IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING RESTS
Year: 1885

page_text: I PAUL ROTHERMEL of 105 Leadenhall Street, in the city of London, Commission
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING
RESTS," to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a rest or back which shall occupy
little room when folded and may be used by a person sitting upon the ground to
lean against.
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The rest consists essentially of three parts; an upright" which is pushed into
the ground either in a vertical position or preferably inclined backwards to suit
the taste of the person using it and who when sitting upon the ground leans
against it.
Upon the "upright" is a cross piece which forms a shoulder rest and jointed to
the "upright" or crosspiece and extending backwards from it is a support which
also may be pushed into the ground.
When fixed this rest forms a cross against which the person using it rests and
when not in use it may be folded up into a very small compass, the whole being
hinged or jointed wherever required. The cross piece is preferably hollowed.
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When it is desired to use this rest upon ground or floor which is too hard to
push the rest into I prefer to add side supports to prevent it falling over side ways
and connect the support more especially the back one by a cord chain or equivalent
such as a strap, piece of cloth or the like and bring this forward so that the user
may sit upon the front part and thus prevent the rest from slipping away
backwards.
Dated this 1st day of April 100%
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I PAUL ROTHERMEL of 105 Leadenhall Street in the City of London, 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:
The object of this invention is to provide a rest or back which shall occupy
little room when folded and may be used by a person sitting upon the ground to
Jann aroinst

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The rest consists essentially of three parts, an upright" which is pushed into
the ground either in a vertical position, or and preferably inclined backwards to
suit the taste of the person using it and who when sitting upon the ground leans
against it.
Upon the "upright" is a cross piece which forms a shoulder rest and jointed to
the "upright" or cross piece and extending backwards from it is a support which
also may be pushed into the ground.
When fixed this rest forms a cross against which the person using it rests, and
when not in use it may be folded up into a very small compass, the whole being
hinged or jointed wherever required. The cross piece is preferably hollowed.
When it desired to use this rest upon ground or floor which is too hard to
push the rest into I prefer to add side supports to prevent it falling over side ways
and connect the supports more especially the back one by a cord chain or equivalent
such as a strap, piece of cloth or the like and bring this forward so that the user
may sit upon the front part and thus prevent the rest from slipping away
backwards.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows the rest in use, Figure 2 is a back
view of the rest and Figure 3 shows it folded up, in this instance in the form of a
walking stick.
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The upright A is pointed at its lower-end so as to enter the ground and to this
is hinged or otherwise connected the support B also pointed to enter the ground.
The cross piece or shoulder rest C is connected in any suitable manner; in the
drawings it fits the recess A¹ in the back of the upright A and is removed there-
from and fastened in front by the screw D. This arrangement is adopted to suit
the walking-stick form, but is by no means essential and the cross piece may
generally with advantage be swivel-jointed to the front of A. The form of the
various pieces and the general construction may of course be varied.
The jointed form is preferred as being more convenient for carrying about, but it
is nevertheless evident that the rest could be made with the pieces fixed together
and used in the same manner.
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
A back rest consisting of an upright such as A, support such as B and cross
piece such as C constructed and employed substantially in the manner and for the
purpose specified.