Improved Chair with Lock Fast Receptacle for Wardrobe and other Objects.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Chair with Lock Fast Receptacle for Wardrobe
and other Objects.
I, GERHARD TERLINDEN, of Oberhausen, in the German Empire, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to a chair with lock fast receptacle for wardrobe and other
objects, said receptacle being thereby produced, that a communicating box like
space is made beneath the seat and behind the chair back.
The latter are made accessible by the seat being hinged on the one hand to the
front rail of the frame of the chair and on the other hand to the casing of the back
of the chair. The casing of the chair back is connected to the frame work of the
chair by means of a suitable locking device so that when the same is unlocked
the casing to the back and also the seat can be flapped forwards in such
manner that the space behind the casing and beneath the seat are given free or
opened.
Wearing apparel such as overcoat, hat, also stick, umbrella, small packages and
the like can be deposited in the aforenamed chairs which can be used to great
advantage for restaurants, concert-halls, theatres and the like as the wardrobe is
always near at hand but still securely stored, so that a purloining of the same is
absolutely precluded.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of a closed wardrobe chair.
Fig. 2 a like view with the chair opened.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the closed chair.
Fig. 4 represents a rear view of the seat with wire bow for holding a hat or the
like.
Figs. 5, 6 & 7 represent the details of the locking device.
My improved wardrobe chair can be made in any desired form and of any
requisite material and consists of the seat frame a and back frame carried by the
legs c.
Beneath the seat a and back b which are provided with suitable casing,
upholstery or perforated casing, I arrange the preferably communicating spaces d, e
for receiving wardrobe or other objects. In order to make these spaces readily
accessible and easy to be locked the seat is hinged at g to the seat frame a
so that the same can be flapped up as shown in Fig. 2 the casing of the back
being also hinged at i to the seat fin such manner that when the parts and fare
turned on their hinges g, i, the spaces d, e can be opened, so that wardrobe can be
placed in the same.
The casing and with this also the seat can be securely locked to the frame of
the chair back by means of a suitably constructed locking device; a device of the
kind being represented in Figs. 5, 6, 7, although it will be evident that any other
appropriate locking device can be employed without departing from the nature of
my invention.
A hook for hanging up wardrobe is fixed to the cross-bar of the back of the
chair (Fig. 3) whilst a wire bow or its equivalent can be fixed to the inner
surface of the seat f. An umbrella or stick can be inserted in the socket y which
runs through the bottom of the receptacle (Fig. 3) and carries a spring y. If the
socket becomes filled with water from a wet umbrella the socket will sink and
denote that the same must be emptied.
The articulated wires or their equivalents z attached at the one end to the
frame and at the other end to the seat prevent the latter from falling too far

page_text: forwards and serve to retain the wardrobe in such position that when the parts 7,
are closed the said wardrobe will not be clamped between the parts.
Suitable springs can be so arranged that as soon as the latch is released the
casing will be automatically opened or the hinges can be arranged so as to effect
the like object.
Although I have represented my wardrobe chair as opening from the front, this
being the preferable manner of manufacture, it will be evident, that the rear
casing of the back can be made to open for the insertion of wardrobe and the like
or the seat and casing to the back can be hinged so as to turn to one side, but these
modifications I consider less practical although the same can be effected without
departing from the nature of my invention.
The locking device as shown consists of a latch arranged on the plate n, and
which is operated on by a suitable spring or springs and is arranged to turn around
a pin or pivot running through the said latch and the two studs k.
The hooked
end of the latch passes through an orifice n in the plate n and gears into a
corresponding orifice n in the striking plate attached to the casing h, or the like,
to the chair back thus securely locking the receptacle d, e.
The latch is released by a rotary arm o arranged beneath the latch operating so
on the inclined lower surface of the same that the hook or nose is caused to move
upwards into the lock, said arm o forming a part of a rotary plate p rotating
on the platen, the second arm being so operated on by a spring that the
arm o is continuously pressed against the look or nose of the latch 7.
The rotation of the arm o for unlocking the latch is effected by means of a
hollow key inserted over a pin s of the plate p.
A small projection or projections u of the pin s fits into a recess in the key and
prevents the same turning on said pin, the form and arrangement of the projection
or projections u being capable of numerous variations which must of course corre-
spond with the opening of the keyhole.
The key is preferably so constructed that the key pipe r carries a rectangular
lever with knob so that a part rotation of the lever will release the latch. The
lever can be numbered correspondingly to the escutcheon (Figs. 2 & 6) of the
frame. The escutcheon v can also be provided with the word "engaged" or other
similar notice which becomes visible as soon as the key is removed.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the special construction
either of the wardrobe chair or the locking device as both can be varied without in
any way departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1) A wardrobe chair so constructed that after releasing a suitable locking device
the casing to the back and the seat can be so flapped forward, that the hollow
spaces d, e, for the reception of wardrobe or other articles, are exposed or laid
open, substantially as described in the foregoing Specification and shown in the
drawings.
2) A wardrobe chair so constructed that on releasing a suitable locking device
the rear casing of the back can be opened so that wardrobe or other articles can be
inserted in the spaces d, e, substantially as described in the foregoing Specification
and shown in the drawings.
3) A chair for the reception of wardrobe and other objects in which the case
like spaces d, e beneath the seat and to the rear of the back are thereby made
accessible that the casing to the back is connected to the seat fand the seat with
the seat frame a by means of hinges i, y, so that the parts h, f can be flapped
forwards to expose the spaces d, e, whilst the part h, can be locked to the frame b
in order to prevent unauthorised persons from opening the chair, substantially as
described in the foregoing Specification and shown in the drawings.
4) In chairs of the kind mentioned in the foregoing claim, a locking device

page_text: consisting of the hooked latch / under spring action which is released by a lever o,
also under spring action, said lever being operated by a hollow key r the lever
arm of which covers an escutcheon so that when the key is removed the word
engaged or the like will become visible, substantially as described in the
foregoing Specification and shown in the drawings.
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Dated this 11th day of April 1892.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.