US686520A - Jump-seat for vehicles. - Google Patents

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' Patented Nov. l2,` |901. n. H. HuTToN, 1n.

JUMP SEA-T 'FOR VEHICLES. I (Application led Sgpt. 2S, 1901.) (No Model.)

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Jrneg No. 686,520. Patented Nov. l2, |9ol.

G. H. HuTTuN, Jn.. JUMP SEATEOR VEHIGLES.

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PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE n. nUTYToN, JR., or BALT'IMORE, MARYLAND.

JUMP-SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Fatent No. 686,520, dated November 12, 1901. Application filed September 23, 1F01. Serial No. 716,151. (No model.)

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Beit known that LGEORGE H. HUTTON, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Jump- Seats, of which the following is a specifica` tion.-

This invention relates to improvements in j ump-seats for vehicles; and among its objects is to provide an improved auxiliary seat or jump-seat which can be folded or tilted underneath the main seat of the vehicle and be brought out from under said main seat into elevated and operative position without tilting, sliding, or otherwise disturbing the said main seat and without unduly extending the vehicle-body in length.

With this and other objects i-n View the in- Vention consists in certain constructions, arrangements, and-combinations of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed,refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a vehicle-body to which is attached my improved jump-seat, one side of the body being partly broken away to show the jump-seat in its folded or lowered position underneath a stationarymain seat. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the j ump-seat in its elevated and operative position. Y Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line 3 Sof Fig. 1. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are side views illust-rating the jump-seat in the three successive positions it assumes when it is being swung from its lowered to its elevated position. Fig. 7 is a detail view illustrating the detachable pivotal connection between one of the seat-standards and its supportingbracket. 1

Referring to the drawings, the letter a designates a vehicle-bodyprovided with a stationary main seat b. Secured on the bottom of the vehicle-body, in the rear of said main seat, are two brackets c, provided with rearwardly-extended bearing-surfaces c' and provided at their front ends with pivot-lugs c2, as shown in Fig. 7. Each of two seat-standards d is provided at its lower end with a circular bearin g d', into which opens a slot d2, so that the said standards may be detachably and pivotally connected to the said pivot-lugs c2, as indicated in said Fig. 7. When the standards are turned to the upward position,

(seen in Figs. 4 and 7,) they can be lifted directly away from and thus detached from the pivot-lugs c2vand the jump-seat entirely removed. In all other positions the standards are locked into engagement with said lugs. Said standards are curved, as shown, in order that the two ends may be substantially at right angles to each other, so that when they are swung upright on said brackets c one end will rest on the extended bearing-surface c', as indicated in the drawings, without undue strain on the pivot-lugs c2.

At its upper end each seat-standard d is provided with a rigid laterally-extending pivotpin e, preferably integral therewith, and is also provided with a stop-lug f in the rear of said pivot-pin, and the seat g is provided on its ends with rigid bracket-plates h, at one end of which are formed ears 7l, which take over the two pivot-pins e, whereby the seat g is pivoted at its front edge to tilt on said 'standards in a direction toward the front and rear ends of the Vehicle-body. At both ends of each rigid bracket-plate hare formed` ears n j, to which the end arms 7c are pivoted, and intermediate of its ends each of said bracketplates is provided with a recessed lug Z, adapted to strike against the stop-lug f to limit the tilting movement of the seat g in one direction, and thereby support the said seat in proper horizontal position on the upper ends of the standards, as in Figs. 2 and 6.

To the free or rear edge of the seat g are secured two back-rest irons m, provided with j ump-seat g is lowered to the out-of-service position, and in Fig. 2 the vehicle is illus- Y.

trated as a two-seat vehicle with the jumpseat vin' elevated position at the rear of the main immovable seat b. To raise the jumpseat from its lowered to its elevated position, the seat-standards d are first swung upwardly and rearwardly to the position shown in Fig. 4, during which movement the rollers p of IOO the seat g, while the latter is in inverted position, roll along the bottom of the vehiclebody, which prevents the said bottom from being scratched and also overcomes a large part of t-he friction that would otherwise be created. The movement of the seat-standards d is continued until the seat g is raised oi the bottom and the lower ends of the standards rest on the extended bearing-surfaces c of the brackets c, as shown in Fig. 5, and thev seat is then tilted over and back on the seat-standards until the recessed lugsZ come in contact with the stop-lugs f. The back-rest o and end arms 7c are then raised and the jump-seat is ready for use. To lower the jump-seat, the movements just described are reversed in order.

By the arrangement of pivotally connecting the jump-seat at its front edge to the upper end of pivoted standards, so that it can be inverted and swung downward independent of the movement of said standards, it will be seen the jump-seat is capable of being lowered underneath and raised from under a main seat without moving the latter in any way and also without unduly lengthening the vehicle-body, and it will also be seen that by means of the detachable connection between the pivoted seat-standards and their supporting-brackets the entire jump-seat attaehment may be readily removed from the vehicle or put in place whenever desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a vehicle-body; a main seat stationary on said vehicle-body; seat-standards pivotally mounted in said vehicle-body; and a jump-seat pivotally connected at its front edge to said standards, whereby it may be inverted and swung underneath said main seat.

2. The combination of a vehicle-body; a main seat on said vehicle-body; seat-standards pivotally mounted in said vehicle-body; a jump-seat pivotallyconnected at its front edge to said standards whereby it may be inverted and swung underneath said main seat; and a roller connected to said jump-seat and on which the latter is supported on thc bottom of the vehicle-body as it is moved underneath the main seat.

3. The combination of a vehicle-body provided with a main seat brackets secured to the body-bottom and provided with extended bearing-surfaces; seat-standards pivoted at one end to said brackets and adapted to rest, when in an upright position, on said bearingsurfaees; a jump-seat pivotally connected at its front end to the other ends of said standards, whereby it may be moved in an inverted position underneath said main seat; backrest irons secured to the rear edge of said j ump-seat and provided with rollers adapted to roll along the bottom of the vehicle-body when the jump-seat is being moved underneath, or fromy under, the main seat; and a back-rest pivotally connected to said irons.

4. The combination of a vehicle-body; a main seat on said vehicle-body; brackets secured to the bottom of the vehicle-body at one side of the main seat and provided with extended bearing-surfaces, c', and also provided with pivot-lugs, c2; seat-standards detachably and pivotally connected at one end to said pivot-lugs and adapted to rest, when in an upright position on said bearingsurfaces, c', the other ends of said standards being provided with pivot-pins and stop-lugs; and a jump-seat pivotally connected at its front edge to said seat-standards and adapted to be supported on said stop-lugs.

5. The combination of a vehicle-body; a main seat on said vehicle-body; brackets secured to the bottom of the vehicle-body at one side of the main seat and provided with extended bearing-surfaces, c', and also pro- .vided with pivot-lugs, o2; seat-standards pivotally connected at one end to said pivot-lugs and adapted to rest, when in an upright position on said bearing-surfaces, c', the other ends of said standards being provided with pivot-pins and stop-lugs; and a jump-seat pivotally connected at its front edge to said seat-standards and adapted to be supported on said stop-lugs.

6. The combination, of a vehicle -body; brackets secured to the. bottom of said vehicle-body; seat-standards pivotally connected at one end to said brackets and detachable therefrom only at one point in their movement, but otherwise held to said brackets; and a seat hinged to the other ends of said standards, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of a vehicle body; brackets secured in said vehicle-body and provided with pivot-lugs, c2; seat-standards provided at their lower ends with circular bearings, d', and slots, d2, opening into said bearin gs, whereby said standards may be pivotally and detachably connected to said brackets; and a seat pivotally connected to the other ends of said standards as and tor the purpose set forth.

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

GEORGE H. HUTTON, JR. Witnesses:

CHARLES L. VIETsoH, FREDERICK S. STITT.

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