US470255A

US470255A - Sea-side seat

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Publication number: US470255A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1909-03-08

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H. .PETRIE. SEAYSIDE SEAT.

(No Model.)

No. 470,255. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HELEN PETRIE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEA-SIDE SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,255, dated March 8, 1892. Application filed October 2'7, 1891- Serial No. 409,943. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HELEN PETRIE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sea-Side Seats or Camp- Lounges, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved sea-side seat or camp-lounge in posi-' tion for use; Fig. 2, an elevation showing the seat folded, and Fig. 3 a perspective showing the side opposite that displayed in Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to a folding reclining seat or lounge for use in camps, on yachts, at beaches, and in similar places; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following eXplanation.

In the drawings, A represents the frame, which consists of two parallel side bars or legs I), connected at their tops by a cross-bar (Z, which is elongated to project beyond said side bars and has annular grooves f in said elongated portions. A cross-bar g connects said legs near the bottom. Two short legs h are pivoted at t' slightly below the center of the side bars I) and are connected by a crossbarj. Above the pivots i the side bars are connected by cords, straps, or hands 7a. A sheet of felt cloth or other suitable material D is looped at one end loosely around the cross-bar g, and is secured thereon by sewing, metallic fasteners, or other means. This sheet forms the seat and when in use prevents the back-rest changing its position when leaned on, so that it can be used on the deck of a yacht or other places with a hard surface and as a bed-rest as well as on the sand. The two free corners are folded back and pro vided with loops m, fastened into them through small brass rings, which are glued between the felt to prevent it being torn away.

hen turned up against the frame, the seat maybe secured by passing said loops over the elongations of the cross-bar (Z into its grooves f, as shown in Fig. 2.

The frame when adjusted and the parts are in position for use forms the back or backrest.

A bag H of similar material to the seat D is provided at its corners adjacent its mouth 1) with eyes (1 for receiving knobs -or hooks r on the side bars b near the .top cross-bar (1, whereby said bag may be detachably secured to the frame. The bag is provided with a flap t for closing its mouth, said flap being formed of a double thickness of material and stuffed or padded, if desired.

The legs h and lower ends of the side bars I) are connected by chains 1;, adjustable on hooks w, whereby the parts are prevented from spreading and retained at a desired angle.

In use the legs are spread and the frame disposed in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1. The cloth seat D is then extended in front of the frame and rests on the ground. The bag H is turned or folded over the top bar (I, and is supported by the cords in, forming a padding for the head of the user who sits on the cloth D. The flap t, folded on the bar under the bag, as shown, serves as a pillow, and may be so employed, if desired, with the bag pendent from its hooks, the cords is serving in this case to support the shoulders of the user.

lVhen not in use, the legs are folded against the frame and the seat D secured thereto by its loops m on one side of said frame, as in Fig. 2. The bag H is thrown back against the opposite side of the frame and its mouth closed by the flap t, which may be buttoned thereto or secured in any desired manner. The seat as thus folded is in compact form for transportation. The bag may be employed for various purposes, as for containing artists materials or a cushion, which may be employed on the sheet D as a seat.

Having thus explained myinvention,wl1at ed to close the mouth of said bag and fold I claim is In a sea-side seat, the frame A, )rovided with pivoted legs h, in combination with the 5 sheet D, looped on a lower cross-bar of said frame, the bag H, detaohably secured by an end at the top of said frame, and flap 2f, adaptover the top of said frame, substantially as described.

HELEN PETRIE. \Vitnesses:

O. M. SI-LUV, KATHARINE DURFEE.