AN IMPROVED RECLINING CHAIR
Year: 1884

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We WALTER FRANCIS ENDALL of 5 Albert Terrace, Oxford Road, High
Wycombe in the County of Bucks, Chair Manufacturer, and FREDERICK WALTER
HASSAN of. 1 Railway Terrace, High Wycombe aforesaid, Chair Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention, for "AN IMPROVED RECLINING
CHAIR," to be as follows:-
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Our invention relates to improvements in invalids and other reclining chairs
whether the same be provided or not with handles for carrying purposes.
The invention consists mainly in a jointed construction of the arms and back;
whereby the inclination of the back may-be adjusted to any desired angle. It also
relates to a construction of folding leg rest which may be folded away beneath the
seat when not required or adjusted in various positions when extended for use.
According to the first part of the invention, the elbow or arm is jointed to the
elbow stump or upright and to the back upright and the two latter are both jointed
to the side rail of the seat frame, in such a manner as to work in the manner of a
parallel motion, except that the distance between the joints of the elbow and back
uprights being unequal, the motion is not truly parallel, With this. jointed
construction of the two arms, are combined quadrant racks and spring or other
locking bolts, to retain the back at any desired inclination. If the chair be
intended for use as a carrying chair, the side rails of the seat frame would be
extended rearwards and provided with handles, and the elbows would also have
rearward extensions from their joints with the back, to serve as handles for use
when carrying the chair up stairs. The front carrying handles would be adjustable
along the seat frame for the purpose of carrying an invalid either in a sitting or
reclining position.
The leg rest 'is hinged to the front of the chair seat and is constructed of two
leaves or frames hinged together, so that it may be readily extended and adjusted
in various positions for use, or folded back beneath the chair without disturbing
the occupant. It is provided with legs, which may either rest on the carrying
arms when in their forward position, or on the ground in various ways, according
to the height at which the leg rest is required to be supported.
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DIECIFICATION.
We WALTER FRANCIS ENDALL, of 5 Albert Terrace, Oxford Road, High
Wycombe in the County of Bucks, Chair Manufacturer and FREDERICK WALTER
HASSAN, of 1 Railway Terrace, High Wycombe, aforesaid, Chair Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for AN IMPROVED RECLINING
CHAIR and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our Invention relates to improvements in invalids' and other reclining chairs,
whether the same be provided or not with handles for carrying purposes.
The invention consists mainly in a jointed construction of the arms and back,
whereby the inclination of the back may be adjusted to any desired angle. It
also relates to a construction of folding leg rest which may be folded away beneath
the seat when not required, or adjusted in various positions, when extended
for use.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification in which figure 1 represents a side elevation and tigure 2 a front
elevation of a carrying chair in the sitting position. Figure 3 is a side elevation
and Figure 4 a plan of the same chair in the reclining position and with the leg
rest extended for use. Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 represent details.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures. Both
sides of the chair being similarly constructed it will be sufficient to describe one
side only.
The elbow or arm a is jointed to the elbow stump or upright b and to the back
upright c and the two latter are both jointed to the side rail & of the seat frame, in
such a manner as to work in the manner of a parallel motion, except that the
distance between the joints g h of the elbow stump being unequal to those of c f
of the back upright the motion is not truly parallel. Figures 5 and 6 show details
of the joint e between the arm a and back upright c. The arm is made with a
circular boss e¹ which is received in a corresponding recess in the back upright, the
two parts being united by and working on a central screw or bolt. Figures 7 and 8
show details of the joint between the back upright c and the side rail d of the seat
frame. The back upright is made with a circular end or tenon f¹ which is received
in a corresponding recess on the side rail d the two parts being united by and
working on a central screw.
The joint g between the elbow stump and the side rail d of the seat is similar to
joint fand therefore needs no particular description.
Figures 9 and 10 show details of the joint h between the arm a and elbow
stump b. The latter has a circular tenon h¹ received in the recess in the arm and
between semicircular ears h² at the underside of the arm, the parts being united by
the central screw h³.
The centre pins of all these joints are concealed from view by roses or buttons
fixed over the same as shown. With this jointed construction of the two arms a,
are combined quadrant racks i and spring or other locking bolts k, to retain the
back at any desired inclination. These locking devices are shown in detail on
figure 7. The quadrant i is fixed to back upright c and works in a recess in the

page_text: outer face of the side rail d of the seat frame to which the spring k is fastened,
the said spring having a locking pin k at its free end adapted to drop into one of
a series of holes i¹ in the quadrant. is a lever pivoted at 11 to the side rail d and
having an inclined or bevelled end adapted to take under the end of spring k, to
lift its locking pin out of the quadrant.
If the chair be intended for use as a carrying chair, the side rails d of the seat
frame would be extended rearwards and provided with handles d¹, and the elbows
would also have rearward extensions a¹ from their joints e, to serve as handles for
use when carrying the chair upstairs, the chair being also provided with front
carrying handles m adjustable along the seat frame to which they are connected
by screws n engaging in slots o in the underside of the rails d, see figure 11, to
enable them to be drawn forward as shown in dotted lines on figure 1 for the
purpose of carrying an invalid either in a sitting or reclining position and also for
the purpose of supporting the leg rest as shown in figures 3 and 4.
The leg rest is hinged at p to the front of the seat frame and is constructed of
two leaves or frames p¹ p² hinged together, so that it may be readily extended and
adjusted in various positions for use as shown in figures 3 and 4 or folded back
beneath the chair as shown in figures 1 and 2 without disturbing the occupant. It
is provided with notched legs or racks q which rest on cross rods inserted
through holes in the carrying arms m when in their forward' position, the said rods
serving to hold the leg rest in its folded back position as in figure 1, or the legs
may rest on the ground in various ways, according to the height at which the leg
rest is required to be supported.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st The herein described construction of reclining chair, wherein the arms or
elbows, elbow stumps, back and seat frame are jointed together and work in the
manner of a parallel motion, to enable the back to be adjusted to any desired
angle, substantially as herein described and shown in the drawings.
2nd In combination with the herein described jointed construction of reclining
chair, the quadrants and spring locking and releasing devices substantially as
described.
3rd A leg rest for a reclining and carrying chair, constructed of two leaves
hinged together and to the front of the seat frame, so as to fold back beneath the
same, in combination with notched racks and cross bars supported by the front
carrying handles, to maintain the leg rest in its extended position, substantially as
shown and described.