US282371A

US282371A - August besttelmak

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Publication number: US282371A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-07-31
Anticipated expiration: 1900-07-31

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A. RINTE LMAN.

FOLDING STOOL.

No. 282,371; Patented July 31 1883.

u. PETERS Phowmrw n w. Washing I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST .RINTELMAN, OF MILWVAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STANLEY S. STOUT AND HAROLD G. UNDER\VOOD,OF, SAMEPLAOE.

FOLDING STOOL.

srnorrrcnrrolv forming part of LetterszfPatent No. 282,371,.dated July 31-, 1883. Application filed August 253, 1882. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST RINTELMAN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Folding Stools; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. I

. My invention consists in a folding stool of IO improved construction, and will be fully dep scribed hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved stoolf Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are details;

I 5 I usually make the standard of my improved which are rigidly attached to the said section,

and between the flanges of collar 0, I pivot arms B, the upper ends of which are formed with hooks B to receive metallic loops 0, that project from the corners of the flexible seat D. The upper half of each arm B is notched, as shown at d, and between the flanges of collar 0-, I pivot braces E, the outer ends of which are slotted, as shown at e, and are formed with i 5 knife-edges at the inner termination of the slots, as shown at c, Fig. 2 and when the stool is put together each of the arms B is passed up through one of the slots '6, and the knife-edge e of each slot is then in position to 0 engage with the notches d on the arm B, which passes through that particular slot, when the said arms B are in position to receive the fieXible seat D, and thus the arms are braced apart,

as shown in Fig. 1. The seat may be made to sag more or less by adjusting the knife-edges of the braces upand down in the notches on the arms B. To fold the arms it is only necessary to raise braces E, so as toremove the seat D, and then to lift section A from section'A and turn it upside down, when the braces will slide down on the arms B, and the arms and braces will fold together. The lower section,

"A, and between its flanges has pivoted four braces, F, andto the outer or lower ends ofth ese braces I pivot arms F, as shown best inFig. 4, that extend inward to the collar f, where they are pivoted between its flanges in a shot lar manner, and which arms rest on the floor or groundto support the stool when in use. This is the position the arms and braces occupy when the stool is ready for its occupant, its

.arms F resting upon the ground or: floor; but

if the section A should be lifted off and the section A turned upside down the collar f will slide toward the oollarf and permit the braces and arms to fold together. The sections A and A may nowbe placed sideby side and wrapped about with the flexible seat D to I form a compact bundle-such as may be carried in the hand or ina. valise, lunch-basket, or fishermans creel. As I said before, the

spindle (1, fits loosely in the hub b when the stool is set up, and therefore the occupant may swinghimself or herself about without moving the base of the stool; but while I prefer to make my stool in two sections, it isbbvious that I may make the standard in one solid piece from top to bottom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

. H H are pins extending through or from the sides of the arms B, and their function is to prevent the slotted ends of the braces E from sliding below the point of location of said pins on the said arms when the seat D is re moved preparatory to folding up the stool.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 9 5 Patent, is-- 1. Ina folding stool, the combination of the standard A, fixed collars c c, and pivoted braces E, having slotted ends a, with interior knife-edges, c, with the pivoted arms B, which pass through the slots 6, and are provided with notches d for engagement with the described knife-edges e, and pins H, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as set forth.

2. Ina folding stool, the combination, with a standard, of lower and upper flanged stationary collars, with notched arms and slotted braces pivoted, respectively, thereto, the said arms moving within the .slots in the said braces, which are provided with knife-edges 6 within said slots to engage with the notches in the said arms, as set forth.

3. In a folding stool, the pivoted arms 13, hooked at B and notched at d, in combination with pivoted braces E, standard-section A, and flexible seat D, as set forth.

4. In a folding stool, the lower standard-section, A, sliding collar. f, stationary collar f,

" arms F and braces F all combined and )lV- AUGUST RINTELMAN.

Witnesses:

S. S. STOUT, H. G. UNnERwooD.