US385962A

US385962A - George scott

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Publication number: US385962A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 1905-07-10

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G. SCOTT. STORE COUNTER STOOL.

Patented J'u gmvewl oz W8 messes UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE soorr, or MONTREAL, UEBEC, CANADA, ASSIG-NOR or mam TO FREDERICK EDVARD PHELAN, PFYxfi-AME PLACE. i b

sToas couurl-a ti sTooL,

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Bax-tent No. 385,962, dated July 10, 1888.

- 'A umnbn filed April 14. 1888.

To all whom'it-rnay concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ScoTT, of the city of Montreal, inthe district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and usefullmprovement in Store OIl-DEQI'StOOlS; and I do hereby dec are. that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relatesto the seats usually placed in frontof the counters in retail stores, and is intended to 'provide'stools which will not take up floor-space when not in use, are

' not connected with the counter;front, and will allow ladies occupying them to sit up closely to the counter .in any position without inconvenience.

The invention may be briefly described as follows: A casting comprising a short hollow vertical hub and a foot-plate is seguired to the floorindependently of the counter? On this hub is slipped asleeve, which forms the eye of the curved bracket or standard, on the endof which the seat'is mounted. The sleeve and hub are covered by a cap, and the whole is secured together by a screwed bolt passing down into the floori' The lower portion of the bracket carrying theseat' is curved, and rests, when swung out, on the foot-plate, which is :preferably provided on its edge with a ridge, highest in the center. The upper end of the bracket is forked, and to'it is pivoted the seat.- On one side of the bracket is arranged a stop device, and on the other a locking-bar, holding the seat in place. 1 v I For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, partly IIISECUIOD, with the bracket swung out and seat ready for use; Fig. 2, a side view, with bracket turned steal No. 270.673. mamas.)

upon which the curved lower part ofthe 5o bracket B rests when it is swung out.

B is the sleeve, cast home with the bracket and slipped in place on the hub A. (J is the capcovering the upper ends of these, and D a bolt passing downthrough the center of A and screwed into the floor.

The upper end of the bracket B is forked, as shown at B B in Figs. 1 and 4, and to it'is secured the seat, as will now be described.

E is the seat proper, of any usual type, and 0 I E a plate underneath it, from which project downward two lugs, e e.

F is the pivot-pin running through'these and connecting the seat E with its supportB.

G is a dog or lug projecting downward from 6 the plate E and coming in contact with a stop,

G. formed on the standard or bracket B.

H is a curved locking-bar pivoted to the lugs h h, formed on the under side of'E at a point opposite to the dog and stopG G. This bar H is constructed with a recess, H, so that when itis drawn through the slot B in the bracket B it will be automatically locked in place, as shown in Fig. 5. By raising the end of the locking-bar it can be released and the seat turned over to the position. shown in Fig. 2. v

As will be seen, the sleeve B is not of the same height asthe hub A, a space corresponding to the rise in the ridge a being left between ,80

it and the cap, and the bracket on being swung out will bear on the ridge with increasing friction as it approaches the center. By this construction of the standard on which the bracket is carried the leverage caused by the weight edge resting on the foot-plate will throw the 0 strain on the hub,'but in an upward direction,

and this strain will be fully met by the cap f and bolt.

What I claim is as follows:.

1. In a store-counter stool, and in combina- 5 tion, the hollow hub and foot-plate attached to floor, the sleeve slipped on over hub and made in one, with horizontal and upwardlycurved bracket resting on foot-plate and carry- 1 jection from one side of bracket, and a curved :0 ing seat, the cap covering the hub and sleeve, locking-bar pivoted to seat and with its free and bolt passing down through cap and hub end passing through slot in bracket and lookinto floor, all as herein set forth, and for the ing seat in place by gravity, all substantially purposes described. as herein described.

2. In a store-counter stool, the combination, I GEO. SCOTT.

with the seat pivoted to the forked arm ofa I \Vitnesses: i bracket-support, of a dog projecting down XVM. P. MCFEAT, from under side of seat and resting on pro- FRED. J. SEARS.