US569784A - Seat or cushion - Google Patents

Description

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(No Model.)

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JAMES T. COYVLEY, OF LOVELL, MASSACHUSET'S, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE AMERICAN METALLIC CUSHION COMPANY, OF

WEST VIRGINIA.

.S-EAT OR CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,784, dated October 20, 1896.

Application filed March 2, 1896. Serial No. 581,463. No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES T. COWLEY, of Lowell, county of Middlesex, and State of lllassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Seats or Cushions; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the construction of a seat or cushion in which spring-wires are used instead of the usual spiral springs or hair, and it is adapted to be used in connection with furniture, carriages, or any articles IS in which a flexible or pliable cushion is required.

Myinvention consists of certain novel features hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which accompany this application and which illustrate a construction embodying my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of the top of the seat or cushion with the cover omitted. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a crossscction through the cushion, in which the under part of the cushion is provided with springs to support the upper part or seatsprings of the cushion. Fig. i is a detail view of one of the bottom springs.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The frame Bis composed of one or more parts having one or more sleeves C, which fit around the ends of the adjacent parts, and

the said ends are covered by the said sleeves C to permit of the expansion and contraction of the frame 13, owing to weight applied to and removed from the cushion, and thus allowing the cushion to yield under weight.

Around the frames B, located at the top and the bottom of the cushion, the eyes D of a series of springs D, which compose the seat, are arranged, and between the said eyes D the springs are provided with a coil D, lo-

cated around a suitable support A, which may be made of wire, coiled spring, wire cord, or any suitable supporting medium, and the seat or cushion, which is composed 5c of aseries of such wires, is incased in a suitable cover E. Now when weight is applied to said seat or cushion the springs D yield under the weight, and the eyes D surrounding the frame B, will tend to move in toward the center of the seat or cushion.

By constructing the frame 13 with the loose sleeves C surrounding the ends of the frame B this frame is allowed to close together or contract when weight is applied to the seat or cushion and the ends approach each other within the sleeves C, and when the weight is removed therefrom the action of the springs D, returning to their normal position, will expand the frame B to its original position and withdraw the ends of the frame B in the sleeves C apart. 7

By providing the frame B with the sleeves C the movement of the springs D, which tend to close together when weight is applied thereto, is taken up by the contracting of the frame 13 within the sleeves C, and when the weight is removed the springs withdraw the frame B from its contracted position within the sleeves C and the seat or cushion resumes its original shape.

Referring now to Fig. 3, the seat or cushion above described is shown as applied to a cushion requiring a square edge E, suitable for a settee or chair. The upper part or seatsprings of this cushion is constructed the same So as described in Figs. 1 and 2, and in order to provide a square section, as shown at E, the lower ends of the springs D are joined to a frame D within the cushion:

A series of suitable supporting-springs G are arranged within the cushion provided with a coil Gand eyes G and G and the upper eyes Gr surround and support the frame A, and through each lower eye G a suitable fastening device G passes and secures the said springs to a suitable base.

Instead of the two armed springs G, as above described, there may be used the common spiral springs II to support the upper seatsprings D of the cushion. 5

Instead of securing the eyes D of the springs D to the frame D as above described, the eyes may extend inwardly toward the center and be linked together, as shown at F F.

I do not limit myself to the arrangement 10o and construction shown, as the same'inay be Varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thusascertained the nature of my invention andset forth a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. 'In a seat or cushion, a series of spring Wires, and means'for supporting said wires adapted to contract under the action of weight on said seat or cushion.

2. In a seat or cushion, a series of springw'ires, and means for supportingsaid wires to which the ends of said spring-wiresare connected adapted to contract under the action of weight on said seat or cushion.

In a seat or cushion, a series of springwires provided with a coil between the ends thereof, a support to which said spring-wires are connected located in the said coils, and

supporting means to which the free ends of 7 said wires are connected adapted to contract under the action of weight on said seat or cushion.

at. In a seat or cushion, a series of springwires provided with a coil between the ends thereof, a support to which said s1 i)ring'-wires are connected located in the said coils, and independent supporting means to which the upper and lower ends of said wires are connected and adapted to contract under the action of weight on said seat or cushion.

5. In a seat or cushion, a series of springwires provided with a coil between the ends thereof,-a support to whiehsaid spring-wires are connected located in the said coils, sup

tively are connected and adapted to contract, under the action of weight on said seat or cushion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence or two subscribing witnesses, on this 13th day of December, 1895. 7

JAMES T. COWLEY.

Vitnesses:

FRANK OQBURN, A. E. HUMPHREYS.

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