Improvements in Children's Cots and Chairs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1856-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Cots and Chairs.
We, WILLIAM SEATON MLENNAN, of 222, Whitehill Street, in the County
of Glasgow, North Britain, Chair Manufacturer, and THOMAS MORTON, of
145, Finlay Drive, in the same county Foreman Chair Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :—
Our said invention has for its object by improved construction to render
children's cots collapsible for convenience in storing or transit, and to render
children's cots and chairs conveniently convertible from non-rocking to rocking.
A cot constructed with the improvements is made with two end frames of wood
or other suitable material or combination of materials; and the end frames are
connected by lattice-work sides consisting of jointed bars or links movable like lazy
tongs. The end bottom parts of each lateral lattice work are jointed to fixed
points on the end frames the end top parts being provided with pins to slide in
grooves in the end frames. The bottom joints of the lattice-work sides between
the ends are connected by transverse horizontal bars which serve to support
bedding when the cot is distended for use. When the lattice-work sides are closed
the ends are brought near together, there being however space between them for
packing bedding. The end frames are each made with a bottom part the ends of
which act as feet when the cot is to be non-rocking. Each bottom part is however
made with an arc-shaped hollow, in which a similarly shaped metal bar fits when
turned up. This metal bar is jointed at its ends to the feet of the end frame
and when turned down at each end the two act as rockers to the cot.
In a similar way a child's chair is made with bottom side pieces, the ends of each
acting as non-rocking feet, whilst a rocking bar is arranged in an arc-shaped hollow
between the two feet of each side piece and can be turned down for rocking or up
for non-rocking,
A device is, by preference, provided for locking the rocking bar in its turned-
down and turned-up positions. For this purpose a plate centered on a pin fixed in
one foot may be made with a notch to engage in a notched projection formed on
the rocker bar when the bar is turned down, the same plate bearing against a square
part of the bar when turned up.
Dated this Twenty-second day of April 1895.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.
We, WILLIAM SEATON MCLENNAN, of 222, Whitehill Street, in the County
of Glasgow, North Britain, Chair Manufacturer, and THOMAS MORTON, of
145, 'Finlay Drive, in the same county, Foreman Chair Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,

page_text: to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that-
is to say :-
Our said invention has for its object by improved construction, to render
children's cots collapsible for convenience in storing or transit, and to render
children's cots and chairs, conveniently convertible from non-rocking to rocking.
A cot constructed with the improvements is made with two end frames connected
by lattice-work sides movable like lazy tongs. The end bottom parts of each
lateral lattice work are jointed to fixed points on the end frames, the end top parts
The bottom joints
being provided with pins to slide in grooves in the end frames
of the lattice-work sides, between the ends, are connected by transverse horizontal
The end
bars which serve to support bedding when the cot is distended for use.
frames rest on the floor when the cot is non-rocking, but they are provided
with improved rockers capable of being easily put in and out of use.
These improved rockers may also be applied to chairs.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood, we hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to, and showing a cot and a chair as made according to
our invention.
Figure, 1, is a side elevation of the improved cot as distended, and
Figure, 2, is a side elevation of the cot, as contracted.
Figure, 3, is an end elevation of the cot with the rockers inoperative.
Figure, 4, is a part end elevation of the cot as with the rockers in use.
Figure, 5, is a side elevation of a chair with the improved rockers applied..
In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
The improved cot is constructed with two end frames, A, of wood or other
suitable material or combination of materials, and the ond frames are connected by
lattice-work sides, B, consisting of jointed bars or links movable like lazy tongs.
The end bottom parts of each lateral lattice work are jointed to fixed points, C, on
the end frames, A, the end top parts being provided with pins, D, to slide in.
grooves, E, in the end frames. The bottom joints of the lattice-work sides, B,
between the ends, A, are connected by transverse horizontal bars, G, which serve
When the lattice-work
to support bedding, H, when the cot is distended for use.
sides, B, are closed the ends, A, are brought near together, there being however
space between them for packing bedding, H. The end frames, A, are each made
with a bottom part, J, the ends of which act as feet when the cot is to be non-
rocking. Each bottom part is however made with an are-shaped hollow, in which
a similarly shaped metal bar, K, fits when turned up. This metal bar, K, is jointed
at its ends to the feet of the end frame, A, and when turned down at each end
the two act as rockers to the cot.
The cot may be made sufficiently large and strong to hold two or four children,
one or two children lying at each end. When the cot is made of the larger size it
may of course be used by an adult. The cot may also be made without the
rockers, K, and without the bottom pieces, J, of the end frames, A, the parts, L,
of the frames to which the bottom pieces are attached being made to rest on the
ground and may be either angular as shown in Figures, 3, and 4, or vertical as
desired. If desired the component bars of the lattice-work sides, B, or some
of them may be extended down to bear on the ground so as to afford additional
Bupport to the bedding, H.
As shown in Figure, 5, a child's chair is made with bottom side pieces, J, the
ends of which act as non-rocking feet, whilst a rocking bar, K, is arranged in an
arc-shaped hollow between the two feet of each side piece and can be turned down
for rocking or up for non-rocking.
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A device is, by preference, provided for locking each rocker bar, K, in its
turned-down and turned-up positions. For this purpose a plate, M, centered on a
pin, N, fixed in one foot may be made with or without a notch, to engage in a

page_text: notched projection, P, formed on the rocker bar, K when the bar is turned down,.
the same plate bearing against a square part of the bar when turned up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is.
1. The improved cot comprising end frames, to which lattice-work_sides,.
connected transversely by horizontal bars, are connected by having at each end
one lattice link jointed to a fixed point, and the other lattice link provided with a.
pin to slide in a groove, substantially as herein before described.
2. Applying to cots and chairs, arc-shaped bars, to be used as rockers, and.
capable of being put in and out of use substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Fifteenth day of January 1896.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.