US242997A - Reversible seat - Google Patents

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J. A. S. SIMO'NSON.

Reversible Seat. No. 242,997. Patented June 14, I881.

Wizzzesses UNITED; STATES PATENT Ormcn.

JACOB A. S. SIMONSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REVERSIBLE SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,997, dated June 14, 1881.

Application filed April 14,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB A. S.SLMONso1\', of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Seats and Settees, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is applicable to seats or settees of various kinds-such, for example, as car-seats; but it is particularly adapted for church or Sunday-school seats, which it is often desirable to reverse-as, for example, to enable a teacher to face a class. The whole length of such a seat may be reversed or only a portion or section thereof.

The invention consists in 'the combination, in a reversible seat, of a frame and two similar parts hinged to opposite sides of said frame, and each adapted to be turned down into an approximately horizontal position to form a seat, or to be raised into an upright position to form a back.

It also consists in the combination, with such frameand two hinged parts, of links or bars connecting them at some distance from their pivots, whereby they are made to move simultaneously in reversing, one part being turned down to form a seat at the same time that the other is turned up or raised to form a back.

It also consists in the combination, in a settee, of a portion betweenthe ends thereof composed of two hinged parts of the kind above described, so that said reversible portion may be made to face the same way as the rest of the settee, or in the reverse direction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof a settee embodyin g myinvention and Figs. 2 and 3 represent transverse sections of 'the reversible portion, representing it in its two positions.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The settee here shown is adapted for three persons only, and has its frame composed of standards A, forming the legs and the arms, separating the different seats from one another, and longitudinal stretchers B. (Clearly shown in the drawings.)

The seat and back of the principal portion of the settee are formed of longitudinal strips 0, in the usual way; but these strips are not continuous throughout the whole length of the settee. The seat and back of the central portion of the settee, between the two middle standards, are composed of twosimilar parts, D D, the former hinged at the front of the frame-in thisinstance to the two middle standards at a-and the latter atthe back of the frame at a in a similar manner. The outer sides of the two parts D D are of proper curvature to form a seat, and either of said parts may be turned down to form'a seat or turned up to form a back, they being equally adapted for either purpose.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I have represented the part D as forming the seat and the part D the back; but in Fig. 3 the order is reversed, and the part D forms the seat and the part D the back.

In order to cause the two hinged parts D D to move together in reversing, and also to aid in supporting the back, I have represented the two said parts as connected at some distance from the hinges a a. by links or bars E, which are shorter than. the distance between the hinges on a, and therefore whenever either of the parts which form the seat is raised or turned upward and outward the other part is turned downward and inwardsimultaneously, and is thus made to form a seat. If when thus turned down ward and inward the part does not move fully down by reason of its weight, it will be depressed to its fullest extent by the weight of a person sitting upon it, and the links or bars E form braces for supporting the back.

Each part D D may be provided opposite to the hinged edge with a thun1b-piece, b, for lifting it, and,it' necessary, the longitudinal. stretchers B could have rubber cushions provided for the partD or D to strike against when depressed, thus lessening the noise.

Where my invention is embodied in a carseat the whole seat and back would be composed of two reversible hinged portions.

The settee constructed with the reversible middle portion is very desirable for Sundayschool purposes,as when in ordinary use the said portion may be made to face in the same direction as the fixed seats, as inFig. 1, while during the Sunday-school session said portion may be reversed, so as to face in the opposite direction, thus en abliug the teacher to face the scholars.

If the several parts of the settee are detach ably connected, it is evident that the standards, the parts composing the backs and seats,

and the longitudinal stretchers may each be packed in very small space and shipped by 5 themselves.

If desirable, the entire settee, with the exception of the links or bars E, may be made of Wood.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to [O secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a reversible seat, of a frame and two similar parts hinged to opposite sides of said frame, and each adapted to be turned down into an approximately hori- 15 zontal position to form a seat, or to be raised into an upright position to form a back, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a reversible seat, of

- seats, of a reversible middle portion having two similar parts hinged at opposite sides, and either of which is adapted to be turned down to form a seat or raised to form a back, and links or bars connecting said parts at some distance from their hinges, substantially as specified.

J. A. S. SIMONSON. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, A. O. WEBB.

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