Tables, and other Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1887

page_text: Tables, and other Articles of Furniture.
I, ANDREAS DARMER of the City of Stralsund in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawing
which forms part of the specification and in which similar letters of reference indicate.
corresponding parts:-.
Figures 1 and 2 represent the new foot or cushion in axial section and in elevation.
Figures 3 and 4 are axial sections representing a modified construction.
Figures 5 and 6 show another modification in axial section and in plan.
Figure 7 is an elevation of a further modification.
The object of the invention is to construct a foot or cushion which is fastened in a
simpler way to furniture, is more durable and of better appearance than feet or
cushions hitherto known or in use, and which servo for the same general purpose,
namely, the avoiding of the noise inseparable on the moving of chairs, tables and
other furniture, the preservation of the floors and carpets, and a firmer stand of the
article of furniture upon more or less uneven or warped flooring.
The new foot or cushion consists of 2 parts; the foot or cushion proper a and the
frame or socket 6 by means of which the former is attached and fastened to the article
of furniture.
The foot or cushion a is made of vulcanized india rubber, cork or other elastic and
suitable material and of any desired shape. I prefer to make it similar to a half-ball
or to a truncated cone or four, or more, sided pyramid, the flat bottom and sloping
edge of which bodies are secured and kept in place by the socket b.
b
The socket 6 may be made of any suitable material. In figures 1 and 2 it is made
of wood. It consists of circular plate c with upturned edge or flange d undercut
on the inside and with a pintle f, which latter is fitted into a suitable hole drilled
into the furniture leg or support. Glue may be used to give additional security.
Into the cavity formed by the plate c and its undercut flange d the foot or cushion a
is sprung in with its sloping edge, which will secure it sufficiently to the socket b.
But to make it more secure, glue, cement; or any other suitable adhesive material
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page_text: may be used in addition between the cushion a and the socket b. In the figures 3 to 7
the socket b is represented as made of metal, brass, iron, or such like. In figure 3
the construction of the socket b is the same as in figures 1 and 2, only the dimensions
are changed according to the changed material. It is attached to the furniture also
by a pintle f.
The furniture foot or cushion represented at Figure 4 differs from that represented
at Figure 3 only in that the pintle f of the latter is in this case changed into a
screw, as a screw is more convenient and not so liable to separate from the
furniture as a smooth cylindrical metal pintle.
Where the dimensions of the furniture legs or supports allow or make it desirable
the furniture foot or cushion represented at figures 5 and 6 may be used with
advantage. The plate e is made square and wider than the flange d gripping the
cushion a and provided with screw holes y in the projecting part of the plate c. The
pintle is dispensed with, as the device is fastened to the furniture by screws
passing through the holes 9.
The construction shown in figure 7 is very convenient for round legs of chairs and
tables. The socket b holds the foot or cushion a by means of the undercut flange d
of the circular plate c, while the fastening pintle is changed to a hollow cylinder 2,
into which is fitted the furniture leg. Small wood screws or pins driven across the
cylinder into the wood of the leg aid to keep the device in its place. This
socket b, figure 7, may be made wholly of cast metal or the plate a may be brazed
into a tube, the projecting flange d being pressed or spun into the proper shape.
It may be remarked that the shape and colour of the socket 6 may be made to
correspond with those of the furniture itself, and it may be richly ornamented or
plated to taste.
I am well aware that elastic feet or cushions have been heretofore used for furniture,
and I do not claim a furniture foot or cushion in general, but the construction of the
furniture foot or cushion as above described I consider to be new.
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 :-
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1. As a new article of manufacture, a furniture foot or cushion, consisting of an
elastic cushion a of a suitable material and of a socket b by means of which the
cushion a is held and attached to the furniture, substantially as herein set forth and for
the purpose explained.
2. In combination with an elastic cushion a of suitable shape and material, the
socket having a recess into which the cushion a is secured by the elasticity of the
cushion a and the undercut flange d either alone or aided by cement, glue, or other
adhesive material, and a pintle for a screw for other devico for the purpose of
attaching or fastening directly the socket b and thereby indirectly the cushion a to
the furniture at the proper places, substantially as shown and described and for the
purpose explained.
Dated this 4th day of Novemben 1987