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US366437A
US366437A US366437DA US366437A US 366437 A US366437 A US 366437A US 366437D A US366437D A US 366437DA US 366437 A US366437 A US 366437A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C16/00—Stand-alone rests or supports for feet, legs, arms, back or head
    • A47C16/02—Footstools; Foot-rests; Leg-rests
    • A47C16/025—Footstools; Foot-rests; Leg-rests adjustable, swivelling, rocking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/02—Rocking chairs
    • A47C3/025—Rocking chairs with seat, or seat and back-rest unit elastically or pivotally mounted in a rigid base frame
    • A47C3/0252—Rocking chairs with seat, or seat and back-rest unit elastically or pivotally mounted in a rigid base frame connected only by an elastic member positioned between seat and base frame

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  • Fig. 4. is an end elevation showing the cover of the hollow top open.
  • the base A is formed of end pieces, a, connected by rods b b.
  • end pieces, a are formed mortises c, in which are pivoted the lower ends of the uprights d, upon the upper rod, b.
  • the uprights d are each provided with a. tenon, e, which extends nearly to the bottom of the mortise, and upon opposite sides of the tenon e are placed rubber springs f. which tend to hold the tenon c in a-central -position, and thus maintain the uprights d normally in a vertical position.
  • the top B of the foot rest is of the usual construction, and is secured directly to the upper ends of the uprights d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or it is connected with slotted pieces g, which are adjustably connected with the uprights, and secured by transverse bolts passing through the slotted pieces g and the uprights, asshown in Fig. 3.
  • the feet of the user are placed upon the cushion or top B of the footrest; and while rocking the uprights d swing back and forth upon their pivots,permitting the cushion of the.
  • I make the top B of the foot-rest hollow,and arrange it to open with a hinge, as shown in Fig. 4, to form a receptacle for slippers, brushes, and other articles.
  • the combination with a base provided with sockets in its end pieces, of uprights pivoted in the said sockets, the top B, secured to the upper ends of the uprights, and springs arranged in the sockets and engaging the uprights forholding them normally in a. vertical position, substantially as herein shown and described.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.
.LW. TILLEY.
FOOT REST. v No. 366,437. Patented July 12, 1887.
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WITNESSES IN VENTOR (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. W. TILLEY.
FOOT REST.
No. 366,437. Patented July 12, 1887.
WITNESSES ft INVENTOR! ATTORNEYS.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES W. TILLEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
FOOT- R EST.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 366.437, dated July 12, 1887.
Application filed February 25, lSPG. Serial No. 193,238. (No model.)
elevation showing the foot-rest adjustable as to height, and representing the dilfercnt positions of the foot-rest in dotted lines. Fig. 4. is an end elevation showing the cover of the hollow top open.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the .footrest to be used by the occupant of a rock ing-chair, the footrcst being arranged to oscillate, to follow the movements of the rocker.
My invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter fully described,' and pointed out in the claims.
The base A is formed of end pieces, a, connected by rods b b. In the end pieces, a, are formed mortises c, in which are pivoted the lower ends of the uprights d, upon the upper rod, b. The uprights d are each provided with a. tenon, e, which extends nearly to the bottom of the mortise, and upon opposite sides of the tenon e are placed rubber springs f. which tend to hold the tenon c in a-central -position, and thus maintain the uprights d normally in a vertical position.
The top B of the foot rest is of the usual construction, and is secured directly to the upper ends of the uprights d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or it is connected with slotted pieces g, which are adjustably connected with the uprights, and secured by transverse bolts passing through the slotted pieces g and the uprights, asshown in Fig. 3.
The feet of the user are placed upon the cushion or top B of the footrest; and while rocking the uprights d swing back and forth upon their pivots,permitting the cushion of the.
Footrest to follow the movcmcntsof the rocker, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.
.In the construction of my improved foot-rest I prefer to employ rubber springs], arranged as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings; but I may employ other forms of springs, placed in other positions, the pivots o l the standards being raised, and the lower ends of the standards being weighted.
I make the top B of the foot-rest hollow,and arrange it to open with a hinge, as shown in Fig. 4, to form a receptacle for slippers, brushes, and other articles.
I am aware that a foot-rest supported by telescopic legs pivoted between jaws on the base and to the under side of the foot-rest, the said top and legs being held at any desired inclination bymeans ot'curved rods and thumbscrews, is old; and I am also aware that a frame of a rocking and revolving chair has been provided with standards pivoted at their lower ends and held in a vertical position by spiral springs on a rod'on opposite sides of a strap projecting from said frame; and I am further aware that rocking l'oot-stools are old, and I therefore do not claim such inventions.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. In a footrest, the combination, with a base provided with sockets in its end pieces, of uprights pivoted in the said sockets, the top B, secured to the upper ends of the uprights, and springs arranged in the sockets and engaging the uprights forholding them normally in a. vertical position, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In a foot-rest, the combination, with the base A, provided with the mortises c, of the uprights (t, pivoted in the said mortises and provided with the tcnons e, the springs f in the mortiscs on opposite sides of the tcnons, and the top It, secured to the upper ends of theuprights, substantially as herein shown and described.
JAMES W. TILLEY.
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