An Improved Outdoor Seat or Chair.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Outdoor Seat or Chair.
THOMAS WILSON ROBERTSON, Uniondale Terrace, Bloomfield Avenue,
Belfast, Ireland, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in the hingeing of a series of laths (which form the seat)
on one edge, and at each end; or in the centre of the frame of the chair, by
means of hinges, studs, screws, or bolts. The other edges of the laths are also
hinged to a connecting rod in a similar manner, at one end, or at both ends, or in
the centre. By lifting the connecting rod, and either pushing it from you, or
drawing it towards you, as the case may be, you will reverse the hinged laths.
The reason for making the laths reversible is :-that in case the upper side gets
wet, the under side may be turned up to form a dry seat.
Dated this 15th day of July 1895.
THOMAS WILSON ROBERTSON.
An Improved Outdoor Seat or Chair.
I, THOMAS WILSON ROBERTSON, of Uniondale Terrace, Bloomfield Avenue,
Belfast, Ireland, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and claimed in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved outdoor seat or chair, and has for object
to construct such seats or chairs in such manner that should one side of the seat
become wet from: exposure to the rain or from other causes the seat may
instantaneously be reversed and the dry side be turned uppermost. The
mechanism for reversing the seat is of the simplest character and there are no
parts liable to get out of order.
In accordance with this invention I hinge a series of laths, which may be of
wood, metal, or other suitable substance or material, and which form the seat, on
one edge to the framing of the seat or chair. The hinging may be effected at
each end of the lath and upon the side frames of the chair or seat or said hinging
may be to a bar, rod or other support, placed centrally within the framing of the
chair or seat.
To effect an instantaneous changing of the side of the seating exposed I further
hinge the other edge of each lath to a connecting-rod, either at one end or botlı,
or in the centre of the laths.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood I will now
describe same more particularly with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. represents in side elevation an outdoor seat constructed in accordance
with this invention.
Fig. 2. being a plan of same.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively side elevation and plan of the seat with the laths
in the raised position as when being reversed.

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3. 15 a Side elevation view, and
Fig. 6. a plan of the seat with the laths reversed.
Figs. 7 and 8 are side elevational views of a modified construction of hinging,
respectively as in the operation of reversing the laths and as when in position
for use.
Fig. 9. is a plan of the ends of two of the laths and a portion of the hinge
plate.
a a are the laths forming the seat proper. These are each hinged along one
edge to the framing of the chair and the hinging may be at each end of the lath
as shown in the drawings, or when preferred it may be placed centrally to a
centre bar of the framing of the chair. A simple manner of forming the hinging
is as shewn Apertures bare formed or made in the laths a and a corrugated rod,
wire, belt, or band c, of metal or other suitable material, is passed therethrough
and affixed to the framing of the seat or chair. d is the connecting-rod before
mentioned which is hinged to the opposite edges of the laths in a similar manner
to the rod or band c just described.
When it is desired to reverse the laths the connecting-rod d is lifted up as
shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 and drawn forward or pushed backward as the case may
be when the laths a forming the seating are reversed.
The hinging of the laths may be effected in any suitable manner, and a modified
form of hinging is illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. The laths a are formed with
two bearing pieces a' a² at each end. A strip of metal or band of suitable
material e is formed with eyes or rings f thereon and in these eyes f the bearing
pieces a are inserted. This forms the hinge, and to effect the simultaneous
reversal of the laths l' have the connecting-rod or baud g formed with the eyes or
rings into which are inserted the bearing pieces a² of the laths a.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
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..1. The improved outdoor seat or chair substantially as herein before described.
2. In outdoor seats or chairs the reversible seating consisting of laths hinged at
one edge to a framing and at the other to a connecting-rod or strip, all constructed
and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of October 1895.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.