US192085A - Improvement in bed-lounges - Google Patents

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A. ROTHSCHILD a"1 T.' s. amen.

BED-LOUNGE,

No; 192,085. Patented June 19,' 1877'.

l Iman-ZAL .PHERS. PHOID-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. ALEXANDER ROTHSCHILD. AND THOMAS s. BIRCH, .oEHARTEoRD, CONN,

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,085 dated June 19,1877 application filed October 18, 1876.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER ROTHS- CHILD and THOMAS S. BIRCH, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of 0011-. neoticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Bed-Lounges; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,` whereby aperson skilled the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of refer ence marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the saine parts. e

Ourinvention relates to upholstered lounges, such as are of ordinary appearance when closed, but which open out so as to form a bed of double their width, when required.

Our invention has for its object the more convenient arrangement of the parts of the frame, so as to permit of'` the better folding up out of sight of the extra parts added to the ordinary lounge, and at the same time afford an even base of the same character for the two sides of the bed when opened, and so that the upholstering can be permanently attached, and be made of the same thickness and elasticity upon the two sides of thebed. v

Our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of Vthe several parts of the frame, as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l shows the lounge partially opened, as seen from the top. Fig. 2 shows a crosssection through the middle of the lounge when closed, the dotted lines indicating the position ofthe parts when the lounge is partially opened. Fig. 3 shows a top viewof the lounge when fully opened.

The frame of the lounge is shown in the drawing without the usual upholstering, in order to uncoverthe interior parts "and better show the construction of the working parts of the mechanism. p

A A is a rectangular frame, supported by the legs B, and forming the body, to which are attached the movable parts of the mechanism. Gis the back of the lounge, resting foldinggbars E E, which are jointed to the backand to the frameA in such a manner that they can fold up between the back and the frame A when the two parts are shut together, as shown in Fig. 2, and which form rigid bars when extended, as shown in Fig. 1. F isthat part ofthe frame to which the upholstered seat is secured. It is intended to extend over the arm G in the usual manner. This part of the frame is attached to the part A by hingesfas shown in the drawing, and opens upward and forward, as shown in Fig. 1, where it is turned up into a verti cal position. His the frame for supporting the upholstering ofthe farther halt'of the bed. It folds into the interior of the rectangular frame A, to which it is attached by hinges upon the rear bar, and opens upward and backward, so as to rest upon the bars E E when fully open. When shut into the frame A the upholstered side is turned downward.

-I is a folding arm attached to the part H by hinges, as shown in the drawing, and corresponds with the arm Gr` when opened, as seen in Fig. 3. It doubles up underneath part H when that part is turned downward into the frame A, as shown in Fig. 2., This arm is intended to be upholstered to correspond with the arm Gr.

The upholstering upon the two parts F and H is intended to vbe of the same level on top, and to just meet in the middle when lance of ordinary lounges which are not in- .tended to open.

When is desired to open the lounge so as to form a bed, the front part is drawn forward, as shown `in Fig. l, so as to extend the folding bars E E. The part F containing the seat is then tipped forward upon its hinges, as shown in Fig. l, and the part H lis turned over backward, so as to rest upon l the bars E E. The seat F is then allowed to fall back into its ordinary position, and

the arm I is turned up, leaving the! Wholein l the rectangular frzr'ne A, the bzu's E, and the the position shownV in Fig. 5. The bed` is back G, substantially asberein described.

again closed np to form a lounge by lrevers ALEXANDER ROTHSCHILD. ing the operations above described. :v THOMAS S. BIRCH.

What We claim as ourl invention is- Witnesses:

The combination of lthe forward-tipping THEQ. G. ELLIS,

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