Needlework Chair.
Year: 1885

page_text: וסי
344
Needlework Chair.
:
I JOSEPH SOTHCOTT, of N° 65 City Road; in the county of Middlesex, Ware
houseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
--
This invention relates to the construction of a combined arm chair, reading or
writing desk or easel, lamp, and flap or ladies' needle work box and table.
In carrying out my invention I provide one of the arms of the chair with a
pivotted bracket or arm carrying at its outer end a pedestal adjustable, vertically
and having a book rest, deak or casel adjustably hinged thereto.
The book rest, desk or easel adapted to support a book or the like can be thus
brought into any required position in front of the person using the chair and be
adjusted both as regards the height and the angle of inclination of the book rest
or easel..
:
Q
In a suitable position on the back or other convenient part of the chair I hinge
an arm, jointed or not, and carrying a lamp having means for vertically adjusting
the same; on the opposite arm of the chair I pivot an arm carrying at its outer
end a swivelling case or box divided into compartments so as to adapt it for
containing various articles necessary for ladies' use for needlework or the like; the
said case or box is provided with a hinged lid or lids so, that when closed the box
or case will form a convenient table which can be brought into any suitable
position either in front, or at the side of the person using the chair.
Or in place of the said case or box I sometimes employ a hinged flap, serving as
a table and provided with perforations adapted to conveniently receive and hold
various articles.
In order to balance the chair, the side opposite to that carrying the table is
weighted.
A rack of suitable construction for containing newspapers, stationery or the
like is fitted to the back of the chair, and a call bell is fixed in any suitable
position.

page_text: Needlework Chair.
I, JOSEPH SOTHCOTT of N° 65, City Road, in the County of Middlesex, Ware-
houseman, 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:-
This invention relates to the construction of a combined arm chair, reading or
writing desk or easel, lamp, and flap or ladies needle work box and table.
In carrying out my invention I provide one of the arms of the chair with a
pivotted bracket or arm carrying at its outer end a pedestal adjustable vertically
and having a book rest, desk or easel adjustably hinged thereto.
In a suitable position on the back or other convenient part of the chair I hinge
an arm, jointed or not, and carrying a lamp having means for vertically adjusting
the same; on the opposite arm of the chair I pivot an arm carrying at its outer
end a swivelling case or box divided into compartments so as to adapt it for
containing various articles necessary for ladies' use for needlework or the like; the
said case or box is provided with a hinged lid or lids so that when closed the box
or case will form a convenient table.
Or in place of the said case or box I sometimes employ a hinged flap serving as
a table and provided with holes adapted to conveniently receive and hold various
articles.
In order to balance the chair, the side opposite to that carrying the table is
weighted.
A rack of suitable construction for containing newspapers stationery or the like
is fitted to the back of the chair, and a call bell is fixed in any suitable position.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 represents a per-
spective view of a combined reading, writing and. needlework chair, and figure 2 is
a similar view of a combined reading, writing and smoking chair constructed
according to my invention.
Referring to figure 1, a, represents the pivotted bracket or arm with which
I provide one of the arms 6, of the chair; c, the pedestal at the outer end of the
bracket or arm a, the said pedestal being arranged telescope-wise and provided
with a pressure-screw (not shown in the drawing) to allow of it being adjusted
vertically and fixed; d is the book-rest, desk or easel, which is hinged to the
pedestal c, and can be adjusted to and fixed at any required angle by suitable
means such as a pressure-screw (not shown in the drawing); e, is the arm which
I hinge to the back of the chair at f (and which can be jointed or not) and i is the
lamp, having means (not shown in the drawing) for vertically adjusting the same ;
j, is the arm pivotted to the other arm k, of the chair, and I, is the swivelling case
or box carried by the arm j, the said case or box being suitably divided into
compartments as shown, so as to adapt it for containing various articles necessary
for ladies' use for needlework or the like; m, represents one of the hinged lids of

page_text: the box or case, the said lids being hinged to the centre or top of the latter, so
that when closed, the box or case will form a table.
By this construction it will be obvious that the book-rest, desk or easel d, and
work-box or desk l, or either of them can be brought into any suitable position in
front of or at the side of the person using the chair, and the book-rest, desk or
easel can be adjusted both as regards its height and angle of inclination.
The arrangement of chair represented in figure 2 is similar to that shewn in
figure 1 with the exception that in place of employing a work box or case, pivotted
to the arm k, I hinge a flap n to the said arm k, which flap when raised into the
position shown in the drawing and supported by the stay or bar o, will serve the
purpose of a table, the said flap being provided with holes adapted to conveniently
receive and hold various articles as shown at p, q, and r. The rack for containing
a newspaper 8, or stationery or the like is fitted to the back of the chair and is not
shown in the drawing as its position and construction will be well understood.
t, is the call-bell fixed to the side of the seat u, of the chair as shewn; v, is a
spittoon conveniently hinged to one of the legs w of the chair, so that it can be
moved round out of the way when not required for use; x, is a drawer sliding on
runners fixed to the underside of the seat u, of the chair and serving to contain
writing materials or 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
1. The improved combined reading, writing and needlework chair herein before
described and represented in figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved combined reading writing and smoking chair hereinbefore
described and represented in figure 2 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 23rd day of September 1886.
G. F. REDEERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.