US703776A - Spring-support for furniture. - Google Patents

Description

Y Patented lulv I, i902 F. E. EWLES.

SPRING SUPPORT FOR FURNITURE.

(No Model.)

(Application led Jan. 23, 1902.)

me Noun vwith ease and security,

' UNITED STATs-y PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK nnwLns, or

MEDINA, NE-W YORK.

SPRING-SUPPORT FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming .parser Letters Patent Nef 703,776, dated July 1, 1902. Appiitaiion nea January' 23,1902. Seraing. 90.932. (No model.)

T0 ctZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. EwLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing 'atMedina, in the county of Orleans and StateofY New York, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Spring-Supports for Furniture; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

My invention relates to an improvement in spring-supports for furniture, and more particularly to the means for connecting the convolute springs with the supports secured to the framework.

The object of this invention is to provide a connection for the springs which is simple and durable in construction, which permits the springs to be attached to,.their.suppor.ts andwhich whenV the Weight is applied to the support tendsto more eifectually clamp the springs and secure-the same to the supports.

As will be apparent from the following description, the invention is also applicable to carriage and car seats, mattresses, and all articles having coil-springs designed to be secured to a support.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to Ythe drawings, Figure 1 isa top plan view of a chair-seat frame having the herein-described improvement attached i thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of one of the wire supports having one ofthe convolute springs connectedtherewith. Fig. 4 is a vertical section, on an enlarged scale, takenron line y y,

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the severalfgures.

The numeral 1 designates the chair-seat frame, which may be of any suitable form or construction. Secured 'to-this frame are the wire supports 2, which consist of a horizon- ,axis of the spring.

tally-disposed center portion 3, preferably positionedr below the plane of the chairseat frame, and` upwardly-inclined end vportions 4 at either end, which terminate in hooks 5, embeddedin the seat-frame for securely fastening the supports vthereto. Between its ends, at such points where it is desired to secure the convolut'e springs forming the cushion, I coil the wire upwardly above its longitudinal axis intoY an eye G, continuing the coil to form a second eye 7, which is disposed uon a'vertical plane With'the eye 6 and below the longitudinal axis of thewire. The wire is thus provided with a double eye defining the figure 8, and inl these eyes the small end of the convolute springs is secured. 4 The springs 9 are of the ordinary form usually employed in upholstering, having'their upper coilglO largest andtlie coils gradually reduced in diameter-downwardly, with the smallest or lower coil 11 terminatingin a diametrically-,disposed extension 12, crossing the Vhen connecting the spring to the wire support, the diametricallydisposed extension 12 is passed through the upper eye 6 as far as permissible. The projecting end is thenbent into the form of a hook 13 and the end thereof passed through the lower eye 7.' A very simple connection i is th'us formed, which is easily manipulated and Which-is elfectual in the performance of all its functions.

AThe upper ends of the springs are preferablyI connected together and to the framework by cords 14, the cushioning, of course, beinglbuilt up from this point, as is common in' upholsterin g. I

It. is evident that with the construction shown the'liability of the springs becoming detached from the supports is entirely obviated, `as the connection lwill notpermit their turning, and the Weightof a person Willcause the supports to sag slightly, Which Willclose up the eyes 6 and `7, in which-thesprings are held, and clamp the same more securely. .After the eyes-have closed around the springs and become set there is no further liability of sagging,'and the cushion will under all conditions of usage retain its proper shape.

' Having thus described niyinvention, what I claim is#- 1. In a spring-seat, the combination of a IOO l support having an eye extending above and to enterone eye from one side of said support l and the other eye from the opposite side of the saine, substantially asset forth.

3. In a spring-seat, the combination of a wire support having an eye above and an eye below its longitudinal axis, and a spring having its lower end terlninatin g in` a hook which enters the upper eye from one side and the v ing Witnesses.

lower eye from the opposite side ofsavid sup-y port, substantially as set forth'. y

4. In a spring-seat, the combination of a support composed of wire bent upon itself to form an eye above and an eye below its 1ongitudinal axis, and a spring having a hook at its lower end disposed diametrieally to Cross the axis of the saine,said hook passing through the upper leye from one side of the support and through the lower eye from the opposite side thereof, substantially as set forth;

specification in the presence of two'subsorib- FRA-NK E. EwLEs.y

Vitnessesi v@eliminas A. SHERwooD, ALONZO L. WHITNEY.

t s In testimony whereof I have signed thisv

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