Improvements in Seats and Seat Backs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats and Seat Backs.
I EDWIN WOODS of 175 Bewsey Road Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
The main objects are to provide casily made, durable, comfortable, and readily
attachable seats and backs for chairs, couches, settees, benclies, and the like.
First. I make seats and backs of interwoven tempered wire springs curved
downwards at the edges and secured by clips or fasteners to a frame.
Second. I make backs of a series of helical springs constructed with spring arms
at the ends which arms are secured to a suitable frame.
Third. Seat and back frames fitted with resilient interwoven wire as above set
forth are made with sockets to receive legs and attachments.
Fourth. Seats are made with resilient fingers which fit into angularly disposed
ways formed in blocks secured to or made with a carriage frame or other
structure.
T
1
1600
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats and Seat Backs.
EDWIN WOODS of 175 Bewsey Road, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer, 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:―
The main objects are to provide easily made, durable, comfortable, and readily
attachable seats and backs for chairs, couches, settees, benches, and the like.
First. I make seats and backs of interwoven tempered wire springs curved
downwards at the edges, and secured by clips or fasteners to a frame.
Second. I make backs of a series of helical springs constructed with spring
arms at the ends which arms are secured to a suitable frame.
Third. Seat and back frames fitted with resilient interwoven wire as above set
forth are made with sockets to receive legs and attachments.
Fourth. Seats are made with resilient fingers which fit into angularly disposed
ways formed in blocks secured to or made with a carriage frame or other
structure.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a chair or settee illustrative of the first and third
parts of my invention. a are frames to which interwoven tempered wire springs b
with the edges curved downwards or towards the edges of the frames are secured
by means of clips c held in position by bolts screws or equivalent devices d. The
springs are made of spiral lengths of tempered wire, and run in a transverse
direction, that is from front to back of the seats, or from top to bottom of the
backs. The seat frame is here made with sockets e into which fit the front legs f,
and back frame legs g.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing a railway carriage fitted with a seat and

page_text: back under the second and fourth parts of my invention-and Fig. 3 is a face view
of the back of the seat. The back is made of a series of helical springs / each
secured at one end to the partition i, or to a frame in the usual manner, and having
the other end made with arms or extensions, j, which are curved so as to be also
secured to the partition, i, or to a frame such as, k. The arms may be formed
spirally or otherwise curved to give greater resilience if desired. The springs are
enclosed in any suitable textile fabric as shown by the dotted line. The seat
frame a is made with resilient fingers which fit into blocks m secured to the
carriage, frame or body.
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 -
First. Seats and backs of interwoven tempered wire springs curved at the
edges, and secured to a frame by clips or equivalent devices.
Second. Constructing seat backs of helical springs having arms or extensions
substantially as set forth.
Third. The combination of seats and seat backs under the first and second parts
with sockets or equivalent devices for the purpose set forth.
Fourth. The combination of seats and seat backs with resilient fingers and
retaining blocks substantially as set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1893.
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent