US2146932A - Nestable chair, armchair, and the like - Google Patents

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US2146932A
US2146932A US757800A US75780034A US2146932A US 2146932 A US2146932 A US 2146932A US 757800 A US757800 A US 757800A US 75780034 A US75780034 A US 75780034A US 2146932 A US2146932 A US 2146932A
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
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  • the present invention is directedto the provision of a form of chair a plurality of which may be closely packed whilst still retaining any artistic and attractive design.
  • the invention consists in a chair having side frames and a lift-up seat, said side frames comprising front vertical supportingmembers and rearwardly extending horizontal members which rest on the ground, all these members being the same substantially constant distance apart from top to bottom and from front to rear, and having transverse strengthening means which leave a space free below the seat portion to permit of the frame of a similar chair being slid below the seat portion, one side frame of the rear chair coming within the corresponding side frame of the front chair and the other side frame of the rear chair passing outside of the corresponding side frame of the front chair.
  • a series of chairs thus packed are therefore stepped laterally in relation to each other, and a very close and compact packing results.
  • the transverse strengthening means may be a stay, or stays connecting the side frames at the front of thechair; or a stay may be provided at the rear in such a position that it will not prevent the free passage below it of a side frame of a rear chair.
  • Thechair frames and seats may be of metal or wood or the frames maybe of metal and the seats of wood or any combination of materials may be adopted in the construction.
  • the arms of these may be' hinged to liftup, as well as the seats, to obtain the compact storage desired.
  • Fig. 215 a front elevation of a chair of the constructionas shown in Fig. 1, 1
  • Fig. 3 shows in horizontal section five such chairs in nested position, the section being taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3 showing four wooden chairs in nested position, the section being taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 6,
  • Fig. 5 shows a wooden chair
  • Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing two chairs of the construction shown in Fig. 5 in half nested position
  • Fig. 7 shows in side elevation two partly nested metal chairs of modified construction
  • Fig. 8 shows in front elevation a chair of the construction illustrated in Fig. 7,
  • Fig. 9- shows in horizontal section four such chairs in nested position, the sections of the chairs being taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 7,
  • Fig. 10 is a side elevation showing two partly nested chairs of a construction similar to that shown inFigs. 1 to 3 but with upholstered back and seat and with foldable arm'rests.
  • each chair is composed of two similarly bent side frames each comprising a horizontal portion a serving as runner and merging at its front endinto an upright portion 1), the upper end of which is bent backwards substantially parallel to the runner and forms a second horizontal portion 0 from the rear end of which a portion (1 extends upwards and is inclined slightly backwards.
  • the two side frames are rigidly connected by a cross-piece e secured to the upper side of the portions 0. near the front end thereof, by a second cross-piece f fixed on the rear side of the upright portions 11 near the upper end thereof and by a back 9 on the front side of the portions (1.
  • a seat It is mounted on supports a connected at their rear ends by hinges i to the portions 01 near the lower ends thereof.
  • This seat when the chair is in use, is swung downwards on the hinges i until its supports 7' rest upon the upper side of the portions of the frame.
  • their seats When it is desired to nest the chairs their seats are swung about the hinges 2' until they rest against the backs g.
  • the crosspiece e is bent upwards to increase the clearance from the floor so that one of the runners a of one chair can easily slide along the floor under the cross-piece e of a second chair behind the first, until the cross-piece e of the front chair comes into contact with the front side of one of the upright-portions b of the rear chair, and during this movement the second runner a of the front chair slides along the floor outside of the corresponding runner of the rear chair.
  • the chairs fit together very closely as shown in Fig. 3, wherein five chairs are shown in nested position.
  • Figs. 4 to 6 illustrate. a construction of nestable wooden chair.
  • Each chair comprises two upright flat plate shaped side pieces I, each side piece having at its lower end a rearwardly extending foot or runner 3 forming with the lower edge of the side piece a long bearing surface to firmly support the chair.
  • the front side of each side piece is cut away at its upper end forming a horizontal shoulder 2 and having an upward extension 8.
  • the two side pieces are connected below the shoulder 2 by a cross bar '9 and on their extensions 8 by a back 5.
  • a seat 6 is hingedly mounted on pins 1 in the lower end of the extensions 8 just above the shoulders 2. When the seat is swung downwards about its pins 1 its lower side bears against and is supported by the shoulders 2.
  • each chair When it is desired to nest two chairs the seat of each chair is swung upwards until its upper sides bear against the chair back. The chairsare then placed one in front of the other and the rear chair moved towards the front chair so that the front edge of one side piece slides along the outer side of the corresponding foot and side piece of the front chair whereas the front of the side piece slides along the inner side of the corresponding foot and side piece of the front chair. This forward movement is arrested only by the front edge of one of the side pieces coming into contact with the rear side of the cross piece 9 of the front chair and the front side of the cross piece 9 of the rear chair coming into contact with the rear edge of the opposite side pieces of the front chair. Further chairs can be nested in a similar manner and as can be seen from Fig. 4 these chairs occupy very little space when nested.
  • Figs. 7 to 9 show a modified construction of a tubular iron chair.
  • each of the twoside frames comprises a substantially horizontal runner a with the upright portion 12' at its front end merging into a second rearwardly extending substantially horizontal portion 0' terminating at its rear end in a second upwardly extending portion d.
  • the two frames are rigidly connected by a back 9'.
  • the runners are not connected but a cross-piece ,f' connects the side pieces under the seat portion.
  • This cross piece f is bent in S-shape as shown in Fig. 9 and at the same time cranked intermediate its length at Z as shown in Fig. 8, one end y of this cross piece ,1" being secured for example by welding to the upper side of the horizontal portion 0' of one side frame, whereas its other end 1 is secured to the under side of the horizontal portion 0' of the other side frame.
  • the seat 71. is pivotally mounted in pins 2" at the lower end of the uprights d and when in lowered position for use it is supported by the portion cross piece f between its end and the crank 2.
  • This construction presents the advantage that it is possible to stand between the side frames when the seat is raised, which is very important in places of-entertainment to allow other people to pass.
  • a chair having a pair of side frames and a lift-up seat pivotally mounted on the side frames, each side frame including a front vertical supporting member, a rearwardly extending substantially horizontal portion at the lower end of the vertical supporting member for ground engagement, the upper end of the vertical member having a substantially horizontal portion overlying the lower horizontal member providing a support for the lift-up seat and a back portion rising from the seat supporting portion above the rear ends of the lowerhorizontal portion, said side frames being substantially the same distance apart throughout and transverse strengthening means connecting the side frames and so positioned relative to the seat supporting portion whereby identical chairs may be nested with the side frames of a rear chair positioned respectively inside and outside of the corresponding side frames of a front chair, said transverse strengthening means including a stay connecting hori zontal portions of the side frames at points spaced from the ends of the side frames and having an upwardly offset portion adjacent one of the side frames to provide a clearance for a side frame of the chair to be nested therewith.
  • a chair having a pair of side frames and a lift-up seat pivotally mounted on the side frames, each side frame including a front vertical supporting member, a rearwardly extending substantially horizontal portion at the lower end of the vertical supporting member for ground engagement, the upper end of the vertical member having a substantially horizontal portion overlying the lower horizontal member'providing a support for the lift-up seat and a back portion rising from the seat supporting portion above the rear ends of the lower horizontal portion, said side frames being substantially the same distance apart throughout and transverse strengthening means connecting the side frames and including a stay connecting corresponding ends of a pair of horizontal portions of the side frames, said stay having at least one end thereof connected to said horizontal portion in a plane above the latter whereby identical chairs may be nested with the side frames of a rear chair positioned respectively inside and outside of the corresponding side frames of a front chair.
  • a chair having a pair of side frames and a lift-up seat pivotally mounted on the side frames, each side frame including a front vertical sup porting member, a rearwardly extending substantially horizontal portion at the lower end of the vertical supporting member for ground engagement, the upper end of the vertical member having a substantially horizontal portion overlying the lower horizontal member providing a support for the lift-up seat and a back portion rising from the seat supporting portion above the rear ends of the lower horizontal portion, said side frames being substantially the same distance apart throughout and transverse strengthening means connecting the side frames and including a stay connecting the forward ends of a pair of horizontal portions of the side frames, said stay having at least one end thereof connected to said horizontal portion in a plane above the latter whereby identical chairs may be nested with the side frames of a rear chair positioned respectively inside and outside of the corresponding side frames of a front chair.
  • a chair having a pair of side frames and a lift-up seat pivotally mounted on the side frames, each side frame including a front vertical supporting member, a rearwardly extending substantially horizontal portion at the lower end of the vertical supporting member for ground engagement, the upper end of the vertical member having a substantially horizontal portion overlying the lower horizontal member providing a support for the lift-up seat and a back portion rising from the seat supporting portion above the rear ends of the lower horizontal portion, said side frames being substantially the same distance apart throughout and transverse strengthening means connecting the side frames and including a stay connecting the upper substantially horizontal portions of the side frames, said stay having at least one end thereof connected to said horizontal portion in a plane above the latter whereby identical chairs may be nested with the side frames of a rear chair positioned respectively inside and outside of the corresponding side frames of a front chair.

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US2712848A (en) * 1950-10-20 1955-07-12 Wirth Armin Sets of chairs
US2716253A (en) * 1950-02-10 1955-08-30 Birtman Electric Co Portable vacuum cleaner structure
US2894561A (en) * 1955-08-03 1959-07-14 Mackintosh Charles Nesting desk-chair combination
US3028197A (en) * 1958-07-29 1962-04-03 Kermit H Wilson Nestable combination table and bench structure
US3827376A (en) * 1967-08-21 1974-08-06 A Solomon Shelf rack
US4519646A (en) * 1981-12-02 1985-05-28 Audi Nsu Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft Rearward facing collapsible vehicle back seat
US6030037A (en) * 1998-05-15 2000-02-29 Steelcase Inc. Horizontally nestable chair
US6412869B1 (en) 1999-05-27 2002-07-02 Steelcase Development Corporation Nestable synchrotilt chair
US20060103198A1 (en) * 2004-08-05 2006-05-18 Thomas Dettmann Music posture chairs
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US2602491A (en) * 1949-07-02 1952-07-08 Rakatansky Ira Reversible chair
US2716253A (en) * 1950-02-10 1955-08-30 Birtman Electric Co Portable vacuum cleaner structure
US2712848A (en) * 1950-10-20 1955-07-12 Wirth Armin Sets of chairs
US2894561A (en) * 1955-08-03 1959-07-14 Mackintosh Charles Nesting desk-chair combination
US3028197A (en) * 1958-07-29 1962-04-03 Kermit H Wilson Nestable combination table and bench structure
US3827376A (en) * 1967-08-21 1974-08-06 A Solomon Shelf rack
US4519646A (en) * 1981-12-02 1985-05-28 Audi Nsu Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft Rearward facing collapsible vehicle back seat
US6030037A (en) * 1998-05-15 2000-02-29 Steelcase Inc. Horizontally nestable chair
US6142566A (en) * 1998-05-15 2000-11-07 Steelcase Development Inc. Chair
US6286901B1 (en) 1998-05-15 2001-09-11 Steelcase Development Inc. Chair
US6412869B1 (en) 1999-05-27 2002-07-02 Steelcase Development Corporation Nestable synchrotilt chair
US20060103198A1 (en) * 2004-08-05 2006-05-18 Thomas Dettmann Music posture chairs
US7275788B2 (en) 2004-08-05 2007-10-02 Wenger Corporation Music posture chairs
US8573704B2 (en) * 2011-04-04 2013-11-05 Peters Security International, Inc. Anti-ballistic chairs
US8579367B2 (en) 2011-04-04 2013-11-12 Peters Security International, Inc Anti-ballistic chairs
US10365071B2 (en) 2011-04-04 2019-07-30 Shieldpro, Llc Anti-ballistic chairs
US20160216079A1 (en) * 2013-11-27 2016-07-28 Shieldpro, Llc Anti-ballistic chair
US9759526B2 (en) * 2013-11-27 2017-09-12 Shieldpro, Llc Anti-ballistic chair
US10330443B2 (en) 2013-11-27 2019-06-25 Shieldpro, Llc Anti-ballistic chair
US10455947B2 (en) 2015-07-31 2019-10-29 Störiko product design GmbH Chair
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