US1555526A - Ralph smith - Google Patents

Description

Sept. 29,1925. 1,555,526

SMITH SEAT Filed Jan. 1925 5 n Us To;

Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED srars RALPH SMI'IIrI, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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Application filed January 17, 1925- Serial No. 3,147.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, RALPH SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, inthe county of Fultonandv State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a portable seat to be used by persons desiring to sit in a comfortable position where there is noback rest. My invention is particularly adapted for use at baseballparks or other athletic fields orovided with seats, usuallyof cement and without back rests. r

A feature of my invention is to provide such a seat and back rest that may be conveniently carried about by the person who intends to use it.

It is another feature of my invention to provide means extending backof the seat to act as a combined base when the seat is in use or as a hand-hold for conveniently transporting it to and from use. 1

Another feature of the invention'relates to the folding of the back against the seat in a compact space and the means for doing this with the fewest possible parts and yet with the strongest possible construction whereby the rough usage incident to devices of this character will not tear the parts to pieces and ruin the same.

It is an object of the invention to produce a seat that can be used at ball parks or other places of like character in comfort by the person sittin on the seat since frequently the period of time when they are needed is extended.

\Vith these and other objects which will be developed as the description proceeds, I will now describe my invention in connection with the attached drawings in which:

Figure l is a plan of my seat.

Fig. 2 is a back view with the seat folded.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the seat folded, and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the seat when folded.

To provide a strong base that cannot be racked and torn by the rough usage to which a device of this character is necessarily subjected, I provide a rigid frame 1 preferably of metal, as brass or iron, extending in an integral piece around two sides of the base rigid strong frame braced against sidewise strains which may be economically and easily assembled and which will stand the rough usage demanded of this class of devices.

To the top of the seat base 4 I attach by su table nails or screws. The seat 3 composed preferably of papier-mach or some such composition as will render the seat comfortable to the user and will also help to hold together the seat base 4 and the frame 1 since I extend the papier-mach composition over the top "of thebase 4 and thetop of the frame 1. This makes quite a strong construction which I findnecessary to prevent these seats from coming to pieces by the strain on the attaching nails.

Rigidly attached to the frame 1 back of the base 4 and seat 3 I provide uprights 8 and at the upper end of the uprights I provide the back frame 10. This back frame 10 I construct ordinarily of metal in a solid piece with side legs 12, pivoted to the rigid uprights 8 and insert a wooden base 14 between the portions 12 and attach the back base 14 to the frame 10 by means of nails or screws, this base 14 serving the double function of bracing the arms 12 of the back frame and also serving as a suitable base to which I attach the back rest 15 by nails or screws 16. This construction produces a very strong braced back for the seat that will withstand the ordinary rough usage to which devices of this character are subjected.

I extend the arms 12 beyond their pivot supports sufiiciently for the ends 17 when the back is raised to its upright position, to rest against the seat base 4 to hold the back in the position shown in Fig. 3 while the seat is being used. It will be noticed that by extending the sides 1 of the frame a considerable distance back of the seat back, I get the double function of a convenient hand-hold and also a seat base which will not tilt backwardly. Many of the seats, for example, at a baseball park, have no backs and a temporary seat without the base frame extending backwardly a considerable distance would be uncomfortable, but with the construction of my base frame with no liability of tilting backwardly, I find that the seat is quite convenient and after being used, my construction lends itself to the seat being readily folded and when grasped at the part 2, may be comfortably transported to the place where needed. My temporary seat possesses the maximum strength for the material used, is braced Where needed to prevent hard usage from distorting the parts and may be cheably constructed of material purchasable in the open market,

I claim as my invention:

1. A foldable leg'le'ss seat comprising a seat propeiga U-shaped supporting frame extending along the sides of the seat proper and a considerable distance back of the same to form a hand hold, uprights-attached to the sides of said frame, a back pivoted to said uprights on the inner s-idesthereof and extending below the seat proper and cooperative therewith to hold the back in an upwardly inclined position.

2. A foldable legles's seat comprising a seat proper, a U-shaped frame support therefor extending from the front on either side thereof to a considerable distance back of the same, uprights rigidly attached to the legs of the U-shaped frame, a back comprising a U-shaped frame having its legs pivoted to said uprights and having extensions to rest against the back side of the seat proper and hold the back in an upwardly inclined position when in use.

3. A foldable legless seat comprising an integral frame extending around two sides and end of the same, a seat base 4: interposed seat and the back thereof, a seat base fitted between the legs of the frame and rigidly attached thereto, upstanding arms rigidly attached to the frame legs, and a seat back frame pivoted to said arms and having ends extending beyond the pivots and cooperative with the seat base to hold the back in an upwardly inclined position-whenin use, aback piece below the legs of the back frame and rigidly attached thereto, and a back rest covering the back piece, said. back being foldable down on the seat and the legs of said seat frame extending back sufficiently to form a hand hold for conveniently transporting the seat when the back is turned to folded position. A v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RALPH SMITH.

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