US77697A

US77697A - Tokwald wiittbe

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Publication number: US77697A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 1885-05-05

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uiten vtetra atrnt .ffice 'TOnw'ALD WINTER, OE BOSTON, Mr;SSAOHUSETTS.l

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, TORWALD WINTER, of Boston', 4in the county of Sn1o1k,and State ot Massachusetts have invented an Improvement in Chairs and Lounges.; and I dohereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of luy invention suiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it. l

The invention relates particularly to the construction of chairs or chair-backs and seats, to be used in connection with lounges or sofa-couches, and consists primarily in combining a'rotary seat and back with a lounge frame, in such Inannerthat said seat and back may be brought into position to form a part of the bed-surface of the lounge and the head thereof, or may be swung around so as to form a chair at one end of the lounge.

The drawing represents a lounge embodying the invention.

A shows 'a side elevation. i l

B, a plan.

C, a section on the line fx x.

'a'denotcs the loungelframe, standing on legs, b, and having an ordinary back, c. d denotes theI rotary h ead of the lounge, having a round chair-seat, e, from the undersurface of which a central spindle or axle, f, projects vertically through a bearing, g, inua bed-piece, z. This bed-piece has a circular flange or shoulder, 1', into which the seat e fits, and the junder surface of the seat is provided with a series of friction-rolls, Ac, which yrest androll upon the upper surface ofthe bed-piece h. The chairfseat, e, has a back, Z, and arms wi m, and wheny the chair is rotated to bring its open front into line with the lounge, the arm n cornes into line with the lounge-back c, as seen at B, and to hold it in this position, to keep it froin swinging further, a pin, o, projects from the'bottom of the seat e, and brings up against apin, p, projecting up from the bed-piece t.-

The seat being'in this position forms afvery convenient head for the lounge, as will be readily understood from the drawings. y c

'But ifit be desirable to'for'm a chair, or to bring the feet of the reoumbent to the oor, the seat is rotated and readily brought tothe position shown by red lines at A and B, or the chair-seat may be still further rotated so as to bring the open part of the chair to the extreme end of the lounge, the'pins o and pagan colliding and steadying the chair in this position. I

This construction is very useful` to an invalid, as it permitshim or her to bring the chair into direct connection with or so as to form a part of the couch,.or to swing theseat around to -form the chair, without any necessity for rising from the seat. I i

The .manner of mounting'the` rotary seat with respect to the base upon which it rotates and lis supported, is also applicable to a rotary chair not connected with a lounge, the supportof the seat at its edges by the rollers preventing the'seat fron sagging, as it inclineslto do whenl supported only at its centre, as in chairs having Arotary seats as now made.

I claim the combination and arrangement of the rotary chair-seat and back and the lounge-frame, substane tially as shown and described.

fI also` claim combining with a rotary chair-seat, rollers le, supporting the seat upony a bed-piece, @and enabling the chair to be rotatedupon said bed-piece, substantially as described.

' TORWALD WINTER. Witnesses:

FRANCIS GOULn. C.l WARREN BROWN.