USRE14655E - Daveotobt - Google Patents

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as the rear side JOHN GRANT STONEIBACK, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

DAVENPORT.

Specification of BeissuedLetters Patent. Reissue-d May 27, 1919.

original No. 1,233,419, dated July 17, 1917, Serial No. 141,963, filed January 12, 1917. Application for reissue filed March 18, 1918. Serial No. 223,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GRANT S'roivn- BACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in D aven-f ports, of which the tion.

My invention relates to improvements in convertible furniture, such for instance as davenports, settees, sofas, etc., and the pr ncipal object of my invention is the prov sion of means whereby such articles of furmture can be quickly converted into a lounge upon which the occupant may recline at ull following is a specificalergth.

ther objects of the invention will herelnafter appear, and in order that said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a (perspective view of a davenport constructe in accordance with my 1nvention and arranged in the lounge.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of one rail and one arm of the davenport.

Fig, 3 is a broken side elevation of the davenport.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of the davenport.

Fi 5 is a broken sectional view on line V of Fig. 3.

In the drawing which shows the article of furniture in the form of a davenport, 1 designates a frame embodying a front rail 2, end nails 3 and 4, front legs 5, and back legs 6. Said frame 1 sup orts a seat 7 and a back 8, which are pre erably upholstered as shown.

9 and 10 designate arms operably-connected by hinges 10 and 11 to the end rails 3 and 4, respectively, the arm 9 being adapted to be lowered from the vertical position disclosed by Fig. 4 to the horizontal posi tion disclosed by Fig. 1, and when so lowered, its upholstered side 12 is on, substantially, the same horizontal plane as the seat 7 and constitutes an extension therefor. When the arm 9 is in lowered position it is supported b the end rail 3 and a foldable link 13, which latter is pivoted at one end to the upper front portion of the adjacent back leg 6 and pivoted at its opposite end to of the arm 9, which has a form of a pocket 14 to receive said link and hide it from view when the arm is in raised position. I

' \Vhen in raised position, the arm 9 is locked by acatch 15, secured thereto, and a keeper 16 secured to the side'of the adjacent back leg 6. The rear end of the top of the arm 9 is notched as indicated at 17 to fit against the side of the leg 6, and beneath a shoulder 19 on said leg, as disclosed by Fig. 4.

The arm 10 is similar in construction to the arm 9, it being held in raised position by a catch and keeper 15 and 16 tively, and in lowered position by a fol able link 20. However, the link 20 is shorter than the link 13, to hold the arm 10 in the inclined position disclosed by Figs. 1 and 2, so that it will constitute a headrest for the occupant of the 10 e. The front side of the arm 10 is also di erent from the front side of the arm 9, in that it has an extension 21 at its lower end, the lower edge 22 of which is on a bias to fit against the outer surface of the rail 4 and thus coact with the link 20 in supporting the arm 10 in inclined position. Short straps 24 are secured to the arms 9 and 10 and the rails 3 and 4, (see Fig. 2) to relieve the hinges 10 and 11 of undue strain in case the fold- able links 13 and 20 should work loose from any cause.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have produced an article of furniture which can be readily converted from a seat into 'a lounge having a head rest for the occupant and also a comfortable foot rest, and while I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, detail construction and organization of parts as properly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a sofa, a base structure having an and having a face angularly related to said.

lower edge of the arm and formed to seat against the outer face of the sofa end when means to said arm is in down position, and

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2. In a sofa, a base structure having an end and a back leg extending an arm hinged at its lower end to the sofa end, the rear sideedge of the am having a elk at. a Pfii? 9f p mte y cenne wdi ieks. pivoted to said rear"side""edgelqf the @111 and the back leg and arranged so as to ht ne eit n id po ke when h l ks a f de s and mean to hold he. vn iea with the links in said pocket;

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a e isil upwardly-projecting back, an arm hinged to an end of the structure and adapted to projeetnupwaltdlyhor longitudinally from the latter, a folding brace pivoted at its opposite ends to the rear part of said am and the adjacent end of the back; the brace be ing folded when the arm is upright and tmqtuh z tha ng. a o ket wa vin h and meanefor holding the arm in its upwardly-projecting position with the'braee in said poolget. I

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