An Improvement in Frames for Upholstery.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Frames for Upholstery.
I STEPHEN HAWKINS of 22 St. James' Street in the Parish of Islington London N..
Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This my invention relates to an improvement in frames for upholstery and it
consists in the details of construction arrangement and combination of parts herein-
after described and set forth.
My invention consists of a metallic frame intended to be used in the construc-
tion of any kind of upholstered work in place of the framing of wood at present
commonly employed for the said purpose.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the frame of metal, preferably
aluminium the said metallic frame being formed with recesses or grooves on one
or more of its sides for the insertion therein of strips or battens of wood or other
material for the purpose of attaching the webbing, coverings &c.
The said frame is also formed with sockets or holes or is otherwise provided
with means for the attachment thereto of the legs arms or other portions of the
frame which are preferably made separately or they may be fashioned in one with
the main frame.
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A frame constructed in accordance with my invention will be practically in-
destructible while the stuffing and covering materials will entirely conceal the
framing from view.
If desirable that the frame or any part thereof shall be exposed it may of course
be ornamented in any desired manner or may be otherwise varied in accordance
with the requirements of the article for which it is intended to be used or the
taste of the designer.
TL: Kil. day of April 1805
HENRY W. MASTERS,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Frames for Upholstery.
I, STEPHEN HAWKINS of 22 St. James Street Islington in the County of Middlesex,.
Patternmaker (late of 64 Battledean Road Highbury, N.), do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what mauner the same is to be performed, to be.
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improvement in frames for upholstery, and it consists
in the details of construction and arrangement and also the combination of parts
hereinafter described and set forth.
In order that my invention may be better understood 1 have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a plain view of the upper side of the frame of an ordinary chair, and.
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page_text: Figure 2, is a side elevation thereof looking from A Figure 1. Figure 3 is a
sectional elevation, upon the line B. C.
Similar letters of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts throughout
the several views.
In carrying my invention into effect, I construct the frame F of metal, prefer-
ably aluminium said frame being formed with recesses or grooves g in one or more
of its sides, for the reception of strips of wood or other material for the purpose
of attaching webbing, coverings, etc.
Said frame is also provided with sockets or holes & Figure 1 and guard plates pp³ pl
so that the legs, arms, or other portions of the frame L which we preferably make
separately may be attached by means of screws was shown.
Looking at the plan view of the upper side of the frame Figure 1, the groove g
which is not continuous may be filled in with wood up to the sockets s and the
frames, in each member. This serves to hold the webbing, forming the base of the
upholstery. The outer groove gl which is dovetailed is shown more particularly
by the cross section Figure 3, is filled in with wood, which admits of the attach-
ment of the outer covering of the upholstered work, by means of a bordering and
nails to match, after the ordinary style in general use. With the under groove
and the side grooves, the frame F is very light, yet structurally perfect in respect of
the load it has to bear.
The frame is practically indestructible and the rigid metallic framing is completely
hidden by the covering and the interposed stuffing.
I may, if the
arrangement of the upholstery and covering does not admit of the
complete covering of the metal frame, ornament such part as may be visible. The
legs or backs of any article of furniture constructed according to my invention
are preferably of wood, and are fitted into the sockets as herein-before described,
irrespective of any particular shape or conformation, and the guard plates p afford
sufficient rigidity for the ordinary use of the most common article of domestic
upholstery.
The essential feature of my said invention is in the adaptation of a metallic
channelled or grooved frame in lieu of the wood frame heretofore used, and the
method of and means for attaching the legs, back or other part thereof to said
frame. The frame shown as an example is an ordinary chair-frame.
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
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First. In framos for upholstery the construction and use of a frame of metal
having grooves g underneath, and bevelled grooves upon the sides, in combina-
tion with wood legs, or backs, substantially as and for the purposes as herein set forth
with reference to the drawings.
Second. In frames for upholstery, a metallic frame F with corner sockets s
guard plates ppl and grooves g g in combination with wood blocks, fitting said
grooves, and legs, arms, or back substantially as herein described with reference
to the drawings hereto appended.
Third. In frames for upholstery, the construction and use of a metallic frame,
the cross section of which is shown by Figure 3 of the appended drawings, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 1st day of January 1896.
S. HAWKINS,
Applicant.