US669685A - Rocker-cushion. - Google Patents

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LEONARD S. DORA, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOOKER-CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,68 5, dated March 12, 1901..

Application led Tune 20, 1900. Serial No. 20,938. No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD S. DORA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rocker Cushions and Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in rocker cushions and fenders.

One object of the invention is to provide a rocker with an elastic cushion extending the entire length of the rocker to prevent the chair from creeping and to aord elasticity when rocking. A

A further object of the invention is to extend the said elastic cushion up over the ends of the rockers to serve as a fender to prevent the ends of the rockers from scratching or otherwise defacing the washlooard or other object against which the ends of the rockers so frequently impinge.

Other features of the invention will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rockingchair with my improved cushion and fender secured to the rockers thereof. Fig. 2 is a detailed view, partly in section, of the rocker. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the rocker and cushion.

Similar numerals refer to like and corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings, l designates a rocking-chair; 2, the rockers, having my improved cushion and fender 3. The chair 1 may be of any desired construction and of any size. The rockers 2 are provided with a groove 4, extending the entire length of the rocker and up into the ends 5 thereof, terminating in apertures 6 in the said ends. The cushion 3 is cylindrical in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3, and has an aperture 7throughout the entire length, through which a wire 8 extends. The cushion is fitted into the groove 4 of the rocker, with the ends thereof extending up over the ends 5 of the rocker and into the apertures 6, the said cushion projecting beyond the rocker and ends thereof. Thus it will be seen that as the cushion extends beyond the ends of the rockers it forms a fender and prevents the said ends from scratching or otherwise defacing the washboard, with which it so frequently comes in contact. The said cushion 3 may be held in the groove 4 by cement or other suitable means. The wire 8 extends through the entire length of the cushion 3 and assists in holding the said cushion in shape on the rockers.

It will be seen that the elastic cushion 3 comes in contact with the carpet or other surface upon which the chair rests and prevents the chair from creeping.

While I have shown the ends of the cushion 3 extending into the apertures 6, the same may extend upward and terminate at or near the top of the rocker.

'Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A rocker cushion and fender consisting of a rocker having a groove in its lower surface extending the entire length thereof; a groove in each end thereof, and an aperture in each end of the rocker; a cushion fitted in the groove in the lower surface of the rocker and extending upward in the grooves in the ends of the rocker and having its extremities projecting in the apertures in the ends of the rocker; and means to secure the said cushion to the rocker. Y

2. In a rocker cushion and fender, the comhination of a rocker; an elastic cushion extending the entire length of the rocker, up over the ends thereof, and into apertures in the ends of the rocker, the said cushion maintaining the same thickness throughout its length.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD S. DORA.

Witnesses:

CHAPIN A. FERGUSON, HENRY C. WAGNER.

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