US759629A - Window-chair. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

L. W. NIENDORFF. WINDOW CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED 0GT.21, 1903.

no MODEL.

Laz/zb 37 7728 Mr UNITED. STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 759,629, dated May 10, 1904. Application filed October 21,1903. Serial No. 177,849. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it-known that I, LOUIS W. N munonrr, a citizen of the United States, residing in New :York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W i ndow-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-chairs, and is designed for use preferably in connection with windowwork-such, for instance, as cleaning the glass or painting the woodwork thereof.

In working about a window it is customary to sit on the window-sill and support ones self by holding onto the window-frame or the rails of the sash, which is not only inconvenient but also dangerous, in that one hand must be employed in holding onto the window while the other hand carries on the work, and there is also the danger of losing ones grip while carrying on the work, causing the person to overbalance and fall. Straps are sometimes used to fasten the body to the window-frame, but there is the danger of the strap becoming unhooked, or if the strain is too great the strap will sometimes give way, and for this reason this form of safeguard is objectionable. It has also been found to be dangerous in that while persons are either hanging clothes from a window on a pulley-line or in shaking or dustinggarments or rugs they sometimes slip or they otherwise lose their balance and fall out of the window.

The object of this invention is to provide a guard to prevent falling out of the window, either when sitting on the sill thereof or when leaning out.

A further object is to provide a support to the back when sitting on the window-sill on the outside of the window.

A still further object is to provide a device which can be collapsed into a small bundle at will.

In carrying out these objects I provide a framework which is securable to and detachable from the window, preferably on the inside of the casing, and this frame serves as a guard against which to lean or a baclerest when sitting on the sill.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window-sill, a portion of the stile, and the window apparatus located in place. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an additional elevational View showing the apparatus partially collapsed.

' Similar characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the figures.

I provide in the first instance a pair of braces, which may be designated in a general way by 2 and 3 and which may comprise uprights 4 and 5, to the upper and lower ends of each of which are secured cross-pieces 6 and 7, 8 and 9. Proceeding downwardly from these crosspieces are two feet 10 and 11, the former of which is the shortest and is designed to rest upon the subsill 12, while the latter, which is a littlelonger, rests down on the main sill 15. The feet 10 are united by a cross-piece 14, which is preferably provided with a hinge about midway of its extremities. This crosspiece is also provided with stops 16 and 17 for purposes which will be later mentioned. Proceeding upwardly from the cross-bars 7 and 8 are uprights l8 and 19 and 20 and 21. To the uprights 18 and 20 are secured laterally-extending arms 22 and 23, to each of which is hinged or pivoted a grimnng-plate 2 1 and 25, respectively, provided in the present instance with rubber steps or cushions 26, and these gripping-plates are designed to bear against the inside of the framework 27 of the window-for instance, as seen in Fig. 1. The uprights 19 and 21 are each provided with laterally-extended pieces 28 and 29, to each of which is pivoted a cross-bar 30, having arms 31 and 32, through which the pivots 33 and 34 pass. This cross-bar is also hinged, as at 31, midway of its ends, and one of the hinged portions is provided with a tongue 35, over which may he slipped a ring 36 for the purpose of preventing the cross-bar 30 from buckling at the hinge when in use. This cross-bar 30 may either be extended to the position shown in the full lines when it is desired to use the device as a back-rest when sitting in the window or else it may be overturned, as shown in the dotted lines, and allowed to rest in the lugs 37 and 38, so as to form a body-bar when one is leaning out of the window. Also hinged to the cross-pieces 7 and 8,11ereinbefore referred to, are braces 39 and 40, which when the device is in place bear against the stops 16 and 17 and hold the entire structure in place.

One of the main features of this device is its collapsibility, whereby it may be closed into a compact form, and this is clearly shown in Fig. 3, Where the device is shown as partly collapsed. In this figure the braces 39 and 40 have been moved, for instance, to the position shown in dotted lines of Fig. 2, and the crossrod 14 has been uplifted to the V-shaped position, .as shown. The cross-bar 30 has also been lifted to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the ring 36 having been removed from the tongue 35 this rod is also buckled to the position shown in Fig. 3. This arrangement permits the side constructions to be drawn together. At the same time the gripping- pieces 24 and 25, which are pivoted to the portions 22 and 23, as at 41 and 42, may be thrown against the upright pieces 18 and 20, so that that they will not project in the way when the device is collapsed. The method of closing these gripping pieces against the uprights 18 and 20 is shown in dotted lines of Fig. 1 at 43.

It will be seen that the structure thus described provides a safeguard which prevents falling out of the window and which may be used either as a back-rest when seated in the window or a guard against which to rest when standing on the inside of the window.

It will be understood,of course,that the illustration herein is simply to picture my invention and that the precise arrangement of parts or the precise construction shown is in no wise intended to limit this invention, and I reserve the right to vary this construction and to substitute or omit certain of the parts, so long as I produce an effective, efficient, and durable structure for the purposes designed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A window-chair comprising a pair of uprights; a cross-bar by which to unite them; another cross-bar adapted to form a guard or a rest; both of said bars being in sections, and the whole adapted to be collapsed into compact form.

2. A window-chair comprising a pair of uprights; a cross-bar connecting said uprights and provided with a hinged joint; means for positioning said uprights at right angles to the bar; a cross-rail carried at the upper end of said uprights; a device to hold said uprights against the window.

3. A window-chair comprising a pair of uprights; a hinged bar connecting the same;

means carried by the uprights and cooperating with said bar to hold said uprights in a position substantially at right angles to said bar; devices carried by said uprights for holding the same in place to the window-frame; and a pivoted hinged bar adapted to operate either as a rest or guard also carried by said uprights; the whole, through the medium of said hinge, being adapted to be collapsed into compact form.

4:. A window-chair comprising a pair of uprights; a pair of gripping devices pivoted to the upper end thereof; a cross-bar for uniting said uprights; a resting-piece carried by said uprights; said resting-piece being pivoted to said uprights and adapted to be-extended into place; and means between said uprights and said cross-bar and adapted to hold the frame in position when seated in the window.

5. A window device of thecharacter specified, comprising a pair of uprights; a pair of grippers hinged to the upper ends thereof; a

cross-bar uniting said uprights and comprising two hinged portions; a resting-bar carried by the upper end of said uprights and provided with a hinge; a pair of braces carried by the uprights and adapted to rest against said bar, whereby to hold the uprights in position in the frame.

6. A window-chair comprising apair of uprights; a two-part bar hinged together and joining said uprights; a lug carried by each hinged part; a bar carried by each upright and adapted to bear against each lug; a pair of grippers carried by said uprights and adapted to bear against the window-sash of the window-frame; a hinged cross-piece pivoted to said uprights and adapted to be moved in any position thereon; said hinged bar and hinged cross-piece being adapted to buckle, whereby to collapse the entire structure. 7

Signed, at Nos. 9 to 15 Murray street, New York, N. Y., this 17th day of October, 1903.

LOUIS W. NIENDORFF.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. BARNAOLO, JOHN O. SEIFERT.

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