Improvements in Camp or Folding Chairs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Camp or Folding Chairs.
I, GUSTAV ETZOLD, Manufacturer, of Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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The chair, or stool, constructed according to my invention is compact, takes up but
a small space, and yet is very light in weight, while when opened and stretched on
the ground it possesses great stability, which renders it a thoroughly safe support.
This improved camp or folding chair or stool, consists chiefly of three legs or supports
suitably jointed at the top so as to form a tripod. When the stool is folded, these
legs are brought parallel together, in close contact, and are composed of three sections
arranged telescopically. For this purpose the central section has the form of a tube
in which slide the upper and lower sections of the said legs. The latter are further
arranged in such a manner as not to need to be grasped and pulled out by the hand
when the stool is set up or erected. The upper and lower sections are guided in suit-
able slots by means of pins fixed thereto, which pins prevent their falling out; the
chief object, however, being to hold them in an extended position by entering the
notches formed at suitable intervals in the above slots, thus enabling the said stool to
be raised to different heights. In a similar manner, the lower sections resting on the
ground are provided at their extremities with sleeves or ferrules which are likewise
provided with pins sliding in a slot of the lower section, and capable of being secured
in notches formed in the said slot; so that the stool may be raised still higher. The
upper and lower sections which slide in and out of the central tubular section and
are fixed in the manner above described, ensure the safety and stability of the camp
stool when set up at any required height. The legs or supports are connected at the
top by means of a cloth scat secured by caps formed in the corners thereof. When
the stool is to be folded, the upper and lower sections are pushed within the tubular
central section, the legs are turned so as to lie parallel to one another, and the cloth
seat (previously unfastened) is wrapped around the same; thus forming a parcel that
can be placed in a pocket or other receptacle, and that resembles a telescope, capable
of being carried about without trouble, owing to its light weight.
According to a modification of my invention, I can sometimes construct a camp stool
with a central leg or support, composed of two sections; and I make the upper section
tubular, providing the same with a slot having notches as above described. The
lower section is furnished with a pin moving in the last mentioned slot, and its lower
part is screw-threaded to receive a pointed ferrule baving a circular flange at the top,
the object of which is to prevent the leg from sinking too far into the ground. The
two sections and the ferrule above mentioned are so arranged, that after the lower
section is pushed within the upper section, the ferrule abuts with its flange against the
lower edge of such upper section, the seat (formed of cloth and laths) having been
first unscrewed from a tapped collar which fits over the said upper section. The seat
is rolled around the tubular section, and the whole is enclosed in a suitable case or
receptacle.
In order to be able to use the said stool on firm ground, I may use (instead of the
ferrule above mentioned) a cross piece consisting of two arms riveted together and
capable of moving upon one another so that by turning one in the same direction as
the other, the piece may be inserted in the above mentioned upper tubular section.
Dated this 26th day of August 1889.
FAIRFAX & WEITER,
433, Strand, London; Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Camp or Folding Chairs.
I, GUSTAV ETZOLD, Manufacturer, of Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described in and by the following statement :-
The chair, or stool, constructed according to my invention is compact, takes up but
a small space, and yet is very light in weight, while when opened and stretched on the
ground it possesses great stability, which renders it a thoroughly safe support. This
improved camp or folding chair or stool, consists chiefly of three legs or supports
suitably jointed at the top so as to form a tripod. When the stool is folded, these legs
are brought parallel together, in close contact, and are composed of three sections
arranged telescopically. For this purpose, the central section has the form of a tube
in which slide the upper and lower sections of the said legs. The latter are further
arranged in such a manner, as not to need to be grasped and pulled out by the hand,
when the stool is set up or erected. The upper and lower sections are guided in suit-
able slots by means of pins fixed thereto, which pins prevent their falling out; the
chief object, however, being to hold them in an extended position by entering the
notches formed at suitable intervals in the above slots, thus enabling the said stool to
be raised to different heights. In a similar manner, the lower sections resting on the
ground are provided at their extremities with sleeves or ferrules which are likewise
provided with pins sliding in a slot of the lower section, and capable of being secured
in notches formed in the said slot; so that the stool may be raised still higher. The
upper and lower sections which slide in and out of the central tubular section and are
fixed in the manner above described, ensure tho safety and stability of the camp stool
when set up at any required height. The legs or supports are connected at the top by
means of a cloth seat secured by caps formed in the corners thereof. When the stool is
to be folded, the upper and lower sections are pushed within the tubular central section,
the legs are turned so as to lie parallel to one another, and the cloth seat (previously
unfastened) is wrapped around the same; thus forming a parcel that can be placed in
a pocket or other receptacle, and that resembles a telescope, capable of being carried
about without trouble, owing to its light weight.
According to a modification of my invention, I can sometimes construct a camp
stool with a central leg or support, composed of two sections; and I make the upper
section tubular, providing the same with a slot having notches as above described.
The lower section is furnished with a pin moving in the last mentioned slot, and its
lower part is screw-threaded to receive a pointed ferrule having a circular flange at
the top, the object of which is to prevent the leg from sinking too far into the ground.
The two sections and the ferrule above mentioned are so arranged, that after the
lower section is pushed within the upper section, the ferrule abuts with its flange
against the lower edge of such upper section, the seat (formed of cloth and laths)
having been first unscrewed from a tapped collar which fits over the said upper
section. The seat A is rolled around the tubular section, and the whole is enclosed
in a suitable case or receptacle.
In order to be able to use the said stool on firm ground, I may use (instead of the
ferrule above mentioned) a cross piece consisting of two arms riveted together and
capable of swerving upon one another so that by turning one in the same direction as
the other, the piece may be inserted in the above-mentioned upper tubular section.
The accompanying drawings Figs. 1 to 29 represent various examples of camp-
chairs embodying my invention, and show more clearly in what manner the same is
to be performed.

page_text: Having now particularly described the nature of my invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim :-
A camp-chair having legs composed of telescopic tubes secured and connected with
each other substantially as described.
GUSTAV ETZOLD.
By Fairfax & Wetter,
Sub-Agents.