IMPROVEMENTS IN » FURNITURE
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 24th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1888
I, HEINRICH RUDOLF WILHELM CONRAD EPPEN, trading as C. H. Eppen, of 64
Basinghall Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer and Importer do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
»
FURNITURE to be as follows:-
COMBINATION
Log rests for hammock chairs or lounge chairs ordinarily are detachable and, when
in use, connected with the other portions of the hammock chair by pins or studs.
Such detachable leg rest consisted as a rule of a small rectangular frame covered say
with canvas, loather, or the like (to correspond with the chair) and having two legs at
one and whilst the other end is supported by the pins or studs connecting it with the
lounge chair.
Now such leg rests, when not employed as leg rests, are a useless encumbrance and
the object of my invention is so to construct the same that they will not only be
adapted for use as such leg rests but may, when detached from the lounge chair,
be independently useful for a variety of purposes.
Instead therefore of making the leg rest with two feet at one end only I hinge to
the frame forming the top of the Leg-rest another rectangular frame and at the centre
of this second frame I pivot a third.
The two last mentioned frames are arranged similarly to the framework of a camp
stool. They differ therefrom inasmuch as they are adjustable under the top-frame.
Now it will be readily understood that when the three connected frames are to form
a leg rest the top-frame is connected with the lounge chair in the usual manner whilst
one of the other two frames supports the other end of the top frame. When detached
the three frames form either a campstool or may serve as a table and for other
purposes.
The top-frame may be covered with any suitable material such as canvas, leather,
perforated wood or the like it may be fitted with folding flaps if required so as to give
a more extended surface.

page_text: Improvements in CompatION
I, HEINRICH RUDOLF WILHELM CONRAD EPPEN, trading as C. H. Eppen, of 64
Basinghall Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer and Importer, 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:-
Leg rests for hammock chairs or lounge chairs ordinarily are detachable and when
in use connected with the other portions of the hammock chair by pins or studs.
Such detachable leg rests have hitherto as a rule comprised a small rectangular frame
covered say with canvas, leather, or the like (to correspond with the chair) with two
legs at one end, the other end being supported by the pins connecting it with the
lounge or hammock chair. Now such leg rests, when not employed as leg rests, are
a useless encumbrance, and the object of my Invention is so to construct the same
that they will not only be adapted for use as such log rests but may, when detached
from the lounge chair, be independently useful for a variety of purposes, and, when
not in use may be folded up to occupy a small area of stowage space.
In order that the nature of my Invention may be the more readily understood I have
appended the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 shows the device
according to my Invention adapted in its primary application to an ordinary lounge
or hammock chair as a leg rest, Figure 2 shows same as performing the function of a
table, Figure 3 that of a camp stool, and Figure 4 an end view of the latter.
Figure shows same folded up, ready for stowage when not in use.
I hinge securely to the end of the rectangular frame a forming the top of the log
rest another rectangular frame b, and at the centre of this second hinged frame b I
pivot a third c.
When it is desired to adapt my device in its primary application of a leg rest to a
lounge or hammock chair, it is connected thereto by any suitable means, say for
instance the top frame a being provided with two plates let into same, which are then
inserted into corresponding slots in the lounge or hammock chair and secured therein
by pins or equivalents.
The top frame a may be covered with any suitable material such as canvas, leather,
perforated wood or the like, and may be fitted with folding flaps if required so as to
give a more extended surface.
I form on the underside of the top frame a suitable recesses (as shown in dotted
lines). Pins or studs d formed at the end of the pivoted frame c engage in said slots
or recesses, and thus when the device according to my Invention is not being used as
a leg rest as shewn at Figure 1, it can be utilised for a table as illustrated at
Figure 2, or as a camp stool Figures 3 and 4, and, when not in use, the frames a, b, c
can be folded up parallel in the same plane, in a compact form ready for stowage as
illustrated at Figure 5.

page_text: 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 :-
The device herein described comprising an appliance readily convertible to serve
the three fold purposes of a leg rest, table and camp stool, substantially as herein set.
forth and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.