US1347702A - Combination child's chair - Google Patents

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G. W. MARTIN.

COMBINATION CHILDS CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1919.

1 347,702 Patentedi July 27, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MARTIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION GI-IILDS CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 25, 1919. Serial No. 333,334.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon IV. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Childrens Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture and particularly to a combined nursery chair and table.

An object of this invention is to produce a table and associate with it a chair adjustably connected to assume different positions, one of which converts the combined chair and table into a high chair for a child and the other position of the said chair with relation to the table converts the article of furniture into a combined nursery chair and table.

A further object of this invention is to produce an article of furniture of this character in which the chair is hingedly connected to the table so that it can be swung into the two positions of adjustment just mentioned, the said table furthermore having a firm supporting frame, the legs of which are caused to engage the floor so that tilting of the table is practically obviated.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction. and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a combined table and chair embodying the invention, the chair being adjusted to a position to form a highchair; and

Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view when theparts are adjusted to produce a chair and table.

In these drawings 5 denotes the top of a table, 6 the rear legs thereof, 7 the front legs thereof, which legs extend from their anchorages diagonally outward so that they engage the floor beyond the corners of the table. In other words, the legs are set so that they diverge and accidental tilting of the table is practically obviated. Any suit able number of rungs 8 may be provided to lend stability and strength, but it has been found in practice that a table constructed substantially as illustrated in the drawing has the proper elements and proportions.

The front rung 9 is preferably low so that it will constitutea support for the feet of the occupant of the chair when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The chair comprises in its construction an arcuate shaped member 10 and a similarly shaped member 11, with an intermediate seat 12 held in spaced relation to the members 10 and 11 by posts 13 and 14. A solid bar 15 is attached to the ends of the member 11 and the said bar is connected tothe top of the table by the hinges 16 so that the chair can be swung from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2. The solid bar 15 in addition to constituting a means for attaching the chair to the table constitutes a foot rest when the chair is used as a high chair, whereas any marring of the surface of this bar is hidden when the parts are set to the position shown in Fig. 2 owing to the fact that what is the upper surface of the bar in Fig. 1 becomes the under surface when the other adjustment is attained.

The article of furniture may be termed a desk and chair rather than a table and chair although the purpose of use is not material and the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to the term employed in describing the functions.

Rubber buffers or buttons 17 are applied to the members 10 and 11 so that they bear against the floor and table respectively when the chair is in different positions of adjustment.

I claim- In an article of furniture, atable, a chair comprising an upper and a lower arcuate member, an intermediate seat member, vertical posts connecting the arcuate members and seat member, a solid bar rigidly connected with the forward portions of one of the arcuate members, the solid bar being of a length equal to the length of a table, means for connecting the solid bar to the table to permit movement of the chair and bar with relation to the table and said table having end and side members.

GEORGE w. MARTIN.

Patented July 27, 1920.

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