US930839A - Collapsible and suspensible baby-chair. - Google Patents

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T. W. GLEARY. GOLLAPSIBLE AND SUSPENSIBLE BABY CHAIR.

APPLIOATIOE FILED APE.13, 190a.

@fiQfiSQ Miami)! Aug. 14), 1909.

V/ITNESSES: INVENTOR, 57/ 4% (-1011. By 6/, 45%;

ATTORNEY.

.THOMAS W. CLEARY, OF SAN MATEO, CAL IFORNIA.

OOLLAPSIBLE AND SUSPENSIBLE BABY-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed April 13, 1908. Serial No. 426,727.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known: that I, THOMAS W. CLEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Mateo, in the county of San Mateo and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible and Suspensi-' ble Baby-Chairs, of which the following is a specification. l

The object of the present invention is to rovide a baby chair which can be suspended 10 I fiom a hook or other suitable support against a wall, or wherever convenient; which can be folded up so as to occupy but small s ace,

when not in use; and which can be ma e at a very low cost.

. A further object of the invention is to pro-- vide a chair constructed to retain a child therein securely and without any danger of its falling out or escap n In the accompanyin firawing, Figure 1 1s a perspective view 0 the chair, ex anded and in position for use; Fig. 2 is a si e view I of the same, collapsed.

Referring1 to the drawing,;1 indicates a back, into t e upper end of which is screwed a screw eye or loop 2, having its aperture transverse to the p ane of the back,so that the chair may be suspended from a hook 3 projecting from a wa 1. Upon the rear side of said back is secured a transverse'bar or cleat 4 extending laterally beyond the back and having rubber abutment blocks 5, adapted to rest a ainst the wall or other support, thereby inc ining the back. ofthecha1r at a slight angle to the wall, so that the weight of t e chi d, seated in the chair, serves to steady the same against the wall.

6 indicates the seat, which is hinged, as shown at 7, to the front side of the back, so that it can either extend from said back at ri ht angles, in which case the lower edge 8 o the back of the. seat, abutting against the front side of the back, maintains the seat 'firmly in said extendedposition, or can be".

folded u a ainst said ack, as shown in Fig. 2. he ront edge of the seat is formed to accommodate the legs of the child. '10 indicates a curved guard rail, preferablyof wood pivoted on a long pin or bolt Il -passed thro h the back 1, a nut 12 being screwed upon .t e end of said bolt. This guardrail cantherefore be swung upon said pin as a pivot. The uard rail and seat are attached together at the front by means of a Wooden bar 13, which is pivotally connected both to the seat and to the guard rail, whereby, when either of these parts is swung upward or inward, to collapse the chair, the other part moves in the same manner, so that the entire chair can be collapsed with one movement.

The central bar 13, especially in conjunction with the curved recesses 9, constitutes an important feature of the invention. In this respect the invention differs from prior forms of childrens chairs, in which the guard rail is supported at the front upon two posts, con-.

nected respectively with the front corners of the seat. The latter. construction permits of the child escaping, or falling out, by sliding through the open space between the front edge of the seat at the bottom, the front ed e of the guard rail at the top, and the two-si e posts. With the present construction this is impossible, on account of the central bar 13, an the security afforded by this bar is also greatly increased bythe curved recesses 9,

which confine the legs of the child to their proper position on the seat, and prevent any excessive side motion thereon. I claim:--

A chair comprising a back, to the top of whichis secured a loop havin its aperture transverse to the plane of said ack whereby the same may be suspended upon a hook or nail projecting from a wall, means for projecting the lower portion of the back from a wall to which it is so sus ended, a seat hinged to the front side of the ack, permitting said seat to fold up against said front side and to rest extended at ri ht angles to said back, a guard rail pivote at its ends to the marginal portions of said back at a sultable eight above the seat, and a vertical rigid bar pivotall connected both at the to to the center 0 the guard rail, and at the ottom to the center of the front edge of the seat, substantially as-described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 4

THOMAS W. CLEARY.

Witnesses:

F. M. Wmen'r', 'D..B. RICHARDS.

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