Improvements in Closet Seats and Covers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Closet Seats and Covers.
I SAMUEL BRENTNALL, Sole Agent for The Association of American
Furniture Manufacturers, North Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates chiefly to the hinging of closet seats and covers. At present
the most usual manner of hinging the seat to a closet top is by means of two brass
plates connected by a pivot pin, one of the plates being screwed to the movable
seat while the other is screwed to the fixed back. As the grain of the wood of
this fixed back runs in the same direction as the screws, this back plate becomes
quickly loose.
To obviate this defect I dispense with the back plate and sink a socket in the
wood of the fixed back part.
Pins or studs may project from the back of the plates which are screwed to the
movable seat, and these pins enter the sunk sockets in the fixed back; or otherwise
the pivot pins might project from the sunk parts and pass through the side seat
plates. As the screws of the seat plates cross the grain of the seat they hold
securely and as the sockets cannot slip out or become loose my improvement
constitutes a much more secure and durable hinge than that at present in use..
With regard to the hinging of the top or cover instead of the usual butt hinges,
I secure to the back of the cover two brass snugs which project into recesses cut
in the fixed back. From the sides I introduce two hinge pins which pass through
the said brass snugs and confine them in the recesses. This also gives me a more
strong and reliable hinge than the ordinary butt hinge.
Dated the 25th day of June 1895.
I SAMUEL BRENTNALL, Sole Agent for The Association of American
Furniture Manufacturers, North Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
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 and accompanying drawings:-
At
My invention relates chiefly to the hinging of closet seats and covers.
present the most usual manner of hinging the seat to a closet top is by means of
two brass plates connected by a pivot pin, one of the plates being screwed to the
movable seat while the other is screwed to the fixed back. As the grain of the
wood of this fixed back runs in the same direction as the screws, this back plate
becomes quickly loose.

page_text: To obviate this defect I dispense with the back plate and sink a socket in the
wood of the fixed back part.
Pins or studs may project from the back of the plates which are screwed to the
movable seat, and these pins enter the sunk sockets in the fixed back; or otherwise
the pivot pins might project from the sunk parts and pass through the side seat
plates. As the screws of the seat plates cross the grain of the seat they hold
securely and as the sockets cannot slip out or become loose my improvement.
constitutes a much more secure and durable hinge than at present in use.
With regard to the hinging of the top or cover, instead of the usual butt hinges,
I secure to the back of the cover two brass snugs which project into recesses cut
in the fixed back. From the sides I introduce two brass hinge pins which pass
through the said brass snugs and confine them in the recesses. This also gives me
a more strong and more reliable hinge than the ordinary butt hinges.
The improvements constituting my invention will be most easily understood by a
reference to the annexed sheet of illustrative drawings.
Fig. 1 is an edge view of a portion of a closet seat and lid showing the improved
hinges.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Figs. 3 to 7 are detail views of the seat and lid hinges.
The hinged seat is marked a and the fixed back b. The hinged lid is marked c.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a side plate d (shown separately at
Fig. 3) which is formed with a projecting pivot d¹. I also provide a socket e
which is bored or hollowed to fit the pivot d'. The socket e is sunk into the end
of the fixed back b of the seat and is prevented from turning in its bed by side
wings or ribs e¹. The socket is sunk into the wood in the direction of the fibre
and no screws are required to hold it in position.
The side plate d is secured to the moveable seat a by means of screws f, which
cross the direction of the fibre and therefore hold securely. The pivot d¹ enters
the socket e and works therein. Each side of the seat is provided with the said
side plate and socket bearing (the said socket bearings taking the place of the
usual second plate) so that the seat a is hinged to the fixed back b and can be shut
down or raised as desired. The sockets e being suuk in the material of the fixed
back do not become loose and cannot fall out owing to the confining influence of
the side plates d.
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It will be evident that the pivot d' instead of projecting from the plate d as
described might project from the sunk socket portion e and enter a hole bored to
receive it in the side plate d as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.
The remainder of my invention relates to the means for hinging the covering
lid c to the fixed back b. As a rule this is done by means of ordinary butt hinges
screwed to the lid and to the fixed back but these soon become loose and shaky
and are apt to come off. According to my invention I provide snugs g which are
formed with screwed tails gl whereby the snugs are secured to the back edge of the
lid c. These snugs, of which there would be two, project into recesses cut or
formed in the fixed back. The snugs g are bored to fit brass hinge pins which
are passed in through the sides of the fixed back and through the snugs as clearly
appears in Fig. 2. The said hinge pins may simply be driven in through a
perforation the inlet to which is closed by a plug or the pin might be screwed in as
shown in Fig. 2 which would give greater convenience for disengaging and
withdrawing the pin if desired. The hinges formed in this improved manner are
a stronger and more reliable job than the ordinary butt hinges."
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The improved seat hinge or lid hinge may either be used in combination or they
may be used separately.
Having now 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.
1. The improved closet seat hinge consisting of the side plates d with pivots or

page_text: projections d'in combination with the sockets e either formed with recesses to
receive the pivots from the plates or with projecting pivots to enter the holes in
the plates, and applied and acting substantially as hereinbefore described and as.
indicated.
2. The hollow sockets e (or equivalent parts with projecting pivots) the said'
sockets or parts being formed with ribs or equivalents to keep the sockets from
turning, substantially as described and shown.
3. The improved closet seat lid hinge consisting of the snugs 9 screwed or
otherwise attached to the back of the lid and entering recesses in the fixed back
and turning upon inserted hinge pins substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 17th day of March 1896.