US373582A

US373582A - Benjamin j

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Publication number: US373582A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 1904-11-22

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. B. J. BUGKMAN.

CHAIR SEAT.

No. 373,582. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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2 Shets-Sheet 2.

Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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porting-frame, and A the back.

llNiTsD STATES ATENT Frien- BENJAMIN J. BUOKMAN, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HEYIVOOD BROTHERS & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

CHAIR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,582, dated November 22, 1887.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN J. BUCKMAN, of Gardner, in thecounty of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chain Seats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan of a chair-seat embodying my invention, with its back-frame in section on line 1 1 of Fig. 2, which is a side ele- Vation of a chair provided with one form of my new seat, the back-frame being broken off. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of my new chair-seat with its supportingframe sectioned on line 3 3 of Fig. 4, which is a view partly in section on line 4 4 of Fig. 8. Fig. 5 shows another form of my chair-seat.

My invention relates particularly to the art of making the so-called rattan furniture, and is a chair-seat which has a dependent border of rattan, strands of cane, or the like, the border being formed by combining pieces of rattan or the like with stakes,which are inserted in holes on the upper side of the chairframe and are then bent outwardly and downwardly, as more fully explained below.

It is well known to all skilled in the art that it is practically essential that pieces of rattan furniture should have alight and graceful appearance, and that this requirement renders it exceedingly difficult to make the pieces strong and durable, because braces of requisite number and size to give the desired stiffness and strength to the piece render the piece clumsy and ungraceful in appearance.

The object of myinvention is to enable rattan-chair makers to produce a chair which has a light and graceful appearance, but which at the same time has a strong well-braced supporting-frame, andmy chair-seat, which is capable of use with supporting-frames and backs of various styles, is consequently provided with the dependent border of novel construction to hide the main braces of the supporting-frame from view.

In the drawings, A is the seat, A the sup- Frame a of seat A is bored to receive the ends of legs a,

which, with the dowels a and braces a make up the supporting-frame A.

In order to hide from view the braces a and dowels a, upon which I usually wholly rely for making the supporting frame stiff and durable, I provide the seat with the dependent border B, of wicker or strand work, which is made up of pieces, I), of rattan secured in holes a in frame a, and other pieces, I), of rat tan interwoven with the pieces I). The holes a do not, preferably, extend entirely through the frame a,- but whether they do or not the pieces Z1 (commonly called stakcs) are inserted in holes a from the upper side of the seat, and are then bent outwardly and downwardly. This gives thechair-scat a graceful and luxurious appearance. The free ends of pieces I) are confined in a finishing, b and the border B is made wide enough to hide the main braces of the supporting-frame, which are heavy and strong, and yet do not prevent the chair from having a light and graceful appearance.

The back A is secured to the seat A in a way too well known to require description.

It is obvious that the border B may be made either rounded or fiat, just as desired. If the border is to be rounding, as I prefer it should be, the pieces I), being inserted in holes a in frame a, are bent downwardly and outwardly and then inwardly, their other ends being secured in a finishing, as shown, or to a supple mentary frame, or carried back to frame a, as will be readily .understood without further explanation by all skilled in the art. Pieces 5 are preferably glued in holes a Of course other pieces than I) may be interwoven or otherwise combined with pieces b, and the border may be made in many different styles.

It is plain that the pieces I) are readily bent so as to form a flange projecting above the upper support of the seat, if desired to hold a cushion in place, (see Fig. 3;) or the frame may be cutaway, as shown in Fig. 5, to prevent the bent pieces I) from projecting above the upper surface of the seat.

I am aware of I-Iopkinss patent, No. 69,808, dated October 15, 1867, Mabbetts patent, No. 172,136, dated January 11, 1876, and Elliss patent, No. 257,439, dated May 2, 1882, and and downwardly from the upper side of the disclaim all that is shown in them. frame a, all substantially as and for the pur- IO What I claim is pose set forth.

The improved chair-seat herein described 5 whose frame a is provided with a dependent BENJAMIN BUCKMAN border, B, formed of pieces I), secured in holes \Vitnesses: a of frame a, and other pieces, I), combined THATOHER B. DUNN, with pieces I), the piecesfb being bent outwardly FRANCIS S. WVHITTEMORE.