Improved Construction or Arrangement of Foldable Garden and like Seats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction or Arrangement of Foldable Garden and like
Seats.
I, SIDNEY WILLIAM JOHNSON, of 204, High Road, Upper Clapton, County of
London, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improved construction or arrangement of
foldable garden and like seats.
For the purpose of my invention, I connect rails or bars of X formation by
tightening bolts as the joints, these rails when opened out form supports for the
seat proper and the back uprights in the following manner :-
Three pairs of cross legs held by bolts through the centre are fixed at equal
distances apart by bolts to two lathe, across which canvas or boarding is fixed to
form the seat. The front lath is fixed on to the top of the front legs, and the back
lath on to the front side of the top of the back legs. The supports for the back
are fixed to the top of the back legs by bolts through their sides. These sup-
ports project downwards from the bolts to the extent of about six inches, and on
the front side of each projection at a suitable distance from the end, is fixed a
steel button which by being turned crosswise to the wood is made to catch the
back side of the back legs and so support the back.
Three laths are fixed across these supports to form the back.
As the legs and supports for the back are each, say, 2 inches in depth and
about one inch thick made of very hard strong wood and their sides pressing
closely to each other where the bolts are fixed the seat is rendered very strong
and firm as the parts all brace one to the other. The legs and seat can be folded
together into the breadth of about six inches which is very convenient when
wishing to stow it away or cart a number of them from place to place.
If it is desired to fold it into a smaller compass still, the seat can be taken
off the legs by taking out the six bolts by which it is fastened to them, and
fold the legs and back all within one another into one thickness and fix the
latha (to which the canvas is attached and around which the canvas can be rolled
if desired, the bolts being laid in the canvas between the laths) at the side and
underneath the bottom lath of the back by strings arranged for the purpose, thus
bringing the seat into a thickness of about three and a half inches and into a
very compact form.
Dated this 16th dow of N1000

page_text: Improved Construction or Arrangement of Foldable Garden and like
Seats.
I, SIDNEY WILLIAM JOHNSON, of 204, High Road, Upper Clapton, County of
London, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention rolates to certain improved construction or arrangement of
foldable garden and like seats.
For the purpose of my invention, I connect rails or bars of X formation by
tightening bolts at the joints, these rails when opened out form supports for the
seat proper and the back uprights in the following manner:--
Three pairs of cross legs held by bolts through the centre are fixed at equal
distances apart by bolts to two laths, across which canvas or boarding is fixed to
form the seat. The front lath is fixed on to the top of the front legs, and the back
lath on to the front side of the top of the back legs. The supports for the back
are fixed to the top of the back legs by bolts through their sides. These sup-
ports project downwards from the bolts to the extent of about six inches, and on
the front side of each projection at suitable distance from the end, is fixed a
steel button which by being turned crosswise to the wood is made to catch the
back side of the back legs and so support the back.
Three laths are fixed across these supports to form the back.
As the legs and supports for the back are each, say, 2 inches in depth and
about one inch thick, made of very hard strong wood and their sides pressing
closely to each other where the bolts are fixed the seat is rendered very strong
and firm as the parts all brace one to the other. The legs and seat can be folded
together into the breadth of about six inches which is very convenient when
wishing to stow it away or cart a number of them from place to place.
If it is desired to fold it into a smaller compass still, the seat can be taken
off the legs by taking out the six bolts by which it is fastened to them, and
fold the legs and back all within one another into one thickness and fix the
laths (to which the canvas is attached and around which the canvas can be rolled
if desired, the bolts being laid in the canvas between the laths) at the side and
underneath the bottom lath of the back by strings arranged for the purpose, thus
bringing the seat into a thickness of about three and a half inches and into a
very compact form.
My invention is shown on the annexed sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1
represents an end elevation of the seat as for use.
Figure 2 similar elevation in a closed up or folded condition for stowage or
conveyance. Figure 3 front perspective elevation in an opened out condition
as a seat.
Figure 4 similar elevation with the parts in closed condition or folded up for
stowage or conveyance.
Figure 5 shows the folded position of the parts looking from one end perspec-
tively.
A, A, are legs or struts connected X fashion by bolts B which also serve as
pivot pius or centres on which the legs A, A, can be moved. In the drawings,
Figure 3 and 4, I have shown three sets of such legs which are connected by a
longitudinal lath C at front, this being bolted to the front upper legs, as at D,
where in each of which a notch or scarf shaped slot is formed for the bolt nuts
to be within the front line of the seat. The upper back legs E, E, E, have con-

page_text: nected to them a longitudinal lath F which in conjunction with the front lath C
from the tie to preserve the requisite distance of the X legs and produce rigidity
of the lower structure. G, is the seat proper which may be of canvas or of
wooden slats as a frame to lie in the hollows between the front and back laths C
and F, which as a separate or hinged frame can be secured to one of the laths O
or F and of a breadth to lodge on the other and such seat may have forked catch
plates to sit upon such laths, from which it can be removed by a simple lift and
then it can be laid flat against the back, which for my invention is composed of,
say, three longitudinal laths H, I, J, secured to back uprights K, K, K, which
are bolted at L to the back upper legs E, E, E.
The lower ends of the back uprights K, K, K, extend a short distance below
the joint bolts L and each is provided with a turn button M, or a catch or push
bolt to engage behind the upper back legs when the article is to be used as a
seat and so ensure a rigidity of the back thereto.
To fold the article up to reduce space, such as for packing for stowage or for
moving such a seat from one place to another, the turn buttons M (or other fasteners)
are set free and the front upper legs are pushed back by moving on their pivot
bolts B, B, B, the seat of canvas looping itself as indicated by dotted lines as at
Figure 2.
When it is required to still further reduce the bulk of the folded up article,
the seat proper is removed, the back lath F can be detached by removing the bolts
and then the back K can be folded over downwardly from the rear, so that the
article would appear as represented at Figure 4, the parts being then tied by
cord or rope as by the diagonal lines N,N,N.
The turn buttons M may be fitted to the upper back legs E instead of to the
back K.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
Pivot jointing X legs of garden and like seats, staying the legs by front and
back laths C, F, bolted in the manner shown, pivot bolting a back rest to uppers
of rear legs, and extending the back uprights sufficiently for turn buttons or
other fasteners to engage behind upper portions of back legs as and for the pur-
poses specified.
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