the tray and arm rests are firmly held in position and danger of displacement avoided, and wherein the occupant of the chair may be more conveniently and comfortably seated and generally to provide a lunch chairof superior construction and more convenient for use.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the construction herein shown.

In the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate like parts 'Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lunch chair showing a part of its improved construction.

Flg. 2 1s a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detached View of a longitudinal section of the tray, the tray supporting members being shown in full lines, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View of the tray and supporting bar.

The construction will be readily understood on reference to the drawings. The chair comprises a suitable frame, the rear 'legs being extended upwardly above the seat portion to form a part of the back frame, and one of the front legs being projected a short distance above the seat and adapted to form a part of the tray support.

preferably supported by thefrainework of A shelf is arranged below the chair seat, which shelf serves not only as a convenient receptacle for hats and v bundles, but also serves to strengthen and brace the chair frame.

The preferred form of tray is provided with downwardly projecting members m which engage the supporting bar it and to which the parts m are secured by means of screws, bolts, rivets or other fastening means. The members m may extend from end to end or may comprise short engaging members. The engaging members may be Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J une 29, 19 20, Application filed February 14, 1918. Serial No. 217,229. y

the tray body. If formed separately they may be attached by electric welding or other convenient means.

The arm rest j is secured to and supported by the chair back, it being by preference secured to the upwardly projecting back frame and in some instances I employ a bracket is. to give additional'rigidity and support.

The tray supporting member 71, preferably projects beyond thevertical members a and 7, thus stiffening and supporting the portion of. the tray which projects beyond these vertical parts.

A brace member 9 extending from the frame member d to the member f serves'to give added rigidity to the parts,especially to the vertical member f and as the part 9 is located below the level of the lower face of the tray, it in no way interferes with the convenient movement of a wiping cloth completely around the edge of the tray.

I may, in some instances, employ an additional stiffening member 0 between the two vertical tray supports.

I am well aware of the construction shown in U. S. Letters Patent to Berger and Abraham, dated August 6, 1912, No. 1,034,678, for chair and patent to Foster, dated April 21, 1903, No. 726,153, school desk and seat attachment and I make no claim to the con structions therein shown.

This application is in part a division of. my Patent No. 1,263,324.

Having therefore described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a lunch chair, the combination of a suitable frame having a back and substantially vertical front legs,,:one of such legs" extending above the seat portion of said frame, a tray-supporting member mounted on said extended front leg, a tray mounted on said supporting member therefor, and an arm rest secured to said back behind said tray, the construction and arrangement be ing such that there is a clear space all around the edge portions of both said tray member 7, a tray-supporting member h ,atarm rest supported therefrom, and provided tached to the two vertical supporting Inemwith a tray, said tray being spaced from and 10 bers at a point above the horizontal brace g, forward of said rest, and constructed and ara tray suitably mounted on the supporting ranged so that there is a clear space a1].

5 member h, and an arm rest su ported by the around the edge portions thereof, below as back frame and projecting orwardly and Well as above.

outwardly therefrom.

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