US674783A - Combination cart and chair. - Google Patents

Description

No. 874,783. Patented May 2|,- mm.

a. A. LONG.

COMBINATION CART AND CHAIR.

(Application filed Dec. 20, 1900.)

(No Model.)

l'ntimn STATES ,ATET @FFIQE.

GEORGE A. LONG, OF AN'IVVERI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIAIIF TO HENRY HARRIS, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION CART AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 674,783, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed December 20, 1900. Serial No. 40,486. (No modchl T (Ii/Z whom it? Uta/y CO tom K. The frame I1, pivoted to the rock- Be it known that LGEORGE A. LONG, acitiers O at M, carries the axle N, on Which are zen of the United States, residing at Antjournaled the wheels 0 in anyapproved man- \verp, in the county of Paulding and State of ner. The cross-piece P of the frame L is Ohio, have invented certain new and useful situatedbetween the not-ch II and the box- Improvements in a Combination Cart and ing I.

Chair; and I do hereby declare the follow- Q is the tongue,provided with the trianguing to be a full, clear, and exact description lar portion R and the notch S and the fiat of the invention, such as will enable others portion T, which is substantially parallel to IO skilled in the art to which it appertains to the top of the triangular body R, and it will make and use the same. be noticed that said triangular body and the My invention relates to wheeled toys, but tongue proper form an angle of about one more particularly to a combination cart an d hundred and sixty degrees.

chair, and has for one object to provide an ap- Having thus described the several parts of :5 paratus of this class which can be used either my invention, its operation is as follows: as arocking-chair or cart. When it is desired to use my device as a A further object of my invention is to prorocking-chair, the tongue is not employed vide a toy of this class which is cheap to and the chair rests on its rockers, as shown manufacture, simple in operation, and above in Fig. 3. When it is desired to convert the 20 all strong and durable. chair into a cart, the triangular body R of \Vith these objects in view my invention the tongue is inserted in the slot E and notch consists in the combination and novel ar- H and passes into the triangular boxing I. rangement of a rocking-chair provided with This operation pushes the cross-bar P downwheels and a tongue. wardly, thus throwingthe tread of the wheels 25 My invention also consists in other novel 0 to a point below the rockers C. When the features of construction, which will be here triangular body R is thus inserted, the crossinafter fully described and afterward more bar P slips into the notchS in the tongue and particularly pointed out in the appended the flat portion T rests in the notch II in the claims. cross-piece G, and the Weight of the cart holds 30 Referring to the accompanying drawings, the tongue and cross-bar P in engagement. Figure l is a perspective view of my com- When it is desired to disengage the tongue, bined rocking-chair and cart. Fig. 2 is a the cart is lifted and the cross-bar P drops sectional view of the same, showing tongue out of the notch S and the tongue is drawn attached and in the position when being used out.

5 as a cart. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the Having thus specifically described the opsame lines as Fig. 2, showing tongue deeration of my invention, I do not wish to be iached and in the position when being used understood as limiting myself to the exact as a rocking-chair. Fig. 4: is a perspective construction herein set forth,as various slight view of my improved form of tongue. changes mightbe made therein which would go 40 Like letters of referenceindicate like parts fall within the limit and scope of my inventhroughout the several figures, in which tion, and I consider myself entitled to all A is the body, B the legs, and O the rocksuch changes and modifications. ers. Directly under the front edge of the bot- What I claim as new, and desire to secure tom or seat a of the body A is a cross-piece by Letters Patent of the United States, is 5 5 I), provided with the slot E. Directly un- 1. The combination of a chair, wheels seder said cross-piece and above the step F is cured thereto, and a tongue adapted to be a similar cross-piece G, having a similar slot attached thereto, and securely held by the or notch H. Underneath the bot-tom or seat weight of the chair, substantially as de a and in line with and in rear of the slot E scribed. 50 and notch II is the hollow triangular boxing 2. The combination of a chair, the hollow I, composed of triangular sides and the botboxing, wheels secured to said chair, and a said chair, wheels carried by said frame, and

a tongue adapted to enter said boxing; said 15 tongue having a notch therein, which engages the cross-bar of said frame, and is held in engagement by the weight of the cart, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 20 in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE A. LONG.

Witnesses:

HENRY HARRIS, HATTIE MILLER.

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