US1509580A

US1509580A - Child's chair

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Publication number: US1509580A
Application number: US561533A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roderic L Bent
Original assignee: Bent & Bros Inc S
Current assignee: Bent & Bros Inc S; S Bent & Bros Inc
Priority date: 1922-05-16
Filing date: 1922-05-16
Publication date: 1924-09-23
Anticipated expiration: 1941-09-23

Description

Sept. 23 1924.

R. L. BENT CHILD S CHAIR Filed May 16, 1922 o a A x l w L m 4 7d l lnllllhlh han ar Z 0&&'c'c [F272;

Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BODERIC I1. BENT, F GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR '10 S. BENT & 1330s., INC.,

A. CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CHILD'S CHAIR.

Application filed May 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RODERIC L. BENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gardner, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Childs Chair, of which the followin is a specification This invention relates to a childs chair and particularly to devices for attaching a tray or table thereto.

It is the object of my invention to provide improved means for this purpose, permitting a tray to be conveniently attached to chairs of widely different design.

An important feature of my invention relates to the use of improved clasps or clamps by which the arms of the tray may be pivotally secured to the spindles or rounds of a' chair back.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a partial side elevation of a chair embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in a different position;

Fig. 4: is an enlarged side elevation of one of the clamps or clasps; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown parts of a childs chair, the particular form of which is illustrative only. The chair embodies a seat 10, legs 11, arms 12, a top rail 13, and spindles or rounds 1 1 by which the arms and top rail are supported.

The tray comprises a table having a rim 16 extended at its rear ends to form arms or projections 17 extending along the sides of the arms 12 and bent inwardly at their rear ends as shown in Fig. 2.

Clamps 18, preferably formed of sheet metal, are bent to the shape indicated in Fig 5 and are secured to the inwardly projecting curved ends of the tray arms 17 by screws 20. Each clamp 18 also embraces 1922. Serial No. 561,533.

one of the spindles 1 1 and is firmly secured. I

thereto by the clamping pressure of the screw 20.

The flat portion of each clamp 15% which engages the end of an arm 17 may be disposed at an angle to the axis of the cylindrical portion of the clamp, this angle being varied to suit the position of the spindles 14: in a particular chair.

The construction above described possesses important advantages over the usual construction, in which the rearwardly projecting arms of the tray are upturned and pivoted directly on the outer upper portion of the back. The present construction is not only more pleasing in appearance, but it leaves the top rail 13 clear and unobstructed and the tray when not in use is entirely removed from any position in which it may interfere with the occupant of the chair. By slightly varying the length of the curved ends of the arms 17 and if necessary the size or angle of the clamps 18, a tray may be attached to almost any childs chair, as practically every chair for this purpose has rounds or spindles in some portion of its back.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as set forth in the claim, but what I claim is A childs chair having a back with an outer frame and spindles therein, a tray with rearwardly projecting arms having their rear ends curved inwardly substantially in the plane of the tray, means encircling certain of said spindles within said outer frame and pivotally secured to the inner ends of said arms. said means comprising sheet metal clamps each having a portion em bracing one of said spindles and having flat end elements disposed adjacent each other at the side of said spindle, and said tray arms being pivotally secured to said end ele ments.

In'testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

RODERIC L. BENT.