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(No Model.)

G. W. ARCHER. F0011 REST FOR CHAIRS.

No. 459,182. Patented Sept. 8, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. ARCHER, OF ROCHESTER, NE iV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FOOT-REST FOR CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,182, dated September 8, 1891.

Application tiled March 2l, 1891. Serial No. 385,924. (No model.)

To a-ZZ whom it may concern: form the means of attachment of the remov- Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. ARCHER, of able foot-board or platform 8. This foot-board Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State 8 is provided on opposite sides with plates 9, of New York, have invented certain new and having pins l() and ll arranged to co-operate 5 5 5 usefullmprovementsin Foot-Rests forChairs; with the slots G and "7, respectively, in bars 3,

and I do hereby declare the following to be a the manner of its application and removal befull, clear, and exact description of the same, ing apparent. The pins l0 are entered in reference being had to the accompanying slots 6 and4 slid back unt-il the pins l1 are in drawings, forming a part of this specification, line with slots 7, when they are dropped in, 6c ro and to the figures of reference marked thereon. the board being therefore supported on pins My present invention 'has for its objects to l1, while pins l0 prevent the upward moveprovide an improved foot-rest for that class of ment of the inner end. This removable footchairs used by barbers, dentists, tbc., which board is desirable, particularly, as it enables shall be simple and cheap in construction and me to pack the chair in more compact space 65 15 so arranged that the cushion supporting the when shipping, and it will be obvious that its legs of the occupant when reclining` will be employment is not confined to aehairin which protected from being soiled by contact with the front depending portion is inclined with his feet when the chair is in upright position; relation to a stationary seat 5 but it can be as and to this and other ends hereinafter dewell applied to otherforms of chairs, and the 7o 2o scribed the invention consists in certa-in nov lugs could as well be placed on the chairelties of construction and combinations of frame and the slots on the platform instead parts, all as will be hereinafter described, and of as shown. The forward ends of the plates the novel features pointed out in the claims 9 on the foot-board are extended to the front, at the end of this specification. and to them are attached the depending ends 7 5 25 In the accompanying drawings, Figure l of plates or brackets 12, formed with or conrepresents a side view of a barbers chair in nected to a foot-rest or casting 13, forming a upright position provided with my improveshield, as farther on described. In the presments; Fig. 2, a similar view of a foot rest or ent construction these depending ends 12 of support elevated; Fig. 3, a sectional view the foot-rest are pivoted to the foot-board or 8o 3o taken on the line @one of Fig. a; Fig. La front the plates 9 thereof by pins let, so as to perview of the foot rest or support. mit the rest to assume two positions, as in Similar figures of referenceindicate similar dotted lines, the movement downward being parts, limited by the lower curved ends and the The base l and body 2 of the chair may be movement upward by the body of the arms 85 3 5 of any suitable construction, the latter being above the pivot; and while this construction in the present embodiment provided with the is desirable to enable the rest to be moved in movable depending front bars 3, pivoted to or out to accommodate occupants of different the chair-body at 4 or elsewhere and arranged heights, it is not essential, as the arms could to be elevated when the occupant is reclining be rigidly attached. 9o 4o either by the forward movement of the seat, On the ends of the foot-rest are provided which in the present construction actuates the forwardly-extending arms or brackets l5, to depending bars, or by separate mechanism which are pivoted the brackets l6,secured to under the control of the operator. These bars the lower side of the leg-rest or cushi on 17, 3 may be, and in this construction preferably the upper side of the latter lying normally be- 95 45 are, connected by a board having a'cushion 5 low the edge of the footrest 13 when the platthereon, and their lower ends are bent at an form is in lowest position, as in Figs. l and 3; angle, as shown, and provided with two slots but when the latter is elevated, as in Fig. 2 or grooves 6 and 7 on their inner sides, as in in full and dotted lines, said cushion will be dotted lines, Figs. l and 2, the former extendslightly above the rest and form a support for roo 5o ing backward of its opening and the latter the legs of the occupant, and by this arrangesubstantially vertical, which slots or grooves ment the occupant of the chair cannot put his feet on the cushion, (usually covered with I plush but when reclining a soft support will be provided for his legs, as will be understood. While I prefer to pivot the cushion to the 5 foot-rest, it is not essential, as practically the same effect would be produced if a stationary cushion were provided in its stead; but the pivoted cushion readily accommodates itself to the movements of the occupants legs and 1o forms an easy support.

In order to limit the movements of the legrest cushion on its pivots, I provide upon it (and preferably upon the same castings by which it is pivoted to the foot-rest) depending-arms 18, having lugs 19 projecting outward and adapted to engage ribs on the inner sides of arms 15, as in Fig. 3, the lower sde'of the cushion-support being preferably arranged to engage the rib when the platform zo isdown; and While I preferably employ two sets of these arms, lugs, and ribs it is obviousthat one would be sufficient.

Numerous modifications of the construction of! the various parts of this foot and leg rest 2 5y Will readily occur to those skilled in the art; and I- therefore do not desire to be confined to precisely thearrangements shown, asfor instance, the Whole chair might be tilted instead of, as in thepresent construction, merely 3o` the front depending bars carrying the platform; andthe term reclining-chair used in the claims therefore isnot to be limited to the form shown, but one embodying a foot-rest tilted with relation to a horizontal plane.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the tilting plat- Y foi-mand a foot rest or shield projecting above the same, of. a leg-rest arranged beyond the foot-rest and normally below the top of' and protected by it, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with achair having the platform and a foot rest or shield projecting from the latter, of the leg-rest pivoted to the outer side of the foot-rest, substantially fas described.

The combination, with a chair having the platform, of a foot rest or shield pivoted to the platform, and the leg-rest mounted on the outer side of the latter, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the platform and foot-rest consistingof the side portions con-V nected by the shield or rest proper and having the outwardly-projecting arms, of the legrest pivoted on said armsandA lying; normally below the shield-top, substantiallyy as described.

5.` The combination, with the foot-rest hav-V ing the shield or rest proper andthe-forward- 1yr-projecting armsyof the leg-rest pivoted on 'said arms and adapted toiturn partly under the shield,.and stops for limiti-ng itsmovements on the pivots, substantially as` described.

6. The combination,v\fith the foot-rest consisting of the side pieces, the shield. or rest proper extending between, and, the projecting arms, of the leg-rest pivoted. on said.l arms and adapted to turn partly under the shield, hav r'ing the-depending arm and lug co-operating with the foot-rest, substantially as described.

GEO; IV. ARCHER.

n Witnesses: Y

FRED F. CHURCH, A. A. Davis.

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