US27663A - Reclining-chair - Google Patents

Description

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH D. WOODBURY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

RECLINING-GI-IAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,663, dated March 27, 1860.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, SETI-1 D. VOODBURY, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful mprovement in Reclining and Folding Chairs; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a side view of the chair, with the baclt in a nearly perpendicular position Fig. 2, a side view of the chair reclining, showing the rise of the front part of the seat, and thev leg-rest, K, supported by the arms, J 5 Fig. 3, a front elevation; and Fig. il, a side view of the chair, when folded up.

Lilie parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in uniting the ari is, D and G', by means of the connecting rod, F, one end of which is provided with a thumb-screw, y, that slides over a slotted piece, E, attached to the under side of arm, D, by means of which arrangement the chair can readily be confined, by the person sitting in it, in any .desired position, or degree of inclination; second, in the combination and arrangement, as hereinafter described, of theleg-rest, K, and supporting arms, J, by means of which arms said rest can be supported, as shown in Fig. 2, when the chair is reclined; and, third, in the arrangement and combination of the folding legs, A, A', and jointed strips, H and I, with the other parts of a reclining chair, so that it can readily be folded up, as represented in Fig. 4L.

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

A A are the folding legs, or frame, of wood, or other suitable material, and united at their center by means of a bar, a..

C is the back of the chair, the lower part of which is attached to the upper ends of legs, A, by means of pin, or bolt, c.

H is a strip of metal attached to the bottom of the chair, B, so as to turn, by means of a screw, or pin, h. One end of H is pinned to the lower end of the back, C, and the other is hinged to a similar strip of metal at i; the extremity of I being pinned to the upper part of arms, J, a little way below the pin, g.

D is the arm-rest to the under side of which is attached a strip of metal, P, the ends of which-strip are hinged at L to C, and at n to connecting arm, Gr, the lower end of which is also pinned to the front of the chair bottom, B, as shown in Fig. Q., at 0.

E is a strip of metal confined to the strip, F, or made in one piece with it, and provided with a slot, e.

F is a connecting rod, one end of which is pinned to arm, G, at m, the other end being furnished with a proj ecting bolt and set screw, f; said bolt passing through, and sliding in, slot, c. The object of slot c, set-- screw f, and connecting rod F, is to confine the chair at any desirable degree of inclination, the person sitting in it only having to turn the set-screws, f.

K is the leg-rest the upper end of which is hinged to the seat, B, as represented in Fig. 2; while the lower end is supported by means of the arms, J.

L is the foot-rest hinged to the bottom of K, so as to fold, as shown in Fig. e.

The upper ends of the arms, J, are attached to the upper ends of legs, A, by means of pins, g; and just below pins, g, they are also pinned to strip, l; so that the back C, and arms J, (united as they are by hinged strips, I and H) must move together. `When C is perpendicular', J will be so, as shown in Fig. l; and when C is nearly horizontal, J will be so, as shown in Fig. 2. t is also obvious that whatever position C and J may be in, the seat, B, (turning on pins, in) may be inclined at pleasure, and held in place by means of set-screw,

From the general arrangement and combination of parts, as described, it is also obvious that the chair can be readily folded up, as represented in Fig. et, so as to occupy but little space.

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

The combination and arrangement of the arms D and G', seat B, slot c, connecting rod F, set-screw f, supporting arms J, and legrest K, with the folding legs A A', and jointed strips H and I, substantially as set forth and for the objects specified.

SETH D. WOODBURY.

Witnesses E. R. HUNEWELL, N. AMES.

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