US946352A - Folding chair. - Google Patents

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J. HAJOS. FOLDING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 11, 19 10.

170 63 5 fims UNITED STATES JOSEPH HAJOS, OF-PILOT KNOB, MISSOURI.

FOLDING CHAIR.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 11, 1910,

' Application filed October 27, 1909. Serial No. 524,879.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH lines, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pilot Knob, in the county of Iron and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs, of which the following is a speciparcel and easily carried; third, to provide a simple and durable cliairthat will occupy a comparatively small space in shipping or storage; fourth, to furnish a chair ofthe above typewith simple and effective means for maintaining the same in a closed or,

- folded position and rigid when set up; and

fifth, to accomplish the above results by a chair that is strong, inexpensive to manufacture, easily handled, and highly eflioient forvhe purposes for which it is intended.

ith the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described in detail and then claimed.

Referring now to the drawing: Figure 1 is aside elevation of the chair with the back thereof partly broken away, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the chair in a folded position, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

In the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes the front legs of .the chair and the reference numeral 2 the rear legs thereof. These legs intermediate the ends thereof are pivotally connected by p the pintles 3.0f a central transverse round 4:,

said round having the pintles thereof fixed in the legs 1, while the legs 2 are looselymounted upon the pintles between the legs 1 and the ends of the round. The lower ends of the legs 2 are connected by a transverse round 5.

The upper ends of the legs 1 are provided with pivot members 6 adapted to be pivotally connected to similar members 7 carried by the lower ends of rails 8, said rails besaid links being TENT OFFICE. 1

ing suitably connected together by transfl verse braces 9, the rails and braces consti tuting the chair back.

The legs 2 are connected near their upper ends by a transverse round 10, and the 'up? per ends of said legs have the outer sides thereof connected to the inner sides of the upper ends of the-legs 1 by pivoted toggle links 11.

the rails 8 of the chair back are links 12, arranged upon the inner. sides of said rails. The links are pivotally connected by staples 13 to the rear edge of a seat board 1 1, the under side of said seat boa-rd adjacent to the front thereof being provided with a transverse cleat 15 to receive the upper ends of the legs 2. The upper ends of the legs 2, also. the lower ends of the legs 1 and 2 are cut to provide a flat surface whereby the legs will rest upon a floor or similar surface and support the seat board 14 in a horizontal lane. a

To fold the chair, the seat board 14 is folded upwardly against the back and is retained in such position by a hook 16, carried by one of the rails of the chair back 8 en- I 4 gaging a staple 17 carried by one side ofthe seat board 14. The legs 1 and 2 are then folded into parallelism, the outer sides of the legs 2 being cut away, as at 18 to provide clearance for the toggle links 11, which I rest between-the upper ends of the le s 1 and 2 when said legs are folded. One 0 the rails 8 of the chair back is then connected to one of the legs 1 by a pivoted hook 19 carried by the sald rail 8, engaging a staple 20 carried by one of the legs 1.

The chair can be constructed-of light and,

durable wood and the links 6, 12 and 11, pivot members 6 and 7, and the hooks and staples of metal.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

In a folding chair, a pair of front supporting legs, a pair of rear supporting legs, a central transverse round arranged intermediate the ends of said front and rear supporting legs and having its endsfixedly secured in the front legs and the rear legs loosely mounted thereon, said rear legs having the outer sides thereof'cut-away, to gle links connecting the front and rear legs near the upper ends thereof and adapted to'fold intothecutaway portions of said rear legswhen the legs are folded, a chair as Pivotally connected to the lower ends of I back having side rails pivotally connected at their lower ends to the upper ends of the front legs, a seatboard provided with staples in the rear edge thereof, links pivotally connected at their ends to said staples and the rails of said chair back respectively, a stop carried by the under side of said seat board adjacent the front edge thereof adapted to be engaged by the upper ends of said rear legs when the latter are in unfolded position, a hook carried by one of said side rails of the chair back and an eye carried by the seat board to receive said hook for securing the seat board in folded position against the chainback, and a hook means 15 carried by the same side rail and an eye carried by one of the rear legs for receiving said last-named hook for securing the back and legs in folded position.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in the presence of'twowitnesses.

JOSEPH HAJOS.

Witnesses BENJAMIN M. VVHiTn, GEORGE PALLA.

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