AN IMPROVED LOUNGE
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Augustus James Wilkinson, of Sydney, New South Wales,
but temporarily of Weymouth Street, in the county of Middlesex, Manu-
facturers' Agent for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED LOUNGE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Augustus James Wilkinson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th October 1882.
AUGUSTUS JAMES WILKINSON, of Sydney, New South Wales, but temporarily of
"AN IMPROVED
Weymouth Street in the county of Middlesex, Manufacturers' Agent
LOUNGE "
This invention relates to the construction of an improved lounge chiefly
applicable for use as a deck lounge on board ship, but also applicable as a lounge
for the verandah and the like and the object of the improvements is to so construct
the lounge that it may be easily and quickly taken to pieces and the parts
packed together so as to occupy a comparatively small space for portability and
transport.
In carrying out my invention I construct a rectangular shaped frame in three
sections jointed together; the said frame consists of three side bars on each side
jointed together and of four cross bars, the two end sections pivotting or turning
on the middle bars. The end sections of the frame can thus be turned upwards so
as to form the head and foot of the lounge respectively, the centre section forming
the stand; the head and foot of the lounge are supported by inclined struts con-
nected at the lower ends to a cross bar the ends of which slide in grooves in the
side bars of the stand, a suitable rack being provided to hold the sliding bar in the
position in which it is adjusted; the upper ends of the struts are connected to the
head and foot respectively by pins passing through eyes in the struts and side bars
of the head and foot of the lounge, the struts having a number of eyes to allow of
the head and foot being adjusted at different angles. The various parts are held
together by screw nuts.

page_text: The canvas of the lounge is suspended in any suitable manner from the top rails
of the head and foot.
A lounge of this construction may be taken to pieces by removing the canvas
and unscrewing the nuts holding the various parts together; the parts of the side
bars of the frame can then be folded on one another and the cross bars laid along-
side, and the whole being rolled in the canvas will thus form a packet of convenient
size for transport in travelling or otherwise.
Or instead of the lounge being taken to pieces as hereinbefore described, the
struts can be released and the sections of the lounge folded on one another so as to
form a flat rectangular parcel.
A leg rest may be adapted to the lounge.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Augustus James Wilkinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 11th April 1883.
AUGUSTUS JAMES WILKINSON of Sydney, New South Wales, but temporarily of
Weymouth Street, in the county of Middlesex, Manufacturers' Agent "AN IMPROVED
LOUNGE
This invention relates to the construction of an improved lounge chiefly
applicable for use as a deck lounge on board ship, but also applicable as a lounge
for the verandah and the like and the object of the improvements is to so construct
the lounge that it may be easily and quickly taken to pieces and the parts
packed together so as to occupy a comparatively small space for portability and
transport.
In carrying out my Invention I construct a rectangular shaped frame in three
sections jointed together; the said frame consists of three side bars on each side
jointed together and of four cross bars, the two end sections pivotting or turning
on the middle bars. The end sections of the frame can thus be turned upwards so
as to form the head and foot of the lounge respectively, the centre section forming
the stand; the head and foot of the lounge are supported by inclined struts con-
nected at the lower ends to a cross bar the ends of which slide in grooves in the
side bars of the stand a suitable rack being provided to hold the sliding bar in the
position in which it is adjusted; the upper ends of the struts are connected to the
head and foot respectively by pins passing through eyes in the struts and of the
head and foot of the lounge; the struts having a number of eyes to allow of the
head and foot being adjusted at different angles. The various parts are held
together by screw nuts.
The canvas of the lounge is suspended in any suitable manner from the top rails
of the head and foot.
In order to enable my invention to be better understood I will now proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figures 1,
and 2, represent perspective views of a lounge constructed according to my
invention.
a, a, b, b¹, and c, c', are the three side bars on each side and d, e, f, and g, are
the four cross bars, the whole forming the rectangular shaped frame in three
sections A, B, and O; the end sections A, and C, are jointed to the centre section B,
on the cross bars e, and f, so as to allow of the end sections A, and C, being turned
up as shewn in the drawings to form the head and foot of the lounge respectively,
the centre section B, forming the stand; h, h¹, i, i¹, are the struts supporting the
head and foot A, and C,; the lower ends of the struts are connected to the sliding
cross-bar j, the ends of which slide in the grooves l, l', in the side bars b, b¹,; m, is
the rack pivotted at n, and passing through the eye o, on the cross bar j, having a
suitable projection to take into the notches p, of the rack m; the upper ends of
the struts h, h', and i, ¹, are connected to the side bars a, a¹, and c, o³, respectively
by bolts and nuts.
The dotted lines represent the canvas suspended in any suitable manner from
the top rails or cross bars d, and g of the head and foot A, and C, respectively.
By this construction of lounge it will be readily seen that the parts or sections
being jointed together as herein before described, the head part A, and the foot
part C, may be adjusted to any suitable angle by simply pressing the end q, of the
rack m, and sliding the bar j, and when the parts are at the required angle the
rack m, is released from pressure and one of the notches p, will take over the

page_text: projection in the eye o, and the parts will be held firmly in position. The lounge
is represented in two different positions in figures 1, and 2, of the drawing; in the
latter figure an ordinary foot rest D, is shewn adapted to the lounge.
A lounge of this construction may be taken to pieces by removing the canvas and
unscrewing the nuts holding the various parts together; the parts of the side bars
of the frame can then be folded on one another and the cross bars laid alongside
and the whole being rolled in the canvas will thus form a packet of convenient
size for transport in travelling or otherwise.
Or instead of the lounge being taken to pieces as hereinbefore described, the
struts can be released and the sections of the lounge folded on one another so as to
form a flat rectangular parcel.
Having thus described my said invention and the best means with which I am
acquainted for carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that what
I claim is:-
The improved lounge hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
In Witness whereof I the said Augustus James Wilkinson have hereto set
my hand and seal this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
T BITT PIVAAT