US390059A

US390059A - Adjustable barber s chair

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Publication number: US390059A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1905-09-25

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(No Model.)

B. BERNINGHAUS.-

ADJUSTABLE BARBERS CHAIR.

No. 390,059 Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

W I'INESSESI UNrrED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE BARBERS CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,059, dated September 25, I888.

Application filed April 23,1888. Serial No. 271,606. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Barbers Chairs, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the adj ustable rest; Fig. 2, a side view of the chair equipped with the rest; Fig. 3, an enlarged perspective view of one end of the rest and arm; and Fig. 4, a perspective detail view of the arm and its connecting-socket. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the foot-platform fastened to the arms of the chair.

The objectof this invention is to provide an adjustable foot-rest for barber-chairs, so arranged that it can be readily adapted to the convenience of the occupant of the chair without making it necessary to extend the foot or arms which hold the rest at different angles; and it consists in having a foot-platform provided with two upwardly-projecting arms, between which is hinged an oval-shaped footrest, the pivots thereof being near one side, and the sockets thereof being provided with peculiarlyformed stops,which enable the oval piece to be reversed, so that its free end will project toward the chair or from the chair and thus adjust the position of this foot-rest without moving the arms which support it,as will be now set forth in detail.

A represents the foot-platform, such as are usually employed on barber chairs. This platform may be secured permanently at an angle to the arms B, which are secured to the chair, as shown in Fig. 5, or it may be pivotally attached, as shown in Fig. 1. In this latter instance its position can be regulated by means of the ratchet-bar X, one end of which is secured to the platform while the other engages upon the piece I) attached to the arm. On the forward side of this platform A, I attach two arms, D D, which arms project upwardly a suitable distance and are curved preferably S shaped,the upper ends having on the inner sides projecting lugs E, as shown in Fig. 4.

The foot-rest F is composed of an ovalshaped cushion having at each end a metal head, G. Near one end of this head G- is a metal disk, H, having, centrally, a socket, I, to receive the lug E of the arm D. The up per side of this disk H is provided with a curved eccentricallydisposed projection, J, so l0eated,with reference to the upper end of the arm D, that whenthe cushion is turned out from the chair the tapering end K of this projection will rest on the curve of the arm D on its upper side, and thus hold the cushion in a horizontal position. When, however, the cushion is turned toward the chair, the stub end L of the projection J rests against the-under side of the arm D and holds the cushion in a horizontal position. It will thus be observed that whether the cushion is turned to or from the chair seat it will rest in a horizontal position, so that the distance from the chair-seat will beincreased or decreased, and thus adapt the foot-rest for the convenience of the various users of chairs.

What I claim as new is 1. In barber-chairs,the oval-shaped cushion or rest having at each end a socket and an eccentrically-disposed curved proj ection,in combination with arms projecting upwardly from the platform having lugs to engage with said sockets, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In barber-chairs, a platform provided with upwardly-projecting arms having lugs, in combination with an oval-shaped cushion provided with sockets at one end, and eccentrically-disposed projections, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 29th day of October, 1887, in the presence of witnesses.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS.

Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, R. S. MILLAR.