US1894362A - Combination furniture - Google Patents

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Jan. 17, 1933. 1 A, D, 511m.; l 1,894,362

COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed Feb. 12. 1931 4 Smets-sheet 1 .sill 1'" Jan. 17, 1933. A. D. s'rlNE COMBINATION FURNI TURE Filed Feb. 12, 1931 4 sheetsfsneef 2 Jan. 17, 1933. A, D, $T|NE 1,894,362

COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed Feb. 12. 1951 4 Sheets-sheet :s

Jan. 17, 1933. A, D, 5T|NE 1,894,362

coMBINATIoN- FURNITURE Filed Feb. l2, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Jan. Y17, Y1933 gUNITED STATES P'r*ENTl OFFICE;

ANNA n. s'rINE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Y COMBINATION FunNI'rUnn rApplication. filed February 12, 1931. Serial NO. 515,319.

This invention relates to furniture, and

has for its principal object to produce a practical Vconvertible couch and. bed structure which may be utilized as an'enclosure for the 5 radiator of a hot Water or steam heatingsys-i tem, whereb-y to serve the purpose ofk the ordinary shield which is employed to prevent In the modern apartments, particularly-r those of limited floor area and-so-called multiple room eliiciency type, the problem is to provide for the utilizationof the entire space to advantage, and,.to this end, numerous articles ofl furniture of convertible or folding character are employed, and certain of which are' portable or movably supported within closet space. Many disadvantages havebeen' overcome in novel and practical ways,'bu't` there still remains a disadvantage in that the radiators of the hot water or steam heating system take upa considerable amount of floor space'which could otherwise be vused for the placing of articles of furnitureyand, in many instances, particularly in dining and living rooms, not only in the so-called apartment type buildings, `but also in the ordinary single residence structures, the radiators are placed at the side of the room just belowV the windows, and vin these casesfa special low typeV of radiator is used. Shielding devices of variousk types'are provided for the ordinary type of radiator for preventing the undue soiling and smudging of the adjacent wall, these devices being, in some cases, merely'hoods whichdeflect the heat forwardly and laterally so as to check a direct upward draft along the face of the wall, while in other cases complete enclosures orcabinets are placed about the radiator with openings or grills for theV outlet of the heat. These devices -are,\of course.

made more or less ornamental and also are utilized in place of various other articles of furniture. vForthe special low type radiators which are located below the windows,

f Fig. 6 ris aview similar to Fig. 4, of armodienclosures have been 'provided which areA utilizedfor window seats'. Y y i A y ,The present invention has for its principal object to produce a convertible structure which is normally closed and aifordsa 55 yneat and practical V.windrow seat jor couch yin combination with a shieldffor the radiator, whereby the deviceV may be enjoyed in comfort and without any ill effects from the heat and at the same time does not materially v00 detract from the efiiciency of the radiatorvas a heating unit, said device being readily l opened and converted into a full size bed without moving it from its normal location,

and thus fulillinganother,advantageous ob- 65 n.

ject in that it Obviates the necessity for providing otherv arrangements for a'ording a full size bed such as the usualclosetable or .so-called in-a-door bed. Other objects and advantages to be attained will hereinafter D more fully appear. f

.The invention consists primarily inthe novel. applicationof a` convertiblebed or couch and combined radiator shield, and in the novel general construction and parts and I combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andpointed out with parti'cuzlarityin the appended claims.y

In the accompanying drawings, forming aV part of thisspecification and illustrating a practical adaptation of the 'inventiOn,-

Fig. l is a perspective view of the device arrangedas a couch andwindow seat; y

Fig. 2 is a View partly infront elevation and longitudinal verticaly section, of a prefer-red construction and arrangement of the device, the middle portion being broken away to foreshorten the view; l i

Fig3 is a fragmentary top planview, with parts removed to illustratecertain details of structure, andthe device being shown in opened condition as a bed;

Fig. 4 is a sect'on on the line 4-4 of Fig. Q, showing the device in closed condition as a couch; i y Y Fig. 5 -is a view'taken on the same line of' section as Fig. 4, but 'showing the device in opened condition las a'bed;

lied structure and '100 Fig. 7 is a view showing the device of Y the modified structure in opened condition as abed. p

Referring now to the drawingsJ the numeral 10 designates the floor of an apartment, and 11 one of the side walls, having therein a window 12, beneath which is located fan ordinary hot watei` or steam heating radiator 13, said radiator being enclosed by the article of furniture of the present linvention as illustrated more clearly in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings and now to be described.

Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a portable structure, as shown, so as 'tobe readily removable from the radiator should occasion require, `either for gaining access "to the radiator in making repairs or for other reasons, or should it be desired to "place'the couch or bed lin some, other location.

However, the invention may be" embodied in a yfixture of the character of the ordinary built-in Vwindow seat. 'As shown, it comprisesanencasing'hood 14 surrounding the radiator, except atthe front, preferably with Y itsfwalls spaced from the radiator all around.

This hood 14, which constitutes thelshield proper, may be constructed of any suitable material preferably having heatinsulating qualities, such', for example, as an asbestos or other'fibre'composition board. vAs shown, the hood includes atop portion 15, rear wall 16 and end Walls 17, there being an upstanding flange 18`eXtending across the front edge portion of the top portion 15, said flange 18 cooperating' with a heat insulating plateon a-n'eXtensible-bed section to be later described.V

The hood14'serves the dual purpose of a radiator shield proper andan insulating lining for preventing they transmission of the heat t0 the supporting frames and cushionsv or mattresses thereoniwhich otherwise lwould preclude thepractical application and useof'an article offurniture of this charaeter. 'As shown, the lstructure comprises a main. body frame'19 including the back wallV `20 and end walls21, there obviously being no i front wall, but the end walls being connected by a cross brace 22,preferablyfan angle iron, as shown more clearly in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. vThe hood 14 is conveniently supported within theV structure byV attaching its rear wall 16`to the back wall 20 ofthe main Vpresently more fully described.

walls being preferably to a greater degree than that of the back wall.V rllhe frame may be artistically designed and ornamented in any desirable manner. As shown, the upper portions of the back and end walls are ornamented with a railing 24 and connecting bars or Vstruts `25 with intermediate fanciful panels 26. 'v

Referring now more particularly Vto Figs.y 2 to 5, inclusive, of the drawings, there is 4mounted'within the main body frame '19 a Vvertically movable bed bottom .orsuppcrting frame 27', above which is normally supported an extension frame 28 which is adapted to be moved to an outer position to convert the couch into a full size bed,` as will be ing for the frame 27 includes a Ypair of rocln mg levers 29, 3G, at each'end thereof, said levers being respectively pivotally attached,

as at 3l' and 32, tothe end walls 21 of the main body frame 19. @ne arm kof the lever 2,9 is pivotally attached, as at 83, tothe frame 27 near therear side thereof, and th'e'correspending arm of the lever 30 is likewise pivotally attached, as at 34, to the'frame 2T near the front side thereof, by which arrangement said frame 27 is moved vertically .with an arcuate sweepv when said lever members 29 and 8O are actuated to raise and lower the frame,

as will later be described. y

The 4actuation of the lever vmembers 29and 3() is effected by operating Athe n extension frame 28, and vby the operative connections betweensaid two frames 27, 28, the frame 27 is supported in its normally lowered position vand in its raised position'when the extension rThe mountframe is respectively in its closed and opened positions. The extension frame 28 has pivotally attached thereto at its opposite ends and near its rear side, as at35, the arms 36 of lever members 37 which "are :pivotally mounted as vat 38 on' the end walls21 of the Y main frame '19. 1n the closed positicnofthe `extension' frame 28 it isrsupported abovetlie frame 27, the support .being through the inedium of angle bracketsBQon the ends ofthe framel 28 resting upon brackets 40 provided therefor on the end walls 21 ofthe main body frame 19, 'said frame 28, in both its opened andclosed positions, being supported at its front side by arvertical frame 41 constituting the front closure panel for .the mainbody frame, said vertical frame 41 being formed with openings 42 for letting out the heat from the radiator 18, said openings 42 being covered-by suitable open work or panels or grilles 43. .ln thel opened position of the frame 28 its rear portion is supported bythe lever members 37 the arms 36 of which are 1 provided with seating portions y36 ywhich rest upon the cross brace 22.`

, The .lever members 37 are provided with i arms 44 which have pivotallv attached thereto, as at 45, the ends of link members 46 as at 47, to the rocking levers 30.

' provided Ywhose opposite ends are pivotally attached, t Similarly, the lever members 37are`provided with ad- Aditionalarms 48 to which vare pivotally at-` tached, las at` 49, the ends of link members 50 whosey opposite ends are vpivotally vattached to the rocking levers 29,*as at 51. The throw or travel of the rocking levers 29 and 3() and the respective arms 44 and 48 kof the. lever 11i-embers 37-is proportioned so that-in the closed position of the extension frame .28, as shown in Fig. 4,'the frame 27 is lowered and supported in suspension from the pivots 31 and 32,due tothe link 44 and 48. By this arrangement, when the ektension frame 28 is in openedposition as shown in Fig. 5, the fra1ne27 is elevated'to the same'plane with vthe frame 28,"n which f position the lframe 27 is securely supported for the reason that the axes of the pivots 45 and 47 for the links 46 are in'dead central alinement through the axes of thepivots 38 of the lever members 37,` at which time the axes of the pivots 49 and 51 of the link connection 50 are also in dead central alinement through theaxes of thepivots 38`ofsaid lever members 37. i

` Any suitablemattress or upholstery padding may be used vin connection with the frames 27 and v28, and `said frames may `be with any desirable type o f spring bottom for supporting the mattiess or up- As shown more clearly in Fig. 3

holstery.

ff of the drawings,l an ordinary type-ofspring bed bottom, `is conventionally shownas comp'prising the longitudinal link members 52 V hingedly tied, asat dinary bedding, while the opposite and transverse members 53, the bottom beine` connected at its ends to vthe adjacent enf members of the frames springs 54.V *'As shown,` the mattress lis made in two sections y and 56,v respectively, the section 55 being mounted normallyuon the extension frame 28 'and the sectiony 56 resting on the section 55 in the'closed position ofthe rframe 28, said section 56being preferably 57 to the section 55 so that the section 56 ymay be conveniently folded upon the section 55' and from the latter onto the frame 27 when the extension frame 28 ,is in opened position.

Obviously, the surface 55a of the mattress section55 andthe corresponding surface 56L of the section 56 may be upholstered as orside 56h ofthe section 56, which is exposed when said section 56 isfol'ded'upon the section 55 in the closed position of the extension frame 2,8, may be upholstered more ornately and of any' desirable characteristic material, vas also' will 'be its front side 56c andthe front side 55b of connections between l said rocking levers 29'and 30 and lever arms Vreasonable amount of bedclothing,

frame 19 by the usual coil ly low radiators which are generally used adjacent to the windowvopenings of an 'apart-l ment, obviously thel structure may be carried out within 'the limited restrictions as tor height on account of utilizing lit as a ,window seator couch which 4is convertible into a full size bed, without appreciably' detracting from the qualitiesofisuch an article of furniture for ease and' comfort in 'its use. In

this connection it may be here noted that the I monize therewith, andto place yin said casings the pillows and 'possibly someof the bedclothing,V such as sheets,durng thef day, said casings bein readily removable and preferably'vprovi ed with the closure'fasteners of the type known as' the hookless fasteners, shown conventionally at 58a in'Fig'. 1 of the drawings.'A l i 1 In'Figs. 6 and 7 a modifiedstructure is illustrated. In this modification the main is practically identical withthat of the first hereinfdescribed structure, and the hood 14 yconstituting the radiator shield proper is substantially the same in both structures, except that in the present modification the upstanding flange 18 at the `front edge of y the top '15 is omitted. 1 So, too, in this modi'- ication the 'end walls 17 of the hood 14 may extend closer Yto the end walls 21 of the main bodyframe l9and, in fact, may bein direct contactwithv and secured to said end walls 21, as there is no necessity'for the space which is provided in the first hereinidescrlibed struc- .ture-'for the accommodation of the several .no

lever members 29,30, 37,- and'links 46 andV 50. YIn place of the `vertically-movable bed bottom frame 27,v astationafry frame 59 is mounted in themain body frame 19. Slidablyrmountedon guidemembers 60 inl a plane ,-1.15

below the framel59 is anv extensionV lframe 61, to the V,forward edgevporti'on of which is attached a frame 41 identical ywith that in the f first herein described structure, ysaid frame 41 being provided at its .lower edge with suitable forlimiting the open position of said extension frame.-` VSubstantially the same arrangement of mattresses is shown in this modification [als in the first herein describedv adaptationof the invention, 'except that the under section 65 of themat'tress is carried by the 130 CTV stationary frame 59 andtheuppersection 66 is adapted to be swung over in inverted position-on the extension frame 6l iny its open position, 'the two mattressesl being hingedly connected atftheir forward meeting corners,

stered with the same effect as the side 66b .of

said section'66. v .i i f 1 Y f In both structures the extension frameis provided onitsfunde'r side with za plate of` heat insulating materialf 68..:which constitutes an extension of the Ytop. portion l ofthe hood 14 which 'is the radiator shieldrproperfportion of thefarticle of furniture, the member 68 in the first herein described structure being in aplane just abovethe upper edge of the flange 18 of thetop 15 of the hood, while in the modification last described. said mem'- ber 68is located in aplane'directly `above the top of thehood. By the use of an article of furniture of the character herein shown and described in connection witha radiator, not only is-the full 'advantage of an ordinary shield attained, but

at the same-time the radiator,which of itself obviously ldoes not improve the appearance of the room, is hidden from; view, and the article offurniture is located in Vspace which y is notordinarily available, whereby the eiiciency -of the restricted iioor vspace in the Y present day modern apartment is greatly enhanced. So, too, the particular convertible article of furnitureof the present invention will obviate in many cases thenecessity 'for providing a separate bed, and thereby the ist VI claim as new and storagel space or closetk for 'containing ythe usual folding' bed may be'used to advantage in thel acconn'nodation of other utilities.` y Obviously the construction and arrangement of the article'of'r furniture and its particularV application to theradiatormay be modifiedy in many respects without inthe least I departing fromthe spirit and' scope of the invention as'deiinedl lby the appended claims. The invention, therefore, -is not limited to the specific construction and arrangement shown inthe accompanying drawings. n

'Having thus described my invention, what desire `to secure byLetters Extent is:

r1. In an article of furniture ofthe character described, a main body frame closed at its back land opposite ends," a convertible couchV and bed structure mounted in said body frame, comprising'a vertically movable inner bed section and a cooperating eXtensible bed section, an insulating lining for said' main frame constituting af'hood'under said `con- .vertiblezcouch and bed structure forthe acl 2. In a combined radiator shield and cone f vertiblel couch and bed', a kmain body 'frame, an inner bed frame ymounted in said body frame, an eXtensionbed=frame normally within the :body frame, said two bed frames being disposedthe one above.- the other in the closed condition `of the device andsaid extension frame in. its opened conditionfcooperating edgewise with. saidfirst mentioned bed frame in front thereof, a heat insulating hood in the main body frame'below said bed frames for the accommodation ofthe radia-` 'Y Y tor and insulating the bed from the heating effect of the radiator, and an insulating plate on the underside of said extension bed frame in vcooperative relation to the top of said insulating hood.` e Y 3. A combined radiator shield and article of. furniture, comprising an internal hood of heat insulating I'nate'rial for the a accommodation of the radiator and` constituting` the shield proper, said hood having a top, al rear wall, and end walls, the hood having provision inl its lower wall portions for ingress of outside air, cooperating'portions of the structure externally of the hoodl constituting a convertible couch and bed, one ofsaid portions being vextensible'laterally with respect to the other, `in closed condition said portions beinginsulated by saidhood from the heating effect of the radiator,ithe eXtensible portion of the structure carrying on its'underside a supplemental insulating member cooperating as an extension of the top of said internal hood. i 4. In an article of furniture yofthe character described, a main body frame, a convertible couch' and bed structure mounted in said body frame,the same comprising a vertically movable bed sectionand a cooperating extensible bed section movable to a closed position above and' an opened position at the side ofsaid vertically movable section, a hood of insulation material located under saidl vertically movable bed section for the accommodation of a radiator and constituting a heat de flectorand insulating shield properl for said' bed sections, and. a supplemental` insulating member carried o n the underside ofthe .eX-` tensible bed section in cooperative*l relation to and constituting a substantial working eX- name to this specification.

structure comprising a main body frame supporting a bed section abovesaid hood, and a. cooperating bed' section movably supported With respect to said main body frame Whereby said two mentioned bed sections may be positioned the one above the other in closed relation and one of said sections positioned in extended relation to the other section in opened relation,v and a supplemental insulating member carried by said extensible bed section in cooperative relation to and constituting a substantial vWorking extension vof i said hood.

In testimony whereof I have signed my ANNA D. .STINEv

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