US40210A - Improved folding arm-chair - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY` S. GOLIGHTLY AND CHARLES S. TWITCHELL, OF NEW HAVEN, CON- NECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO ENGLISH 8a MERSICK, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVED FOLDING ARM-CHA'IR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 10,2 l 0, dated October 6, 1863.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we, HENRY S. GoLIGH'rLY and CHARLES S. TwIroIIELL, both of the city and county ot' New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Arm Chairs; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, cear, and exact description of the construction, character, and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thc chair ready for use. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same when folded.

Our improvement consists in attaching the lower ends of the uprights or standards ct' the back of the chair to one pair of the crosslegs at a distance of some inches below the upper ends of the legs, and their upper ends to the upper or rear ends of the arms, (both with joint or fulcrum pins,) and in attaching the upper slat of the back iminovablyto the upper or rear ends or extremities of the arms, all in such a position that the chair may be folded and unfolded with the utmost ease and readir ess.

We make the two pairs of cross legs afa and b b in the usual form, with the proper' rounds or bars to hold them together and to support the sacking, as shown in Fig. 1, and we put on the sacking in the usual way. We make the arms A A each of a piece of solid timber bent to a suitable shape, as shown in Fig. 1 and edgewise in Fig. 2;

to the upper ends of the arms we permanently attach the top or upper slat, B, of the back;

and we secure the lower or front ends of there arms to the upper ends of the legs b l) by passing them onto the projecting ends of the bar which sustains the front of the seat, as shown at g, Figs. 1 and 2. We make the uprights or standards C C of the back of two pieces of timber bent to the proper shape, and t in two or any suitable number of slats, as E E, Fig. 1. We attach the lower ends of these standards C C (with joint or fnlcrum pins) to the upper portion of the legs a a a and.

few inches below their upper ends, as shown at c, Figs. 1 and 2, to equalize the length of theparts when folding, and to give the back an easier pitch 5 and we attach the upper ends of these standards C C by joint pins or bolts to the upper or rear portions of the arms A A, as shown at d and e, Fig. 1, and at d, Fig. 2, with a short slot in the standards, as shown at e, to leave the joint entirely free while folding and unfolding, and yet allow the lower edge of the slat B to rest upon the ends of the standards when the chair is in use, all as shown in Fig. 1.

Having made the several parts and secured them in their proper positions, as before described, and represented in Fig. 1, it' we wish to fold it we can take it, with one hand, by the rear bar of the seat, as at H. and lift it from the tloor, when the parts will, by their own gravity, assume the position shown in Fig. 2, and when we want it again for use we take it up, with one hand, by the slat B, and set it on the floor, as shown in Fig. 1.

We are aware that folding arm-chairs have heretofore been made with cross-legs, the back made with standards and slats and with curvec arms; but in all such cases the arms have had in their upper ends either long slots or grooves, which essentially weakened them, added to the expense of their manufacture, and are otherwise seriously objectionable in their use. We therefore do not claim either of the parts, as such, nor any combination with slotted or grooved arms; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The corr bination of the standards G, C when attached to the legs a a below the seat, with the solid arms A A, With the upper slat ofthe back immovably attached to them, when the whole is constructed and fitted for use and folding substantially as herein described.

Witnesses: n EDWIN GAsE, R. FITZGERALD.

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