A CHILDREN'S CHAIR, WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTED TO VARIOUS HEIGHTS, USED AS A NURSERY CARRIAGE, WHEN SEPARATED AS A LOW CHAIR, TABLE, OR CART INDEPENDENTLY, ALSO FOR COMMODE PURPOSES."
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Williams Benn, of 65, City Road, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Designer and Master Cabinetmaker, for the Invention of
"A CHILDREN'S CHAIR, WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTED TO VARIOUS HEIGHTS,
USED AS A NURSERY CARRIAGE, WHEN SEPARATED AS A LOW CHAIR, TABLE,
OR CART INDEPENDENTLY, ALSO FOR COMMODE PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Williams Benn at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th November 1877.
JOHN WILLIAMS BENN, of 65, City Road, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Designer and Master Cabinetmaker.
"A CHILDREN'S CHAIR, WHICH CAN BE
ADJUSTED TO VARIOUS HEIGHTS, USED AS A NURSERY CARRIAGE, WHEN SEPARATED
AS A LOW CHAIR, TABLE, OR CART INDEPENDENTLY, ALSO
PURPOSES."
FOR COMMODE
Firstly. Figure A shows the chair adjusted to table height, with play board
reversed, and in position as foot board, also arrangement for commode seat.
Secondly. Figure B shews the chair adjusted as a nursery carriage, with foot
board in position as play board.
Thirdly. Section C (of side) shews the telescopic arrangement of legs, which places
the wheels into action when the lower part of the seat is fastened to the upper part
by catch E, also the fastening of the play board by stick F, also the veneer and canvas
back let in groove G.
Fourthly. Section D (of back) shews the notches in back legs, which are caught
by pieces of wood H attached to each other by a small spring I, and pulled out of
action by a piece of leather cord passing under bottom K, and attached to strap L
Fifthly. The novelty of the chair consists in the telescopic action of the legs; the
self-acting catch at each side to force the legs and wheels into action for carriage
use; the combined use of foot board and play board, and fastening same with stick ;
the use of veneers with canvas between for the panelling of back; the notch and

page_text: spring action, by which the chair can be adjusted to various heights; the application
of hooks to put the wheels into action for cart; and the arrangement of commode
seat as applied to a tall chair.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said John Williams Benn in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th May 1878-
JOHN WILLIAMS BENN, of 65, City Road, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Designer and Master Cabinetmaker. "A CHILDREN'S CHAIR, WHICH CAN BE
ADJUSTED TO VARIOUS HEIGHTS, USED AS A NURSERY CARRIAGE, WHEN SEPARATED
AS A. Low CHAIR, TABLE, OR CART INDEPENDENTLY, ALSO FOR COMMODE
PURPOSES."
Figure A shews the chair adjusted to table height, with play board in position as
foot board.
Figure B shews the chair adjusted as a nursery carriage, with the foot board in
position as play board.
Section C of side shews the telescopic arrangement of the legs, which place the
wheels into action when the lower part of the seat is fastened to the upper part by
catch E, also the fastening of the play board by stick F, also the veneer and canvas
back let in groove G.
Section D of back shews the notches in back legs, which are caught by pieces of
wood H attached to each other by a small spring 1, pulled out of action by a piece
of leather cord passing under bottom K; and attached to strap L.
The novelty of the chair as a whole consists in the telescopic action of the legs;
the self-acting catch at side to force by them the wheels into action for carriage
purposes; the notch or spring action, by which the chair can be adjusted to various
heights; the combined use of foot board and play board, and the fastening of same
'with stick; the use of veneers with canvas between for the panelling of back; the
application of a commode seat to a high child's chair.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Williams Benn, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
JOHN WITT TTING
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JOHN WILLIAMS BENN
(L.S.)