US273954A

US273954A - Folding chair

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Publication number: US273954A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1900-03-13

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r (ModeL) I I Y O. W. GHAMPLIN & J. BLAND.

FOLDING CHAIR, CAMP STOOL, AND SETTEB. No. 273,954. "Patented Mar.13,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. CHAMPLIN AND JAMES BLAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING CHAIR, CAMP-STOOL, AND SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,954, dated March 13, 1883.

' Application filed November 20, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom at may concern i Beit known that we, OHARLEsW. CHAM- PLIN and JAMES BLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs, Oainp-btools/and Settees, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improveinentin folding chairs, oampstools, and settees and it consists in theedifiliination of the four legs, which areeunitedtogether in pairs at their upper ends by means of cross-pieces, andwhic'h cross-pieces are united together by suitable straps, bands, or other equivalents, one of the cross-pieces being pivotedbetween the legs. so as to freely turn in its bearings, and having the seat rigidly secured thereto, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The ob ect of our invention is to produce a chair, stool, or settee which can be folded up into the smallest possible space, and which, when extended, forms a strong and substantial-seat.

Figure 1 represents a camp-stool embodying our invention, the stool being opened. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing the stool closed.

Arepresents the two'sets of legs, which are united in pairs by means of the two crosspieces 0 D at their upper ends, and pivoted together at E. These two cross-pieces are united together by two straps or bands, F,'or' any equivalent therefor, so as to limit the distance the legs shall open outward when the stool is brought into use.

The cross-piece 0, instead of being secured rigidly to the upper ends of the legs, has a tenonformed on each end, so as to fit in a corresponding socket which is made in the one side of the upper end of each leg. A suitable bolt or screw is then passed..through from'the 0uter-side of the leg into the end of the teuon, so astoseeurethe parts together. This crosspiece can turn freely around inits bearings, being limited 'in its movement only by the seat G, which is fastened rigidly thereto, striking against the legs. This seat will be made of any suitable light material and of any desired shape. When the legs are extended this seat is supported entirely upon the two crosspieces 0 D; or when the chair is closed, as'is shown in Fig. 2, the seat can be turned down, so asto rest against the sides of the legs, as shown. As the seat closes against the sides of thelegsflt will readily be seen that no more room is taken up by the chair than the mere thickness of the legs and. the seat together.

This same construction may be used with chairs and settees.

The great advantage of the construction consistsjin the cheapness with which the' Having thus described our invention, we

o. w. OHAMPLIN. JAMES BnAnD.

Witnesses:

T. N. BIGLIN, W. H. CASS.