Improvements in Camp-stools.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
Improvements in Camp-stools.
I₁ WILHELM FRANZ TIMM, of 28 Wahmstrasse, Lübeck, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in camp-stools and is designed to produce
a camp-stool capable of being folded up and placed in a case, and which can be
conveniently carried in the pocket.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 an elevation of my improved stool ready for use.
Figure 3 is an elevation, partly in longitudinal central section, showing the
members or sections of the supporting pillar placed one within another.
The seat a consists of two halves or portions connected together by means of a
hinge whereby they may be folded together. Four openings are made in the
seat so as to reduce the weight of the camp-stool and enable it to be carried in a
case or in the pocket without inconvenience. On the under side, near the outer
edges and on each side of the seat is provided a hinge to which is secured a bar or
strut c, the lower end of which is adapted to rest against a projection ƒ on the
upper member or section of the supporting pillar. This pillar e consists of a
number of tube-shaped sections, the number or length of which is proportioned
to the height which it is desired to give the camp-stool. In the uppermost
member or section is screwed a pin or stud d, and this stud, by means of a screw-
thread which is formed around it, is screwed to the centre of the seat a, for
which purpose the said seat is provided with a suitable screw-threaded aperture.
The lower end of the uppermost member or section is also provided with an
internal screw-thread and engages with the second or succeeding section, the
In this manner
upper end of which is provided with an external screw-thread.
the members or sections of the supporting pillar are all provided, at their upper
ends with an external screw-thread and at their lower ends with an internal screw-
thread, the uppermost member or section only being an exception to the above
rule, it having two internal screw-threads.
In order to prevent the pillar from sinking too deeply into the earth, the
lowermost section is moreover provided with a disc or flange g screwed thereto.
All the parts of the said stool are capable of being formed from the lightest
materials; on the several members or sections of the supporting pillar being placed
one within another and the seat folded up, the whole can then be arranged in the
simplest manner in a case and put in the pocket of a coat or other article of
clothing for carrying, in this manner providing the lightest and most convenient
support or seat in the form of a camp-stool for outpost officers, travellers, tourists
and other persons.
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 :-
A camp-stool having a folding seat (a) and a telescopic or collapsable supporting
pillar (e), and in which struts (c) rest on projections (f) on the uppermost member
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page_text: the seat (a), so that a camp-stool is provided which will occupy but little space,
can be packed in a case, and is very light and can therefore be easily carried by
pedestrians or tourists when travelling.
Dated this 29th day of August 1894.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.