Year: 1897

page_text: ADELA MARY GREY KEYS, 12, York Street, Portman Square, W., no calling, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In a rest or seat, a frame of canvas or carpet constituting the back of the seat
to which is attached a mat of any suitable material or a cushion or similar attach-
ment which can rest on the sand or the lawn, the back of the seat being held in
position by a frame with two supports resting on two strips of wood or suitable
material notched to enable the supports to be adjusted to hold the back of the
seat in any desired position.
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The seat can be folded into one plane the mat or cushion folding up to the back. Also
the supports folding, the strips upwards and the supports downwards. A handle
can be placed at the end of the back to which mat or cushion is hinged.
Arms can
also be used, attached to the back, each consisting of two parallel pieces, one
fastened near the bottom of the back, the other sufficiently high to form a comfort-
able rest or arm and joined by a connecting piece so that each folds.
The arms can be fastened by hinges to the back so as to fold over into a plane
with the back.
A Portable Sand or Lawn Seat.
I, ADELA MARY GREY KEYS, of 12, York Street, Portman Square, in the County
of Middlesex, 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 object of this invention is to provide a seat for use on sands or lawns.
In a rest or seat a frame of canvas or carpet constituting the back of the seat to
which is attached a mat of any suitable material or a cushion or similar attach-
ment which can rest on the sand or the lawn the back of the seat being held in
position by a frame with two supports resting on two strips of wood or suitable
material notched" to enable the supports to be adjusted to hold the back of the
seat in any desired position. The seat can be folded into one plane the mat or
cushion folding up to the back, also the supports folding the strips upwards and
the supports downwards. A handle can be placed at the end of back to which mat
or cushion is hinged.
Arms can also be used attached to the back each consisting of two parallel pieces
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page_text: one fastened near the bottom of the back the other sufficiently high to form a com-
fortable rest or arm and joined by a connecting piece so that each folds.
The arms can be fastened by hinges to the back so as to fold over into a plane
with the back.
The drawings annexed to the specification show a seat made in accordance with
this invention.
Figure 1 is a front elevation with the canvas back of the chair removed and
Figure 2 is a side elevation.
a a are the side pieces of the seat connected together by two curved rails b and c.
To the base of the side pieces are jointed by hinges d bars e having projections e¹ on
their upper sides which engage with struts f.
The struts are jointed by hinges g to leather bands h attached to the side pieces.
The bars e are connected together by another bar i.
The arms, made in two parts k and l jointed together at m, are connected to the
side pieces by hinges attached to leather bands o. When the chair is in
use the parts of the arms rest against the projecting portions of the hinges d and
are kept in position by forks p.
A strip of canvas 9 is attached to the side pieces and forms both the back and
seat. The wooden portions of the seat are preferably made of bamboo..
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:
A portable sand or lawn seat substantially as described and shown in the
drawings.
Dated this 14th day of February 1898.