US750900A - Daniel schustek and herbert l - Google Patents

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No. 750,900. PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904.

D. SGHUSTEK & H. L. ANDREWS. V

LEG FOR FURNITURE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 17, 1902. N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT FFICE.

DANIEL SGHUSTEK A'ND HERBERT L. ANDREIVS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID SCHUSTEK ASSIGNOR TO SAID ANDREWS.

LEG FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,900, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed May17, 1902. Serial No. 107,745. N odem To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, DANIEL ScHUsTEK and HERBERT L. ANDREWS, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Legs for Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in legs for furniture, and refers more specifically to an improved furniture-leg wherewith is combined a detachable foot-piece.

The object of the invention is to provide a furniture-leg which is formed of wire or rod metal constructed to terminate in a loop and to combine with the loop a filling-block constituting a caster or cushion support and to provide in a device of this character a simple and economical construction which may be readily applied and detached and which when assembled presents an ornamental and finished appearance.

To the above ends the invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and the invention will be more readily understood from the description by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the foot portion of a furniture-leg embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the upper casting member detached, and Fig. 4 is an upper or inside face View of the lower cast ing. Figs. 5 and 6 represent in side elevation and in partially-vertical section a modified form of foot in which a cushion-block is substituted for the caster construction hereinbefore described.

Referring to said figures, l designates as a whole the lower portion of a furniture-leg formed of wire'or rod metal twisted together in such manner as to form at its terminal end a loop 2 of generally oval outline and bent to stand at such angle to the main body of the leg as to stand in a substantially horizontal plane when the leg is in vits normal upright position.

3 and 4 respectively designate two cast or forged members, which together form a filling-piece which occupies the loop 2 and also provide a suitable means of attaching to the foot a caster 5 or other floor-engaging support. Describing said members 3 and 4 in detail, the upper member 3 is desirably made convex and ornamental at its upper side, as indicated at 6, is conformed in the general outline to the shape of the loop 2, and is provided at its periphery with an undercut groove 7 parti-circular in cross-section and adapted to receive the upper side of the loop, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3. The end of said member which extends adjacent to the main body of the leg is preferably and as shown herein extended upwardly along the leg a short distance, as indicated at 8, for the purpose both of more securely holding the casting in position and also of giving a better finish to the foot as a whole. Upon the under side of the member 3 and within the area bounded by the loop 2 said member is provided with suitable means for securing the member, which is adapted to rest directly upon the floor, such member in the present instance being the caster 5, although obviously it might be a foot-cushion. I/Vhen constructed to receive a caster, as shown herein, said member 8 is provided with depending parallel lugs or cars 8, transversely apertured, as indicated at 9, to receive the trunnions 10 of the caster, which is of ordinary construction.

In order to enable the parts to be assembled, the trunnion 10 of the caster is made in the form of a removable pin, which after insertion is slightly upset or riveted to retain it in place.

The lower member 4 serves as a cooperating clamping member to enable the upper memher 3 to be secured in position. To this end said lower member is constructed to underlie the heel portion only of the loop, being to this end of forked shape and provided in its upper surface, at the sides of the forks thereof, with parti-circular grooves 11, which register with the corresponding portions of the loop. In order to more securely hold the two members 3 and 4 against movement, the lower member is also extended upwardly along the main portion of the leg a short distance, as indicated at 12, and a clamping bolt or screw 13 is inserted through the extension portions 8 and 12 of the two members. The bolt shown herein is a screw-bolt held in position by means of a nut 14:, and in order to form a smooth finish the under surface of the lower member at is countersunk or provided with a recess 15 to receive the nut, said recess being made rectangular, so as to confine the nut against rotation, and thus facilitate the insertion of the bolt. The two members 3 and f are so constructed as to nearly, but not quite, meet each other within the loop, so that when the bolt is inserted and screwed home the block members will be held in clamped and rigid engagement with the loop.

The device as thus constructed forms a neat, ornamental, and reliable construction which may be readily applied and detached at will and serves to support the caster or other footpiece accurately and reliably in position.

In Figs. 5 and 6 we have shown a modification in which a cushion-block 16 is substituted in lieu of the caster construction heretofore described. In this construction the cushionblock consists of an approximately cylindric block of any suitable materialsuch as rul ber, wood or the like-which is provided near its upper end with a circumferential groove 17, adapted to partially receive the embracing portion of the loop 2 throughout somewhat more than one-half its circumference and to receive at its rear side the forked and intervening curved edge 18 of the clamping-block 4d. The upper casting member or block 3' is constructed in general the same as the block 3, hereinbefore described; but instead of being provided with a central depending portion to support the caster it is in the present instance recessed upon its under side or may be hollow, as indicated at 3", to indicate the upper end portion 18 of the cushion-block 16. In order to seat the block member 3 accurately within the loop, it is provided at its periphery with a particircular groove which receives a portion of the inner circumference of the loop 2 of the foot, as best indicated at 19 in Fig. 6. I

In the present instance the interengagement of the block members 3 and 4 is such that the clamping action is brought upon the cushion-block 16, and to this end the member 3 is provided at its under side with a heel portion or lug-like extension 20, having at its lower side an inclined face 21, with which cooperates the correspondingly-inclined end 22 of the block 4'. The face 21 and the interfitting face 22 are inclined outwardly and downwardly with reference to the axis of the clamping-bolt 13, so that as the block 1 is drawn upwardly bysaid bolt the forked lower end of the block is caused to advance relatively to the cushion-block 16 and to thereby clamp the latter between said forked end and the opposing part of the loop 2.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that the details of construction may be modified to a certain extent without departing from the spirit of the invention.

o claim as our invention 1. In combination with a metal furniture-leg terminating in a loop, a pair of block members forming afilling-block forsaid loop, said block members being constructed to cover and underlie, respectively, the top and under side of said loop, and severally provided with peripheral loop-engaging recesses, and a bolt securing said members together, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a metal furniture-leg terminating in a loop, a pair of block members forming a filling-block for said loop, one of said block members being constructed to cover the upper side of the loop and extend upwardly along that portion of the leg contiguous to the loop, and the opposite member being constructed to embrace the heel portion of the under side of the loop and extend upwardly a distance along the continuous lug portion and made forked at its end opposite said lug-embracing portion, whereby the principal portion of the under side of the loop is left unobstructed to receive the legsupport, for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a metal furniture-leg terminating in a loop, a pair of block members forming a filling for said loop, one of said block members covering the upper side of said loop and projecting therethrough, the other of said block members engaging the under side of said loop, and means whereby said block members are held in rigid engagement with the opposite sides of said loop.

1. In combination witha metal furniture-leg terminating in a loop, a filling member overlying and covering said loop and having peripheral engagement therewith, and an opposed clamping member engaging the under side of the loop and connected with said overlying member.

5. In combination with a metal furniture-leg terminating in a loop, a filling member extending within and having peripheral engagement with said loop, an underlying, marginally-grooved, clamping member secured to the heel of said loop and associated with said filling member whereby the latter is held in operative position.

DANIEL SCHUSTEK. HERBERT L. ANDREWVS. *itnesses:

ALBERT H. GRAVES, FREDERICK O. Goonwnv.

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