US1401906A - Seesaw and the like - Google Patents

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, J. G. HAUGH.

SEESAW AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.19, I92].

1 A01 9G6. Patented Dec. 27, .1921.

wattage stares rarest JAMES e. HAUGH, or BASGQM, OHIO.

SEESAW AND THE LIKE.

Application filed February 19, 1921.

.a see-saw, or rocking device of such construction and capability of adjustment as to be adaptable for comfortable, convenient and safe use by one, two or more children, and which will be amply strong, not bulky or cumbersome, require but a minimum of material for its manufacture, and be attractive to children, and to attain my object, my invention consists in the see-saw or like device having the construction described by or embraced within the scope or meaning of the appended claims.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my see-saws extended for the use of three children; 7

Fig. 2 is a like view showing it shortened in length so as to be adapted for the use of either two or one;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section thereof.

Fig. 4 is a detail view in section on the line i4t of Fig. 3.

My see-saw, briefly described comprises a main rocker-type support that has a seat, and two arms slidably connected therewith,

each havingat its outer end a seat, so that when said arms are outwardly extended three children can comfortably be accommodated, one on the middle seat and one on each end seat. 7

The main support, in the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing, comprises a pair of parallel rockers 10, that rest on the floor or ground, connected at their middle portions by parallel cross slats,

11, and at their ends by uprights, 12, upon Specification of Letters Patent.

' tation.

Serial No. 446,212.

latter have each aseat, 16, at its outer end, the seat being so disposed that a child can sit thereon, straddling the bar or arm, and when the seats are adjusted to the close po- Patented nee. at, 1921.

sition shown in Fig. 2, with its feet resting j on the end of the rockers in a place of safety. Each cleat has a longitudinal slot, 17, and

each bar or arm, 15, has a bolt, 18, that pro jects through the slot of one cleator the other, and on the outside of the cleat the bolt has a wing nut, 19, the bolt and nut thus constituting a clamp device to secure the seat-carrying arm at the desired adjustment. The cleats, it'will be evident, besides their function as guides and supports for the arms, 15, add to the stiffness and strength of the main support and furnish a substantial brace for the middle seat.

i/Vithin convenient reach of a child on the end seat, 16, is a handle, 20, consisting of a post fastened at its bottom to the arm, 15, and a cross bar at the top ofthe post. Said handle is also in reach of a child on'the middle seat, when the end seats are shifted to the close position shown in Fig. 2, and thus enables one child sitting on the device to readily impart a rocking motion to the device. The middle seat, 13, is of a length which permits it to be occupied at the same time by two children who may sit back to back so that each can grasp a handle, 20, but, of course, if they choose, they may sit facing in the same direction or facing one another. It will be seen that as many as four can comfortably occupy the device at the same time, two being on the middle seat and one on each end seat, and any less numchild/ The end seats. being capable of separate, or independent longitudinal adjustment, the device can be made to balance when the end seats are occupied by passengers of different weight. The feature of adjustability of the end seats is also'important in that it enables the contraction or closing up of the device to a length that adapts it for use as a hobby-horse and requires but 7 little roomor space for storage or transpor- What 'I' claim is:

- 1. A device of thekind described comprising a main support that has a rockerextending zirnis slidably supported beneath said seat, and a handle on each arm situated to be l'BflChBCii-flOID 531d seat andelso' from the main support seetwhen the],arm seatis shifted close to the main support'seet;

2. ,A deviceof the kind described comprismg a main support that has a base formed of a pair of connected, spaced apertrockers,

uprights rising from the rockers at the ends, at seat mounted onsuch uprights, slotted cleats on the'undersideof said seat spaced apart, bars alongside one another between said cleats eind slidable longitudinallyysaid I bars being projected beyond the uprights,

a seat on the outer end of eachbar, and

means to secure said bars inadjusted posi- In testimony WhereofI "signature. a i i i throu h' the slots in the'cleetsl p 3. K device of the kind described comprising a main support that has a rocker base,

eechfoi said farms. i

hereunto afiix my .tion comprising bolts thet extend fromthem beneath said seatysaid arms being projected", beyond the uprights, and e seet carried by

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