Improvements in Chairs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Chairs.
1, LAURA PALMER, of the Artists' Guild, 1ª Berkeley Gardens, Kensington,
London, W., Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to improvements in chairs and has for its object to construct a
portable chair specially adapted for ornamentation by means of decorative painting,
burnt wood engraving and the like, which can be readily taken to pieces and
conveniently packed within a small space, such pieces being securely interlocked when
the chair is set up so as to form a strong and steady support.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved
portable chair, Figure 2 being a rear view thereof, Figure 3 is a plan and Figure 4
an underside view of the seat-Figure 5 shews in front elevation the connection of
the front or rear pair of legs with a transverse sliding piece and Figure 6 is a plan of
the rear transverse sliding piece.
My improved chair consists of four parts, the seat S, the back B and the front and
back pair of legs L. L' respectively, fitted to transverse sliding pieces P and P¹. The
seat S and the back B have the form shewn in the drawing, but they may be made to
assume any desired shape for the purpose of ornamentation or for whatever purpose
they may be required-My improved chair may be constructed of wood, metal, or
other suitable material-The seat S is provided at the top with a slot s through which
passes the prolongation or tail t of the back B, the said tail passing moreover through
a corresponding slots of the transverse piece P¹ which slides within a recess 1
formed by dovetailing the under and rear side of the seat, as clearly shewn in
Figures 2, 3 and 4-The piece P¹ is provided at the back with a ring o, to which are
attached two chains c. c carrying two pins p. p' at their extremities, these pins
entering two holes or openings formed in the tailt of the back B-The underside of
the seat S is likewise provided in front with a dovetailed recess r¹ in which slides the
transverse piece P to which are fixed in any suitable manner the front legs L.
When the chair requires to be packed up, the pins p. p¹ are withdrawn from their
holes and the tail t of the back B is successively removed from the slots s¹ and s.-The
two pieces P. P¹ are now withdrawn from their respective recesses r. r¹ and the four
parts S. B. L. L' can now be packed within a small volume.
Although I have shewn my improved chair provided with two pairs of legs, it is
obvious that I may substitute a single leg for either of the above pairs without
departing from the nature of my Invention.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved portable chair, constructed, arranged and combined substantially as
and for the purpose described.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.