US513939A - Vehicle-seat - Google Patents

Description

C. M. KELLOGG.

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VEHIGLE SEAT.

Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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CHARLES M. KELLOGG, OF CHETEK, WISCONSIN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,939, dated January 30, 1894.

f Application filed June 9, 1893. Serial No. 477,034. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, CHARLES M. KELLOGG, of Ohetek, in the county of Barron and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicle seats, and it has for its object to so construct the vehicle seat that the lazy-back section thereof will havea hinged connection with the back proper of the seat, and furthermore whereby the lazy-back section will be connected with spring cushioned slides,where by when a person exerts rearward pressurel against the lazy-back section, the section will fallback against the tension of the spring cushions to a predetermined degree, returning toits normal or upright position automatically when released from pressure.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle seat which will be exceedingly comfortable, enabling a person to assume practically whatever position he may desire with reference to the inclination of the body, in order to accommodate himself to the road over which he may be traveling.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is lo be had to the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the vehicle seat having the improved back applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig 3 is a plan view of a portion of a seat, and likewise a plan view partly in section, of the cushion attachment to the seat. Fig. 4V is a horizontal section through the cushion attachment, the said section being taken practically on the line 4&4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the cushion attachment, taken practically on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In carrying out the invention the vehicle seat proper A, may be of any desired shape or of any approved construction.' The lazyback B, may likewise be of any well known form, and may be made to approach theback proper of the seat more or less closely. The lazy-back section of the seat is connected with the main back section by means of hinges l0, of any approved description. Ordinarily, however, each of the hinges consists of a link or bar securely fastened to the rear of the lazy-back section, and the lower ends of the 6o link or bar are pivotally connected with the rear of the main back section, as shown at 11 in Figs. 1 and 2. Usually two hinges are employed, one of them being located at each side of the center of the back.

A cushion attachment C, is located upon each end of the seat. This cushion attachment is adapted to be attached to the end portions of the lazy-back. Each cushion attachment consists of a casing 12, which casing is 7o sometimes made as shown in the drawings, in two sections 12a and 12b. Both sections are made substantially fiat upon their rear faces, and their body portions are cylindrical in cross section, or practically so, and said body portions are hollow. The section l2b of the casing is adapted to fit over one end of the section 12a, and both of these sections at their outer ends are usually provided with lugs 13,

through which screws or like fastening de- 8o i vices are passed for the purpose of securing the attachment to the vehicle seat. In the end of the casing which is adapted to be capped by the section l2b a slot 14, is produced in its upper and lower surfaces, the slots being in 8 5 vertical alignment; and within the section 12a of the casing which contains the slots a spring l15, of any desired character, is located. The spring ordinarilyemployed is a coiled spring,

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4; andthe spring has 9o bearing against one end of the casing, while at its opposite end it bears against or is attached to a slide 16, loosely fitted in the casing section 12a, which slide is provided with guide projections 16"', adapted to travel in the 95 casing slots 14. The casing is secured to either the outer side surface of the ends of the seat, or to the top edge of said ends, according to the character of the connection between the' casing and theA lazy-back; or in roo other words, the position ofthe casing is regulated according to the shape of the arm rests 17 of the seat. After the slide 16, has been placed in the section 12 of the casing, the open end of said casing is closed by a plug 18, which is secured therein in any suitable or approved manner. Whenever it is desirable to remove the spring and slide, the two sections of the casing are separated and the plug 18 is withdrawn, whereupon the slide and spring may be readily taken out through the open end of the section in which they are 1ocated. The arm rests 17, are usually secured to the end portions of the lazy-back section, 1

and are curved forwardly and downwardly until their lower ends are passed through the slide 16, preferably at its widest point; and

removed from the lazy-back section it will automatically return to its upright position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination with a vehicle seat, and a back having a hinged connection with the seat, of side arms connected at one end with the seat, and spring devices acting on the forward ends of said arms, and consisting each of a cylindrical casing comprising a main section slot-ted at diametrically opposite points and an end cap therefor each provided with end lugs having iiat rear faces and apertured for receiving screws or the like,a block fitted on the main section and provided with guide projections fitting in the slots of the casing, the side arms of the lseat being secured to the said blocks, and a plug fitting the end of the main section, said end being received in the cap section, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

MARY A. KELLOGG, GUY KELLOGG.

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