Improvements in Combined Walking and Seat Sticks.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
[Communicated from abroad by JULIUS PAULMANN, of Ludenscheid, Westphalia
(Germany), Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Combined Walking and Seat Sticks.
I, OTTO VON SAAL, of the firm of Beckmann and von Saal, of 22, Basinghall
Street, in the City of London, General Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in combined walking and seat-sticks
and has for its object to provide a more convenient and portable stick than those
now generally made.
According to the invention I form the handle of the stick crook-shaped, the
crook being made in halves pivoted at one end to the upper end of the stick in such
a manner that they can be opened out away from one another and downwards unțil
they assume a horizontal position thereby forming the seat.
To support the outer ends of the two halves of the crook I pivot a supporting
plate or bar to the stick, the upper end of the said plate having notches with which,
when the seat is opened out the ends of the crook can engage. The said plates
when the seat is folded up, can be turned back against the stick so that its upper
end encloses the pivoted ends of the two half crooks forming the handle and holds
them in their closed position. The handle is preferably formed of aluminium or
of a suitable alloy thereof but it can if desired be made of wood, horn, bone or
other suitable material. The ferrule end of the stick is provided with the usual
disc for supporting the stick when used as a seat.
Dand thin 21st day of September 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
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· Improvements in Combined Walking and Seat-Sticks.
I, OTTO VON SAAL, of the firm of Beckmann and von Saal, of 22, Basinghall
Street, London, E.C., General Agent, 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 combined walking and seat-sticks
and has for its object to provide a more convenient and portable stick than those
now generally made.

page_text: According to the invention I form the handle of the stick crook-shaped, the
crook being made in two halves pivoted at one end to the upper end of the stick
in such a manner that they can be opened out away from one another and down-
wards until they assume a horizontal position thereby forming the seat.
To support the outer ends of the two halves of the crook I pivot a supporting
plate or bar to the stick, the upper end of the said plate having notches with which,
when the seat is opened out the ends of the crook can engage. The said plate,
when the seat is folded up, can be turned back against the stick so that its upper
end encloses the pivoted ends of the two half crooks forming the handle and holds
them in their closed position. The handle is preferably formed of aluminium or
of a suitable alloy thereof but it can if desired be made of wood, horn, bone or
other suitable material. The ferrule end of the stick is provided with the usual
disc for supporting the stick when used as a seat.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:.
Figure 1 is a side view of a combined walking and seat-stick made according to
my invention;
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the stick with the middle portion broken
away;
Figure 3 is a front view of the handle portion of the stick;
Figure 4 is a similar view looking from the other side; and,
Figure 5 is a plan of the stick shewing the handle unfolded to form the seat;
Figure 1 is drawn to a smaller scale than the remaining figures.
a is the stick proper and b, b are the halves forming the crook-shaped handle,
the said two halves b being pivoted by pins b, to a lug e upon the upper end of
the stick a in such a manner that they can be turned upwards so as to lie against
one another in a vertical plane, as shewn in full lines in figure 3, or downwards so
as to occupy a horizontal position, as shewn in broken lines also in figure 3.
d is the supporting plate, the said plate being hinged to the stick at e so that it
can be caused to lie against the stick, as shewn in full lines in figure 2, or be
turned outwards away from the stick, as shewn in broken lines in the said figure.
A stop to the outward movement of the supporting plate d is formed by the lower
end of the said plate which is bevelled upwards, as shewn in Figures 2 and 4, so
that it comes into contact with the stick a when the supporting plate d is pulled
outwards thereby limiting the outward movement of the same. f, f are the notches
or recesses in the upper end of the supporting plate, the said notches or recesses
being formed in lateral extensions g, g of the said plate and being designed to
receive the noses h, h upon the free ends of the seat halves b, b when in their hori-
zontal position so as to thereby form a rigid seat. The lateral extensions I, I when
the stick is to be used as a walking stick and when therefore the supporting plate d
is pushed back against the stick, enclose the pivoted ends of the halves b, b thereby
holding the latter in their closed position in contact with one another. i is a pin
having a flat head ; which when it is vertical can pass through a slot k in the plate d
and by turning which the said plate can be held in position against the stick as
shewn in figures 2 and 4.
m is the supporting disc for the seat-stick, the said disc being as shewn screwed
upon the ferrule end of the stick when required for use..
My improved stick has the great advantage over such sticks as ordinarily made
that the sportsman or other person using it can hang it from his pocket or round
his wrist so as to give him the free use of both hands.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A combined walking and seat-stick wherein the handle is formed of two crook-
shaped halves pivoted at one end to the upper end of the stick and formed at the

page_text: other end with noses adapted when opened out to rest in notches upon the upper
end of a supporting plate hinged to the stick, substantially as described.
2. The improved combined walking and seat-stick herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 27th day of October 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.