US1022767A - Child's chair. - Google Patents

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M. L. .BHISTLE- CHILUb| CHAIR.

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Patented Apr. 9,1912.

2 SHEETS SHEET 1 1.. BMSTLL. LHILD'S CHAIR. APPLIUA'I 10N FILED AUG. 29. 1911.

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MARTIN NL; BEISTLILUOF SHIPPENSBURG', PENNSYLVANIA.

CHILDS CHAIR.

specificati@ of Letters Patent.

Patented Apre, 1912.

Application lred August 29, '1911. Serial No.4 846,695. i

To all 'whom t may concer/rv.

Be it known that I, MAnTIN L. BErsTLE, citizen of the United States, residing at Shippensburg, in ,the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Chairs, of which kthe following port and used as a swing.

A further object is to provide a' folding chair capable of being suspended from the backof an ordinary chair .and used' as an linfants high chair, and which may be readily carried from place to place in the I manner of a sedan chair.

A further .object is to `provide a chair having the supporting legs, as well as the side and back members thereof, pivotally mounted on the bottom of the seat so -as to permit the several 'parts to be .compactly folded.

' A further object isto provide for` rigidly holdingthe hailed shaped members constituting the supporting legs in lowered or operative position, and means interposed between the side and back members ofthe chair for preventing Apivotal movement thereof.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve 'this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and eciency.-

Further objects and advantages will-ap- 'pear lin the following-description, it belng l understood 4that various chan-ges' in form, proportions and minor details of constructionrnay be 'resorted to within the scope lofthe 'appended claims'.

For a full understanding of the invention Iand the men'ts thereof, refezen iste be had.W to the following descri tion and accompanying drawings, in whic Figure 1 is a perspective view of 4a. vnursery ere'of folded- .chair constructed in accordance with my invention.; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the forward portion of the chair, showing the manner of locking the supporting legs in an operative position; Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in section, showing the device suspended from an ordinary chair'and used:

as an infants high chair; Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing the device used. as a swing; Fig. 5 is a perspective view, looking at the bottom of the chair; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view, showing the chair arranged as a commode;` 7 is a perspec- L tive view, showing the chair folded for transport-ation or storage.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the' following descri tion and indicated 4in all the viewsof e drawings by the same reference characters. I

The improved nursery chair forming the subject matter of the present invention oomprises a seat 5, preferably rectangular in shape and havingvlts lower face formed with transversely'disposed seating grooves 6 ex' tending the entire width' of vthe seat from vfront to back and preferably spaced ini wardly'from the adjacent :side edges thereof, as. shown. i

Depending from the seat 5, are supporting legs 7, each preferably formed from a single length of wire or other sui-table naaterial bent into the formof a substantially Ushaped bail, as shown, the opposite ends of each bail being bent inwardly to forni bearing arms 8 terminating in .anguiarly disposed stop fingers 9 adapted tio-bearagainst the lower face of the seat 5 and limit the outward pivotal movement of the legs in one direction when the latter are moved to lowered for o rative position. SecuredI to the bottom o the seat 5 and extending transversely across the grooves 6, arebrackets l0 having their intermediate por tions'bent 'to produce sockets or bearings 11 for the .arms I8 so as to permit the legs 7 to be readily folded dat against thebottorn` of 'the seat, when desiredn Arranged opposite each linger 9,.is a 105 I block 12, on which is pivotally mounted, at i3, a turn V.button or similar fastening device 14 adapted to bear against the adjacent ico finger 9' and thus hold the legs rigidly in lowered' position. It is obvious that by turning the buttons 14 until they are disengaged :from the fingers 9 and Aswinging the legs 7 inwardly and upwardly, said legs 'may be or eye readily folded in contact with the bottom of the seat.

P ivotally mounted in `the grooves 6, are

lside members 15, each preferably formed. of

. a single length'of wire or other suitable niaterial having a portion thereof bent to pro-v duce a closed eye 16 and thence extended laterally to form an arm 17 terminating in a hook 18'. The material formingl each side member 15 is extended' upwardly at the backv of the chair and through the adjacent hook 18 to form a back member 19, each' back member having its upper end bent downwardly to produce a terminal hook 20 by means of which the device may be readily sus ended from the back of an ordinary chair and used as a babys high chair.

c -The vertical portions of the back 'members 19, are connected bya transverse bar 20 'constituting'a back rest, there being grooves '21 formed 'in the rear face of the bar and adapted to receive the adjacent portionsof said members and Vtolwhich it is secured by turn buttons 22.

4 'p Extending; across the front of vthe chair' and connecting the 'arms 17 thereof, is a 'similar brace 23 which serves the dual func'- tion of maintaining the arms 17 in proper spaced. relation to each other, and also' as a means for preventingthe childV from falling out of the chain.- The lower face of the -brace 23 is formed with transverse grooves 24 adapted to receive the arms 17, there being turn buttons 25 pivotally mounted on the lower face of the brace 23 and adapted to be swung transversely across and in contact with said arms 17 for'the purpose of detachably securing the brace 23 1n-position v against the loops or eyes 16, while the han- ,dles 26 are loosely mounted on the arms 17 and are interposed between the back member and rear longitudinal edge vof the brace 23Y so as to assist in holding said' brace in position on the arms 17. Similar handles or spacing members 26 are also preferably mounted von the back sectionv and interposed between the hooks 18 and back lrest 20 toassist in retaining the latter in proper position on said back section.

lThe seat 5 is preferably provided with an opening 27 so thatv the chair may be used as a commode, when desired, said opening be-` ling closed bya lidor cover v28 when the.

chair is used in the ordinary manner. When the device is used as an. ordinary nursery chair,fthe legs or bails 7 vare swung downo/wardly and locked in position by the turn buttons 14, after which the child is seated in the chair and the forward bar or brace 23 `fastened on the arms 17 in the mannerl before described. f

In using the device as a babys high chair, the legs vare either left in lowered position or swung upwardly in contact with the base of the seat and -said chairsuspended from the upper panelof an ordinary chair 29, as

indicat'edin Fig. 3 of the drawings. When lit isdesired to use the chair as a swing, the

legs or bails 7.are swung upwardly 1n contact with the bottom of the chair 'andsuitable suspension elements, such as ropes 30, attached to the limb of a treeor other support and connected withl said chair, as best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. of each suspension element 30 is formed with a loop 31 adapted to 4itiover 'the adjacent hook 20, while theother end thereof is provided with a snap hook 32 adapted to engage the adjacent eye or loop 16. With the chair suspended in this manner, the latter may be used as an ordinary swing..

. When the chair 'is not 1n use,'the transverse 4bar 20 and brace 23, are detached,-

after which the supporting legs or bails 7 are swung upwardly and inwardlyvin contactwith the bottom of the seat andone of the side members swun laterally on its pivotal axis 'in contact with the upper f ace of the seat and the other side member swung laterally, downwardly and upwardly in contact with the lower face of the seat, as best shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, and in which y position, the parts are compactly -folded for transportation or storage.

It will vhere be noted that thel eyes or loops 16 not only form abutments for the forward transverse bar or brace 23, butalso serve as a means to permit the attachment of the suspension element 30, while the hooks,

20 servethe dual functionl of support-ing One end the device from a c hair and as a means for engagement with said suspension element when the chair is used as a swing. It will also be noted that the brackets 11 serve yto retain both `theside members '15 and sup-- porting hails or legs 7 -in position on th bottom of saidchair. f

l It will of course be understood that'the chairs may be made in diiferent sizes. and shapes, and the `metal .portions thereof nickeled, j apanned or otherwise coated to protect these parts from thel act-ion o fvthe elements and also to give a neat, attractive appearance to the chair. Having thusy described the` invention, what is claimed'as new is: t

1. A folding nursery chair including a seat, side members pivotally mounted on the seat andv having vertical extensions constil tuting a back section, said extensions termi# nating in suspenslon devices, a brace having grooves .formed therenii-t'o receive the exin position.

tensions of the side members, a second brace `connecting lthe side members and having Apivotally mounted on the braces and overlapping t-he grooves for retaining the braces 2. A folding nursery chair, including a seat, side members pivotally mounted on the seat and having rear extensions adapted to constitute back members, and also having front-'yV extensions formed ivith laterally extendingr "endport-ions connected to the'back members and vconstituting armv rest membersfa :bracehaving grooves formed therein 'towreceivel `said^a`rm rest members at the frdtWthereof, fastening devices pivotally mounted on said brace and adapted to overlap the grooves for retaining the brace in position, and spacing members mounted on the arm rest members and interposed between the back members and the rear edge of said brace and bearing against the latter,

- for the purpose specified.

3. A foldin nursery chair, including a seat, side mem ers pivotally mounted on the seat and having vertical extensions consti* tut-ing a back section, abrace having grooves formed transversely in its rear face to receive the extensions vof the side members, a second brace connecting the side members and having transverse grooves in its under side for the reception of said side members, and fastening devices pivotally mounted on t-he rear and under faces of the respective braces adjacent the grooves therein to extend across the grooves and the side members and retain the braces in engagement -With the side members.

4. A folding nursery chair, including a seat, side members pivotally mounted on the *s'eatand embodying arm rest members havingA stops formed Vat their front ends, a brace resting on the arm rest membersand against the stops at the front thereof, fastening devices secured to said brace and adapted to engage the arm rest members to retain the members in position, and spacing members mounted on the arm rest members and engaging the rear edge of the brace and the back of said members, pose specified.

In testimony whereof I alix my signa ture in presence of two Witnesses.

MARTIN L. BEISTLE. [L. s] Witnesses:

RUTH A. GREIDER, M. J. BIGLER.

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