Improved Ohair for Attaching to Tables or Benches, or which may be Made Complete in itself.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improved Ohair for Attaching to Tables or Benches, or which
may be Made Complete in itself.
We ALFRED STAFFORD, Draughtsman, of 22 Zachariah Street, Salford,
Manchester, and WILLIAM HENRY CROASDALE, Corn Miller's Assistant of
10 Double Street, Revidge Road, Blackburn both in the County of Lancaster do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The arms, legs, & hack, of the chair are hinged so that they may all swing
backwards or forwards in a circular path.
The arms wheu brought to a certain position are caught by pegs, and the back,
legs, and armis, are sustained in very small compass. The chair is proposed to be
supported by brackets, of wood or other suitable material, which slide on rails,-
with or without rollers,-attached to the underside of, or which may form part of,
the table. The chair is thus able to be pushed in or drawn out from under the
table as though it were a drawer. Locking, or barring, arrangements are provided
to fasten the several parts in their various positions, both when the chair is open &
when it is shut.
The seat of the cbair is attached to sliding rails which thus practically form
part of the seat. These rails are attached to brackets which slide on the rails
attached to the underside of the table.
The back of the chair is hinged on swivel hinges to the sides-near to the back-
of the seat.
At a convenient height above the seat, the arms are hinged-also on swivel
hinges to the sides of the back of the chair.
The back legs of the chair aro hinged to the bottom of the seat at the back-no
legs being required to support the front of the chair when it is at the table-and as
the back of the chair swings round it takes the back legs along with it.
It will thus be seen that the back and arms will both swivel downwards first, and
upon reaching the legs, they will take the legs along with them underneath the
table. Catches are provided underneath the table, ou the brackets which support
the aforementioned rails. These catches hold the arms, together with the back
and legs of the chair, in position, and the chair is then pushed underneath the table
like a drawer.
If the chair is required to be used separately from the table, it can be done as
follows:-
The rails, which form part of the seat, as mentioned in a previous paragraph,
can be made so as to be easily detached from the Bat.
The chair sent is detached from the rails and the two front legs are fastened
to the front underneath part of the seat by a suitable attachment, which completes
the chair.
In the case of young children, a rod could be fastened between the arms of the
chair at the front to prevent the child from falling out.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1896.
ALFRED STAFFORD.
WILLIAM HENRY CROASDALE.

page_text: An Improved Ohair for Attaching to Tables or Benches, or which
may be Made Complete in itself.
We, ALFRED STAFFORD, Draughtsman 22 Zachariah Street, Salford,.
Manchester, and WILLIAM HENRY CROASDALE, Corn Miller's Assistant,.
10 Double Street Revidge Road Blackburn, 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':-
The chair is supported: un rails, shewn at R R on drawings, the upper one of
which is secured to the table by suitable fastenings to suit the various styles of
tables. The lower rnils, which form part of the seat are each supported by two or
more brackets, B, to which the rails are fastened, the upper parts of the brackets
being slotted, to enable the brackets to he moved backward or forward along the
top rail. At the front ends of the top rails small sluts, M, are provided, into which
the front brackets drop when the chair is fully drawn out. These slots prevent
the chair from being pushed in accidentally when the arms A are not in position.
When the chair is not in use it will appear as in bottom left hand sectional
elevation on the drawing. When open and in use it will appear as in the two
upper views, the left hand view being a side sectional elevation, and the right hand
view being an elevation of the chair and the table looking from the back of the
chair.
The back, D, of the chair, is hinged on swivel joints, SJ, to the sides of the
rails which form part of the seat, Y. At a convenient height above the seat
the arms, A, are hinged,-also on swivel joints-to the sides of the back of the
chair as at E. When the chair is in use the arms are fastened in position by locks
or other suitable fastenings. No legs are required at the front of the chair. The
back legs of the chair, 11, are hinged at the bottom of the seat at the back, a
suitable arrangement being provided to prevent side movement in the legs. This
is shewn at, F, & in enlarged detail F. F B is a small bolt or lock to fasten the
legs in position.
If only one leg is required it could be put in the centre as shewn dotted in right
hand elevation.
The foot-support, F S, either swings loose or can be made to fasten as desired.
It will be seen from the foregoing that when the lecks L & F B are unfastened
the back & arins swing first backward & downward catching the legs in their course
& taking them along, then upward & forward meeting the foot support, FS, which
is also taken along until the small slots, G, one in each arm, engage with the small
pius, P, one on each front sliding bracket. These slots & pins support the arms,
back, legs & foot support in position as shewn in bottom left hand sectional
elevation.
The chair & all appurtenances may be made of any suitable material, wond being
preferable for the seat, rails, back, legs & arms, wrot iron for the brackets for
foot-support, and metal locks for the fastening arrangements.
The whole-chair seat, sides, legs, & arms may be made either plain or
ornamental.
A small drawer knob or handle K is placed on the front so that when the chair
is closed & the seat slightly raised to release from slots, M, it can be pushed under
the table like a drawer.
No advantago will accrue from having the chair separated from the table.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A new & novel idea in the method of attaching the chair to tables.
2. A new idea in the arrangement of the arms, back, & legs, to bring them into.
positions "open" & "olosed."
3. A new idea in having the chair to push in as a drawer under the table when:
not in use.
Dated this Second day of January 1897.
ALFRED STAFFORD.
WILLIAM HENRY CROASDALE..