Combined Campstool and Satchel or Game Bag.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Combined Campstool and Satchel or Game Bag.
1 JOHANN BAPTIST EDUARD GIEBEL called Hans Giebel Merchant of 50 Gitschiner
strasse S. S. Berlin in the German Empire, 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:-
The campstools or folding chairs hitherto used by tourists and artists are either too
heavy in order to carry them without considerable inconvenience on pedestrian
excursions or if they were made lighter they did not meet the requirement of affording
a comfortable and safe seat but frequently broke under the weight of the person using
them.
These inconveniences are obviated by my improved combined campstool and satchel
or game bag and my improvements consist in so arranging the under frame of the
stool that it can be folded into a square frame and forming the seat with folding flaps
which when folded over the underframe placed upon the seat form a satchel or
travelling or game bag so that the stool can not only be carried with convenience but
also a receptacle is formed for travelling or other equipment.
On the sheet of drawings appended hereunto
Figure 1 shews a perspective view of the stool ready for use, with folding flaps
removed.
Figure 2 a sectional side view and
Figure 3 a front view of the same.
Figure 4 a plan of the top with the folding flaps spread out.
Figure 5 a plan of the underframe folded together.
Figure 6 the stool folded up into a satchel or travelling or game bag.
The underframe consists of the frame A the uprights a a¹ of which are connected
by the cross rails b and e and form two feet, while other two feet are formed on the
swivel rail d, which can be turned on a bolt passing through the cross rail b and fixed
in its position by the wing nut c. When this swivel rail is fixed perpendicularly to
the cross rail b, the frame A. will rest on the four points a a¹ d. Two bars ff'
bent as shewn and moveable on pivots in the uprights are then turned up again the
upper cross rail e which holds them spread apart as shewn by figures 1 and 2. The
seat board B has two dove-tailed ledges g g' screwed to it and is slipped from the side
over the tops of the bars the thickness of the cross rail e being such that the
bars have to be sprung together for this purpose, so that they will hold the seat B
irmly.
The seat B is further provided with side flaps h h h h of leather or its equivalent,
one or more of which may be provided on their inner sides with pockets for holding
ravelling requisites.
After the stool has been used as a seat, the top or seat board B. is drawn off and placed
pon the ground with the flaps spread out as shewn by figure 4. The swivel rail d
fter loosening the wing nut c is turned parrallel to the cross rail b and the bars ff¹
re folded down upon the latter, when the underframe will be laid together into a
quare frame as shewn by figure 5, which is placed upon the underside of the seat B.,
he hollow space in its inside affording room for the reception of sketch books
nd paint boxes, travelling necessaries, luncheons or other articles. After these have
een stowed into the frame the side flaps h h h h are folded over the same and
trapped by means of the straps ii and buckles kk. The stool then forms a satchel
r game bag and can conveniently be carried in the manner shewn by figure 6.

page_text: 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
A combined campstool and satchel or game bag consisting of an underframe so
arranged that when folded together it forms a hollow square frame and of a seat
formed with side flaps which when folded over the folded underframe placed upon the
underside of the seat form a satchel or game bag substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the drawings.
D
when 1000
EMMOTT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.