US397615A - Counter-stool for stores - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

A. O. SLENTZ.

COUNTER STOOL FOR STORES.

Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES'PATENT OFFICE.

ALBURTICE O. SLENTZ, OF ANlON', OHIO.

OOUNTER -STOOL FOR STORES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 897,615, dated February 12, 1889.

' Application filed May 22, 1888. Serial No. 274,716. (No model.

T0 (0 "whom it may con-earn.-

Be it known that I, ALBURTIOE O. SLENTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improve- .ment in Counter-Stools for Stores, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in counter-stools for stores, the object being to provide a stool pivotally secured to the counter, and having a folding standard and seat whereby the seat may be folded up and against the face of the counter.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists of the hereinafter-described parts and combinations, as set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 is an isometrical view of a counter-stool illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, showing the stool folded against the counter. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a view of the foot of the standard. Fig. 5 is a view of the lockii'ig-latch. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a fragment of the scat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw ings.

A represents a store-counter, to which isse= cured aplatehli, said plate having lugs a connected at their lower portion by a rib or fillet, b. The stool is secured to the counter by a reach, D, said reach having on one end a head, E, chambered, as shown in Fig. 3, the other end, I), bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the prongs (Z cut bevel at about forty-five degrees from a line drawn longitudinally through the body of the reach, as shown in Fi 3. The ends of the prongs are further provided with elongated perforations j, through which a rivet is passed, to pivotally secure the reach. to the counter. The standard F may also be bifurcated or terminated in a single stem, as preferred, and to prevent noise or injury to the floor rubber cushions gLare placed in recesses formed in the lower end of the standard, as shown in Fig. t. On the upper end of the saidstandard is formed a disk, 71, having a central per foratioinj, and about 'its upper peripheral portion cogs or teeth 7.". A seatsupporting stem, G, is also provided with a disk, 1', similar to 71/, that is provided with teethm, which engage the teeth 7.', and with a central perforation, 01 These parts F and G are pivot-ally secured in the head E by rivets passed through the perforations j and n and corresponding perforations in the said head. A metal seatsupport, ll, of the form substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is provided, to which any desired form of seat may be secured.

To lock the parts in position shown in Fig.

: 1, a latch, J, is provided, having elongated perforations p, and on the lower end a latchcatch, q, and an outwvardly-projected handle,

9. The said latch .1 rests in a deep depression in the side of the head E, and is secured in position by the same rivets that pass through the parts F and G. On the standard F there is a shoulder, 19, that engages the catch q, as shown in Fig. 5, by which the seat-support G, head E, and stal'ldard F are locked in a rigid relation, as shown in Fig. 1.

To fold the part-s, as shown in Fig. 9, raise the latch J by placing the finger under and raising the pin 2" and pressing the head toward the counter. The weightof the standard F will rotate it about its pivotal connection with the head E, and by its engagement with the seat-supporting stem G will rotate said stem about its pivotal connect-ion with the head and fold the seat into the position shown in Fig. 2,in. which position it will be held by the beveled end t of the reach resting on the rib b.

To return the stool into the position shown in Fig. 1, raise the end 6 of the reach above the rib b and draw the seat back from the counter, and before the standard reaches the floor it will have swung to a vertical line and the latch will have fallen into locking position.

The seat may be formed of any suitable material. For the purpose of this application, I have shown a frame of wood, K, having a central perforation which is covered by a circular perforated. veneer, L, and to provide against injury to the face of the countor an elastic head or buffer, 11, is provided, as shown in Fig. 6.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of myinvention,what I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a counter-stool, the combination,with

the seat, of the reach adapted to bepivoltally connected to the counter with one end and provided with a chambered head at its opposite end, the seatsupporti11g stem, the standard, and the latch, the said seat-s11pporting stem and the standard being geared together and having their gear portions inclosed within said chambered head, snbstanti all v as set forth.

2. The combination, in a counter-stool, of a reach pivoted at one end and provided at its opposite end with a chamber or inclosure, a seat-supporting stem pivoted in said inclosure, a seat journaled upon said stem, and a standard pivoted in said inelosure and hav- 5 ing a geared engagement With-said seat-supi 5. The combination, in a counter-stool, of

a reach having one of its ends pivoted to the .1

counter and provided at its opposite end with a chamber or inclosure,'said chamber or inclosure constructed with a recess or depression in its side, a seat-stem pivoted in said inclosure and provided with a cogged head,a standard provided with a cogged head and a projection, 3, said standard pivoted in said inclosure and having its eogged head meshing with the cogged head of the seat-supporting frame, and a latch sliding and concealed Within the depression of the chamber, substantial] y as set forth.

4. The combination of the plate B, having lugs a, rib I), reach D, having a beveled end, I, elongated perforationf, and chambered head E, seat-supporting stem G, standard F, seatsupport H and seat, and the latch J, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

5.,The combination, with aseat for a counter-stool adapted to be pivoted to and folded against the counter, of an elastic bead located upon the face of said seat, substanti ally as set forth.

a reach pivoted at one end to the counter and provided With a chamber or inclosure at its opposite end, a seat-support pivoted Within said inclosure, a standard pivoted Within said inclosure and. provided with a shoulder, s, and having a geared engagement with the supporting-stem, and a sliding latch concealed and sliding within saidinclosure and adapted l to engage the shoulder s and lock the stool in its normal position, substantially as set forth. In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of May, A. D. 1888.

ALBURTICE O. SLENTZ.

'itnesses:

CHAS. R. MILLER, W. K. MILLER.

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