A New or Improved Settee.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, th May, 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
A New or Improved Settee.
I, ARTHUR VAN HOORN of 29 (late 64), Branksome Road, Brixton, London, S.W.
Musician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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My invention relates to a new or improved settee which can be quickly and easily
converted into a bedstead to accommodate one or two persons.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a box-ottoman 6 ft. 6 ins. long
and 2 ft. 3 ins. wide, and of suitable height from the floor to form a seat, for which
purpose the lid hinged at the back is upholstered. This box serves as a receptacle
for the bedding when not in use as a bed. To one edge of the box is attached,
by hinges of suitable construction, the back of the settee which is made the same
length as the box, and wide enough to carry a mattress when folded down on the
seat for which purpose it is hinged not at one of its edges but some 12 or 15 inches
therefrom according to the width of the back so that when used as a settee the back
may extend froin the seat upwards to about the height of the head of the sitter,
and downwards to within a short distance of the floor; and when used as a bed-
stead the back being folded down on the seat the edges of the back, forming the
sides of the bedstead, may project at equal distances from the top of the box.
A flap may be hinged on at either end of the back and behind it, which when the
settee is used as a bedstead can be erected so as to serve as head and foot boards
to the bed; and secured flat against the back, when not erected, by buttons or in
any suitable and convenient manner. The settee is furnished with feet at either
end of the box, projecting back and front to a convenient distance to prevent the
bed from tilting should any pressure be put on either edge.
I also provide a means whereby the back of the settee may be secured in position
either when used as a settee or a bedstead.
As my improvements are capable of some modifications without departing from
the principle thereof, I do not restrict myself to materials, dimensions, or to the
precise form or placement of the various parts thereof.
Dated this 10th day of August 1894.
I, ARTHUR VAN HOORN, of 29 (late 64) Branksome Road, Brixton, London S. W.
Musician, 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 a new or improved settee with a back, which can in a
) few moments be converted, by a very simple movement, into a bedstead.

page_text: Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawings, is a longitudinal sectional view, shewing
the back lowered in position for use as a bedstead ;
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view shewing the back erected in position for use as a
settee.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a box-ottoman A about six feet
six inches long and of suitable width and height to form a seat, for which purpose
the lid B, hinged at or near the back with a suitable hinge H, Fig. 2, is upholstered
in the usual manner. This box A serves as a receptacle for the bedding when the
latter is not in use. To this is attached by hinges D, Fig. 2, of suitable make, the
back C, Fig. 2, of the settee, which is made of the same length as the box A, and
wide enough to carry a suitable mattress G G, Fig. 1, (divided for convenience
when putting away in the box A) when lowered on to the seat, as shewn in the curved
dotted line. (See Fig. 2.) The back C is not hinged at one of its edges, but at
some distance therefrom, according to the difference between the width of the
back C and that of the box A, so that when used as a settee the back C may
extend from the seat upwards to about the height of the head of a sitter, and
downwards some inches towards the floor; and when used as a bedstead, the back C
being lowered on to the seat, the edges of the back C (forming the sides of the bed-
stead) may project at equal distances from the top of the box A. A flap such as that
marked E (supporting the pillow F,) Fig. 1, may be hinged on at either end of the
back C and behind it, which, when the bedstead is used, can be erected so as to
serve as head-board and foot-board respectively--the latter of which may be
dispensed with, as in Fig. 1-and secured flat against the back C, when not erected,
by a button or other means. The settee can be furnished with feet J J J J at
either end of the box A, projecting back and front to a convenient distance, should
the edges of the back C, when lowered, project much, in order to prevent the bed
from tilting should any extra pressure be put on either edge. The back C may be
secured in position when lowered, by a hook such as indicated at I, Fig. 2, or other
convenient means.
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 :-
The use or employment, with a box-ottoman, of a falling back, the back of
which forms a bedstead substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 8th day of May 1895
ARTHUR VAN HOORN..