USRE9094E - Gardner - Google Patents

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G. GARDNER,

Assignor, by mesne assjgnments,t0 0. L., W., & J. E. GARDNERd Chair-Seat.

No. 9,094. Reissued Feb. 24,1880.

...sinfn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GARDNER, OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY -MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO OLIVER L. GARDNER, WILLIAM GARDNER, AND

JANE E. GARDNER.

CHAIR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissues Letters Patent No. 9,094, dated February 24, leso. Original No. 127,045, dated May 21, 1872; Reissue No. 7,203, dated July 4, 1876. Application for reissue filed October 31, 1879.

To all whom 'it may concern :v

Be Ait 'known that I, GEORGE GARDNER, now of Westfield, in the State of 'New Jersey,

have invented an Improvement yin Chair-Seats,

of which the following is a specification.

The state of the art in relation to devices having a similarity to my. invention may be set forth as follows: In Letters Patent No. 15,552, granted August 19, 1856, a .bedstead is described made of veneers glued together, with the grains crossing, and in such patent there is a statement that veneers crossing and glued together had beenv used for combining strength and lightness. In Letters Patent No.

19,405, February 23, 1858, chairs and other articles of furniture are described as made of layers of wood or veneers crossing each other,

with the grain crossing and glued together.

Sheet metal perforated to form chair-bottoms is set forth in A. S. Smiths patent, reissued June 27, 1865. Chair-seats of enameled hard rubber and gutta-percha perforated are set forth in Letters Patent No. 54,863, May 7, 1866. Letters Patent No. 51,735, granted Def, cember 25, 1865, to J. K. Mayo, sets forth numerous articles made of laminae of wood; and in a subsequent reissue, dated August`18, 1868, mention is made of a chair-seat, but the same was neither concavenor perforated. I

My invention, as distinguished from the foregoing, relates to a new article of manufacture, consisting of a .chair-seat made of veneers of wood, with the grains of one veneer crossing the other and glued together, and having ,a concave or dishing form, and perforated.

From the foregoing it'wil-l be apparent that `I do not lay any claim to the veneers crossr using the chair.

ing each other and glued together, as these have been used for various purposes, and even for furniture, and have become public property. Neither do I claim the pressing of a chair-seat into a concave form by dies. Neither do I claim a perforated scat, as sheet metal has been employed; but it is cold to the person, and liable to break and to catch the clothing. Neitherdo I claim a single layer of such material as hard rubber or gutta-'percha perforated. This is so expensive as not to be adapted to general use.

My chair-seat is a new article possessing great strength and durability. It is` very light and cheap. It forms au agreeable seat.

It is not hot in summer or cold in winter. The

perforations give the Wood a handsomeappearance and afford the required ventilation, and the seat isadapted to be secured to any chair-frame, as it is easily cut and fitted to the same, and the cost of these seats isless than those made of cane, and they are much more durable. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan with the upper layer of veneer partially removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the chair and seat.

I 'have shown three layers of veneers, A B C. The grain of the veneer A crosses that of the veneer B, and the grain of the veneer B crosses that of the veneer G, and these are cemented' together by 4suitable adhesive substance, such as glue.

The seat is of a concave ordishing form, so as to lbe better adapted to the shape of the person, and the underside of the seat is convex.

The perforations through the seat are to be arranged to produce any design that may be agreeable to the fancy ofthe person making These perforations make the seat light, and also ventilate the same.

The edges of the seat rest upon and are.

secured to the chair-frame, and in Fig. 2.` the frame is rabbeted to form shoulders f, upon which the edges o f the seat rest.

I claim as my invention- .1. As a new article of manufacture, a chairseat formed of lamin of wood with the grain perforated, as a new article of manufacture, 1o crossing, glued together, and' concave on the substantially als set; forth.

upper surface and convex on the lower sur- `Signed by me this 7th Aday of October7 A. D` Y faoe,adapted to a. chair-frmne,'substantially 1879. 5 as Se fome GEO. GARDNER.

2. A chair-seat made of laminof wood glued together, with the gratins in one layer Witnesses: crossing those of the 11ext,eoncave on the up- GEO. T. PINGKNEY. per surface, convex on the lower surface, aud WILLIAM G. Mo'lT.

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