An Improved Folding Chair Bedstead.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
CODILEIE DIEVITICATION.
An Improved Folding Chair Bedstead.
I JOSEPH DIXON of 20 Leigham Vale, Streatham, in the County of Surrey,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved folding chair, adapted for use as an ordinary
sitting chair, reclining chair with leg rest, or camp-bedstead.
The framework, which may be made of wood or metal, comprises several parts,
so constructed and arranged as to fold into each other and occupy a small space
when the chair is not in use.
I do not use any ratchets, cords, or hinges as is usually done in folding chairs.
All the movements and adjustments of my invention are pivotal, except the leg
rest, which slides back and forth.
To attach the several parts of the framework to each other, I use pins passed
through holes and riveted.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 represents a plan of the chair when closed.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the chair when used as an ordinary sitting
chair.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the chair with the leg rest in position.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the chair when used as a camp-bedstead.
When required for use as an ordinary sitting chair, the legs pivoted to the
sides A A of the seat-frame are unfolded and the back of the chair raised to
the position shown in Figure 2, the side bars B, B, having members C, C, pivoted
to them with extension wings D, D, to support the back of the chair. Cross-
bars 1, 2, 3, 4, are fastened to the members B, B, C, C, and extension wings D, D.
The sides A A of the seat-frame are rebated on the inner side to support the
leg rest when not in use and to allow it to slide back and forth, it being merely
necessary when the leg rest is required for use to pull it forward to the position
shown in Figure 3, and let the legs pivoted to its sides E, E, drop down.
A special advantage of my invention is that the occupant while still seated may
instantly adjust the back of the chair to any desired inclination by simply placing
bis hand on one of the members C and moving it backward or forward.
I provide a catch F, pivoted to the extension wing D, so as to fall over the
cross-bar 2 and keep the members CC and extension wings D, D, securely in
position.
In order to keep the legs which support the seat-frame rigid and free from
movement, the device illustrated on an enlarged scale in Figure 5 is employed, the
plate G being fastened underneath the back and front of the seat-frame so that
the slot a projects beyond the edge, and the catch H is pivoted to the legs so that
its point falls into the slot a of the plate G, while the latch J is pivoted above the
catch H so as to rest upon the top of it and prevent any liability of the said catch
working loose.
To convert the chair into a camp-bedstead as shown in Figure 4, the back B; B,
and members C, C, are let fall to a horizontal position, the extension wings D, D,
assuming a perpendicular position and forming the support for both the back B, B,
and members C, C, the heads b of the extension wings D fitting into the
notches c. c.

page_text: The supports D are held securely in place by the device illustrated
enlarged scale in Figure 6, the plate K being fastened near the top of the supports
and the plate L. fastened on the sides B, so that when the heads 6 of the supports
come into the notches c the tongue d on the plate L will fit snugly into the opening
in plate K, the bar M being pivoted to the plate K as shown so that when the
tongue d is in place in the opening in plate K it may be turned so as to pass over
and rest upon the top of the tongue d, while the part N of the bar M passes over a
pivoted button O which is turned across the part N and keeps the locking device
securely in place.
The chair may be covered and upholstered in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
The herein described folding chair consisting of the various parts and members
pivotally connected together so as to fold into one another, and adapted to be used
as an ordinary sitting chair, reclining chair with leg rest, or camp-bedstead, the
device consisting of the plate G, catch H and latch J for keeping the legs of
the chair firm and rigid, the catch F pivoted to the extension wing D for holding
the sides and extension wings in position, the plates K and L for keeping the sides
and supporting wings securely in place as described when the chair is used as a
camp-bedstead, all substantially as herein described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of July 1896.
JOSEPH DIXON.