An Improved Adjustable Seat for Vehicles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
An Improved Adjustable Seat for Vehicles.
I, FREDERICK GEORGE MAYHEW of 14 Esplanade, Lowestoft, in the County of
Suffolk, Gentleman, 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 my invention has reference to an improved adjustable seat for vehicles, and
it consists of means whereby the seat may be adjusted in any desired and convenient
position.
My said invention may be described as follows, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings, and the figures and letters marked thereon; like letters referring
to similar parts throughout.
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation of so much of a vehicle as will serve to illustrate my
invention, and Fig. 2. a plan of same. Fig. 3. is a plan view of the underside of the
seat, showing certain details of construction, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are various views
of certain details of my invention.
In the drawings, A represents the body of a vehicle, to the sides of which, are
suitably secured two racks B. C, represents the seat, to the underside of which are
secured, preferably by screws, the metal fittings D, E, and F. The fittings D
are secured in the position shown, and have round shanks G. which are adapted
to enter between the teeth of the racks when the seat is in place. The fitting E
consists of a hook shaped piece of metal carrying in its shank a small truck H, and
the fitting F, consists of a small bracket carrying a truck J.
The operation of this my invention is as follows:-The seat is passed over the
racks, with the trucks H, J, bearing on the sides and undersides respectively of the
racks, as shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to adjust the seat in another position,
the back thereof is lifted until the portions K of the metal fittings E come in contact
with the undersides of the racks B, and the shanks G, of the metal fittings D will
have cleared the teeth of the racks. The seat may now be moved in a forward or
rearward direction, until it is in the required position, when, by allowing the back
part of the seat to fall, the shanks G of the metal fittings D will again enter between
the teeth of the racks and secure the seat in position. The metal fitting F, serves to
retain the forward portion of the seat in place, and the truck H in the metal
fitting E prevents side shake, allowing, at the same time, the free movement of the
seat in a forward and backward direction.
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 :-
1) The combination with a vehicle, of an adjustable seat, movable in the body of
the vehicle, substantially as, and in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
2) The combination with a vehicle, of two racks secured, one on each side of the
vehicle, and of the seat, having secured thereon metal fittings engaging with the
said racks, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 20th day of June 1889.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.