Improvements in and in Connection with Chairs and other Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1898-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1898
Improvements in and in Connection with Chairs and other
Articles of Furniture.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS NEWCOMBE, F.I.S., of 7, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough-on-
Tees, Yorkshire, Accountant and Assistant Secretary, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a means for reducing the noise and
wear on the carpet occasioned by the moving about of chairs and other articles of
furniture and consists essentially in applying pads of resilient material to the feet
thereof.
In carrying this invention into practical effect the pads are composed of rubber,
gutta-percha composition or other suitable resilient material, and are attached to
the feet of chairs and other articles of furniture by means of glue, coaguline
solution or other adhesive substance, or suitable mechanical connections may be
used if desired.
The pads may be simple flat pieces of material or may be formed with a curved
or rounded shape where intended to touch the floor. Preferably when glue or other
adhesive substance is used for fixing, the upper surface of the pad is roughened to
assist the adhesion.
For large and heavy articles of furniture, the pads are preferably attached by
means of screws, the heads being countersunk in the material of the pad.
The pads may be of round, square, octagonal or other shape according to the
article of furniture to which it is to be applied.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and in connection with Chairs and other
Articles of Furniture.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS NEWCOMBE, F.I.S., of 7, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough-on-
Tees, Yorkshire, Accountant and Assistant Secretary, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to provide a means for reducing the noise and
wear on the carpet occasioned by the moving about of chairs and other articles of
furniture and consists essentially in applying pads of resilient material to the feet
thereof.

page_text: In carrying this invention into practical effect, the pads are composed of rubber
gutta-percha, composition or other suitable resilient material, and are attached to
the feet of chairs and other articles of furniture by means of glue coaguline
solution or other alhesive substance suitable mechanical connection may be used if
desired.
The pads may be simple flat pieces of material or may be formed with a curved or
rounded shape where intended to touch the floor. Preferably when glue or other
adhesive substance is used for fixing, the upper surface of the pad is roughened
to assist the adhesion.
For large and heavy articles of furniture, the pads are preferably attached by
means of screws, the heads being countersunk in the material of the pad.
The pads may be of round, square, octagonal or other shape according to the
article of furniture to which it is to be applied.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figs. 1 and 2 show different forms
of pads in side elevation applied to the feet of chairs and tables, and Fig. 3 is a
sectional view showing the pad secured by means of a screw.
Referring to Fig. 1, A is the pad of rubber or other suitable material shown in
this case of flat form. The sides of the pads may be vertical or tapered as found
desirable. The pad is fixed to the feet B of the chair or table by cement and the
top is preferably roughened in order that it may adhere securely.
In Fig. 2 the pad A is fixed in a similar manner to the foot of the chair or table,
but instead of being flat in side elevation it is rounded at the lower side so that it
can move over the floor more easily.
As shown in Fig. 3, the pad A2 is fixed to the article of furniture by means of
the screw C. The pad is recessed at a so that the head of the screw lies within
the recess and cannot reach the floor. The pad is preferably cemented in place as
well as secured by the screw.
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 pad for use with articles of furniture, consisting of a suitably formed
block of rubber, gutta-percha, or other suitable material cemented to the feet of
the furniture and adapted to bear upon the floor, substantially as described, and
shown.
(2) The improved pad for use with articles of furniture, formed of the rubber,
gutta-percha or like material fixed on the feet of the furniture by means of a screw,
the pad being recessed to receive the head of the screw, substantially as described
and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 21st day of October 1898.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.