USRE711E - Improvement in the mode of converting the backs - Google Patents

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i lounges.

" UNITED STATES HENRY B. MYER, 'OEBUFFALQ tIEW' YORK.

mPRpvEMtNT-IN THE Monter coNvt'RnNGfTHE BAcKsfoF-cAR-SEATS INT0 Bros 0R LouNGEs.'

' 'specification ruiming part dfLentfsPdtent No. 11,699,A dated september 19,1854; Reissue Noyau, dated May s, 1359. f

To it may concern:

- Be Ait known that I, HENRY B. MYER, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new andjlmproved Mode'ot Gonvertin g Railroad-Oar Statssuch as are commonly used-into Beds or Lounges, ,for the purpose of sleeping or resting; and I z do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' thesame, ref-v erence being had tothe accompany-ing drawings,`forming a part of this specification, in wl|ichl Figure 1 isal perspective view of car-seats when not convertedinto upper and lower berths, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of car-seats when converted into upper and lower Y berths.

. Similar letters of reference in each of the several figures indicate corresponding parts. The nature of rnyinvention consists, iirst,

' in the use of the backs ot'v car-seats for forming upper horizontal beds or lounges, essentinlly as hereinafter set forth. i

Itconsists, second, in soarranging the backs of -contiguous seats'thatthey may meet and remain in the same horizontal plane, es-

sentially.v as hereinafter set forth. A

It consists, third,.in thense of a cushionsurface inte'rmx-'ediates between the cushioned surfaces of two'car-seats, and4 entirely iilling upthe space between them so as to form with- `vbyuniting the several seats with adjustable cushioned attachments of the seats, whatever be the character or disposition of said attachments, so long as ythey till np the entire spaces between the seats and form and a pear as parts of the seats, when not adj usted to -form said continuous line of "lower'beds, berths, or

To enable others skilled in the art to make -nd use my invention, I will proceed to de- 'scribe its construction and operation.

' Thebacks of the seats are to be constructed in auch proportion to each other and to the distances by which the seats in the'car are separated that when they are raisedv to or fastened in a horizontal position (by means hereinafter described) the backs of any two or more contiguous seats will meet, their upper4 surfaces forming'a continuons and horizontal plane. I turn up lthe backs ot' the seats J J Fi gul, so constructed to a horizontal position, as at J J, Fig. 2, and retain them there by. means of theslide's or bars, as a a a. a, Fig. 2, attached to the frames ofthe seats by raising them to the proper height and so turningthem'that 4their inferior extremities may rest uponthe'standards, as b Z1 b b, Fig. 2, placed in the frames of the .seats K K, Fig.,2, for that' purpose, or by fastening those sides. of the backs, as I I, Fig. 1, adjoining the side Aof the car L L, Fig. 1, bybars or catches, as.

ggg g, Fig. 1, attached to the sides of the car, or by bolting the backs I I, Fig. 2, together by means ofthe bolts, as c c c c, Fig. 2, or by using cords or wires, as h h, Fig. 2, attached to the roof of the car, orV by such other mode as may best answer the. purposes intended.l T h-e cushions S U, cushioned surfacesT V, of the car-seats, or the articles used, therefore are also to be constructed and proportioned to each other andthe distances by which the seats in the car are separated that when they are opened or extended and retained in their proper position (byme'ans hereinafter described) upholstered surfaces of the cushion or articles used therefor, of any two or more contiguous seats will meet, forming a continuous and hori-v izontal plane. I open and ext'ndthese cushions of the seats, or articles used therefor, which are upholstered on two sides and tted with hinges d d d d, after the manner of the cushion marked e, by raising them np and Aturning out theI lower halt, which will then extend to the frame of the next seat on which it rests by shoving out two bolts,.placed in the frame of the cushions for that purpose, or by opening the cushions or articles used therefor, which are upholstered and titte'd as rep y resented in the seat marked f, or by such other mode as may be best vadapted for 'the formation of lounges or beds. I form by my plan. two ranges of beds or lounges, one placed above the other, extending, if necessary, the whole length of the railroad-car, or the pas,y

sengers occupying any two seats may', at' theirv option, convert their seats into bedseapable ot'accomm datin g them ina'lying posture-with-4 out ncornmoding the other-passengers inthe car. these'beds or loungesshouldlie lengthwise ofthecariy I wish it to -be distinctly understood that I believe myself to be-therst one who formed' upperl horizontal berths,.beds, or lounges by means of' the -backs of car-seats; also, the

first one who formedfa continuous line of upper beds or lounges lby uniting the backs -ofcontiguous seats and likewise the first one'who formed vlower berths by filling up the intermediate spaces between the bottoms ot' each4 pairot' seats by meansl of cushioned attachments `which form' and appear as parts of the seats, when' notadjusted vso asto formin combination with thecush- -ioned surfaces ot' the seats, horizontal beds or lounges; also, the first one who formed a continuous line ot lower berths with several canseats and attachmentsA thereof; and that I therefore intend by the following `claims and foregoing description to cover, broadly, thusforming upper and lower horizontal berths, beds, or lounges lin railroad-cars, not, however, intending hy'this to'include any superior patented or patentable mechanical arrangement for carrying outmy invention,

but simply to render the users of the same A subject to myv patent.

It' is intended that persons occupying.

Whatl claim Aas' my invention, and desirey to secure by Letters Patent, is-fl '1. The use of the backs of car-seats for forming upper horizontal beds or 1ounges,'substan `tially vas set'forth.

I 2. So arranging the backsof contiguousseats that they may meet and remain int-he diate between the cushioned surfaces of two, ear-seats, 'seas to form withthe same a liori.- zont'albed, berth, or lounge, said intermediate lcushion forming an attachment to and'appearling as part of the carLseat when noteadjusted to aid vin forming a berth, bed, or lounge7 substantiallyas set forth. t' 4. Forming aeontinuous line of lower horizontal beds, berths, or lounges of a. series ot' carvseats in railroad-carsby uniting the several seats so as to till up the entire spac'ebctween the seats withV adjustable cushioned attachments of the seats, whatever be the character or disposition ofv said attachments, so longas they form and appear as parts ot' the seats,'when not adjusted to form said continuous line of lower beds, berths, or lounges, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. HENRY B. MYER. Witnesses-z IBENJ. H. STAiR, A. C. KENDALL.

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