IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING SEATS AND TABLES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Joseph Everickx, of Boulevard Saint Denis, No. 1,
at Paris, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING SEATS AND
TABLES."
Sealed the 6th May 1879, and dated the 16th November 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Joseph Everickx at
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the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th November 1878.
CHARLES JOSEPH EVERICKX, of Boulevard Saint Denis, No. 1, at Paris. IM-
PROVEMENTS IN FOLDING SEATS AND TABLES."
This Invention relates to improvements in folding seats and tables, and has for
object a mode of jointing or articulating and mounting, and is specially applicable,
1st, to a system of folding travelling seat with bag; and, 2ndly, to a system of
portable table.
This jointing or articulation is composed of a wooden leg and an upright jointed
or articulated on a stud or pin rivetted between two metal plates, one of which is
fixed to the upright and the other to the leg. A bevilled piece on the leg abuts
against a partition which separates the plates in two symmetrical parts, and it also
gives to the leg the obliquity necessary for the stability of the seat.
The upright is kept oblique by an oblique angle iron piece fixed to the leg. The
second leg and upright are jointed or articulated on a second stud or pin which is
rivetted to the second compartment formed by the partition, and completes the first
face of the seat.
The second face is identical with that of the first, and the two are rendered stable
by cross pieces or rails fixed to the lower ends of the legs and to the upper end of
the uprights. The uprights are jointed to metal pieces fixed under the seat, which
is formed by a frame of wood or metal surrounding a trellis, fabric, or the like.
The metal plates of both the faces are fixed to the extremities of a middle bar or
cross piece, which for purposes of transport is provided with a handle or strap.
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page_text: Under this bar or cross-piece a bag made of leather, carpet, wood, or other suitable
material may be attached, so as to receive provisions, tools, or other articles. This
bag may be a fixture or not, and is of such a height as to lie in the frame formed
by the uprights and the upper cross bar or piece.
The edge of this upper cross piece is bevelled and engages, on the seat being
mounted, in a bar having a V shaped groove, and fixed under the frame of the seat.
This bar thus keeps the scat firm when mounted, and also keeps it when closed by
engaging with a spring fixed to the middle bar or cross-piece.
The upper bar or cross piece being disengaged from its grooved bar the frame,
composed of the uprights and the upper cross piece, fit between the legs and the
lower cross rail by turning on one of the studs or pins, and the two legs coming
together hide the thickness of the bag. The legs on turning on their studs or pins
bring the seat with them, which then lies on the outside of the frame, composed of
the legs and the lower cross rail, and the system is closed when the upper cross
piece is caught by the spring.
The mounting of the table is effected in the same manner, with the exception of
the following modifications:-The legs, uprights, and cross-pieces in flat wood are
here replaced by rods or bamboos, or by any kind and form of wood whatever.
The bevelled cross-piece is also dispensed with, a rail being substituted in its
place, and being set or placed lower. Its function of fastening is replaced by two
hooks fixed on the ends of the uprights, and which enter orifices in metal plates.
fixed under the table, and by engaging with these plates keep the table open.
The unmounting of the table is effected in the same way as the seat, and can be
conveniently carried by its middle bar or cross-piece..
A drawer may be added if desired, and would be entirely concealed in the hollow
deft. by the folded parts.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Joseph Everickx in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th May 1879.
" IM-
CHARLES JOSEPH EVERICKX, of Boulevard Saint Denis, No. 1, at Paris.
PROVEMENTS IN FOLDING SEATS AND TABLES."
My Invention has for object a system or mode of jointing or articulation and of
mounting for portable and folding furniture, such as seats and tables intended to be
carried about or to be put aside when not in use, and its special application to a
system or arrangement of folding travelling seat with bag, and to a system or
arrangement of portable table.
The essential features of my Invention will be readily understood on reference to
the annexed Drawings.
This system or mode of jointing or articulation is shewn in full size in the Drawings
at Figures 4, 5, and 6.
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a front and side view of a folded and closed seat
with travelling bag, the said bag being completely enclosed in the folding parts of
the seat.
Figure 3 is a view of the seat opened or mounted.
Figure 7 shews a portable table mounted according to the same system or
arrangement.
This jointing or articulation is composed of the following pieces:-A leg a and an
upright bin wood are jointed on a gudgeon on pin r rivetted between metal plates
c and d, the plate c being fixed to the piece b, and the other d to the piece a. A
beveled raised portion m, forming part of the piece d, abuts against a partition o,
which separates the plates c, d, into two symmetrical portions; this beveled
portion m thus gives to the leg a, on account of the partition o which is in the axis
of the seat, the obliquity necessary for the stability of such seat.
The upright b is kept oblique by an oblique angle iron piece f fixed to the leg a.
A second system or arrangement a', b', analogous to a, b, is jointed or articulated
on the gudgeon or pin r¹, rivetted in the second compartment formed by the
partition o, and completes the first face of the seat.
The second face is identical with that of the first, and the two are rendered stable
by cross rails, or bars a¹¹, a¹¹, fixed at the lower part of the legs a, a', and by the.
cross rail or bar 6, which is fixed at the upper part of the uprights b'. These
uprights are jointed or articulated at x to small metal square pieces fixed under the
seat g, which is formed of a wood or metal frame surrounding a trellis, fabric, or
other suitable material. This seat may however be made in any other convenient
manner.
The plates c, c, of the two faces are fixed on the extremities of a bar, plate, or
cross rail provided with a handle or strap 1 for purpose
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of conveyance.
Under this cross rail p the bag 8, which may be of leather, carpet, or other suitable
material, to 'receive provisions, tools, &c. is attached; it is of such height as to lie
in the frame formed by the uprights b¹, b', and the cross bar 6", and it may be
either a fixture, or be so arranged as to be removeable at pleasure.
The edge of this cross bar 6, fixed under the frame of the seat g, is beveled, and
when the seat is mounted it engages in the uprights 61, 61, having a V groove or
re-entering angle. This bar thus maintains the seat rigid when open or mounted,
and it also holds it when closed or folded by engaging in a spring n fixed to the
cross rail p.
From the annexed Drawings it will be easy to understand the folding of the
seat.
The cross bar 6" being disengaged from the uprights the frame b¹, 6¹¹, b¹, fits into
the frame a¹, a", a¹, by turning on the pin r¹. The two legs a, a¹, coming together
hide the thickness of the bag 8, the leg a' concealing the upright b¹, the leg a con-

page_text: cealing the upright b, which on turning around the gudgeon or pin r has carried
away the seat; this seat lies on the outside of the frame a¹, a¹¹, a¹, and the system
or arrangement is closed on the bar 611 being caught by the spring n.
The mounting of the table (Fig. 7) is effected in the same manner with the
exception of the following modifications:-
The legs, uprights, and cross bars in flat wood are replaced by bamboo rods, or by
wood of any kind and form whatever.
A cross bar of the same form as the others is used instead of the beveled cross
bar b, but it is placed lower, and the fastening is effected by means of two metal
hooks i, i, fixed on the ends of the uprights b¹, b', and entering orifices contrived
in the metal plates j, j, fixed under the table, and by engaging therein keep the
table firmly open..
The table folded in the same way as the seat. hereinbefore mentioned can be con-
veniently grasped by the middle cross bar p so as to be carried.
In order to give more lightness to these tables or seats the legs, uprights, and
lower cross-rails can be made of bamboo sawn in halves, without impairing the
solidity or firmness of the same.
A drawer may be added if desired, and would be entirely concealed in the hollow
left by the folded parts.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim, the system or arrangement of jointing
or articulation of folding seats and tables, as herein described, and substantially as
shewn in the Drawings, and the application of the same to a special seat with bag
and to a table, as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Joseph Everickx, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty fourth day of April, in the year One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
Witness,
ALBERT CAHEN,
Civil Engineer,
of Boulevard Saint Denis, No. 1,
at Paris.
C. J. EVERICKX. (L.S.)