US1886172A - Nest of chairs - Google Patents

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Q 1932' L. DOETSCH NEST OF cmms Filed Nov. 22. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jill/6w? jaura oefiscib Nov. 1, 1932. L. DOETSCH 1,886,172

NEST OF CHAIRS Filed Nov. 22 1929 2 sh ets-sheet 2 lmum Whunnnn Zaura ,Does L {R GXW W Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES LAURA DOE'ISCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS NEST F CHAIRS Application filed November 22, 1929. Serial No. 408,941.

My invention relates to chairs and more particularly to a nest of chairs.

My invention comprehends the disadvantages of ordinary folding chairs and contem- :14 plates the provision of a rigid chair which has all the advantages and none of the disadvantages of the folding chair. It also provides for rigid chairs which can be grouped for special purposes such as card playing, banquet halls, auditoriums and like use yet which can be compacted into a space only slightly larger than required for each alone. It is an object of my invention to provide a rigid chair which has all of the advantages of both rigid and folding chairs.

t is another object of my invention to provide a rigid chair that can be compacted With other similar chairs to occupy less space than when not so compacted.

A further object is to provide a nest of chairs the upper or foremost of which can be used either when a part of the nest or when separated therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fully in the following specification, reference being had to the drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top View of a nest of chairs embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the rearmost chair of the nest;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the same;

Fig. 6 is a top view of a slightly modified form of chair;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the same; and Fig. 8 is a side View of a number of the chairs of Figs. 6 and 7 shown in compacted relation.

Referring more particularly to the drawu ings and especially to Fig. 5, I show a chair of the rigid type having the usual front legs 10, rear legs 11 which extend upwardly to form supports for the back elements 12, and seat 13.

Seat 13 has rearwardly extending sides 14 which have cutaway portions 15 cut inwardly substantially the width of rear legs 11. A

shoulder 16 is formed by the cutaway portion 15 for a purpose to be presently explained. Portion 15 is cutaway forwardly a distance equal to the thickness of three chair legs.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I show four chairs comprising a nest, which are similar to the one just described. These chairs are designated A, B, C and D and for the purpose of claiming in this application, are further designated as anterior and posterior chairs, A being anterior to B, C and D; B being anterior to C and D and posterior to A and so forth. Chair D is the chair ust described and the cutaway portion 15 is just long enough to receive the rear legs of chairs A, B and C. The cut- 05 away portion of chair 0 is just long enough to receive the legs of chairs A and B and that of B ust long enough for chair A. Chair A does not have a cutaway portion and the seat of chair A is slightly higher than that of B, that of B higher than that of C and that of C higher than that of D. It will thus be seen that the seat and rear legs of chair A can be made to straddle the seats of chairs B, G and D and those of B and C made to straddle the seats of C and D respectively. In other words, the seat and rear legs of each anterior chair will straddle the seats of all the chairs posterior to it. Shoulders 16 on each chair prevent the separate forward movement of the chairs since the rear legs of chair A are against this shoulder and the straddle position can only be obtained by lifting chairs C, B and A over the seats of chairs D, O and B and thus the chairs are held together as a group. It is therefore clear that the four chairs can be made to occupy substantially the same space ordinarily required by one and that they can be occupied as one, two, three or four, as desired.

In Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive, I have shown a slight modification. In this case all the chairs are identical and have the sides 14a continuous from front to back and terminating between the rear legs 11a. The front 9 legs 10a will not now be directly in front of the rear legs but will be just inwardly of them. The seats 14a are all of the same height and an indefinite number of chairs can be put in the straddle position for piling or stacking when not in use and the great economy in space occupied is obvious. The chairs of Figs. 6, 7 and 8 can be considered as the same as the chairs of Figs. 1 to inclusive 5 if the cutaway portion is assumed to be continued forward to the front or as far as desired.

While I have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, I am aware that 10 various changes and modifications may be made therein Without departing from the principles of my invention, the scope of which is to be determined by the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A plurality of chairs comprisinganest,having anterior and posterior chairs with their seat portions in close proximity, said posterior chairs having said seat portions cutaway on the sides at the back and forming an abutment, said cutaway portions adapted to receive the rear legs of the anterior chairs, said abutments adapted to contact the rear legs of the first anterior chair adjacent the seat portion thereof, the legs of said chairs havin their lower termini in the same plane, where y to permit said chairs to be occupied as a nest or separately.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my 39 hand.

LAURA DOETSCH.

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