Year: 1886

page_text: I WILLIAM BENDALL 133 Vicarage Road, Aston Birmingham Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In making a childs go chair on the folding principle in wood or metal & in
providing a moveable seat for the purpose of turning it into a carriage when it is
not in use for teaching the child to walk.
In making folding chairs with their backs & their front legs in one continuous
piece of metal or wood.
In turning the legs outwards from the folding centre thus making the base
wider than the seat, instead of folding parallel as here-tofore.
In staying the legs of folding chairs with bars fitted from leg to leg diagonally
for the prevention of side racking.
In fixing on the back & front bars of the seats, moveable bars to fall into racks
or notches fixed upon the back legs & front legs for the purpose of lowering the
seat & back at will.
In making the seats of these folding chairs with a band of metal passing over
the bars connecting the front & back legs the seats to be fastened on the top of
the band allowing the bars to pass freely underneath.
In hinging the solid seat itself so as to allow it to fold with the same ease as a
carpet seat upwards or downwards.
In making that part of the back which supports the back of the sitter inde-
pendent of the frame & hanging on centres as a swing glass is hung allowing the
back to be placed at any angle which arrangement may be applied to chairs that
do not fold.
In connecting the legs by means of jointed bar for the purpose of taking the
strain, thus preventing the breaking away of woven seats.
In making metal chairs, the backs of which are hinged to the hind legs and
supported by arms at the side and placing on the back a rack, for the arms to
work in to raise or lower the back.
In making folding childrens table chairs in ivory & brass with some or all of
the recited improvements.

page_text: In passing the canvas through two bars then putting a bar through a loop in
the canvass to hold the canvass using therewith a rack or suitable appliance fixed
upon the back for the purpose of receiving the rod in the canvass to lengthen or
shorten the same or the back to be made in two parts to slide & pass each other
& fixed with suitable fastenings.
In making a childs chair in metal with the legs allowed to expand and fall upon
the floor onto wheels so as to be used as a carriage by forming the connection
of the back with the legs so as to be moveable and thus when the back is released
the legs will fold down & the wheels being attached a short distance up the legs
will be brought down onto the floor, the moveable back being then refixed will
hold the legs rigid.
I also claim these inventions as applicable to hammock chairs in metal.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Folding and other Chairs.
I WILLIAM BENDALL of 133 Vicarage Road Aston Birmingham in the county of
Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOLDING AND OTHER CHAIRS and in what,
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
I will describe the invention by aid of the accompanying Drawings.
My invention consists firstly in making a childs go chair on a folding principle
in wood or metal Fig. 1, and in providing a moveable seat (a) for the purpose of
turning it into a carriage. The seat (a) is hinged at (b) to fall down as shewn in
dotted lines when it is in use for teaching the child to walk.
Secondly in making folding chairs with their backs and their front legs in one
continuous piece of metal or wood that is to say making (e) and (d) of Fig. 2 of
one piece instead of being jointed as shewn in the Drawing.
Thirdly in turning the legs outwards from the folding centre as at (c) thus
making the base wider than the seat instead of folding parallel as hitherto.
Forthly in staying the legs of folding chairs with jointed bars fixed from leg to
leg, shewn in dotted lines at (f) or with fixed bars (9) placed diagonally for
the prevention of side racking.
Fifthly in making the seats of these folding chairs with a band of metal at each
side passing round the front and back bars that connect the front and back legs;
the seat is fastened on the top of these bands so as to allow the front or back to
pass freely within the bands underneath the seat when folding the chair.
Sixthly in hanging the solid seat as at (h) so as to allow it to fold with the same
ease as a carpet seat.
Seventhly in making that part of the back which supports the back of the
sitter independent of the frame and hanging on centres as a swing glass is hung
thus allowing the back to be placed at any angle. This may be applied to chairs
that do not fold.
Eightly in making metallic chairs the backs of which are hinged as at (e) to the
leg (o) and supported by arms (i) connected by the rod () and placing on the back.
a rack (k) for the rod connecting the arms to work in, to raise or lower the back as
shewn in dotted lines.
Ninthly in making folding childrens table chairs in iron or brass with some or
all of the recited improvements as illustrated in Fig. 3. ⚫
Tenthly in passing the canvas through two bars then putting a third bar through
a loop in the canvas to hold the canvas and using a rack (1) Fig. 3 or other
suitable appliance fixed upon the back for the purpose of receiving the rod in the
canvas to lengthen or shorten the same as required, or the back to be made in two
parts to slide and pass each other and be fixed with suitable fastenings as shewn
in dotted lines Fig. 3.
Lastly in making a childs chair in metal with the legs allowed to expand and
fall upon the floor onto wheels (m) Fig. 3 so as to be used as a carriage by forming
the connection (n) of the back with the legs so as to be moveable and thus when

page_text: the back is released the legs will fold down and the wheels (m) being attached a
short distance up the legs will be brought downwards to the floor the moveable
back being then fixed into the rack (o) on the back legs.
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. Making folding childs go-chairs substantially as described and illustrated in
Fig. 1.
2. Making childrens folding table chairs in metal as shown in Fig. 3 that is to
say with or without the several improvements in folding chairs described & illus.
trated by Fig. 2.
3. Making metallic folding chairs with all or some of the improvements named
with reference to the form and staying of the legs, the construction of the seat and
the mode of altering the angle position or height of the back of the chair.
4. The arrangement described for lengthening and shortening the canvas back
of chairs.
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