IMPROVEMENTS IN SEATS, BENCHES, AND CHAIRS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING IN PARKS, PROMENADES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Garrett Tongue, of the Firm of Tongue
& Birkbeck, Patent Agents, & Engineers, of -84, Southampton.
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEATS, BENCHES, AND CHAIRS, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING IN PARKS, PROMENADES, AND OTHER PUBLIC
PLACES."-A communication from abroad by Noël du Chastaingt
and Louis Jules Casimir Marville, both of Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Garrett Tongue
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th August 1878.
I, JOHN GARRETT TONGUE, of the Firm of Tongue & Birkbeck,
Patent Agents & Engineers, of 84, Southampton Buildings, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHATS, BENCHES, AND CHAIRS, FOR THE

page_text: PURPOSE OF ADVERTIZING IN PARKS, PROMENADES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES,"
the same being a communication to me from abroad by Noël du
Chastaingt and Louis Jules Casimir Marville, both of Paris France, to
be as follows :—
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This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of 5
seats, benches, and chairs, for use in parks, promenades, and other
public places, the backs of which are so arranged as to serve for adver-
tizing purposes, the placards being exposed to view both from the front
and back.
According to one part of these improvements the back or other part 1
of a seat, bench, or chair (made of metal, wood, or other material)
is formed with openings for receiving placards, mounted, painted,
enamelled, or otherwise displayed, upon a sheet of metal, glass, or other
suitable material, the edges of such sheets or placards being slid into
grooves formed in the back frame of the seat, bench, or chair, or other- 1
wise secured thereto. When placed in position the sheets or placards
are secured by a hinged or folding bar or frame and locking arrange-
ment, which can only be opened by the persons having charge of such
public seats, benches, or chairs, for the purpose of renewing or
exchanging such advertising sheets or placards.
In place of sliding the sheets or placards, upon which the advertize-
ment is delineated or displayed, such sheets of advertisements may be
secured to the back of seat, bench, or chair, by means of an open
folding frame, bolted, locked, or otherwise secured thereto.
Another part of this Invention consists in forming the backs of public
seats, benches, and chairs, of sheet metal or other material; which is
perforated with ornamental designs or characters for advertising or
ornamental purposes. Or such perforated metallic or other sheets may
be applied to the back or other parts of the seats, benches, and chairs,
so as to admit of their being changed for others when desired.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Garrett Tongue in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st December 1873.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GARRETT TONGUE, of the Firm of Tongue and. Birkbeck, Patent Agents
and Engineers, of 84, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Garrett Tongue, Her special license
that I, the said John Garrett Tongue, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Garrett Tongue, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN SEATS, BENCHES, AND CHAIRS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTIZING IN
PARKS, PROMENADES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES," a communication to me
from abroad by Noël du Chastaingt and Louis Jules Casimir Marville,
both of Paris, France, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said John Garrett Tongue, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Garrett Tongue, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of
seats, benches, and chairs, (for use in parks, promenades, thoroughfares, ..

page_text: railway stations, and other public places, the backs of which are so
arranged as to serve for advertizing purposes, the placards or advertise-
ments being exposed to view both from the front and back.
According to these improvements the back or other part of a seat,
bench, or chair (made of metal, wood, or any other material) is formed
with openings or spaces a, a, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the
Drawings hereunto annexed, for receiving placards, mounted, painted,
printed, enamelled, or otherwise displayed upon a sheet of metal, glass,
or other suitable material, the edges of such sheets or placards being
slid into grooves formed in the back frame of the seat, bench, or chair,
or otherwise secured thereto. When placed in position the sheets or
placards are or may be secured by a hinged or folding bar or frame and
locking arrangement, which can only be opened by the persons having
charge of such public seats, benches, or chairs, for the purpose of
renewing or exchanging such advertising sheets or placards.
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In place of sliding the sheets or placards, upon which. the advertise-
ments are delineated or displayed, such sheets of advertisements may be
secured to the back of a scat, bench, or chair, by means of an open
folding frame, bolted, locked, or otherwise secured thereto.
Another part of this Invention consists in forming the backs of public
seats, benches, and chairs, of sheet metal or other material, which is
perforated with ornamental designs or characters, as illustrated by
Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying Drawings, for advertizing or
ornamental purposes. Or such perforated metallic or other sheets may
be applied to the backs or other parts of public scats, benches, and chairs, a
so as to admit of their being changed for others when desired.
Figure 7 shows a seat or bench arranged in accordance with this
Invention, in such manner that the advertisements displayed thereon
can be illuminated at night when required.
A, A, are plates of glass of various colours placed on each side of the {
bench or seat, and upon which advertisements or decorations are printed
or painted, on the outside or inside surface of the plate glass, as may be
found most convenient. Or metal plates may be employed in place of
the glass plates A, and arranged with perforated letters or designs
thereon for the passage of the rays of light. The perforated parts of the
metal plates representing ornamental designs, letters, or characters, may

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various colours, so that when illuminated at night, the rays of light":
passing through these transparent surfaces causes the designs, deco...
rations, or advertisements, to be seen and read at night...
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These different 'methods of application can be employed.us may be
found-most suitable, according to the localities in which the seats or
benches are to be placed.
Iron or brass wire frames may, if necessary, be placed before the glass
plates A for protection.
The glass plates may be fixed by means of screws in the grooves
arranged to receive the glass or iron plates, so that the pressure of the
backs of persons seated on the seats or benches will not break them.
B is the seat of the bench, which may be double if thought proper,
that is to say, a seat may be made on each side of the support for the
back; O are the legs or supports of the seat or bench; G shows the
width of the illuminated chamber, in which the gas pipes or illuminating
apparatus is placed or arranged; K is the gas pipe, communicating from
the main supply pipe to the gas pipe L, which crosses the illuminated
chamber throughout its length; M are burners, distributing the light to
each advertisement, in order that one burner may illuminate two
advertisements, one in front and the other at the back of the seat or
bench; I, frame of iron wire, permitting the introduction of air necessary
for the combustion of the gas; H, ventilators, for escape of the hot
air from the interior; D, cover or top of the illuminated chamber,
supported or fixed by hinges, as shown. This cover is opened each time
that the chamber is lighted or illuminated; E, lock to open and close
the same; O is a thin metal plate supported at a short or suitable
distance from the outside cover to prevent the outside surface of the
cover getting too hot.
The illuminated chamber of the seat or bench is illuminated by means
of gas or any other suitable light.
Having thus described the nature of these improvements, and the
manner of carrying the same into practice, the Invention not being
confined to the exact details herein-before described, but what I claim
under the above in part recited Letters Patent is, the improved arrange-
ment and construction of seats, benches, and chairs, for the purpose of

page_text: advertising in parks, promenades, and other public places, substantially
in the manner herein-before described and represented in the Drawings
hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Garrett Tongue, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of November, in 5
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.