Year: 1888

page_text: I, GEORGE SCOTT, of the City of Montreal, in the District of Montreal, and Province
of Quebec, Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention is primarily applicable to seats placed in front of the counters in shops,
restaurants, and the like, but may be used in all cases in which sitting accommodation
is required and at the same time the floor space must be utilized when the seats are
not occupied. Its object is to provide stools which when not in use take up no floor
space and in shops &c. are not connected with the counter-front and will allow their
occupants to sit up closely to the counter in any position without inconvenience.
The invention may be thus briefly described :-
A casting formed of a short hollow vertical hub and a foot plate is secured to the
floor independently of the counter or table in connection with which it is to be used.
Over this hub is slipped a sleeve which forms the eye of the curved bracket or
standard on the end of which the seat is mounted.
The sleeve and hub are surmounted by a cap and the whole three are secured
together by a screwed bolt passing down through then and into the floor.
The bracket carrying the seat is curved and its lower portion rests when swung out
on the foot plate which is preferably provided on its edge with a ridge highest in the
centre forming a fulcrum so that the weight of the occupant of the seat is thrown
upwards against the holding force of the screwed bolt.
The upper end of the bracket is forked and to it is pivotted the seat. On one side of
the bracket is arranged a stop device and on the other a locking bar holding the seat
in place.

page_text: Improvements in store or Shop Counter Stools.
I, GEORGE SCOTT, of the City of Montreal, in the District of Montreal and Province
of Quebec, Canada, Pattern Maker, 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 :-
My invention relates to the seats usually placed in front of the counters in retail
stores and is intended to provide stools which will not take up floor space when not in
use, are not connected with the counter front, and will allow ladies occupying them
to sit up closely to the counter in any position without inconvenience.
The invention may be briefly described as follows:-
A casting comprising a short hollow vertical hub and a foot plate is secured to the
floor independently of the counter. On this hub is slipped a sleeve which forms the
eye of the curved bracket, or standard, on the end of which the seat is mounted.
The sleeve and hub are covered by a cap and the whole is secured together by a screwed
bolt passing down into the floor.
The lower portion of the bracket carrying the seat is curved and rests, when
swung out, on the foot plate which is preferably provided on its edge with a ridge
highest in the centre.
The upper end of the bracket is forked and to it is pivotted the seat. On one side
of the bracket is arranged a stop device, and on the other a locking bar holding the
seat in place.
For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the annexed
drawings forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view, partly in
section, with the bracket swung out and seat ready for use: Figure 2 a side view with
bracket turned in and seat folded up; Figure 3 a sectional plan view on line XX
Figure 1; and Figures 4 and 5 details of seat connection.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
A is the hollow hub, or short standard, cast in one with the foot plate A' which is
bolted or otherwise secured to the floor, a being a ridge round its edge, highest in the
centre, upon which the curved lower part of the bracket B rests when it is swung out.
B' is the sleeve cast in one with the bracket and slipped in place on the hub A. Cis
the cap covering the upper ends of these and D a bolt passing down through the centre
of A and screwed into the floor.
The upper end of the bracket B is forked as shown at B³, B', in Figures 1 and 4,
and to it is secured the seat as will now be described.
E is the seat proper of any usual type and E' a plate underneath it from which
project downwards iwo lugs e, e, F is the pivot pin running through these and
connecting the seat E with its support B.
G is a dog or lug projecting downwards from the plate E¹ and coming in contact
with a stop G³ formed on the standard or bracket B. H is a curved locking bar,
pivotted to the lugs hh formed on the underside of E at a point opposite to the dog

page_text: and stop GG. This bar H is constructed with a recess H' so that when it is drawn
through the slot B³ in the bracket B it will be automatically locked in place as shown
in Fig. 5.
By raising the end of the locking bar it can be released and the seat turned over to
the position shown in Fig. 5.
As will be seen the sleeve B' is not of the same height as the hub A, a space corre-
sponding to the rise in the ridge a being left between it and the cap, and the bracket,
on being swung out, will bear on the ridge with increasing friction as it approaches
the centre.
By this construction of the standard, on which the bracket is carried, the leverage
caused by the weight of the person occupying the stool will be exerted in an upward
direction instead of, as heretofore, on the bracket at its point of attachment to the floor
or support, as the curved edge resting on the foot-plate will throw the strain
on the hub but in an upward direction, and this strain will be fully met by the cap
and bolt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a store counter stool and in combination, the hollow hub and foot "plate,
attached to floor; the sleeve slipped on over hub and made in one with horizontal and
upwardly curved bracket resting on foot plate and carrying seat; the cap covering the
hub and sleeve, and bolt passing down through cap and hub into floor, all as herein set
forth and for the purposes described.
2. In a store counter stool the combination with the seat pivotted to the forked arm
of a bracket support, of a dog projecting down from underside of seat and resting on
projection from one side of bracket, and a curved locking bar pivotted to seat, and
with its free end passing through slot in bracket and locking seat in place by gravity,
all substantially as herein described.
Dated this 8th day of January 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.