USRE7200E - Improvement in spring-seats - Google Patents

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Specification forming part of Letters Pa nt No.56f200, dated July 1b, 1866; 4reissue No. 7,900, dated, I i July 4, 1876; application llledJune 1 7 ,1S6.

l 2 AI To altwhomitmay conce'fm. I j 1 Be it known .that LUTHER. W; Einm- BaowN, Jr., of Wayne, in the county of Ken'- nehec and State of Maine, havejnvented certain new and useful Improvements -in Spring 'Seats or Cushions; and I do hereby-declare the followingsto be, a full, clear, and exact de scription of the same, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of elastic seat can beeasilysetup when the 'springs' 'have become saggetl or depressed. 1 *i [In the accompanyingnlrwingsmhich vshow with legsaa aa,if necessary. To thisfraine'the edges of thevcovering B ot' the cushion should be fastened by tacks or other suitable equiva- Figure 1 is alon gitudiiial section o f a springlents. Beneath the said covering there may be e application of vmyinprovea stuffing, a', of hair or'ot rse 'section of the which may rest on a layer, b', of cloth. Th

lan view. layer b' l designate as the covering proper, be-

Siinilar letters of reference in the accompacause it opvers the springs and receives their nying drawings denote the saine parts.

action directly; but when it is used with a su- The ,object of my invention is to simplify perincuinbent cushion or stuffed padded surand, improve the construction of spring seats face I designate the whole by the general term or cushions; and also to improve'the coiistrnc- .upholstering. On a franie, .0, composed of tion of the sp ings themselves, asconnected two'sla'ts, c c, and two bars, ,of wood, arwith means for supporting therev in position ran ged as represented, [place a series of metalthe seat-4 lic-,preferabl y;`ste6l-springs, `D, each of frame,

To these ends the 'invention consists`,.first, to the slats cv c, transversely thereof.

in a spring-seat or spring-cushion having its springs, springs adapted for application and removal, each iii thegener through the seatframe, from the under side requisite space intervening between their up-f of the covering or -upholsterin g, for lthe purer surfaces or bows, -which press against the poseof facilitating the construction of the seat covering b' to forin the seat and preserve its or cushion, and preventing the covering or upcontour. rElie combination of the frame 0 an holstering from being disturbed or injure series of springs is to beV placed within thc when it becomes necessary to repair, change, frame A,with the springs upward and against or otherwise manipulate the springs or their connections. It further consists in a series of springs secured transversely, in the general forni of anpellipse, to a wooden or other support, for the purpose of increasing the elasticlto be firmly forced upward against such layer,

elastic seat can be constructed of great utility' and value, and capable of being easily rounde or set up in case of any sagging of its springs, as, after such may have taken place, it wil only'be necessary to remove the screws purpose of shaping't e top ofthe seat. lIt further consists in limiting the expansion of the.- springs by means :of the covering or upholsterin g independently ofthe seatfranie, so that the springs shall expand as the covering or upholstering yields, and thereby preserve its smoothness and tension. It further consists in adapting the springs for vertical adjustment against the u'nder side of the covering or upholstering, so that the cushion or frame A, so as to again tighten the covering and cushion on the sprin gs'. After the accomplishinent of this thetwofraines may be astened together as before, the screws going into fresh orr other holes made' in the frainehA.

preparatory to their application to such springs'bei'ngfastened, at or near its ends,

when attached to their support, are

al form of an ellipse, with the the under side of the layer b of cloth, and is` and press the fraine C still higher up' into" the f By applying the springsin this manner"- that 1s to say, need not be detached from the sterlng.

through the bottom ofthe frame the' covering cushions, each spring having the generalform or upholstering is not disturbed or injuredof an ellipse, mounted transversely upon a wooden or other support, which is adapted for application to the seat or cushion frame for the purposes specified. 4.' he combination of a-series of springs having the general form of an ellipse, with the frame of a seat or cushion and the coverexample, in repairing or changing one or more of thesprings. The springs, formed as represented, operate to crown the seat, as welLas impart to it elasticity. In this respect each performs a function not common to an ordinary spiral spring.

claim as my invention* 1. Aspringseat orcushion having its springs adapted forapplication to and removal from the 4seat or cushion frame without disturbing the covering or upholstering. v p

e springs of aseat or cushion adapted for application to and removal from the seat or In a covered or upholstered spring seat orcushion, limiting the expansion of thesprin gs y means of the covering or upholstering, independently of the seat or cushion frame, for the purpose specified.

adapted for vertical adjustment within the seat or cushion frame, for the purpose of taking up theslack of the covering or upholstering when the springs have becoule sagged.

LUTHER W. FILLEBROWN, JR.

In presence ot'- C. A. WING, y FRANK I. BIsHoP.

ter, without disturbing the covering or uphol- ,3. A series of springs for spring seats or Aspringseatorcushion, having its springs I

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