An Improved Rocking Arrangement as Incorporated in the Construction of Chairs, Couches, and Cradles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 29th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 24th Nov.,
1894
An Improved Rocking Arrangement as Incorporated in the
Construction of Chairs, Couches, and Cradles.
ALEXANDER PAICE Furniture Designer, Wood Carver and Cabinet Maker,
14 Pitt Street Gloucester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The chair, couch, and, cradle are composed each of two side parts connected by
cross rails.
These aforenamed side parts contain the rocking arrangement, and are made up
in this way -
I will take four strips of wood, A-B, C-D, E-F, G-H and lay A-B
across C-D. I now connect the end A to the end C by taking the strip E-F
and placing the end E under A and the end F upon C, pivoting them loosely in
this position.
In the same manner the piece G-H connects the other extremities D and B by
pivoting the end G to D and the end H to B. I prefer to arrange the pieces in
such Jengths that they will fold up.
In making the chairs, couches, and cradles the ends of some of the pieces arc
prolonged and carry rails which give means of attachment to the material used for
support.
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In order to amend the preceeding Provisional Specification I now add drawings,
the letters on which have reference to those used in the foregoing Specification,
and also signify the same parts in both figures.
In Fig. 1 and 2 is shewn the rocking movement in two positions, and how
obtained.
The dotted lines in Fig. 1 represent the extensions of some parts required in
the case of using the invention in the construction of a chair, also the rails, and
the material used for support.
In Fig. 2 the dotted lines shew the rails, and the material for support in the
case of a cradle.
The couch is the same as a chair with the end E of E-F in Fig. 1 extended so
as to carry a leg rest.
Dated this 26th day of May 1894.
nv ANDED) DAICE
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rocking Arrangement as Incorporated in the
Construction of Chairs, Couches, and Cradles.
I, ALEXANDER PAICE of 14 Pitt Street, Gloucester, in Gloucestershire
Furniture 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 :-
The framework of the chair, couch, and cradle is made of wood, metal, or any
suitable material, and is composed of two similarly jointed parts-which herein-
after I will call sides-used in pairs, and connected together by cross rails which
are attached to the aforenamed sides by means of screws or any other suitable
method.

page_text: On some of the rails of this framework is fastened the material used for
supporting the body, which may be made of anything suitable for the purpose.
In the accompanying drawing a chair is represented. Only one side is lettered
to avoid confusion, but it will be understood that the description which applys to
one side applys also to the other.
The aforenamed sides are each composed of four pieces A-B, C-D, E-F,
G-H, which may be either straight or otherwise shaped, and each individual
piece may be of any convenient length; but I prefer to arrange them of such
lengths that they will fold up even with each other. The pivots (r) which pivot
them together may be either screws, bolts, rivets, or any other method that will
give free movement combined with sufficient strength.
To give additional strength, when the framework of the chair, couch, or cradle
is made of wood, I prefer to add metal brackets (a) attached to the rails R and to
the side parts at the places of connection.
The material used for supporting the body is shewn, M.
The rocking movement is obtained in the following way-It is obvious that
when the end A of A-B is depressed the end C of C-D is pulled forward by
means of the connecting piece E-F. And also by the same means, when the
end C of C-D is pushed back the end A of A-B is raised.
In the case of using this rocking arrangement in a chair it is better to make
the end D of C-D which rests on the ground, shorter than the end B of A-Bas
measured from the lower pivots to the ground. As an alternative method I make
the end D shorter still, and continue the connecting piece G-H at the end G so
that this end G rests upon the ground, either instead of, or in conjunction with,
the end D.
In the chair, and also in the couch, the end C of C-D is prolonged to give
sufficient length to the back.
In the case of the couch, and the cradle, I prefer to have the end D of C-D
the same length from the lower pivots to the ground, as is the end B of A-B.
This brings the connecting piece E-F horizontal when in its normal position.
In the case of a couch the end E of E-F is extended and carries a rail, or rails,
to which the material for support is attached, and forms a support for the legs.
This extension may be hinged, to allow of its being more conveniently folded up,
or not.
In the cradle the pieces A-B and C-D are of the same length, the material
for support being attached to the uppermost rails and allowed to drop sufficiently
between. The open ends of this supporting material I prefer to close with a
suitably shaped piece of wood or other material.
I disclaim the mode of attaching the supporting material.
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 :-
1. The combination of four pieces pivoted together as hereinbefore described,
and conjointly called sides, and used in pairs, with the addition of rails, to form the
framework of chairs, couches, and cradles. Or any modification, or modifications,
thereof used to this end.
Dated this 28th day of September 1894.
ALEXANDER PAICE.