Year: 1899

page_text: I, HAYDN BROWN, of Kent Lodge, Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex,
Physician and Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to my invention I construct a seat for shop assistants as follows:-
I provide a flat top which may either be round, oblong, or rectangular, to the
underside of which is hinged a flap, which when not in use lies flat against the
top, but which when in use is secured in an angular position relatively to the
top by means of a link pivoted at one end to the flap and adapted to be secured
by its other end to the top.
The latter is provided at its back edge with a hook or with two hooks, which
engages or engage with an eye or eyes or equivalent device fixed to the wall,
so that the seat can either be turned up into a horizontal position projecting
from the wall, or it can hang down flat against it. When in the horizontal
position, with the flap secured in the angular position, as described, the lower
edge of the latter bears against the wall so as to act as a strut supporting the
seat.
The connecting link can be variously formed and arranged; thus it may be
a piece of rope with a hook, that hooks on to the shank of the hook of the
seat, or it may be a looped link that fits over the hook of the seat, or it may
be a bar, the free end of which is formed with a pivoted T piece so that it can
be passed through a hole in the seat and then turned on its pivot so as to lie
across the hole.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing shews by way of example a seat con-
structed according to my invention in the position for use, and Fig. 2 shews
the same when not in use lying flat against the wall.
a is the seat, b the hinged flap and c the link, having a hook which is hooked
over the shank of the hook d by which the seat is connected to a screw eye or
other fastening on the wall.
Dated this 24th day of Anost 1899
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
According to my invention I construct a seat for shop assistants as follows:--
I provide a flat top which may either be round, oblong, or rectangular, to the
underside of which is hinged a flap, which when not in use lies flat against the
top, but which when in use is-secured in an angular position relatively to the
top by means of a link pivoted at one end to the flap and adapted to be secured
by its other end to the top.
The latter is provided at its back edge with a hook or with two hooks, which
engages or engage with an eye or eyes or equivalent device fixed to the wall,
so that the seat can either be turned up into a horizontal position projecting
from the wall, or it can hang down flat against it. When in the horizontal
position, with the flap secured in the angular position, as described, the lower
edge of the latter bears against the wall so as to act as a strut supporting the
seat.
The connecting link can be variously formed and arranged; thus it may be
a piece of rope with a hook, that hooks on to the shank of the hook of the
seat, or it may be a looped link that fits over the hook of the seat, or it may
be a bar, the free end of which is formed with a pivoted T piece so that it can
be passed through a hole in the seat and then turned on its pivot so as to lie
across the hole.
Fig. 1 of the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification shews by
way of example a seat constructed according to my invention in the position for
use, and Fig. 2 shews the same when not in use lying flat against the wall.
a is the seat, the hinged flap and c the link, having a hook which is hooked
over the shank of the hook d by which the seat is connected to a screw cyc or
other fastening on the wall, shelves or counter.
In the modification shewn at Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawing, the seat
is made with a rectangular top a having two hooks d for attachment to a wall
or counter and with a framed hinged flap and a looped wire link that is
passed over a stud e at the middle of the seat. Figs. 4 and 5 shew another
modification in which the connecting link c is formed as a metal rod the upper
end of which has pivoted to it a piece f, the rod with its piece f turned in the
position shewn in full lines at Fig. being first passed up through a hole in
the seat, after which the piece f is turned into the dotted position so that in
sinking, it will then bear upon the top surface of the seat as at Fig. 4 where
the seat is shewn attached to the wood work of a shop counter, or shelves.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is :-
A seat for shop assistants consisting of the combination of a top a with one
or more hooks or other appliances for attachment to an eye or other device on
the wall counter or shelves, a supporting flap & hinged at one end to the top
and carrying at its other end a link adapted to have its other end temporarily
attached to the top a so as to secure the support b in an inclined position which
link when detached allows the top and flap to hang down flat against the wall
or counter, substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of September 1899.