IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMP-STOOLS OR FOLDING-SEATS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Clayton Mewburn of 169 Fleet Street in the City
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of London Patent Agent and Consulting Engineer for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMP-STOOLS OR FOLDING-SEATS A communication to
him from abroad by Wilhelm Walcker of Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Clayton Mewburn at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th September 1882.
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JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London Patent
Agent and Consulting Engineer, IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMP-STOOLS OR FOLDING
SEATS [A communication to him from abroad by Wilhelm Walcker of Paris,
France.]
"
The object of this Invention is to construct camp-stools or folding seats in such
manner that when folded up they can be conveniently used as a support or stick
in walking..
Combined camp-stools and walking sticks have already been made in which the
stick can be opened out in the form of a tripod on which the canvas or cloth
constituting the seat proper is stretched. But seats of this description are
uncomfortable and possess little strength.
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Now the present Invention consists in constructing camp stools (preferably of
reduced width) with a prolongation at the lower part in the form of a leg while
at the upper part the two sides of the stool have each a handle the two handles
coming together when the stool, is folded-These handles thus form the handle of
the walking stick, the body of which consists of the folded stool and the leg or
prolongation above described. The stool is composed of two ✗-shaped pieces of
wood, bamboo or other suitable material jointed at the middle and connected
together at the top by the fabric or cloth which forms the seat proper. Each limb
of the one X-shaped piece is connected at its lower part to the correspon ling
limb of the other ✗-shaped piece by a stay and to one of these stays is jointed the
leg before described. This leg when the stool is folded is retained in place, that is
to say, in a vertical position, by ineans of a cross piece hinged at one end to one of
the X-pieces and hooking at its other end on to à catch on the other X piece, the
leg having a hook to take hold of the cross piece. The two handles before
described are fixed to the top of the two X pieces respectively. When it is
required to use the stool as a seat, the leg is released from the cross piece an!
turned up on its hinge into a horizontal position so that the lower ends of the
X pieces may rest upon the ground as in an ordinary camp-stool.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Clayton Mewburn in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd March 1883.
JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London, Patent
Agent and Consulting Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMP-STOOLS OR FOLDING
SEATS (A communication to me from abroad by Wilhelm Walcker of Paris
France.)
"
The object of this invention is to construct camp-stools or folding seats in such
manner that when folded up they can be conveniently used as a support or stick
in walking.
Combined camp-stools and walking sticks have already been made in which the
stick can be opened out in the form of a tripod on which the canvas or carpet
constituting the seat proper is stretched-But seats of this description are
uncomfortable and possess little strength.
Now the present invention consists in constructing camp-stools (preferably of
reduced width) with a prolongation at the lower part in the form of a leg while at
the upper part the two sides of the stool have each a handle the two handles
coming together when the stool is folded. These handles thus form the handle of
the walking stick the body of which consists of the folded stool and the leg or
prolongation above described.
The improved camp-stool or folding seat is represented in the annexed drawings,
Figure 1 being a side view of the seat folded and Figure 2 a section. The stool is
composed of two X-shaped pieces of wood, bamboo or other suitable material
jointed at o o and connected together at the top by the fabric or carpet a which
forms the seat proper. Each limb of the one ✗-shaped piece is connected at its
lower part to the corresponding limb of the other X-shaped piece by a stay b and
to one of these stays is jointed the leg c before described. This leg when the stool
is folded is retained in place, that is to say, in a vertical position, by means of a
cross piece & hinged at one end e to one of the X-pieces and hooking or attached
at its other end f to the other-X-piece, the leg having a hook g to take hold of the
cross piece. The two handles h h are fixed to the top of the two ✓ pieces
respectively. When it is required to use the stool as a seat, the leg c is released
from the cross piece d, and turned up on its hinge as seen in dots in Figure 2 into
a horizontal position so that the lower ends of the X pieces may rest upon the
ground as in an ordinary camp-stool-see Figure 3.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention as communicated to me
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim :—
Constructing camp-stools or folding seats with a prolongation in the form of a
leg substantially as hereinbefore described so that the stool or seat may be used as
a walking stick as hereinbefore explained.
In witness whereof I the said John Clayton Mewburn have hereunto set iny
hand and seal this twenty first day of March One thousand eight hundred
and eighty three.