US21985A - Car-seat - Google Patents

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Car Seat and Couch. No. 21,985. Patented Nov. 2, 1858,

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Car Seat and Couch.

No. 21,985. Patented Nov. 2, 1858.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICEQ JOHN \V. SIBBET, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,985, dated November 2, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN V. SIBBET, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Seats for Enabling Them to be Converted into Comfortable Sleeping-Couches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Figure 1, is a longitudinal section through a portion of the car with the seats and their parts arranged to accommodate the passengers in a sitting posture. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through the passage way in the center of the car, showing an end view of the seats when converted into sleeping or reclining couches. Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse section of the same at the line 1, 2, of Fig. 2. I

Similar letters in the figures refer to corresponding parts.

The nature of this invention and improvement consists in constructing every alternate seat in the car in two parts, and providing the upper portions with certain means for elevating and sustaining them at an elevation between the horizontal plane upon which the permanent seats are situated, and the roof of the car, and the said upper portions and the lower permanent seats with cushioned canvass or other sacking cloth and other attachments in such a manner as to enable the seats to be converted into two tiers of double sleeping or reclining couches, and thus afford ample sleeping room for as many passengers as the seats are capable of accommodating in a sitting posture.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The seat frames A, A, are arranged in the same relation to each other as the ordinary seats, when designed to be occupied in a sitting posture, and consist of uprights connected together by rectangular frames which form boxes I), under the cushioned bottoms B, of the seats. The bottoms B, and upper or arm rest portion of every alternate seat is made detachable and distinct from the box and under portion of the same, and the backs C, (which are made reversible) of all the seats are jointed at their ends, midway between their tops and bottoms, to the ends of arms or bars D, which have bolts E, at-

tached to their opposite ends, which bolts pass through irregular formed slots F, in the arm rest portion of the frames, the upper portions of which slots are made in the form of the arm rest so as to enable the ends of the same to serve as supports for headed bolts E, when the lower grooved edges of the backs C, are brought against the round bars G, and shafts H, at the sides of the seat bottoms so as to enable the backs of the seats to be respectively sustained in an inclined position in relation to the said seat bottoms, and in continuation of the same at an angle of about 5 degrees. The lower portions of the slot extend downward and toward each other from near the ends of the upper portions so as to enable the angular body between them to form rests or supports for the said bolts E, when the backs C, are arranged in the proper position to accommodate the passengers in a sitting posture as represented in Fig. 1.

At the ends of the frames of the detachable and divided seats are erected vertical columns or posts 1, extending from the floor of the car to the roof or ceiling of the same, and having slots J, in their upper ends next the roof or ceiling, in which are placed sheave pulleys, over which are passed bands K, secured together and extending beside each other down the sides of the columns I, in the longitudinal passage way through the car, and respectively extending from the pulleys which they pass around downward 011 the opposite sides of the columns I, and secured at their ends to bosses or hubs L, secured to the ends of the upper detachable portions of the said seats, and entirely surrounding the columns or posts I, up and down which they slide and guide the upper portions of the seats in their upward and downward movement. The opposite ends of these bands K, have loops or eyelets formed in them, by which they can be attached to bolts M, projecting from the lower ends of the columns or posts I, for sustaining the upper detachable portions A, of the seats when elevated, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3. A further support may be afforded each of these detachable portions A, when thus elevated, by a horizontal rod or bar N, arranged immediately below the same, one of whose ends passes through an opening in the side of one of the bosses or hubs L, next the side ofthe car and enters a slot, in the column or post I, which it surrounds, while the opposite end is bent around the boss or hub L, at the opposite end of the seat and made to pass through an opening in the said hub L, next the passage way through the car, and through a slot in the column or post I, similar and opposite to the slot in the column or post next the side of the car, said ends of the rod or bar N, being held in the slots J, in the columns or posts upon the lower ends of which they rest, by a spiral spring 0, surrounding said bar N, and retained and slightly compressed between a shoulder on the same and an eyebolt secured to the bottom of the detachable portion A, through the eye of which the said bar or rod N, moves.

The ends of the shafts H, at the sides of the bottoms of the seats are sustained and turn in openings in the upright portions at the ends, and their ends next the longitudinal passage way through the car are made square so as to admit of the attachment of cranks for turning them. To each of these shafts are attached the ends of a series of short straps P, attached at their opposite ends to the end of a piece of stuifed or cushioned cloth Q, canvas or other material capable of being packed away in the box I), under the seat bottom when not used for the purpose of their design, all the said bottoms being detachable for this purpose, and having a series of hooks secured to its opposite end.

The pieces of stuffed or cushioned cloth Q, attached to the shafts H, of the upper detachable portions of the seats, when the same are elevated, are extended over the tops of the intermediate stationary seats and the hooks on their ends are attached to eye or ring bolts R, projecting from the bottom of the upper detachable and elevated portion of the seat, next in advance, while the remaining corresponding pieces of cushioned or stuffed cloth Q, of the portions of the permanent seats are drawn over the lower permanent portions of the seats having the detachable upper parts A, which serve as rests or supports for them and the hooks on their ends are attached to eye or ring bolts S, projecting from the sides of the boxes of the permanent seats next in advance, and in this manner the seats are enabled to be converted into comfortable double sleeping couches situated upon horizontal planes at different elevations, the backs of the several seats being thrown back and sustained at an elevation of about 5 degrees with the planes of the seat bottoms to effect this result.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

Constructing every alternate seat in two distinct parts, and providing the upper detachable portions A, with guiding hubs L, at their ends to which are attached straps or hands K, for elevating them, horizontal spring'bars N, whose ends enter slots J, in the guide columns or posts I, for sustaining them in conjunction with the straps or bands K, in their elevated positions A, and combining with the said upper detachable portions A and the permanent seats A, pieces of cushioned or stuffed cloth Q, or other material capable of being packed in the boxes 6, of the seats, the whole being constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as before described.

J OHN W. SIBBET.

Witnesses:

S. T. J. COLEMAN, L. A. HANIs.

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