US30344A - Picnic or excursion seat - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB MARSH PERKINS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PICNIC OR EXCURSION SEAT.

Speciflcaton of Letters Patent No. 30,344, dated October 9, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB MARSH PER- KiNs, of the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Portable Picnic-Seat; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the marks thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide pic-nickers, eXcursionists, and others with a strong, light, and reliable seat, which can conveniently be carried, and which will occupy but a small space whenever it may be expedient to pack or store it away. Grenerally I construct this seat of a frame of hard wood, though, as is evident, it may be made of other wood, or of wrought or cast metal.

The drawings which form a part of this specification show how my invention may be carried out, Figure l thereof being a view of a frame with braces for supporting it; Fig. 2 a view of the seat as folded up and having the form of a Satchel; Fig. 4 a view of it as open and ready for use as a seat; and Fig. 3 a view of a table which is so made up as to be taken to pieces and carried within the satchel.

In each of the figures where like parts are shown like marks are used to indicate them.

A part of the frame of this seat is made rigid as shown by Fig. l, letters (c). This part of the frame has attached to it and is covered by the material, ordinarily used for making satchels, and which forms the top of the seat and the side folding pieces (g). To this rigid partare connected by hinges (d, CZ)7 or other convenient means, other bars (c) which can be folded down upon the rigid frame when the seat is carried as a Satchel, but which constitute the legs when used as a seat. The cross-bars (0) of the legs give a bearing to braces (A), the other bearing for them being the rigid bars of the frame. These braces are of two pieces the ends of which, inte-riorly, are kept in contact by collars or tubes (B) which collars are kept in place by pins and catches The table is made up of several pieces, the piece 7') heilig the slab or top, the piece (7c) the standard, which is screwed or otherwise fitted to a hole or tube in the slab, the piece (Z) a block for the standard and the legs (m), a collar or sleeve (e) or some other means being used to connect the block with the standard. All these pieces can be packed within the Satchel, the block (Z) being so placed therein, as to be under the lock of the satchel, and thus aord a bearing or support when being locked or unlocked.

The drawings so fully show the contraction of the invention and so clearly indicate how it may be used that it is unnecessary to give further description. It will readily be seen how all the parts may be stowed away and folded in the body of the satchel for conveyance, and how they may be opened up for use as a seat. IVhile the general construction is thus indicated, it is evident that, instead of so constructing the seat as to have it of the form shown, it may be so made as to have the form of the divided or double satchel, or of such other form as may be preferred. Pockets can be in the satchel, or attached to the cloth or other material, in which can be carried refreshments, articles for the toilet, or articles of any character desirable.

That I claim as my invention is The portable pic-nic seat constructed as herein set forth.

Chicago, September el, 1860.

J. M. PERKINS.

Witnesses I. H. LANDsE'rT, I-I. W. LANDSETT.

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