US1704915A - Cover for nursery-chair seats - Google Patents

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March 1,929 r H: E. M cANDLEss I 1,704,915

COVER FOR NURSERY CHAIR SEATS Filed Oct, 1927 2 Shets-Sheet 1 -%zls ATTOIIQNEY March 12, 1929. H E. MOCANDLESS 1,704,915

COVER FOR NURSERY CHAIR SEATS -Filed Oct. 7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR M LSATTORN E! Patented Mar. 12, 1929. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. MCCANDLESS, O ROCHESTER, NEW' YORK, AssIGNoR 'rro KENNEDY-MC- CANDLESS CORPORATION, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION-OF NEW YORK.

COVER FOR NURSERY-CHAIR SEATS.

Application filed October 7, 1927. Serial 110.224,?27.

and quickly from effective to ineffective position or vice versa.

With these and other ends in vlew, the

invention comprises the structure and com-v bination of parts which will appear more clearly from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the description. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a nursery chair showing one possible embodiment of the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same, with the coverin its effective position;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the same with the cover moved to its ineffective position; v

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation, showing the cover in its ineffective position; Figure 5 is a plan of the chair seat and cover, and

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken approximately On the center line of the chair.

There is illustrated in the drawing a nursery chair of conventional form including upright members 11 and 12 which form the legs of the chair and to which is attached a seat member 13. The members 11 and 12 may be extended upwardly so to provide for a back and arms on the chair if desired.

Various forms of covers have been suggested heretofore to cover the seat of the chair when it is not in use. The style of cover commonly used has been hinged at its rear edge and has been moved to ineffective position by having its front edge swung upwardly. This construction has a great disadvantage in that the cover, even when swung upwardly, is not entirely out of the way, but obstructs to some extent the rear portion of the seat. Furthermore, this cover, when in ineffective position, comes between the back of the chair and the child sitting thereon, and is less comfortable for the child to lean against than the back itself would be.

In the present construction, these disadvantages are obviated by the provisionof a I covenwhich, when moved to ineffective position, is entirely removed from theseat of the chair and in no way obstructs any portion thereof or prevents the child from leaning against the back of the chair. I I

moved entirely from the top surface of the seat.

Such attaching mechanism may consist, for example, of the guidingmembers 15 attached to the cover. and the cooperating guiding or control member 16 attached to the seat structure. The members 15, as shown particularly in Figure 5, extend along the sides of the cover, spaced a short dis tance therefrom, and these guiding men'lbcrs continue somewhat past the rear edge of the cover to a position just behind the rear edge of the seat structure, where they are then bent at right angles and attached to the, i

cover as clearly indicated in Figure 5. These guiding members 15 may be formed of rods or stiff Wires or in any other suitable way.

The cooperating control or guide member 16 above mentioned may be, for example, of the shape best shown in Figure 2. It consists of a rod or wire the greater portion. of which is straight but which has two U shaped offsets or loops 17 formed therein.

The straight portion of the member 16 between the two loops is placedslightly below the plane of the top surface of the seat, as may be seen from Figures 2 and'6, and .the loop portions 17 pass between the guiding members 15 and the edges of the cover and loosely embrace these guiding members, as 1 indicated especially in Figure 2.. This control or guiding member 16 may be pivotally secured to the chair in any suitable manner. For instance, the ends of'the member may be mounted in bearings 18 which will prevent longitudinal movement but allow rotary movement of the member, these bearings 18 2 being attachechin turn, to the legs 12 of the chair.

16 may therefore be said to be mounted on the seat structure of the chair, this term seat structure being intended to include the seat itself or any parts attached thereto, as distinguished from the cover which is movable relative to the seat and attached parts.

The operation of the improved cover herein disclosed .is exceedingly simple.

The position shown in Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6 indicates the:cover in its effective position. 1

covering the seat. When it is desired to move thecover to ineffective position, it is slid rearwardly over the seat, the guiding members 15 onthe' cover meanwhile sliding tl'iroughthe loops 17-. When the cover has reached the rearward limit of its motion,

the rear edge thereof may then be swung downwardly until the cover hangs vertically at the back of the chair, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. During this swinging movement, when the cover is oscillated from the plane of the seat into a vertical plane, the guiding member 16 rotates througlrapproximately 90, so that the loops 17, hich were formerly vertical, now lie horizontally, as in Figure 4. In this ineffective position, the bentportions at the forward ends of the guiding members 15 on the cover come in contact with the loops 17 and prevent further downward movement of the cover, thus supporting it-so that the bottom thereof is clear of the floor.

When it is desired to-replace the cover, the lower edge thereof is grasped. and the cover is swung upwardly until it lies approximately horizontal or in the plane of the seat. It is then shoved forwardly, sliding over the surface of the seat, until it resumes its effective'position. When in this position, the bent portions at the rear ends of the guiding members 15 come in contact with the'loops 17 and prevent further forward movement of the cover, thus acting as-stop means to locate the cover in proper position. This action is indicated particularly in Figures 5 and 6.

These legs are fixed relative to the seat 18 of the chair, and the gu1d1ng member the inventive ideamay be carriedout in a number of ways; This application is therefore not to be hm1ted=tothe precise details shown, but it intended to cover all modifications thereof fallingwithinthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims, 7

I claim 1. The combination with a seat structure of a nursery chair, of a cover member, guid-- ing members extending parallel toeach'of two edges of said cover member andspaced therefrom, saidguiding members beingzextended past one end of said cover member, and a guiding member pivotally secured to said seat structure, said last named guiding.

member extending substantially perpendicu lar to the guiding members on'the cover and including a plurality of loop portions through which, said lirst named" guiding members pass.

2. The combination'with a seatstructure of a nursery chair, of a'cover-member, guiderods spacedfrom'the side edgesof the cover member in parallel relationship thereto and having right-angled end portions extending toward and attached to'the cover member,

and guiding means on the seat structure co- 7 operating with the aforesaid guide rods on the cover member.

2-3.The combinationwith a seat structure of a nursery chair, of a cover member, and

cooperating guide rods on' both the-"cover member and seat structure for: connecting said parts by a relatively slidable movement- In witness whereof, I have hereuntosigned my name.

HARRY E. MCGANDLESS-

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