US402709A

US402709A - Camp-stool

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Publication number: US402709A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1906-05-07

Description

(No Model.)

A. M. ABBOTT.

CAMP STOOL.

No. 402,709. Patented May '7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO M. ABBOTT, OF LOOKLAND, OHIO.

CAM P-STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,709, dated May 7, 1889.

Application filed December 3, 1888. Serial No. 292,476. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO M. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United Stat-es, residing at Lockland, in the county of Hamilton and State ot Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Camp-Stools, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription, ret'erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of campstools which may be folded or knocked down for convenience in packing or carrying; and it has for its object theimproved construction of this class ot' stools whereby strength combined with lightness and cheapness is obtained.

rlhe novelty ot' my invention will be herewith set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a stool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation representing the seat detached and the legs folded.

The same letters are used to indicate identical parts in all the iigures.

The seat A, of perforated wood or of any other suitable construction, is attached to and carried onv a rigid rectangular frame, B, having fiat metal plates c secured to its under sides at the corners and projecting inward, as shown in Fig. 2.

The four legs C are pivoted, by screws b or otherwise, about midway of their length, to a block, D, whose sides are rectangular, and have their ends beveled off in such manner that when opened or spread the upper ends will t under the plates a, with their tops bearing fiat against the under side of the seat,

or against metal plates arranged for that purpose where a flexible seat is employed.

Hooks c, pivoted to the upper ends of two opposite legs, are turned to engage with eyes d upon their adjacent plates c, thereby effectually locking the seat and legs together and rendering the whole structure rigid.

In this manner a light, strong, and cheap stool is produced, in which the seat can be readily connected to or disconnected from the legs and the latter be folded, as seen in Fig. 3, for packing or carrying. when the legs are opened and the seat applied, the weight of any one sitting thereon serves, owing to the crossing and pivoting of the legs, to force the upper ends of the legs tightly into the corners, and thus renders the whole structure more rigid.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- A camp-stool comprising a central rectangular block, a series of legs having their ends beveled, as described, pivoted to the respective sides of said block, a rigid rectangular seat-frame provided on its under side at its corners with metal plates which project over the inner line of the frame, two of said plates located at diagonally-opposite corners, being provided with eyes, a seat secured to said frame, and hooks pivoted to two of the legs in such position as to permit them to engage with the eyes on the metal plates, all combined substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

. ALONZO M. ABBOTT.

Witnesses:

C. M. SKILLMAN, I. W. CUsHiNc.

At the same time,