US142583A - Improvement in couplings for connecting cradles to rocking-chairs - Google Patents

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J. REEVES. Couplings for Connecting Cradles to Rocking-Chairs. N0. 142,583. Patented Septembr9,i873.

H "Him-II JAMES REEVES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN COUPLINGS FOR CONNECTING CRADLES T0 ROCKING- CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,583, dated September 9, 1873 application filed May 31, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES REEVES, of Oincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Coupling Device for Gonnecting Cradles to Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a simple and efficient device Wherewith cradles and rockingchairs can be temporarily coupled together so as to rock in unison with each other and my coupling device consists of a straight rigid bar, of metal or other suitable material, whose ends are secured in sockets, of which one socket is attached to the cradle, while the other one is fastened to the frame of the rocking-chair. This bar is pivoted to the cradlesocket, so as to be turned up to a horizontal position whenever it is to be engaged with the chair-socket, or so as to be suspended from said cradle-socket in a perpendicular manner as soon as the .coupling is detached from the rocking-chair. The coupling-bar is temporarily connected to the socket of the rocking-chair by means of a removable pin, as hereinafter more fully described.

As the aforesaid bar is composed of a rigid material, it will be readily understood that the movements of the rocking-chair are communicated directly to the cradle, and, consequentl y, the act of rocking the latter is effected without any more labor or attention than is necessary to put the chair in motion.

Figure l is a perspective View, showing a cradle united rigidly to a rocking-chair by means of my coupling device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective viewof the coupling device detached from the chairand cradle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the coupling, the

removable pin being withdrawn from the chairsocket and the bar shown in the act of turning upon its pivot, so as to allow said bar to assume its normal or perpendicular position.

A and B may represent, respectively, portions of the frames of a rockingchair and a cradle of any approved form. Attached to the frame A by screws a is a chair-socket, which consists, essentially, of a boss or disk, 0, from which projects laterally a stud or stump, D, that is recessed at d, to receive one end of the rigid coupling rod or bar E. This stud is provided-with a "ertical perforation, d, for the reception of the stem f of aremovable pin, F. The couplingrbarE is pivoted at g to the stump G, which projects laterally from the disk or boss H of the cradle-socket. This stump G is slotted at 9, so as to allow the coupling-bar to depend from said stump and assume its normal or perpendicular position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, or to be turned up to a horizontal posit-ion for the purpose of uniting the cradle to the chair, as represented by strong lines in the aforesaid illustration. The free end of the coupling bar E is perforated at 0, through which perforation the stem f of the pin F passes when the cradle and chair are united.

The two sockets O D and G H must first be attached, respectively, to the chair A and cradle B, so as to be on the same level, and after this has been accomplished the coupling of them together is eifected in the following manner. The coupling-bar E is turned upon its pivot g and brought up to a horizontal position, after which its free end is inserted in the recess 01 of the chair-socket. This being done, the shank f of the removable pin F is passed down through the apertures d and c, thereby coupling the chair and cradle together in the most convenient and eifective manner. Owing to the rigidity of the coupling bar, rod, or link E, the motion of the chair is communicated directly to the cradle, .by which means the latter is rocked while the attendant is resting herself. The chair can be uncoupled from the cradle in a moment by simply withdrawing the pin F from the apertures d c and then shifting the chair away from the cradle, so as to allow the bar E to turn upon its pivot g and again assume its normal or pendent position.

The sockets or cars for retaining the coupling'bar may be made of metal and have any desired ornamental shape imparted to them, so as to add to instead of detracting from the appearance either of the rocking chair or cradle.

I claim as my invention The within-described coupling device for attaching rocking-chairs to cradles, which device consists of the sockets O D cl d G g g H, rigid bar or link E e, and removable pin F, substantially as herein described and set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

JAMES REEVES.

Attest:

GEo. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

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