Improvements in Covers for Outdoor Seats.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Covers for Outdoor Seats.
WILLIAM ENGLISH, of 96, Crosscliffe Street, Moss Side, near Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Assistant Foreign Clerk, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, to be as follows:-
Consists of short narrow strips of wood or other material placed in layers and
rivetted or fastened by any other means to a piece of leather, or cloth, or other
flexible material so as to form a flat surface suitable to sit upon. The two sides
are joined together so as to form an endless roll. This is then slipped or placed
over a fixed seat, so as to revolve round it at will of user-beneath is fixed a scraper
or brush which presses against the rotary cover and removes all wet or damp
that
it.
may be upon A curtain of wood or other suitable material is placed at
the back and front of fixed seat to protect the rotary cover from wet or damp,
getting beneath.
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I, WILLIAM ENGLISH, of 96, Crosscliffe Street, Moss Side, near Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Assistant Foreign Clerk, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in covers for outdoor seats adapted to
ensure a dry seat on tram-cars and other conveyances or stationary seats exposed
to the weather, such as in parks, gardens or the like places, the object being to
render such appliances simpler, easier to manipulate, more durable and effective
than heretofore has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference in-
dicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3 an end view, and Fig. 4 a cross
section at line A-A of Fig. 1, of my improved cover shown applied to a seat.
Fig. 5 is a plan of the cover only partly in section.
a is the seat board, 6 are the ends thereof, and c my improved cover.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4, I form my im-
proved cover c of narrow strips of wood or other suitable material which I rivet
or otherwise fasten side by side to a piece of leather, cloth or other flexible
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page_text: material d, see more particularly Figs. 4 & 5, the ends of which are joined together
so that the said strips form a flat endless surface suitable to sit upon in comfort.
In securing the ends of. the leather piece d together, I preferably cut same so
as to intercept each other, see Fig. 5, the respective portions being then fastened
to one of the said strips which form the cover c by means of rivets d¹ or other
suitable fastenings passed through the same.
The endless cover is slipped loosely around the seat board and is adapted to be
revolved thereon at the will of the user by drawing it backwards or forwards.
For this purpose a number of small buttons, rings e or the like are fixed at suitable
distances apart from each other to the middle or other suitable part of the cover c
by which it can be easily revolved by the user, one of the said buttons or the like
disappearing whilst another comes into sight.
In order that the said buttons or the like shall not form an obstruction for
the user of the seat they are wholly or partly let into the cover c.
In order to keep the cover laterally in position upon the seat board à each end
of the latter is formed with a rim b¹ and in case of a number of combined seats
a rim 62 is also formed between each two seats and a strip of brass for other
suitable material projecting on each side of the said rim may be secured. thereto.
Beneath each cover c is fixed to the seat a brush or scraper g so placed as to
press against the cover c as it passes over it and wipe off any wet or moisture that
may be upon it. This brush or scraper may be made of a strip of india-rubber,
felt or other suitable material and is fixed in a wood or iron frame h. In case of
wide seats two brushes or scrapers may be used.
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To prevent rain or snow getting behind or in front of the cover a curtain or
shield made of a strip of wood or other suitable material is secured to the back
and front of the seat or to one of the said parts only as may be deemed necessary.
As will be readily understood a separate cover is provided for each seat so that
each person has full control over his seat.
The said covers can be made to suit any size of seat and can be readily applied
to existing ones on tram-cars and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim, is:
1st. A cover for outdoor seats, consisting of an endless surface c adapted to be
revolved around a seat board a, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In combination with the cover e, specified in the preceding claim, a brush
or scraper g employed below in contact with the cover c, all substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 16th day of December 1907