US410567A - Chair - Google Patents

Description

J. NICHOLS.

(No Model.)

GHAIR.

No. 410,567. Patented Sept. 3. 1889..

N PETERS. Pholtrblhcgnp UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.IOIIN NICHOLS, OF BALDW'INSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,567, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed May 3, 1889- To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN NICHOLS, of Baldwinsville, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an in'iprovement in chairs; and it consists, first, in the combination of an ordinary chair having a hollow back, and a slide for closing the opening in the back with a childs chair, which is hinged to the back of the ordinary chair and adapted to be closed up therein or lowered into position for use after the slide has been removed.

Second. It also consists in the combination, with an ordinary chair having ahollow back, of a childs chair which can be closed upinto the back or lowered into position ready for use, with a pivoted box or tray which can be lowered and brought in front of the child as it sits upon the small chair, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to combine with an ordinary dining-chair a childs chair, which after having been used can be closed up in the back of the dining-chair, so as to disappear entirely from view, and thus have a chair always ready for use either for a grown person or a child, as may be preferred.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section,of a chair which embodies my invention, and showing the childs chair in position ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing the childs chair folded up into the back of the dining-chair, taken upon the dotted line a b of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken through the back upon the dotted line 0 (Z of Fig. 2.

A represents an ordinary dining'chair of any desired construction, and which has a hollow back 13. The rear side of this back is closed by any suitable flexible material C, while the front of the back is closed by aslide D, which is entirely removable from the chair.

This slide is intended to he removed entirely Serial No. 309,504. (N0 model.)

from the chair when the childs chair is to be lowered into position, or when the childs chair is to be closed up out of the way, as shown in Fig. 2. This slide forms that portion of the back of the chair against which the back of the person sitting in the chair bears, and closes the opening into the back after the childs chair has been lowered into position, as shown in Fig. 1. The top of this slide D catches over the top cross-piece E of the back of the chair A, and is provided with a latch or catch F of any suitable construction, so as to prevent the slide from becoming accidentally displaced while moving the chair around.

Secured to the inner side of each one of the vertical portions'of the back of the chair A is a grooved guide or way G, in which the slide moves, and by means of which the slide is held rigidly in position. As above stated, this slide is onlyremoved for the purpose of bringing the childs chair into or returning it to position, and then the slide is at once replaced.

Hinged to the lower cross-piece II of the back is the seat I of the childs chair, which is provided with folding legs J which are pivoted to the under side of the seat, and which are adapted to be turned down into a vertical position and bear against the top of the seat of the chair A, or be closed up inside of the seat of the childs chair, as shown.

Between the lower ends of the folding legs J is pivoted a board K, which also rests upon the top of the seat of the chair A when turned down,s0 as to prevent the childs feet from coming in contact therewith. This board closes up in between the legs, as shown in Fig. 2, when the childs chair is folded back out of the way.

Also hinged to the seat of the childs chair are the arms L, which can be opened into a vertical position, or closed down upon the top of the seat of the childs chair, according as to whether the childs chair is folded back out of the way or is lowered ready for use. On the inner end of each one of these arms is a stud or projection R, which enters intoa hole made in the slide D, so as to lock the arms rigidly in position. In order to have these proj ections enter these holes, the seat of the childs chair must be lowered somewhat at its outer free edge until the slide has been returned to position, and when the seat of the childs chair is raised into a horizontal position these projections enter the holes prepared for them in the slide.

Also pivoted to the back of the chairA are the two arms N, to the outer free ends of which is rigidly secured the tray 0. When the childs chair is not in use, this tray is closed down into the position shown in Fig. 2, and then forms a part of the back of the chair A; but when the childs chair is brought into use this tray is raised, so as to be brought in front of the child. The tray can be used or not,

just as may be preferred. If the child is to be placed at a table the tray will not be needed. Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of an ordinary chair having a hollow or recessed back, a folding childs chair which is adapted to be closed therein, and a removable slide which is placed therein in front of the childs chair after it has been returned to position, substantially as described.

2. The combination of an ordinary chair having a hollow or recessed back, the grooves or guides secured to opposite inner edges of this back, a slide which is placed in the guides, the seat of the childs chair hinged to the back of the chair A and provided with folding arms and legs or supports, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN NICHOLS.

\Vitnesses:

JULIETTE E. SYNYER, THATOHER B. DUNN.

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