A Combined Walking Stick and Portable Seat for Sportsmen, Pedestrians, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: .Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept.. 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Walking Stick and Portable Seat for Sportsmen,
Pedestrians, and the like.
I, EMIL KELLER, Mechanical Engineer, of No. 4 Naubornerstrasse, Wetzlar, in
the German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The subject of this invention is a double or compound walking stick for
sportsmen, pedestrians and the like, one portion of which is capable of being spread
out to form a seat and, as such, is vertically adjustable upon the stick proper to the
desired level or elevation above the ground; while, when the device is to be used
as an ordinary walking stick, it may be readily folded up and extended to its full
length.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 represents the appliance in the unfolded or "open" position, in which it is
fit to do duty as a seat.
Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations, at right angles to each other, showing the same
device in the folded or "closed" condition and ready for use as a walking stick
and
Figs. 4 and 5 are longitudinal sections of the compound stick illustrating the
construction and operation of its adjusting mechanism.
The construction of the improved device is as follows:-
The rod, or stick proper, a, is fitted with a stop ring or collar b, a spring hook
or catch c, and a longitudinal groove d. Upon the stick is further adjustably
mounted a ferrule or sleeve e, having a guiding lng f adapted to slide in the said
groove d. The side supports or cheeks g and h are hollow and of semi-circular
section, surrounding the ferrule e at one end, and the stick proper a at the other
end, and suitable hinges are provided to connect their lower ends with the said
ferrule e, and their upper ends with the two plates or leaves of the folding seat i.
At the point of junction of the cheeks with the ferrule e a spring k is adapted to
press the spring catch c into the stick a.
When it is desired, to use the device as a seat, the pointed end or tip of the stick
is first driven into the ground, and the seat is opened out flat, its supporting
cheeks and h assuming the V-shaped position shown in Fig. 1. The spring
hook c, according as it is, or is not, on a level with the spring k, is pressed home
into the stick a, either by the said spring k, or by hand, and the said stick a is
raised into contact with the underside of the seat, which is thus provided with a
treble support, while the ferrule e is supported by the stop collar b. Should the
seat obtained in this manner be found too low, the stick a may be drawn out of the
ferrule e, until the spring catch c engages in the aperture 1 (Fig. 4).
When it is desired, to make use of the contrivance as an ordinary walking stick,
the seat is folded up, and the stick a further drawn out of the ferrule e, until
arrested by the upper end of the groove d (Fig. 5), when the spring catch c will
engage with the lower end of the said ferrule e, so that the parts cannot
unintentionally be further compressed.
In addition to its other merits, the present device offers the important advantage,
that its adjusting mechanism, being located within the upper portion of the stick,
is thereby effectually protected from impurities and injury, when the stick happens

page_text: to be driven into damp or marshy soil; a feature to which it is indebted for its
decided superiority over all existing contrivances of a similar kind.
Dated this 10th day of December 1894.
A Combined Walking Stick and Portable Seat for Sportsmen,
Pedestrians, and the like.
I. EMIL KELLER, Mechanical Engineer, of No. 4 Naubornerstrasse, Wetzlar,
in the German Empire, 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 subject of this invention is a double or compound walking stick for
sportsmen, pedestrians and the like, one portion of which is capable of being spread
out to form a seat and, as such, is vertically adjustable upon the stick proper;
while, when the device is to be used as an ordinary walking stick, it may be readily
folded up and extended to its full length.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the drawing filed with the
Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1 represents the appliance in the unfolded or "open" position, in which it is
fit to do duty as a seat.
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Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations at right angles to each other, showing the same
device in the folded or "closed condition, and ready for use as a walking
śtick.
Figs. 4 and 5 are longitudinal sections of the compound stick on a larger scale,
illustrating the construction and operation of its adjusting mechanism.
The construction of the improved device is as follows:-
The rod or stick proper, a, is fitted with a stop ring or collar b, a spring hook or
catch c, and a longitudinal groove d. Upon the stick further is adjustably mounted
a ferrule or sleeve e, having a guide-lug adapted to slide in the said grooved and
to prevent the sleeve from turning on the stick. The side supports or cheeks g
and are hollow and of semicircular section, surrounding the ferrule e at one end,
and the stick proper a at the other end; and suitable hinges are provided to
connect their lower ends with the said ferrule e, and their upper ends with the two
plates or leaves of the folding seat i. At the point of junction of the cheeks
with the ferrule e a spring k is adapted to press the spring-catch c into the
stick a.
When it is desired to use the device as a seat, the pointed end or tip of the stick
is first driven into the ground, and the seat is opened out flat, its supporting
cheeks g and assuming the V-shaped position shown in Fig. 1.
The spring-
hook c, may be pressed home into the stick a either by hand, or by the said
spring k, and the said stick a is raised into contact with the under-side of the seat,
which is thus provided with a treble support, while the ferrule e is supported by
the stop-collar b. Should the seat obtained in this manner be found too low, the
stick a may be drawn out of the ferrule e until the spring catch e engages in the
aperture (Fig. 4), in which position the stick a is supported or retained by
the spring c; and the sleeve e, together with the said stays is retained in its
position relatively to the stick a by the spring-catch c which has entered the slot l.
To release the catch c from the slot l, so that the sleeve e can be drawn down, it
is necessary to push the catch inward by a pressure on the spring k.
In the elevated position of the seat corresponding to Fig. 4 the stick a does not
reach up to the seat, and the centre of the same is therefore unsupported.

page_text: However, as the upper ends of the stays g, h support the centre of gravity of each
flap, the seat has no tendency to collapse, and if a person sits on the same the flaps
may then form an obtuse angle but are prevented from further collapse by the
lateral pressure of the thighs.
When it is desired to make use of the contrivance as an ordinary walking stick,
the seat is folded up, and the stick a further drawn out of the ferrule e, until a
shoulder or ferrule a' at the upper end of the stick a strikes against the top of the
ferrule e (Fig. 5), when the said spring catch e will engage with the lower end of
the said ferrule e, so that the parts cannot be unintentionally contracted or
telescoped together. The flaps i are retained in the folded position by hand.
In addition to its other merits, the present invention or device offers the
important advantage that its adjusting mechanism, being located within the upper
portion of the stick, is thereby effectually protected from impurities and injury
when the stick happens to be driven into damp or marshy soil; a feature to
which it is indebted for its decided superiority over all existing contrivances of a
similar kind.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A combined walking stick and portable seat, comprising in its construction a
sleeve or ferrule e, adjustable along the stick within given limits, a folding seat
connected with the said sleeve by means of hinge supports, and adjusting mechanism
situated in the upper half of the stick, the said sleeve being adapted to be secured
on the stick at various points by means of a spring catch, substantially as
described.
2. A combined walking stick and portable and vertically adjustable seat,
constructed and adapted to operate substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 5th day of September 1895.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.