US1043450A - Seat. - Google Patents

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G. E. MORSE.

SEAT. i APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1912.

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GEORGE E. MORSE. OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1era.

Y Application led April 8, 1912. Serial No. 689,387.

To all whom it may concern.' y

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MORSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats,

`of which the following is a specification,

stitching rooms of shoe factories, although applicable for other uses generally.

As is well kn0wn,shoe manufacturers have heretofore had considerable trouble in their factories by reason of the loose stools lor chairs being knocked about and broken and being left in the aisle at night time where,`

in case of fire, they are a serious obstruction to the firemen, so much so that in some factories stringent orders have been enforced requiring that the workmen, when they leave at night, place their stools or chairs upon the work benches. i y

With a knowledge of these conditions, my invention has for its primary object a simple, durable and eliicient construction of device including a seat, a work bench or other support, and an extensible connection between the two, whereby the seat may be easily drawn out and rest solidly on the floor instead ofbeing suspended from the bench or table, when the seat is required for use, and may be easily slipped back underneath the table in suspended relation to the floor, when not required for use, whereby not only will the aisles be kept clear at night time, but free space will be provided on the floor so that the latter may be easily i Vswept or scrubbed.

The invention also has for its object a simple construction of this character, the parts of which may be cheaply manufactured and readily assembled, and which will be so arranged that the operation of drawing the seat out from underneath the table or bench will be accompanied by a practically automatic movement of the seat toward and into Contact with the floor, and, whereby, inthe reverse operation, the inward movement of the seat toward the table or bench will be accompanied by a practically automatic movement up underneath the bench, the seat For a full understanding of the invent-ion,`

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in whichv Figure l is a side elevation of my improved device, the seat being shown eXtend` ed in full lines and in its inoperative position in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device with the seat extended;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View, theY section being taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the main supporting bracket.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates a support which, in the present instance, is in the form of a work bench or table mounted upon legs 2, although it is to be understood that within the purview of this invention, the support may be of any desired character, such as a desk or other article of furniture. Secured underneath the top of the table 1 is a casing 3 in the form of a channeled bar having its side edges turned outwardly to form horizontally disposed flanges 4 to receive screws or similar fastening devices by which it may be secured in place. The vertically disposed and longitudinally extending sides of the casing 3 are formed with longitudinally 'extending slots 5 in which a transversely extending bolt 6 is accommodated, said bolt being pivotally connected to one end of a preferably at bar 7 which forms one section of an eX- tensible supporting arm A. The bar 7 is adapted to telescope or slipin between the flanges of an adjoining bar 8 and is provided at one end with a stud 9 working in a longitudinal slot l() formed in the bar 8.

In turn, the flanged bar 8 is adapted to slip into a flanged bar 11 and is provided at one end with a stud 12 accommodated. inthe longitudinal slot 13 formed" in the bar 11. The

bar 11 is pivotally secured by one of its sideV flanges and near one end thereof to a lateral-ly projecting stud 14 which is secured to. one end of a transversely extending bar 15 sec-ured in any desired way to the bottom of'V a stool or chair seat 16, the same being designed, when withdrawn from underneath rear side of the seat 16, is ablock 17 which is formed with an opening' extending therethrough for the reception of the lower end of a seat post 18- which is vertically disposed, as clearly illustrated' in thel drawing, and] which is formed at its lowerV end? with an opening 1SEL designed to receive a fastening device 19, whereby the post ma-y be held in a relatively elevated position t-ohold` its back rest 20` at the` desired elevation. lVhen the seat is not required for use, the: fasteningA device 19 is loosened and the seat post 18 lowered tothe position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. i

From as much of the description as has preceded, in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be understood that wheny the seat 16- is drawn out from underneath the table top- 1, the sections 7 8 and 11 ofthe supporting arm A will become eX- tended relative to each other and: the seatV 16 which has a pivotal connection with thesection 11 of the arm may be lowered and rest solidly upon the floor. lVhen the seat is not required for use, it is only necessary to push it inwardly, this motion collapsing or telescoping the various sections?, 8- and 111 of the arni- A and sliding the entire device intov the casing 3, the inward movement being accompanied by a practically automatic upward movement as the bars or sections 7, 8 and 11 ride upwardly and inwardly upon the bottom: of the casing 3". One side of the casing'v 3 is formed5 at its inward edge with a recess 21 designed to receive the preferably flat bar 15 which is directly secured to the seat 16, whereby when the parts are collapsedI and the seat 16` is suspended underneath theI top of the table, the bar 15 willrest snugly in the recess-` andf thereby hold the parts from falling outward and downward'. In order to facilitate the inwardmovement of the sections of the extensible supporting arm A, the bottom of the casing 3 isV formed' at its forward edger with a forwardlyd andl downwardly turned lip: 22 and preferably the side flanges of the intermediate bar' 8 of the extensible arm A are beveled-as indicated at 23, so as to facilitate the inward sliding movement.

While the accompanying drawing illustrates what I believe to be the preferred enibodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto,A buty that various Ychanges may be made in the construction, arrangement, and proi portions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in at its forward edgewithfa seat recess, anY

extensible arm` having a pivotal andi sliding connection at one end with said casing, a seat, and a bar connected to:l said seat and proj ectingl laterally therefrom and: adapted to be receivedi iny saidl recess with the arm collapsed and the seat held? in: an elevated position underneath the support.

2. A device of the character described', in.- cluding a support, ar casing'heldin an elevatedY position by said support, and formedi in its side walls with longitudinal slots, a bolt movable freely in said slots: and extend:- ing transversely of the casing, an extensible arm constructed in a plurality. of sections having a stud and slot* connection with eachy other and adapted to telescope one upon theV other, one of said sectionsl being pivotally connected to` said! bolt, a seat, a bar secured to said seat and projecting laterally therefrom, said# bar being provided with a stud pivotally connected to another section of said arm, and legs secured toy said sea-t.`

3. A device of the character described, including a support, a casing held in an. elevated position by said support and. formed in its side-walls with longitudinally extending slots. and; in the front edge of one side` wall with a recess, a transverse bolt; movablefreely in said slot, an extensible arm constructed in4 a plurality of sections: having stud# and slot connections with each other,

being designed for reception int said recess as and for the purposesetforth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signaturey inthe presence of'two witnesses.-

GEORGE E. MORSE.

Witnesses: y

C. ORLANDO BACHELDER, R. D. MAcDoNALD.

Copies of this patent. may be; obtained for ve.` cents each,` by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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