Improvements in or connected with Foot Rests.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1899-Accepted. 18th Mar., 1899
We, ARTHUR WELLINGTON FENTON, M.D., of Normans Hurst, and JOHN
EDWARD O'CONNOR, M.B., of 1, Surrey Street, both in Lowestoft, in the County
of Suffolk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a foot rest which can be attached to
a mantel-piece in a suitable elevated position.
A clamp is provided having jaws which by screws or otherwise can be made to
grip the mantel-piece securely, to this clamp a foot rest is connected by a joint.
The foot rest consists of a surface against which the soles of the feet can be applied
and a
ledge or support against which the heels rest.
The joint preferably is so constructed that it can be locked fast with the foot
rest at any desired inclination.
Sometimes we make the joint moveable upon the clamp up or down so that
the foot rest may be set at any height that is desired.
Dated this 10th day of in 1808
ARTHUR W. FENTON.
J. E. O'CONNOR.
Improvements in or connected with Foot Rests.
We, ARTHUR WELLINGTON FENTON, M.D., of Normans Hurst, and JOHN
EDWARD O'CONNOR, M.B., of 1, Surrey Street, both in Lowestoft, in the County
of Suffolk, 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 object of this invention is to provide a foot rest which can be attached to
a mantel-piece in a suitable elevated position.
A clamp is provided having jaws which by screws or otherwise can be made to
grip the mantel piece securely, to this clamp a foot rest is connected by a joint.
The foot rest consists of a surface against which the soles of the feet can be applied
and a ledge or support against which the heels rest.
The joint preferably is so constructed that it can be locked fast with the foot
rest at any desired inclination.
Sometimes we make the joint moveable upon the clamp up or down so that
the foot rest may be set at any height that is desired.
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page_text: The drawings illustrate two foot rests made in accordance with this invention.
Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections of the foot rests.
In both figures a is a mantel piece or shelf and b is a clamp having a screw c
by which the foot rest is secured to the mantel piece or shelf.
In Figure 1 the foot rest consists of a surface against which the soles of the
feet can be applied and a ledge e to support the heels. The foot rest is secured
to the clamp by a joint f by means of which it can be turned to any desired
inclination.
In Figure 2 the foot rest is fixed to a sleeve g through which passes a rod h.
It is secured at any desired height to this rod by means of a screw . The rod h
is jointed at k to another rod which passes through guides m m in the clamp
and is held in position by a screw n.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
Foot rests substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.