US1551714A - Furniture brace - Google Patents

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R. 'ruscHKAN FURNITURE BRACE med pm 2oi 1923 Sept. 1, 192s.

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/W' ATTORNEY f :UNITED STATES PatentedV Sept. l, 1925.

PATIENT OFFICE.

1 RUDOLPH .'rUscHxAN, oF KINGSTON, NEWv Yonx.

.FURNITURE BRACE.

Application illed April' 20, 1923.. Serial No. 633,369.

T0y all whom it may concer/n:

vBe. it known that I, RUDOLPH TUsoHKAN, a citizen of the United States, andVv resident of Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State ofV New York,`have invented new` andv useful Improvements in Furniture Braces, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates toV means for bracing membersof an'object extending at an angle Vto each other, and-although adapted for general application in connection with objects having members so related, it is espen ciallydesigned for use in connection ^with furniture, and particularly, chairs, and other articles lsubjected tov severe usage.

A principal object of the invention isto provide ,means4 that will 4'firmly brace and.v secure together the side and end rails and legs of a chair, and 'alsoif desired, form a corner block and support for` the chair seat. A further object of the invention is to providefmeans for enabling articles of furni-` ture, and especially chairs, tobe shipped 'in knocked-down condition, and'readily reassembled by an o-rdinaryuser. f

i The invention has fora further object, to provide a device of the character 'stated which shall be simplein construction, strong and durable in use,and` adaptedto be attachedtc an object Without injury thereto, and be concealed from view.;l Y

With the foregoing 4and other purposes in. view, `hereinafter stated, the invention co-n-l sists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specificallyv stated, and illustrated in thek accompanying drawings, wherein is shown a device embodying the structure of the in views and wherein: Y

Fig. 1 is a perspective view ,of the under Y side of a device appliedto the side and end bars and leg of a chair;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the upperside'of the device shown in Fig. 1, similarly attached; Fig. 3 is a vertical section illustrating the manner in which the device is applied to the side bar of a chair;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the blankv from which the brace is formed.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents a side bar, and 2 an end bar of a chair connected with a leg 1, and a back bar 5.

A seat 6 may be attached to the end and side bar in the usual manner, if desired.

The brace is comprised of two companion sections and an intermediate section.y Each section'is provided with an attachingiiange 7 having a wing 8 extending inwardly from the flange and atpreferably a right Vangle thereto. Anginltermediate section 9 connects ythe flanges ofthe respective sections.

` The inner portion ofthe wings 8 overlap each other, and, if desired, the wings may be provided with retaining lips 10 spaced from their respective sections slightly, so as to engage the inner margin or end of the adjacent section. *i

The brace is formed of flexible metal so thatthe flanges 7 may be bent at the desired angle to the connecting section 9, and thereby conform to the angle made by the side bars and cross b-ars of the chair.

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. VVhen'the flanges 7 are varied in angularv relation to the connecting section 9,' the overlapping portions olf the wings lmove inwardly or outwardly relative to each other, and they are securedin position when set by means of a screw 11 which engages slots 12Y formed in the wings `of the respectivev sections. l

In orderkto permit 'of' varying adjustments of the wings relative to each other, and at ,the same time provide a round aperture con` forming substantially to the shank ofthe` screw 11, the slots are preferably iiuted inV outline, so as to form segmental'recesses 13 on the sides of the slot and substantially circular recesses 14 at the ends thereof.

VVVhe-n-the inner circular apertures of the vslots are in alignment with each' other, as shown in Fig. 1, the screw 11 locks the two wings together by passing through said' apertures. When the flanges 7 are bent in- 'ward to form a more acute angle w1th the connecting section 9,k and the wings are moved inwardly toward each other, a segmental portion of one slot will come into alignment with a corresponding section of another slot, and the screw 11 by passing through said recesses will firmly secure the sections together.

The op-posite flanges of the brace may be inclined further toward each other yin the is thereby provided for chairs and otherv articles, varying considerably in respect to the angle of connection between two adj acentV bars.

The ianges 7 are preferably provided with a keyhole slot 15 and another aperture 16 adapted to engage a screw 17, and for general use I prefer to offset the lower margin of the flange, as at 18, and provide such offset portion with return spurs 19` When the brace is to be attached to an article of furniture, screws 20 engaging the keyhole slot 15 may be secured to the side and end bars, and the larger portion of the keyhole slots inserted over the heads of the screws 20, so as to hold the brace temporarilyin position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The lower margin of the lianges 7 may be then driven inwardly toward the lower margin of the respective bars until the spurs 19 become embedded in the bars, as shown by full lines in Fig. 3.

l.Vhen in such position the screws 20 are driven as far as possible into permanent position. Screws 17 may then be secured in place in the bars through the apertures 16 ofthe flanges, and a screw 21 be passed through the connecting section 9 and into the leg 4 of the chair.

Then the fianges are so secured to the bars of the chair the screw 11 may be passed through the super-imposed portion of the slots 12 of the wings and may engage in the bottom of the seat 6. lhen so attached, a side bar is securedly connected with an end bar and also with a leg of the chair, withv which the side and end bars are also connected.

- protect the chair or other article of furniture against the strains incidental to usage, andr also against the liability of those parts of the chair from becoming loosened through a drying out of furniture, which commonly causes the parts of a chair to separate at their joints.

In order to make the fianges 7 flexible enough to be readily bent at an, angle to the connecting section 9, the metal must be made rather thin, and in order to compensate for the thinness of the metal, the fianges 7 and connecting member 9 may be provided with corrngations or ribs 23 to secure stiffness to the metal when applied to a chair. The corrugations of the flanges may be out away slightly at their meeting ends with the corrugations of the central section, so that the flanges may be bent relatively to the central section or brace tothe extent desired.

In the construction shown, the wings of the brace are arranged below the level of the seat 6. If desired, however, the flanges 7 may be of suiicient height to extend up to the seat and enable the wings to form a bearing block for the corners thereof.

miat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isi 1. A furniture brace comprising two sections each having an attaching flange and a wing extending inwardly from said flange, an intermediate attaching fiange connecting the iianges of said sections, and means for variably locking said brace plates in overlapping engagement.

2. A-furniture brace comprising two sections, each having an attaching fiange and a wing extending inwardly from said flange, and vprovided with slots having recesses formed therein in staggered relation to each other, means engaging the recesses of said slots fervariably locking said brace plates in overlapping engagement, and an intermediate flange connecting the flanges of said sections. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

`RUDoLPH TUSGHKAN.

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