US94388A

US94388A - Improvement in ottoman piano-stools

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Publication number: US94388A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-08-31
Anticipated expiration: 1886-08-31

Description

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA BRIGGS, OF PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OTTOMAN PIANO-STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 94,388, dated August 31, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA BRIGGS, of Peterborough, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improved Ottoman Stool for Piano-Fortes; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

The invention relates to that class ot' pianoforte stools known as ottoman stools,77 each having a square or oblong upholstered seat and seat-frame, supported upon four suitable legs.

My improvement has reference to provision i for slight adjustment of the seatl as to height,

the improvement consisting, primarily, in combining with a hinged seat means for raising the seat at one edge thereof.

The drawing represents a cross-section oi' a stool embodying my improvement.

c denotes the upholstered seat, supported upon a base or frame, b, which is mounted upon the tops of iour legs, two of which, c o, are shown in the drawing. The seat is hinged on one side to the frame b, as seen at d, and the frame b is made in box form, as seen at e, the seat forming the hinged cover to the box.

0n one side of' the box I make a step or oset, f, and over this I hinge to the bottom board g ot' the seat a swing prop or leaf', h, as seen in the drawing. When this prop is swung up toward the seat, the seat shuts down upon the frame, and occupies a horizon- If still further to be elevated, the seat is raised until the prop may rest upon the step f,

bottom of the seat-board, as seen at m.

and it may be still further elevated by supporting the prop upon the top 'i and against the iiange 7c. lt will seldom be necessary, bowever, to raise the seat to this extent, but its capability of slight adjustment as to height is a very desirable feature in a stool of this class.

To enable the seat-board to come slightly down below the top of the frame b, (to impart a finish to the edge,) and to conceal the hinges, I chamfer oft' the top ofthe wall lof the frame b, and fasten one part of each hinge upon this beveled surface, setting the other part into the Before screwing down the lower leaf of the hinge, the rep or seat-covering cloth is drawn under the leaf, thereby concealing the hinge-the seat, when down upon the frame, showing no a seat which may be varied in height at the will of a performer.

I do not claim, broadly, a chair or stool whose seat is hinged, so as to be elevated at one side 5 but I claim- In an ottoman stool for piano-fortes, whose seat is adjustable in height, setting the hinges upon the inclined top edge of the frame b, concealing them by drawing under them the top covering-cloth, and sinking the seat bef neath the surface of the frame, substantially as set forth.

JOSHUA BRIGGS.

Witnesses J. B. UEosBY, FRANCIS GoULD.