Improvements in Garden Seats and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 7th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garden Seats and the like.
I, ANNIE SUNDERLAND, of Heath House, Aston-on-Clun, Shropshire, Gentle-
woman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in garden seats. According to a principal
modification the improved garden seat embraces in one structure the several
features of a wheeled base supporting the device at both ends or at one end with
drop or sliding handles attached to its other end for facilitating its removal from
place to place; an adjustable back which can be arranged to serve the several
purposes of a conveniently sloping back to the seat, a sloping protecting cover to
the seat and a horizontal table running longitudinally of the seat--and adjustable
side tables which can be secured in position for use laterally of and outside the end
arms of the seat, and which when not required fall out of the way to the side of
the lower parts of the end frames of the seat.
The
In such form, the structure is made (preferably of wood though it may be made
of iron or other suitable metal, or of wood and metal conjointly) with end frames
and arms respectively connected by longitudinal bars, and a back bar; and with a
suitable seat formed of wooden slats or battens fitted to a comfortable curve.
lower part of one end frame (or of each end frame) is provided with a cross axle
fitted with runner wheels, and the upper part of the other end frame (or of one end
frame) is provided with drop handles or with sliding bandles which can fall or be
slid end wise out of the way when not required for use. The back of the seat is
made of tongued boarding with connecting cross bars, and it is fitted at its bottom
corners (speaking of its use as a back to the seat) with projecting studs which
engage with slotted frames attached to the inner sides of the corner uprights
projecting from the back of the seat and supporting the back ends of the arms, the
arrangement being such as to permit of the back reclining against the said back-
bar when desired to be used as a back, and of its being turned about the said
projecting studs as a centre and laid in a downwardly inclined position so as to cover
the seat when the latter is not in use, and protect it from rain etc., and of its being
slid up the said slotted frames and turned over so as to rest on the said back bar
and be supported thereby so as to act as a table. The said side tables are each
connected to a curved supporting frame which is of such a form and is so hinged
underneath the seat as that the table can be supported in position for use by its
supporting frame being turned about its hinge and secured by a pin passing through
lugs projecting from the adjacent end of the seat, and as that the tables when not
thus supported can fall or be lowered out of the way to the sides of the lower part
of the end frames of the seat and bear thereagainst by gravity,
In modifications of the foregoing, the adjustable back and side tables may be
separately applied to wheeled garden seats otherwise constructed as aforesaid or
they may be applied together or separately to garden seats not fitted with the
wheeled base and drop or sliding handle attachments.
According to another modification the end arms and back rail may be dispensed
with, the adjustable back then only being used as a back and for the protection of
the seat, the device being otherwise constructed as aforesaid, that is, with a wheeled
base and drop or sliding handles and with the adjustable side tables.
Dated this 6th day of July 1891
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant. .

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garden Seats and the like.
I, ANNIE SUNDERLAND, of Heath House, Aston-on-Clun, Shropshire, Gentle-
woman, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in garden seats and the like.
In a preferred form, the improved garden seat embraces in one structure the
several features of; wheeled base supporting the device at both ends, or at
one end with drop or sliding handles attached to its other end ;-for facilitating its
removal from place to place ;-an adjustable back which can be arranged to serve
the several purposes of, a conveniently sloping back to the seat, when required
to be so used,- a horizontal table disposed longitudinally of the back part of the
seat, when required to be so used, and a sloping cover to the seat when not in use,
protecting the same from rain and from becoming soiled by overhead droppings
and adjustable side tables which can be secured in position for use laterally of and
outside the end arms of the seat, and which, when not in use, may be lowered
out of the way to the underside of the seat in a protected position and so
secured.
Special features of the invention consist in the application to garden seats of
said adjustable back, table and seat-cover, and in the like application of said
adjustable side tables.
The preferred construction of garden seat embracing said several features, is
illustrated in the accompanying drawings; in which
Fig. 1, represents a front elevation, the middle part being broken away; and
Fig. 2, represents a transverse sectional elevation.
In such form, the structure is made preferably of wood, (though it may be made
of iron or other suitable metal or of wood and metal conjointly) with end frames 3,
and arms 4, respectively connected by longitudinal rails 5, and a back rail 6, and
with a suitable seat 7, formed of slats or battens fitted to a comfortable curve.
The lower part of one end frame is provided with studs 8, or with a cross axle
fitted with runner-wheels 9, and the upper part of the other end frame is provided
with hinged drop-handles 10, which can fall out of the way (vide the full lines in
Fig. 1,) when not required for use. Sliding handles may be used in lieu of said
drop-handles. Both eud frames may be fitted with runner-wheels, in which event
the handles 10, will not be used.
11, represents said adjustable table, back and seat-cover, which may advan-
tageously be made of tongued boarding 12, with longitudinal rails 13, and cross
bars 14. The rails 13, may be channelled at 15, so as to allow of any rain-water
running off when the device is in position for serving a seat-cover. The device
may, however, be otherwise made in any suitable manner, and may be made of any
suitable width, and is made of a length slightly less than the distance between the
back uprights 16, of the end frames.
Each end of one of the sides of the device 11, is connected to the adjacent
uprights 16, preferably by means of a hinge-piece 17, which is formed on the one
side with upper and lower lugs 18, by means of which it is screwed to the adjacent
edge of said device, and on its other side with a projecting pin 19, which is adapted
to engage in a slot 20, made in a guiding frame-piece 21, which is screwed at 22,
to the inner side of the adjacent upright 16. Each said guiding piece 21, is also
formed with an open-topped bearing 23, adapted to receive the back rail 6, which
is let into both said bearings 23. Each guiding piece 21, is also formed with a
rearward extension 24, of an angular formation, within which the adjacent corners
of the device 11, rest when serving as a table. An upward extension c, of each
part 21, may be adapted with a roller 25, to facilitate the raising and lowering of

page_text: the device 11, when shifting it from serving as a table to serving as a back to
the seat, and vice-versa.
26, represents the adjustable side tables, one of which may be fitted to each
end of the seat. Each table 26, is screwed at 27, to an angular bracket 28, which
is pivoted at 29, between the arms of a bifurcated bracket 30, which is screwed
at 31, to the adjacent end of the seat. The bracket 30, is also forned with two
pairs of opposite through holes at 32, and 33, through the former of which a
removable pin 34, is passed when the table is in position for use, as represented at
the right hand side of Fig. 1, and in full lines in Fig. 2 and in the latter of which
the pin is passed when it is desired to secure the table out of the way in the
position represented on the left hand side of Fig. 1, and in dotted lines in
Fig. 2.
The aforesaid arrangement is such as to permit of the device 11, reclining
against the back rail 6, when desired to be used as a back (cide the dotted lines a,
Fig. 2, and the left hand end of Fig. 1,);-and of its being turned about the said
studs 19, while reclining at the bottom of the slots 20, in the frames 21, as centres,
and laid in a downwardly inclined position so as to cover the seat when the latter
is not in use, and protect it from rain and overhead droppings, (cide the dotted
lines b, in Fig. 2) and of its being slid up the said slotted frames 21, and turned
over backwardly so as to rest with its adjacent corners and side on the said
parts, 23, 24, and back-rail 6, and be supported thereby so as to act as a table, as
represented in full lines in Fig. 2, and at the right hand end of Fig. 1.
In modification of the foregoing, the devices 1 and 26, may be separately
applied to wheeled garden seats, otherwise constructed as aforesaid, or they may
be applied separately or together to garden seats not fitted with a wheeled base, and
drop or sliding handle attachments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved garden seat hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. The application to garden seats and the like of a device such as that (11) herein-
before described, in such a manner as to serve the several purposes of a back-rest,
table and seat-cover.
3. The application to garden seats and the like of adjustable side tables arranged
as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1892.
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DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.