US1862382A

US1862382A - Bench

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Publication number: US1862382A
Application number: US502788A
Authority: US
Inventors: James C Mathis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-12-16
Filing date: 1930-12-16
Publication date: 1932-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 1949-06-07

Description

J. C. MATHIS June 7, 1932.

BENCH Fil'ed DBC. 16, 1930 31a/manto@ Aaus Patented June '7, 1932 JAMES C. MATHIS, OF ADA., OKLAHOMA BENCH Application filed December 16, 1930. Serial No. 502,788.

This invention relates to improvements in benches, and pertains particularly to a bench designed for outdoor use.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved concrete bench formed in a number of sections so that it may be easily transported to the place where it is to be set up for use and easily and quickly assembled into a firmly constructed article.

Another object of the invention is to provide a concrete bench structure in sections, wherein a novel means is provided for locating the parts in the proper positions relative to one another and for securing them in such positions so that the resultant structure will be strong and iirm as though it were cast as a unit. Y

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciication, with the understanding, however,

that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing I but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modilications mark no material departure from the salient features oi the invention as expressed in the appended claims. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of the bench embodying the present invention, this section being taken substantially upon the line 1-1 of Figure 2 with parts appearing beyond the section line being shown broken away.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken transversely of the bench structure upon the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the end elements of the bench structure.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, it will be seen that the bench embodying the present invention is molded in four sections, the back and seat sections 1 and 2 respectively and the two end sections,

each of which is indicated by the numeral 3.

The back section 1 is cast as a single long slab having the top corners rounded as indicated at 4 and having embedded therein a series of transversely extending reinforcing '1 bolts 5, each of which projects beyond the bottom edge of the back, as shown in Figure 2, and is threaded as at 6 to receive securing nuts, when the seat is assembled. A single longitudinally extending rod 7 is embedded in the back, each end of this rod extending beyond an end of the seat back as shown in Figure 4.

The seat 2 of the bench has cast therein a pair of longitudinally extending rods 8 which reinforce the seat and which have their ends extended beyond the ends thereof, as shown in Figure 1, to serve as a means for securing the elements of the bench in assembled relation.

Extending longitudinally of the under surface of the seat 2 is a rib 9, each end of which terminates in a down-turned portion 10. This rib 9 has a reinforcing bar 11 extending therethrough, the ends of which turn down 7J and pass out of the portions 10 through the outer faces thereof.

Each of the end elements 3 of the bench structure, while cast as a unit, is formed to provide an upper and lower section, which sections are indicated by the

numerals

12 and 13 respectively. As shown, the lower section 13 of each end element is of materially greater thickness than the upper section 12 but the outer faces of the sections are in the same plane so that there is thus formed a flange or shelf 14 upon the inner face of the unit. The inner face of the lower section 1? of each end element or unit is cut away to form the pocket 15 which, aty its top, opens through the flange 14 as shown in Figure 3. These pockets 15 receive the portions 10 of the rib 9 of the seat when the bench is assembled and the ends of the seat rest upon the flanges 14, abutting against the adjacent Vportion 12. Each of the portions 13 may be formed to provide a pair of supporting feet 16 or they may be formed straight across at the bottomv as preferred. i

The top edge of each endjportion of the 10u bench is formed to provide an arm 17, the rear end of which is cut away upon the inner side of the unit as indicated at 18.

In assembling the elements of the bench structure, the ends of the seat 2 and the portions 10 of the rib 9 thereof are positioned against the end sections 3 so that the ends of the seat proper will rest upon the flange le and the portions 10 will extend into the pockets 15 in the manner already described.

The ends of the rods 8 and 11 pass through the apertures 19 which are formed in the end sections at t-he proper points and these rods then have placed upon the vends thereof, which extend beyond the outer faces of the end portions, the holding nuts 20. At the same time that the seat 2 is placed in position between the end portions, the back 1 is arranged in position with its lower edge resting upon the top of the seat at the bach edge thereof and with the bolts 5 extending downwardly through apertures formed in the proper places through the seat. The rod 7 extending longitudinally through the bach has its ends extended through apertures in the end elements, as shown in' Figure l, and the end edges of the back position in the recesses 18 formed at the rear ends of the arms.

After assembling the elements or units of the bench the ends of the bolts 5 and the rods T, S and 11 are provided with securing nuts which, when drawn up to position, draw the units into closely assembled relation. In order to reinforce the structure further the openings or apertures through the end elements 3 may be provided with metal sleeves 21, as shown in Figure 1, so that the nuts 2O will bear against the ends of these sleeves instead of bearing against the concrete material of which the bench is made up.

In order to prevent water settling upon the 2, a number of apertures 22 are formed therethrough as shown in Figure 2.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that a bench constructed in accordance with the present invention may be easily transported and set up in position, and it will alse be seen that, due to the manner in which the units are interlocked, the set up bench will be firm and sturdy.

Since the outer surfaces of the end units 3 and the front and baci; surfaces of the back unit 1 present relatively large smooth areas, these surfaces or areas may have advertisements placed thereon so that the bench will serve, in addition to a resting place, as a medium for advertising.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A bench structure of molded material made up of individually cast units, comprising a pair of end units each formed to provide an upper and lower portion, a flange formed transversely of the inner face of each end unit at the point of joinder between the upper and lower portions, a pocket formed in the inner face of the lower portion of each unit and opening upwardly through the adjacent flange, a seat unit disposed between the end units and resting at its ends upon the adjacent flanges, a reinforcing rib extending longitudinally of the under surface of the seat unit and having its ends located in said pockets, a back unit disposed between the end units and resting upon the seat unit, and securing elements connecting the units together.

2. A bench of the character described, comprising individually cast end, back and seat units, a supporting flange formed transversely of the inner face of each end unit for the ends of the seat unit, each of said end units having` a pocket formed in the inner face thereof, a reinforcing rib extending longitudinally of the seat unit and having its ends located in said pockets, an arm formed upon the top of each end unit and having a recess formed therein at the rear end and upon the inner side thereof, said back unit being mounted upon the seat unit and having its ends disposed in the recesses of the arms, and reinforcing rods extending longitudinally through the back unit, the seat unit and said rib and having their ends extended through and secured to the end units.

3. A cement bench structure, comprising preformed end, back and seat units, said end units each being divided into an upper and a lower portion, the lower portion being of greater thickness than the upper portion and providing a transverse shoulder on one side of the unit, and further having a recess in the shoulder side thereof, the end units being positioned with the shoulders in opposed relation and -having the seat unit disposed therebetween and resting at its ends upon the shoulders, a reinforcing body formed upon the under face of the seat unit at each end and adapted to position in the recess of the adjacent end member, said back unit being mounted upon said seat unit and having its ends located between the upper portions of the end units, and securing means passing through the upper portion of each of said end units and engaging in the adjacent end of the back unit to maintain the latter in posit-ion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JAMES MATHIS.