IMPROVEMENTS IN TABLES AND IN CHAIRS, AND OTHER SEATS PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS IS APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Kinsey at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th May 1883.
HENRY KINSEY of the Town of Swansea in the County of Glamorgan Mechanical
Engineer IMPROVEMENTS IN TABLES AND IN CHAIRS, AND OTHER SEATS PART OF
WHICH IMPROVEMENTS IS APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES,
This Invention has for its object the constructing of the various articles so as to
cheapen their manufacture and add to their strength portability and comfort the
chair may be made to fold or otherwise, if to fold the front legs are placed under-
neath the side rails or frame and pivoted thereto at their upper end and to these
side rails, which are preferably curved at the front end and incline to the other
end so as to form the support at back of chair instead of back legs two other side
rails are pivotted to these lower side rails or frame at a point that will allow the
Carpet or other material to always adjust itself in a proper position to a comfortable
seat but will not allow the upper side rails to fall over the back-below the
inclination required by the sitter-the upper ends of these said side rails are
formed across the top by a rail or otherwise to which the carpet or other material
is attached to these side rails are pivotted two Arms the lower ends of which
enter notches or other provision on the lower side rails so as to enable the sitter to
regulate the inclination of the Chair to his Will without rising, to the front end of
the lower rail or frame of the chair is pivotted a leg rest which can be actuated by
a Lever placed conveniently underneath the seat enabling the sitter to raise the
said leg rest while sitting or reclining, in some cases I make the front legs a
fixture to the frame by securing same by my Improved clamps as used in tables,
in some cases I make back and seats of the chairs fixed and I also Affix to the said
Chairs a reading desk or table so pivotted to it that it can be instantly adjusted to
any position required or when not required for use can be turned over the back of
the Chair In some cases I make the chair similar to the one first described but
carry the upper side rails below the point where they are pivotted to the frame
or lower side rails and connect the same to the leg rest by Horizontal connecting
rods or the leg rest may be connected to the Back or Upper Side rails by Arms-in
some cases I make the chair so that it can be raised or lowered or if necessary it
can be so arranged that the back may be inclined to any angle required and
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page_text: Becured in position by notched plates underneath and further in some cases I
mount some of these chairs on wheels so as to be used for Bath chairs or
perambulators &c.
My improvements or inventions when applied to tables or other Articles of
furniture consist in securing the legs to the frames by a clamp having a tooth 5
at each end which enters a suitable formed Notch and a corresponding Groove in
the rails and having a bolt or screw which passes through the centre of said clamp
and the leg so as to draw them together and thus secure same-I apply said clamp
sometimes in a similar manner to chairs and other articles-I sometimes make
chairs with a movable back so arranged that it can be used as a table or desk but 1
giving easy means of Ingress and Egress to the seat and table of such chair