Year: 1886

page_text: I JAMES CROSBY PORRETT of the firm of J. C. Porrett and Company of 52 West
Sunniside Sunderland, in the County of Durham, Timber Merchants, 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 a combined folding pan chair and stool for nursery use,
and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional
elevation, and Figure 2 a front elevation of the pan chair as open for use.
Figure 3, is a plan of the chair partly open and partly closed. Figure 4 is a front
elevation of the same entirely closed. Figure 5 shows the cross bar separately.
I will proceed to describe the Invention with reference to the drawings, wherein
the same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
The combined folding nursery pan chair and stool of this Invention consists of
a main frame A in which the pan or utensil B is supported by its flange b upon
cross bearers a. Above the pan is a seat C with a corresponding aperture, said
seat being hinged at c to the main frame so that it may be raised as indicated by
the dotted arc in Figure 1. for the removal of the pan when necessary.
To the
sides of the main frame A side arms D are hinged at d and to the back of the main
frame a flanged or box lid E is hinged at e, so that the side arms D may be folded
down upon the seat and the lid E folded down on the side arms, as indicated by the
dotted arcs in Figure 2, when the article is to be used as a table or stool for general
purposes. When the sides and lid are so closed down, the flanges of the lid enclose
the side arms and the seat and pan beneath are completely concealed from view;
the side bars of the main frame A being made sufficiently deep to prevent the pan
being readily visible beneath them. In the open position the lid E forms a back
to the chair for the support of the child seated upon the seat C, the said back
being maintained in the upright position by hooks & connecting the back E to the
side arms D. The side arms D have oblong holes f near the front upper corner, in
which a cross bar F is placed for the purpose of preventing the child falling
forwards, said cross bar having notches F¹ near its ends which engage with the
side arms D as shown, so that the side arms and cross bar mutually support one
another in position. The ends of the cross bar F are of oblong section, corre-
sponding to the shape of the holes f, the part of the cross bar behind the notches

page_text: being of circular section corresponding to the width of the holes f so that by
inserting the ends of the cross bar by sliding them flatwise into the holes and
then turning the cross bar a quarter round, the parts will be securely locked
together.
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
The improved combined nursery pan chair and stool constructed of a main frame
supporting the pan and provided with a hinged seat, in combination with hinged
side arms, and back or lid, and a stretcher or cross bar, the sides and the back and 1
lid being adapted to fold down on the seat, substantially in the manner herein
described and represented in the drawings.