MENTS. IN FOLDING CHAIRS AND PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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I JOHN PIERCE of 129 Railton Road Herne Hill in the County of Surrey
Carpenter and Joiner do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS. IN FOLDING CHAIRS AND PERAMBULATORS to be as follows,
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The advantage of the combination is that it can be folded into a small compass
28 × 14 × 51/ at the widest parts and weighing only 5
in
X.
lbs. It can
be carried by a child, by Rail Bus, or, Tram, free, of charge; and opened out in a
moment, either as Perambulator or Chair. It is very inexpensive..
There are no loose parts; no screw or spring to adjust, nothing to get out of
order it is perfectly silent in or out of the house. It is made of hard wood with.
light iron and brass fitting and, india rubber tires on wheels. It is, a folding
chair on wheels, with a bood which folds to the back, which back itself folds in
two. The upper part of the back is connected with, the seat by a folding stay.

page_text: DECIFICATION.
I JOHN PIERCE of 129 Railton Road Herne Hill in the County of Surrey
Carpenter and joiner do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FOLDING CHAIRS AND PERAMBULATORS" and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
•
J.K, 1
The improved chair is shown in the Drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1-is a perspective view of the chair when open and Figure 2 a side
view of the chair when closed.
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The chair is as heretofore formed of two frames A B jointed to one another
mid way of their length. The side bars of one frame A form the back legs and side
bars of the seat whilst the side bars of the other frame B form the front legs and
the side. bars of the back. C is a loose piece of fabric secured at one end to a
cross bar at the top of the frame A and at the other end to a cross bar at the top
of the frame B so that it forms both the seat and back as in other folding chairs
heretofore constructed.
;
To the upper part of the bars B are jointed other bars' D which when the chair
is open form prolongations which may be made to carry a hood. They are
connected by jointed stays E which pass from a point intermediate of their length
to the front ends of the bars A which form the side bars of the seat. The
points El at the centre of the stays are knuckle joints which have to be moved
upwards before the chair can be closed. Fare stops carried by the upper ends of
the bars B to prevent-the-bars-D-from-turning-forwards beyond the position in
which they are shown in the perspective view Figure 1. They are prevented from
turning backwards by the stays E and the weight of the person sitting in the
chair keeps the joints E' of the stays from moving upwards. The lower ends of
the legs of the chair are as shown provided with wheels G so that it may be
wheeled about and used as a perambulator for children. The upper ends of the
bars D are connected by a cross bar H which serves as a handle by which the
chair may be pushed along.-I is a footboard jointed to the front legs. J is a hood
jointed to the upper ends of the arms D-it can be turned back so as to hang out
of the way if not required to be used or can readily be removed altogether.
strap K may be provided for strapping a child into the chair when the chair is
being used as a perambulator.
A
To close the chair the joints E¹ of the stays E are raised-the bars D can then
turn down backwards and the frames A. B are free to close together and can be
brought into the position shown in Figure 2. The hood also is set free to turn
down into the position shown in this figure by springing its wire arms outwards
to free them from the stop pins J¹ which previously held it in a horizontal position.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination of the frames A B, bars D, stays E and stops F substantially
as described.
2. The combination of the frames A B, bars D, stays E, stops F, wheels G, hood J
and footboard I substantially as described..