Improvements in and connected with Footstools.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898'
Improvements in and connected with Footstools.
We, FREDERICK MAUND and EDWARD MAUND, both of 336, Old Street, Shoreditch,
London, E.C., Shop-fitters, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in and connected with footstools, and the
objects are to provide articles of this kind especially adapted for use by boot
manufacturers, retailers and others, to aid the sale of boots, shoes, slippers and
other foot coverings, and to this end we provide the stools or foot rests with a
mirror or with mirrors suitably placed for enabling customers to see their shoes in
wear, as others see them.
In carrying our invention into effect, we proceed in or in about the following
manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which,
Figs. I, IV, V, and VI, are perspective views, and Figs. II, and III, side views.
We provide a suitable structure A of oblong, square, rectangular, or any other
shape and having preferably a curved front a and a sloping top D. A cover or
screen B lined with a mirror is hinged as at C or placed on centre pivots or such
other revolving, rotating, pivotting, slotted, or other connected joints, as may be
preferred, so that when the mirror B is lifted it will rest at a right or any other
required angle. When provision is made for retaining the mirror at one of several
angles, such provision may take the form shown in Figs. II and III, in which
slots are provided at the lower corners of B, these slots work over pins c in the
sides of A. Grooves at various angles are also provided in the sides of A, and by
lifting B to the extent of its slots it can be entered into those grooves which will
give the desired angle to B. Any other suitable means may be provided for
adjusting the angle of B.
The upper face of D may be serrated, grooved, roughened, or otherwise formed
to prevent the users foot from slipping, the said face being either of wood, carpet,
linoleum india-rubber, metal or other suitable material or combination of
materials.
A handle E may be provided for use in moving the footstool from place to
place.
If desired the mirror B might be permanently attached, instead of hinged, to A.
More than one mirror can be provided if desired. For instance, if two are used
and both are hinged to A, then B may be made to shut down on D and B¹ on to B,
as exemplified in Figs. IV and VI. As a further modification, the mirrors B
and B¹ may be binged to each other and only one of them B may be hinged to A.
In this case B is shut on to B and both then folded down on to D.
We do not confine ourselves to any particular number of mirrors, nor to the
precise shape, relative proportions or disposition of parts as shown in the drawings
or mentioned in the above specification, as any or all of them may be varied without
departing from the spirit of our invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
CLAIMS.
1. The combination with a footstool or rest of a mirror fixed, hinged, pivotted,
or otherwise attached thereto, the whole substantially as described in the above
Specification and exemplified by Fig. I, of the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a footstool or rest of two or more mirrors, some or all
of the said mirrors being fixed, hinged, pivotted, or otherwise attached to the said
footstool or rest, the whole substantially as described in the above Specification,
and exemplified by Figs. IV, and VI, of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a footstool or rest of two or more mirrors some or all
of which are foldable over one another and on to the footstool or rest, the whole
substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified by
Fig. V, of the accompanying drawings.
4. In footstools or rests constructed in accordance with the above Claims 1, 2,
and 3, the provision of means for retaining the mirror or mirrors at more than one
angle as regards the tread of the stool or rest, substantially as described in the
above Specification, and in the case of one mirror exemplified by Figs. II and III,
of the accompanying drawings.
.
5. Footstools or rests combined with a mirror or with mirrors, and constructed
substantially as described in the above Specification, and exemplified by
Figs. I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of April 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicants.