US144709A - Improvement in seats for vehicles - Google Patents

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U.C. SNYDEH.V

Seats for Vehicles. N0. 144,709. f Patented Nov. 18,1873."

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URIAH C. SNYDEB, RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, HURON COUNTY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF `HIS RIGHT TO JOSEPH H. BEELMAN, OF

SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEATS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,709, dated November 18, 1873; application filed October 4, 1873.

underneath the seat, said seat being also pro\ vided at its ends with strap or other hinges, to allow of its being tilted forward out of the way in loading.

In the drawings, Figure'l is a front View of a spring-seat provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is an end view of same. Fig. 3 is aper spective view of the arm and one of the guide- The letter A represents an ordinary wood seat for wagons. B B are cast-metal or other arms forked at a a to form branches, the ends b b of which areI flattened and provided with anges c c projecting downwardly at right angles thereto. Strips cl of wood are screwed to the ends b b, and between them and the bottom of the seat coiled or other springsc c are interposed and held in place by straps or other fastenings. The other end of the arms is providedwith a gudgeon on each side, on which frictionrollers f are fastened, forming` T- ends to said arms. These ends are iitted in slot h in guideplates g', which latter are made in pairs and attached to the bottom of the seat. A flange (see Fig. 3) is formed on the upper and lower edge of these plates for the purpose of covering the rollers, and to form ways or guides for the arms B in their sliding back and forth, that their motion may be easy and steady. The letters 'i represent strap or other hinges attached to the iianges c by one end, and to the wagon box Vor body by the other, in such manner as to allow of the seat being tilted forward to remove it out .of the way in loading without detaching it entirely from the wagon, as is ordinarily done.

The seat is secured to the wagon in the usual way-that is, the ends b resting on the edges of the box with the ian ges c c bearingI on the outside. The straps also"being fastened as described, the slotted guide-plates allow of the movement offthe arms, occasioned by pressure on the springs.

By forking the arms B B, a firmer bearingsurface is afforded for the springs, and thereby the seat has an easier motion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The forked arms B, provided with friction-rollers f, in combination with slotted guide plates g, substantially as described.

2. The slotted guide-plates g secured to the seat, and anged for the purpose of receiving' the T-ends of the sliding arms, substantially as described. f

3. The combination, in a tilting springseat, of the springs e, sliding arms B, and slotted guide-plates g, substantially as described.

To the above specification-of my invention y I have signed my name this 1st day of `October, 1873. y

Witnesses: U. G. SNYDER.

S. M. YOUNG, FRANK GATES.

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