Improvements in or relating to Portable Seats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
Improvements in or relating to Portable Seats.
We, WILLIAM TIBBITS, of Leicester Road, Dental Surgeon, and ARTHUR EDWIN
HOLYOAK, of The Limes, Agricultural Engineer, both of Narborough, in the
County of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention has reference to portable seats and has for its object to produce
a light, strong and readily portable seat and one which can be carried about
by the person without inconvenience arising from bulk or weight.
Our invention comprises a seat preferably of saddle shape and a vertical pillar
or support for the same.
The seat may be attached to the top of the pillar by any suitable joint.
The latter by preference is of the type which will permit the seat to be placed
flat against, e. parallel to the pillar, when not in use so that it can be passed
through the waist belt of the user or located under the dress skirt free from
observation.
The said joint will also allow the said seat when placed crosswise of the pillar
to be supported rigidly against a shoulder on the pillar.
For use on very soft ground such as the sea beach, a splayed, multiple leg or
otherwise suitably enlarged bottom to the pillar may be used.
The details of construction may be varied in different respects without de-
parting from the main lines of the invention.
Dated this 10th day of January 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating D BOARD
We, WILLIAM TIBBITS, of Leicester Road, Dental Surgeon, and ARTHUR EDWIN
HOLYOAK, of The Limes, Agricultural Engineer, both of Narborough, in the
County of Leicester, 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 has reference to portable seats and is designed with the object
of producing a light, strong and readily portable seat, which can be carried
about without inconvenience arising from bulk or weight.

page_text: Moreover as the said seat can be suspended from the waist and between the
skirts of a female person so as to be free from observation, it is specially applic-
able for use by shop assistants and others whose duties require them to be con-
stantly on foot.
Our invention comprises a seat supported by a vertical pillar or support and
adapted to be placed at a right angle to the latter for sitting purposes and to be
placed parallel thereto when not in use..
A strap may be combined with the said seat so that it may be attached to the
person and the bottom of the vertical support may be furnished with a rubber
or cushioned foot.
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description
in reference to the accompanying drawing in which, Figure 1 is a side elevation
of a portable seat constructed in accordance with our invention, the pillar being
broken for convenience of illustration.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the seat in a different position and having
a supporting waist band attached.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the seat and a portion of the pillar and Figure 4
is a section on the line X X of Figure 1, showing in addition a part of the waist
band.
A represents the seat which by preference is saddle shaped as shown.
This seat may be hinged or otherwise attached to a supporting pillar or
pedestal B in any suitable manner that will allow it to be placed either trans-
versely or parallel thereto as indicated in Figures 1 and 2.
In the construction illustrated in the drawing the upper part of the pillar is
fitted tightly into a sleeve or tubular metal socket C at one side of which there
is attached by screws C¹ one member D) of a hinge, the other member D¹ of which
is connected by copper rivets E or equivalent means to the seat.
The screws by preference pass into that part of the pillar contained within
the sleeve C.
The upper part of the sleeve is by preference furnished with a circular or other
shaped lateral projection or projections C2 to increase the supporting surface of
the seat when the latter is placed thereon at right angles to the pillar as in
Figure 1 in the position in which it supports the person.
The lower part of the socket is provided with a lug C³ having an opening C+
(Figure 4) therein, through which may pass the end of an elastic or other
strap the upper end of which may be attached centrally to a band or belt Fi
adapted to pass around the waist of the wearer and be fastened in position
thereon by a hook F2 and eye F3 (or other fastening) on the end of the said band
or belt.
The end of the strap F may be attached to the strap itself by sewing, but
by preference a buckle is employed so that the length of the strap may be ad-
justed to suit different individuals.
The pillar B may be of steel or other suitable material but as lightness is a
consideration in a seat which has to be carried on the person we prefer to con-
struct the pillar of bamboo cane.
The bottom of the pillar is preferably provided with an elastic foot G which
may consist of a tubular or other shaped block of india-rubber into which the
end of the pillar is received and secured therein by glue or other means.
any other suitable elastic foot may be employed.
Or
The belt is passed round the waist of the wearer and fastened at the front, with
the vertical strap hanging down behind the person and the seat flat against the
latter with the nose or narrow end thereof directed between the legs. Upon the
wearer stooping, the seat may if necessary be steadied by hand until the rubber foot
touches the ground, when the seat will almost automatically assume the correct
position for sitting on.
Although only one pillar is herein before mentioned and is preferred, yet we
reserve to ourselves the right to use two pillars if the necessity should arise.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The combination of a vertical support or pillar and a saddle or other shaped
seat hinged or otherwise attached thereto in such a manner that it can be placed
either parallel or transversely to the said support for the purpose described.
2. The combination of a pillar, a saddle or other suitably shaped seat, a con-
necting hinge or equivalent joint, and an enlarged surface at the upper end of
the pillar for the purpose described.
3. The combination with a vertical support or pillar, of a saddle or other
shaped seat connected thereto as described, and an elastic foot to the said pillar.
4. The improved portable seat consisting of the parts constructed and arranged
substantially as described and with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 26th day of September 1898
WILLIAM TIBBITS,
ARTHUR EDWIN HOLYOAK,
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.
WILLIAM TIBBITS,
ARTHUR EDWIN HOLYOAK,
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.