US36091A - Improved cradle-chair - Google Patents

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i NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JONATHAN H. HAVENS, OF LEWISTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED CRADLE-CHAIR'.4

[0 all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J oNA'rHAN H. HAVENs, of Lewiston, in the county of Niagara, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Chair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of myinvention consists in combining in one an easy arm-chair, a sewingchair, and cradle, which I denominate a cradle-chair. It is a useful, convenient, and handsome piece of furniture, and may be used as a high-backed easy arm-chairas seen in Figure 1 of drawings, or as an open crib or cradle, with back G let down, as seen in Fig. 2 of drawings, or as a sewing-chair and cradle, wih back G and seat H both down, as seen in Fig. 3 of drawings. When used as a cradle only, seat His raised up and falls into the back, fitting nicely between the posts. Back G is then let down and fastened with a hook to post of back, as seen in drawings 2 and 3, making a perfect crib or cradle.

Fig. 4 shows the middle-section slats occupying mortises a a and C of slat I, and posts F and F are filled by outside slats of easychair and glued tight. B B and D are inside lrnortises, through which slats connected with posts E and E slide back and forth when extending it for a cradle. O and O show at what points back G and seat H are hinged.

The rockers attached to posts E and E and to posts F and F are half-inch thick, while the rockers attached to posts K and K are one inch, so that when closed up, forminganeasychair, as seen in Fig. 1, the rockers are both y of a thickness and closeso tightly as a whole to form the appearance of but two rockers, as in ordinary rocking-chairs.

All these forms are quickly adjusted by simply drawing away the right arm ofl the easychair. The mattress is in two sections, so that when closed into an easy-chair one section is laid upon the other, and both remain inthe chair with whatever other clothing is necessary, and when not needed foracradleit makes a fine sewing-box.

This' chair may be made after any form in which chairs are usually made and of any material used to make any other chair or crib.

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

The combining of a crib or cradle and sewing-chair with an easy arm-chair, to be used in either form separately and then to be consolidated into one chair by one move at each change, the whole so constructed and arranged as and for the purposes set forth in the above specification.

JONATHAN H. HAVENS.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA COOKE, Trios. P. SoovELL.

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