A Combined Deck Chair and Life Preserver.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 24th Apr. 1896-Accepted. 30th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Deck Chair and Life Preserver.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., The
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by William Tyree, of 42, Lambton Quny, in the City of Wellington, in the
Colony of New Zealand, Photographer,) to be as follows :-
This invention relates to the application of inflated bags or compartments to deck
chairs such as are ordinarily used on board ships, by which means the said chairs
are made to act as rafts in case of accident, and moreover, the inflated bags may
be used as life belts if desired.
According to my invention cords are passed through the sides of the two principal
frames forming the deck chair for the purpose of supporting an air cushion or
cushions which cushion or cushions is or are formed of india rubber or elastic
material and is or are inflated by means of valves in the usual manner in which
ordinary air bags or tyres are inflated. The cushions I prefer to place in a canvas
case or bag which bag is fastened firmly to the ends of the frames of the chair and
with its edges resting on the sides of one of the frames.
I thus form a deck chair having a convenient clastic cushion or cushions which
chair when folded up and fastened by straps forms a raft when thrown into the
water capable of sustaining several persons or one person lying upon it, and which
can be almost instantly thrown to a drowning person.
I sometimes make these chairs with one inflated cushion but I prefer two cushions
as they thus form a more convenient rest for the back, and in case of necessity the
air cushious can be used to place around the body as life preservers.
Dated the 10th day of fatober 1905.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
A Combined Deck Chair and Life Preserver.
I, JonN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., The
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by William Tyree, of 42, Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington, in the
Colony of New Zealand, Photographer) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to the application of inflated bags or compartments to deck
chairs such as are ordinarily used on board ships, by which means the said chairs
are made to act as rafts in case of accident, and, moreover, the inflated bags may
be used as life-belts if desired.

page_text: My invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
similar letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined chair and life-preserver:
Figure 2 is a plan of the same when folded up for carrying and as a raft:
Figure 3 is a side view of the same :
Figure 4 is a transverse section of the same taken through the line A-B.
dare cords passed through the sides of the frame b, and are cords passing
through the frame a for the purpose of supporting an air-cushion or cushions e,
which cushions are formed of india-rubber or elastic material and are inflated
through the valves e' in the usual manner in which ordinary air-bags or tyres are
inflated. The cushions are preferably placed in a canvas case or bag f, which bag
is fastened firmly to the frame bat and to the frame a at f' and with its edges
resting on the side of the frame b, as shewn in Figure 4.
thus form a deck chair having n convenient elastic cushion or cushions e, which
chair, when folded up as shown in Figure 2 and fastened by straps s, forms a raft
when thrown into the water, capable of sustaining several persons or one person
lying upon it, and which can be almost instantly thrown to a drowning person.
I sometimes make these chairs with one inflated cushion but I prefer two
cushions as shewn in Figure 4 as they thus form a more convenient rest for the
back, and in ease of necessity the air-cushions can be used to place around the body
as life-preservers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In combination with a deck chair, a cushion or cushions (e) capable of being
inflated as, and for the purposes, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In combination with a deck chair the cushion or cushions (e) supported
by cords (d) and (¹) us, and for the purposes, substantially as described and
illustrated.
3. In combination with a deck chair, the cushion or cushions (e) having a
cover () fastened to the frames (a) and (b) and supported by cords (d) and (d)
as, and for the purposes, substantially as described and illustrated.
4. In combination with a deck chair the inflated cushion or cushions (e) and
straps (s) for forming the said chair into a raft as, and for the purposes, substau-
tially as described and illustrated.
5. The combined deck chair nnd life-preserver, substantially as described herein
and illustrated.
Bated this 24th day of April 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.