US336785A

US336785A - By marriage now sarah

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Publication number: US336785A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1903-02-23

Description

(No Model.)

S. M. BEVERLY 110W S. M. B. MILLARD.

ed Feb. 23, 1886.

AUXILIARY SEAT FOR VEHICLES. No. 336,785.

WITNESSES N. PETERS, Plmlo-LRhognpher. Wanhingon. D. c.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFIC SARAH M. BEVERLY, OF ROCHESTER, TN DIANA, BY MARRIAGE NO\V SARAH M. BEVERLY MILLARD.

AUXILIARY SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,785, dated February 23, 1886.

Application filed July 23, 1885.

of Rochester, Fulton county, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Auxiliary Seats for Vehicles,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a vehicle- IO seat having my auxiliary seat mounted thereon, the cushion of my auxiliary seat and one of the cushions of the vehicle-seat being removed. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section through the vehicle-seat and my auxiliary seat,

the auxiliary seat being in itsinactive or stored position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring-bar which supports my auxiliary seat. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the slideway in which my auxiliary seat is secured; and Fig.

5 is a top plan view of the central portion of the vehicle-seat, part of the slideway being broken away.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to auxiliary seats for Vehicles; and it consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which I shall now proceed to fully describe, and afterward point out specifically in ,0 the claims.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A is an ordinary vehicle seat designed to accommodate two persons, having sides A and back. A.

B is one of the two cushions ordinarily used.

5 O is a metal or wood slideway, which is so shaped as to form an opening, a, when secured to the seat A by screws. nails, or other fastenings through the holes 0.

D is a spring-bar upon which my auxiliary o seatis secured, and which serves to support it in both the upper and lower positions, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This spring-bar D has a horizontal portion, d, provided with holes, by means of which the auxiliary seat is secured 4 5 by screws, bolts, or rivets e, as shown in Fig. 2.

It has alsoa vertical portion, d, a curved portion, d, and ahorizontal portion, d terminat ing in a rounded portion, (1*.

E is my auxiliary seat, which may be of any desired form or construction.

Serial No. 112,394. (No model.)

d is a small semi-cylindrical groove cut in the forward side of the seat A, having stop or shoulder d, as shown, which serves a purpose hereinafter stated.

The slideway 0 being secured to seat Aand 5 5 the auxiliary seat to spring-arm D, my device is ready to be operative by placing the horizontal portion d in the slideway, with the seat in the position shown in Fig. 1. In this position it is ready for occupancy by a third person, both sides of the main seat being occupied by a person, as usual. \Vhen it is no longer desired for use, the spring-bar is drawn forward until the rounded end d drops into groove d when the spring-arm and seat may be turned on the end d as an axis, bringing the auxiliary seat to the position shown in Fig. 2, being entirely under the seat A and out of the way. The lug or stop d prevents the accidental removal of the bar, the head on the part (1* engaging said lug.

The advantages of the construction shown are many. The auxiliary seat is directly over the main seat, so that the occupant thereof is not crowded against the dash-board, being at the same time sufficiently raised above the main seatto be out of the way of the occupants of the main seat. It has a spring-support independent of the vehicle-spring, and when no longer desired for use may be putinto the po sition seen in Fig. 2, entirely under the seat out of the way,and to do this no removing of screws or other fastenings is necessary; nor need the spring-bar be entirely removed from the slideway. If desired, however, the auxiliary seat 8 5 and springbar may be entirely removed from the vehicle and stored away at will.

The springbar and other described parts may be varied to suit varying circumstances in size and material without departing from 0 the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. An auxiliary seat for vehicles, provided 5 with a spring supporting-bar having a horizontal portion, d, upon which the seat is secured, a curved portion, and a horizontal portion, d rounded at (1*, whereby the seat is firmly supported in or turned to either its upxco vided with a slideway in which said end fits. in either its upright or reversed positions, 7

whereby the seat is firmly supported in either of these positions, as set forth.

4-. The seat A, having slideway G' and r5 groove 01 with lug d in combination with spring-support D, having horizontal portion d with rounded end (1*, and the auxiliary seat, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 20 in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH M. BEVERLY.

Witnesses:

JNo. W. SMITH, JEREMIAH H. SMITH.