US971428A

US971428A - Head-rest for car-seats.

Info

Publication number: US971428A
Application number: US54696010A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry W Bowman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-03-02
Filing date: 1910-03-02
Publication date: 1910-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1927-09-27

Description

H. W. BOWMAN.

HEAD BEST FOR GAR SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1909. RENEWED MAE. 2, 1910.

Patented Sept. 27, 1910.

311mm ton wane/30% III HENRY W. BOWMAN, 0F BARBOURVILLE, KENTUCKY.

FIGE.

HEAD-REST FOR CAR-SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 27, 1910.

Application filed May 22, 1909, Serial No. 497,734. Renewed March 2, 1910. Serial No. 546,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Henry IV. Iowan IN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barbourville, in the county of Knox and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head- Rests for Car-Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the samc,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this "speci lica tion.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for attachment to car seats to serve as head rests, and comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended clain'is.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is'a perspective view showing the head rest applied to a car seat, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the invention.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a bar of any suitable material and provided with transversely disposed apertures B through which the arms C of the wire D pass, the ends E of said wires being bent at an angle. Said wire is bent to form coils G and is thence bent to form the frame for supporting the cloth or cushion K, serving as a head rest. A second wire N has a straight portion which is journalcd in said eyes and its ends bent to form hooks L.

In applying the device, the hooks L are passed up underneath the arm of the seat of the railway and the ends thereof engaging the inner edge of the arm, while the bar A rests upon the top of the arm and the angled ends of the wire which pass through said bar, guiding the inner edge of the arm, as shown clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In this position, the head receiving part of the cushion or cloth will extend down so that its lower curved end will be positioned adjacent to the cushion of the seat and said head rest being resilient will yield slightly and form a convenient and comfortable means for supporting the head of a person in a reclining position. IV hen the head rest is not in use, it may be quickly and easily removed and folded into a compact form.

What I claim to be new is 1. In combination with the arm of a seat, a head rest comprising a bar adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the arm of the seat, a wire having arms passing through said bar and its ends angled for ngagement with the edge of the arm, a covering supported by said wire and forming a rest for the head, and means for fastening the device to the arm of a seat.

2. In combination with the arm of a seat, a head rest comprising a bar adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the arm of the seat, a wire having arms passing through said bar and its ends angled for engagement with the edge of the arm, a covering supported by said wire and forming a rest for the head, and hooks pivotally connected to said wire and adapted to engage underneath the arm of a seat.

3. A head rest, comprising a bar having transverse apertures therein, a wire bent to form a skeleton frame for a rest, a covering closing the space intermediate the marginal edge of the skeleton frame, a wire bent to form hooks and pivotally connected to the arms of the wire passing through said bar and adapted to engage over the edge of the arm of a seat.

4. A head rest, comprising a bar having apertures therein, wires passing through said apertures and having angled ends, said wire bent to form eyes and thence to form a skeleton frame for a head rest, a wire having a straight shank portion pivotally mounted in said eyes and covered and terminating in books designed to engage underneath the arm of a seat.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY l V. BOWMAN.

Vitnesses: H

V. M. BAKER,

\VM. Loon.