US1396774A

US1396774A - Convertible porch-swing and couch

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Publication number: US1396774A
Application number: US294208A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Neiswender; William C Wenthe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-05-02
Filing date: 1919-05-02
Publication date: 1921-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 1938-11-15

Description

c. A. NEISWENDER AND w. c. WENTHE. CONVERTIBLE PORCH SWING AND COUCH. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1919. 1 396,774. Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, CHARLES A. NEIS 'WENDER and WILLIAM C. VVENTHE, citizens of the United States, residing atvTopeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Porch-Swings andCouches, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined porch swin an object of the invention is to provide a porch swing, in which end. members are hingedly connected to the seat portion thereof for movement into adjusted angular positions with respect to the seat to convert the swing into a couch andfurther to providel abutment members which are adjustably carried by the end members of the swing and are adapted for engagement against the ends of the seat portion to maintain these hinged end portionsin adjusted positions, such as. one of them extending at an obtuse angle with respect to the seat toform a pillow support for a users head,

whilethe other end portion may besubstantially parallel to the seat portion.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide in a convertible porch swing and couch as specified, notches orrecesses in the ends of the arm rests of the end members which receive therein chains or flexible suspending means oftheswing, for maintaining the end members in vertical positions.

A stillfurther objectoftheinvention is to provide a. convertible porchswing and couch as specified, which may be readily knocked down or taken apart, for packing, storage or shipping, the end members and back rest being connected to the seat by means of bolts and wing nuts, whereby by the removal of the wing nuts, the various sections may be disconnected and packed in abutting engagement with each otherto provide a compact structure, l

Other objects of the i vention will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

and, in which drawings: 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of: the improved convertible porch swing and couch showing the end members in vertical posinone and the device adjusted asa porch Swing. Fig. 2 is a perspective vlew of the conand couches, and

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 15, 1921. Application filed May 2, 1919. Serial No. 294,208. i

vertible porch swing and couch showing the end members adjusted to provide a couch.

the convertible porch swing and couch when the end members are adjusted as illustrated in Fig. 1. j

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectlon through one end member and adjacent end portion of theseat showing the end member in horizontal position, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryview illustrating one of the end members in an angularly adjusted position to form a pillow rest or support.

referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates the seat portion of the convertible swing and couch whichis made up in the usual manner-of constructing the seat portion of porch swings, namely comprising end members or bars 11 and a front bar or riser 12 to the upper edges of which the seat slats 13 are attached. The back rest 1 1 is also constructed in the usual manner of forming back rests for porch swings, it comprising upper and lower longitudinally extending bars 15 and end bars 16. Slate or boards 17 are attachedto extend between the longitudinalbars or boards 15. However this particular construction, and the particular construction of the seat forms no part of the presentinvention, and it is to be unden stood that the back rest. may be made in any approved manner without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The nd bars 16 of j extend downwardly below the lower longi tudinal bar 15 and their lower ends are seated in recessesiormed in the inner side structure 14 are also connected to the end member supporting strips 18 by means of bolts 21 and wing nuts 22, to permit the ready disconnection of these members when it is desired to collapse the swing structure for storage or shipment.

The

end members

23 and 24 of theswing arehingedly connected, by means of hinges 25 to their supporting strips 18 in such is a vertical cross section through the back rest structure 1 manner as to allow the said end members to-be swung outwardly into inclined or horizontal positions as shown in Figs. 2, 4t and 5 of the drawings. Abutment members are connected to the uprights or side rails 26 of each of the

end members

23 and 24, by means of bolts 27 which extend through slots 28 formed in the uprights 26, permitting slidable movement of the abutment members upon the end members, for regulating the engagement of the abutment members with the outer edges of the strips 18, for supporting'the end members in adjusted positions. For example, when'it is desired to support one of the end members at an oblique angle with respect to the seat 10, for the purpose of supporting a pillow or forming a head rest, the abutment members upon the said member are adjusted, so that their inner ends will project beyond or below the innerend of the end 'members; thus when the end member is swung outwardly upon its hinged connection with the strips 18, the inclined surface'29 of the abutment members which are carried'by the said end member will engage against the outer surface of the supporting strip 18 and form a surface contact withthe supporting strip 18 to support the and suitable justed position. However,

hinged end members in their angularly adwhen it is desired to support the hinged end member in a horizontal position, the abutment members 25 carried thereby, are moved longitudinally so that their lower ends will be substantially flush with the lower ends of the end mem ber; thus when the end member is lowered into a horizontal position, as shown atthe right in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 4, the flat surface '30 on the lower ends of the abutment members will engageagainst the outer side of the supporting strip 18, forming surface contact therewith for supporting the said end member in a horizontal position;

, Wing nuts 31 are mounted upon the bolts 27 forholding. them in adjusted positions, washers or collars 32 are mounted in the abutment members to prevent mutilation of the said abutment members by adjustment of the wing nuts 31.

The convertible porch swing and couch is suspended, by the usual form of chains or analogous flexible members indicated at 32 and these'chains or flexible members are connected, through the medium of eye bolts 33 with the end supporting strips 18, one at each end of each of the supporting strips as clearly shown in the drawings. The arm rests 33 of the end members are provided with concaved portions orrecesses as shown at 34 in their GIIClS'WhICh are adapted to receivethe chains or flexible supports 32 therein, to maintain theendmembers 23 and 24: in upright .or vertical positions against accidental outward and, downward swmgmg'movement, The arm rests 33 are also provided with notches 35 in their inner edges which engage over the end strips 16 of the back rest 14 when the end members are in upright or vertical positions, thus securely connecting and bracing all of the parts of the swing.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention, but;

I claim:

1. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination of a seat, transverse end bars rigid therewith, end members hingcdly connected to the said end bars of said seat, means for retaining said end members in an upright position with respect to said seat, and abutment members carried by said hinged end members for engagement against the end bars to support said end member when swung to another position, with respect to said seat, independent of said first mentioned means.

2. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat, end members hingedly connected to the seat, and abutment members adjustably carried by the hinged ends, said abutment members adapted to be adjusted to present different surfaces for engagement against the ends of said seat to support the end members in various adjusted positions.

3. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat, end members hingedly connected to said seat, abutment members adjustably carried by said end members, said abutment members having angularly disposed fiat portions on their lower ends adapted for engagement against the ends of the seat to support said end members in adjusted positions.

4. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat, end members hingedly connected to said seat in a manner to swing outwardly from the ends thereof, abutment members adjustably carried by said end members, said abutment members having angularly disposed flat portions on their lower ends adapted for engagement against the ends of the seat to support said end members in adjusted positions, suspending chains for said swing, said end members including arm rests having recesses in their ends for engaging said chains to maintain the end members in vertical position.

5. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat, end members hingedly connected to the seat in a manner to swing outwardly from the ends thereof, abutment members carried by the hinged ends for engagement against the ends of the seat to support said hinged end members in various adjusted positions with respect to the seat, arm rests upon said end members and having recesses in their ends, and suspending chains for said swing, said chains chains for said swing, and arm rests carried by the upper portions of said end members, said arm rests having recesses in their ends for engaging said chains to maintain the end members upright.

7 In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat, supporting strips detachably connected tothe ends of said seat, a back rest detachably connected to said strips, suspending chains for said swing detachably connected to said strips one at each end of each strip, and end members hingedly connected to said supporting strips, abutment members adjustably connected to said end members for slidable movement with respect to the end members, said abutment members ada ted to beadjusted to present difierent sur aces for engagement against the ends'of said seat to support the end members in various adj usted positions.

8. In a porch swing, the combination of a seat having transverse end bars, a back rest, end members having bars at their lower portions, flexible members connected with the bars of said end members for supporting the swing, means detachably connecting the lower portion of said back rest to said bars of said endmembers, and means de tachably connecting said end bars of said seat to the said bars of said end members.

9. In a porch swing, the combination of a seat having transverse end bars, a back rest, end members having bars at their lower portions, flexible members connected with the bars of said end members for sup porting the swing, means detachably connecting the said end bars of said seat to the said bars of said end members, and means detachably connecting the lower portion of said back rest to said bars of said end members'with the lower end portion of the back rest engaging the ends of the bars of said seat.

CHARLES A. NEISWENDER. WILLIAM C. WENTHE.