Improvements in or connected with Combination Folding Seats and Tables.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Combination Folding Seats
and Tables.
1, HENRY ALFRED ALEXANDER THORN trading as Charles Lancaster, of
151, New Bond Street, in the County of London, Gunmaker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved folding seat having a table combined
therewith the said seat and table being especially designed for the use of
sportsmen.
According to my invention the seat is jointed to the back and the front legs to
the seat, connecting rails being jointed to the front legs and the back so that the
seat with the legs and the connecting rails form a kind of parallelogram which can
be collapsed, a hinged or jointed strut or struts being arranged between the seat
and the front legs to fix the parts rigidly.
The table is jointed to the top of the back and adapted to lie upon the back
when folded up, a suitable strut being provided to support it in its operative
position.
Leah dow of November 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with Combination Folding Seats
and Tables.
I, HENRY ALFRED ALEXANDER THORN, trading as Charles Lancaster, of
151, New Bond Street, in the County of London, Gunmaker, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved folding seat having a table combined
therewith the said seat and table being especially designed for the use of
sportsmen.
According to my invention the seat is jointed to the back and the front legs to
the seat, connecting rails being jointed to the front legs and the back so that the
seat with the legs and the connecting rails form a kind of parallelogram which can
be collapsed, a hinged or jointed strut or struts being arranged between the seat
and the front legs to fix the parts rigidly.
The table jointed to the top of the back and adapted to lie upon the back
when folded up, a suitable strut being provided to support it in its operative
position.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my combined seat and table shewn in its collapsed
nosition:

page_text: Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same; and,
Figure 3 is a side elevation of my seat and table as opened out for use.
a is the back of the folding seat, b is the seat of the same, which, as shewn, is
jointed to the back at c. d, d are the front legs, the said legs being jointed to the
seat bat e and to the connecting rails f, fat g, which rails f,f are hinged to the
back a at as shewn clearly in Figures 1 and 3.
By this construction it will be obvious that the seat, front legs, connecting rails
and the lower portion of the back form a jointed parallelogram which can be
collapsed as hereinafter explained.
i are the hinged jointed struts which are connected to the front legs d and to the
seat b the said struts being arranged so that when the seat is opened out into the
position shewn in Figure 3 the parts forming the parallelogram are rigidly held in
position. is the table, which, as shown, is hinged to the top of the back a at k so
that it can be folded downwards into the position shown in Figure 1, and is the
jointed strut which is pivoted to the table j and the back a in such a mauner as to
rigidly support the said table when in its operative position.
As above described, Figure 3 shows my improved folding seat and table in the
position for use.
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To collapse the seat the jointed strut i is doubled downwards on its centre hinge
so as to enable the parallelogram bdfa to be collapsed into the position shown in
Figure 1, and the jointed strnt is then doubled upwards at the centre so as to
allow the table j to drop into the position shown in Figure 1.
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 folding seat and table wherein the table and seat are jointed to
the back, and the front legs to the seat directly and to the back by means of
connecting rails substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved combined folding seat and table
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 5th day of August 1806
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.