Improvement in the Construction of Seats, to Fold Up, when Not in Use.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June,' 1899
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Construction of Seats, to Fold Up,
when Not in Use.
RICHARD MASON, Joiner, Window Works, Hemsworth, near Wakefield, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
1st. A seat made out of a board or strips of wood with battens on the under
side overhanging at the back with a hole in for a bolt to go through it and back
support.
2. The seat supports fastened to the seat with hinges or backflaps close to
the batten on seat.
3. The seat supports made out of pieces of board or strips of wood cut on the
bevel at the bottom end with a batten overhanging with a hole for bolt.
4. The supports for back made of strips of wood with hole near the centre for
bolt to go through to connect it with batten under seat.
The top end cut on the bevel to receive the back rail, the bottom end falling
close to the back edge of seat supports with a hole for bolt to go through it and
the hole in batten making the seat rigid.
5. The back made of strips of wood trenched a little to fit on to the upright
supports, secured with screws, nails or bolts there being one, two or more above
seat and one near the bottom end.
6. By taking out bolt at the bottom end of seat supports they will fold under
the seat and the back supports falling in between the top end of seat support
and the batten under seat.
When thus folded it is very compact occupying very little space.
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when Not in Use.
I, RICHARD MASON, Window Works, Hemsworth, near Wakefield, in the County
of York, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement; —
My invention has for its object improvements in the construction of seats to
fold up when not in use and which when folded is very compact and can be
easily and quickly packed away as it occupies very little space, thus rendering
it specially adapted for transit and also for use where space is limited.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a doubled sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have shown an example of my folding seat.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my seat opened out ready for use.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the seat folded up with the top rail or bar removed.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 2.
In carrying my invention into practice I form the portion A which is the seat
proper out of a board and on the underside I fix two or more battens or supports B
their rear ends overhanging or extending beyond the edge of the seat as
clearly shewn at Figures 1 and 2. Or the seat A may be formed of a number
of strips of wood fixed to the battens or supports B and in each of the rear
ends I form a hole or holes through which the bolts D and D pass and through
the supports or uprights E E as clearly shewn at Figure 2 which bolts D and D¹
act as pivots upon which the seat A hinges. The supports or uprights E E
are cut or formed at their lower ends so as to rest firmly upon the ground and
the strut or support or tie e' which is connected to each is provided so as to
hold them rigid or in position. A hole or holes is formed near the lower ends
of these uprights through which the bolts D2 and D³ pass. The seat supports FF
are hinged at their upper ends by the hinges H to the underside of the seat A
and these supports FF are also cut or formed at their lower ends so as to rest
firmly upon the ground and to these ends the battens or strengthening pieces f¹ f
are fixed the ends f2 of which project beyond the edge and their rear, and in these
ends f I form a hole so that when the seat is open the bolts D2 and D³ pass
through these holes and well as through the holes near the lower ends of the
supports E by which means the supports F F are tied to the supports E E as
clearly shewn at Figure 1 thus holding the parts rigidly together. The back
rail or stay J is fixed near the upper ends of the supports or uprights E E by
screws nails bolts or other means, a counter sink being preferably formed near
these ends so as to more rigidly hold the support J. There may be one two or
more of these back supports if desired.
It will thus be seen that by taking out the bolts D2 and D³ that the supports FF
can be turned or folded under the seat A and the seat can then be turned down
on its pivots and the edges of the uprights or supports E E fitting between
the seat supports FF so as to allow the seat A to come flush against the up-
rights EE as clearly shewn at Figures 2 and 3 thus enabling the seat to be
neatly and compactly folded.
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
('LAIM.
The improvements in the construction of seats to fold up when not in use
consisting essentially in pivoting or hinging a seat such as A to supports or
uprights such as EE the seat supports being hinged to the underside of the
seat and capable of turning under and having extended portions for bolting to
the lower ends of the uprights E E in the manner and for the purpose substan-
tially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 97th day of Wohruary 1900
RICHARD MASON.
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.