An Improved Portable Collapsible Folding Unair.
Year: 1896

page_text: An Improved Portable Collapsible Folding Unair.
We WILLIAM BLACKWELL of 51 Edgbaston Street Birmingham, SAMUBL
BALL 51 Edgbaston Street Manufacturers, and JOHN MITCHELL Rose Cottage
Aston-by-Stone Staffordshire, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The frame of chair is composed of metal and the seat of canvas or other similar
material stretched by means of rollers of wood or other material attached to
framework. The metal framework is connected piece to piece by rivets or pins so
As to perinit of the joints working easily and each part closing one within the
other. The canvas is made to form one or more pockets so as when closed and a
strap passed around-it forms a bag or satchel.
Our invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Fig. 1 & 2 shew chair closed & Fig. 3 chair open.
A folds into B & A B into C which is the outside frame. Stretchers D detach
at & folding diagonally (as shewn in Fig. 1) enable D & F to fold up
underneath & within C.
WILLIAM BLACKWELL,
SAMUEL BALL.
JOHN MITCHELL.
An Improved Portable Collapsible Folding Ohair.
We WILLIAM BLACKWELL of 51 Edgbaston Street Birmingham Manu-
facturer, SAMUEL BALL of 51+ Edgbaston Street Birmingham Manufacturer &
JOHN MITCHELL Rose Cottage Aston-by-Stone Staffordshire, Designer 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:-
Referring to the drawings filed with our Provisional Specification,
The frame of chair is composed of metal & the parts A. B. C. D & F (see
drawing Fig. 3) are hinged together by rivets or pins so that A folds into B &
A. B. into C which is the outside frame & seat of chair. Stretchers E fold
diagonally (Fig. 1) within D thus enabling D to told into underside of C & as the
ends of D where joined to C are cranked (Fig. 3) F is enabled to lie around D
& within C when closed (see Figs. 1 & 2). Stretchers E are each drilled &
rounded at the end nearest to D through which passes a small loop that is rivetted
to D at D D thus they (E) are enabled to swivel to either of the positions required
closed or open, the opposite end to loop is bent out at right angles about the
of an inch in which is cut a notch in the underside, then passes through a slot

page_text: in F at F F & dropping into place acts similar to a latch & holds legs F & D firmly
in position.
The canvas (or other material) seat & back is attached by means of wooden
stretchers G to frame C by screws which pass through Cat C C (Fig. 1) and is
then continued to top of chair, being held by a strip of metal rivetted to each
of the hack rails H & I respectively (Fig. 3) the material (canvas or such like)
being between.
The chair has ample sitting space when open (Fig. 3) & yet when closed
(Figs. 1 & 2) so compact that 8 of them occupy but a cubic foot of space.
In addition bags can be attached in such positions at the back of chair back
& front of front legs (as shewn in Fig. 3) that when closed they are each iu the
outside of framework & when straps are passed around it is rendered as "portable"
.& " collapsible "as a hand bag or satchel.
Having now particularly described the nature of our invention & in what mauner
the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. The novelty of lightness combined with strength obtained by the peculiar
form & structure of this improved idea as a whole.
2nd. Its compactness & adaptability to form a framework for a bag or satchel.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1897.
WILLIAM BLACKWELL.
SAMUEL BALL.
JOHN MITCHELL.