IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAIRS OR STOOLS
Year: 1885

page_text: We, ALLAN GILLESPIE, of Bonnybridge Foundry, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire,
Iron Founder, and JOHN BAYNE of 52 Allison Street, Govanhill, Lanarkshire,.
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAIRS OR STOOLS," to be as follows:-
The object of our Invention is to provide seats for operatives working sewing
machines or other light machines, or for ships, shop counters, and the like, and
which may be conveniently adjusted as regards position for use while being readily
swivelled out of the way when unoccupied.
The improved chair or stool comprises a. seat of ordinary form such as a
cushioned board which is carried by a vertical stem fitting in a jointed bracket
arranged to swivel horizontally on pivots formed either in the framing of the
machine at which the operative is to be seated, or between the flooring and the
machine frame or other structure. The swivelling bracket is fitted with a spring
or is slightly inclined so that it tends to assume, when the seat is unoccupied, a
position under the framing of the machine or table or counter, where it may not
be in the way of persons passing by. The bracket is formed in two or more parts
which are either telescoped or jointed together, so that the outer portion carrying
the seat may collapse or swivel on the main swivelling part, and at the joint may
be formed a stop to prevent the parts opening further than to be in line. On the
vertical stem by which the seat is carried in an eye in the bracket is a helical or
other spring which keeps the seat up, and prevents contact of the lower end of the
stem with the flooring, but which yields, when the seat is occupied, to such an
extent that the stem rests on the ground, and serves as the support, while the
swivelling bracket is relieved of the strain to which it would otherwise be sub-
jected. The supporting stem may be made hollow and be fitted with a screw
spindle attached to the seat, so that the seat may be raised or lowered to suit the
convenience of the occupant,

page_text: We ALLAN GILLESPIE, of Bonnybridge Foundry, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire,
Iron Founder, and JOHN BAYNE, of 52 Allison Street, Govanhill, Lanarkshire,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CHAIRS OR STOOLS," 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 our invention is to provide seats for operatives, working sewing
machines, or other light machines, or for ships, shop counters, and the like, and
which may be conveniently adjusted as regards position for use and readily
swivelled out of the way when unoccupied.
The improved chair or stool comprises a seat of ordinary form, such as a
cushioned board, which is carried by a vertical stem fitting in a jointed bracket,
arranged to swivel horizontally on pivots formed either in the framing of the
machine at which the operative is to be seated, or between the flooring and the
machine frame or other structure. The swivelling bracket is fitted with a spring,
or is slightly inclined so that it tends to assume, when the seat is unoccupied, a
position under the framing of the machine or table or counter, where it may not
be in the way of persons passing by. The bracket is formed in one two or more
parts, which are either telescoped or otherwise jointed together, so that the outer
portion carrying the seat may collapse or swivel on the main pillar and at the joint
a stop may be formed to prevent the parts opening beyond the position forming a
straight line. On the vertical stem by which the seat is carried and immediately
under the seat is a helical or other spring which raises the seat, and prevents
contact of the foot of the stem with the flooring; but which spring yields, when
the seat is occupied, to such an extent, that the foot rests on the floor, and serves
to support the same, while the bracket is relieved of the strain to which it would
otherwise be subjected. The supporting stem may be made hollow and be fitted
with a screw spindle attached to the seat, so that the seat may be raised or lowered
to suit the convenience of the occupant.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a plan view shewing the seat folded under a table. Fig. 2 shews the
same turned outwards, ready for use. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the dotted line ab represents the edge of the table, or other
article to which the seat is attached. In Fig. 3 the dotted line c d represents the
underside of the table, and ef is the floor line. g is the seat, h h¹ are the two
portions of the folding bracket, hinged together at h². i is the pillar which
supports the bracket. When the seat is not being made use of, the spring / raises
it, as shewn in Fig. 3, and thus keeps the foot free from the floor; but, when a
person sits upon the seat, the spring k yields to the weight, and the foot / then
rests on the floor, and prevents any undue strain upon the bracket. The pillar i is
supported, at its lower end, upon a pivot at m fixed to the floor; and at the upper
end, by a pivot at n, fixed to the table. An adjusting spring o is fitted under the
pivot n, to enable the pillar to adapt itself to the height of the table,

page_text: Although the bracket is shewn in two portions united with a hinge, it is
obvious that it may be formed in one, two, three, or any other number of parts,
with the necessary hinges uniting such parts, and other suitable means for insuring
its proper action.
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 manufacture and use of moveable seats, supported by the bracket h h¹;
the seat being sustained, when not in use, by the spring %, so as to keep the foot ĺ
clear of the floor, and severally upon and held in position by the pillar i, substan-
tially as described and shewn on the drawings.
2. The general arrangement construction and combination of the several and
respective parts, together forming our improvements in chairs or stools, substantially
as herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicants.