IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAIRS, COUCHES, AND BED RESTS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I ISAAC CHORLTON of the firm of Chorlton and Dugdale of Blackfriars Street
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAIRS, COUCHES,
AND BED RESTS to be as follows:-
"
.
My said Invention relates particularly to chairs, or lounges, couches and bed
rests and consists in a novel construction of the seat, back and suspended sup-
porting parts of such furniture. The material which I use for these parts consists
of an interwoven metallic wire web such as is used in the construction of certain
classes of spring mattress. The said metallic wire web or the portions thereof is
or are preferably provided at each end with stenting metallic borders or ends to
which a series of helical springs are attached by which the metallic wire web is
stretched between fixed parts of the chair, lounge, couch or bed rest to which my
invention is applied. I thus provide an elastic and closely knit seat or lounge
which may be used without the interposition of any cushion and which is especially
suitable for use in tropical climates as great coolness is secured by the freer
circulation of air secured by the disuse of cushions.

page_text: I ISAAC CHORLTON of the firm of Chorlton and Dugdale of Blackfriars Street
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAIRS, COUCHES
AND BED RESTS and in what manner the saine is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement and
accompanying drawings:-
My said Invention relates particularly to chairs or lounges, couches and bed
rests and consists in a novel construction of the seat, back and suspended sup-
porting parts of such furniture. The material which I use for these parts consists
of an interwoven metallic wire web such as is used in the construction of certain
classes of spring mattress. The sheets of the said metallic wire web are provided
at each end with a stenting metallic border, or the two ends of each sheet are
suitably prepared for the attachment thereto of helical springs by means of which
the metallic wire web is stretched between fixed parts of the chair, lounge, couch
or bed rest to which my invention is applied. I thus provide an elastic and closely
knit seat or lounge which may be used without the interposition of any cushion
and which is especially suitable for use in tropical climates as great coolness is
secured by the freer circulation of air secured by the disuse of cushions.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the application of my Invention in the
construction of an invalids chair. In this example three sheets a aa of woven
wire are used to fill up the spaces in the frames forming the back b. the seat a
and the foot rest d. Each sheet is connected with and is attached to the said
frames by means of two rows of spiral steel springs e e. so that the sheet is
extended so as to present a flat appearance when the chair is not in use and at the
same time the sheet yields elastically to the figure when the chair is used. From
this example the method of application of these sheets in the construction of other
forms of chairs or articles of the indicated nature will be readily understood.
I do not confine myself to the use of the helical or spiral springs shown, so long as
a suitably resilient attachment is employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The use in the construction of articles of the nature herein indicated of sheets
of so called woven wire web attached to and connected with the frames of the
articles in the manner substantially as set forth and indicated.
Tirth of Wah 1885
EDWARD K. DUTTON,
Agent,
41, John Dalton Street, Manchester.