Improved Chair or Couch.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
Improved Chair or Couch.
THOMAS GRIFFIN No. 1A Hoxton Street London N. in the County of Middlesex
Chair Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The folding of an ordinary chair or couch so they occupy less space and more
convenient for transit.
I take an ordinary chair or couch, consisting of back frame, seat, front legs, and
cross rails, and hinge or pivot the back part of the seat to the inside of the back
frame at the usual height the pivot or hinge being below the seat allows the seat
to fall down towards the lower part of the back frame and in front of it.
At the front of the seat and underneath side, I pivot or hinge at the top the two
front legs which are connected by a cross bar or rail.
I take two stretchers or arms, one for each side of the chair, one end of which
I pivot to the back frame above the seat the other end to front legs below the seat
outside the chair in such position that it allows the chair to fold.
On the cross bar or rail which connects the front legs I pivot or encircle the
end of a stretcher the other end of the stretcher being notched or shaped in such
manner as to form an hold on to cross bar which connects the back frame so fixing
the chair in position when opened for use.
Sometimes to vary the shape of the chair I connect the back of the seat to the
back frame by placing the pivot or hinge above the seat instead of below as before
described.
I then take two shaped rails or side pieces one for each side one end of which
I pivot to the front leg the other end to the back frame both ends being below
the seat.
A stretcher is fastened to the underneath of seat at the back-the other end
provided with hook or shaped to hold the rail which connects the front legs so
keeping the chair firm when open.
Under each side of the seat at the back and under each side of side rails at the
back of the chair I place a bracket which when the chair is open presses against
the back frame of the chair.
19th Jon of November 1893.
THOMAS GRIFFIN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Chair or Couch.
THOMAS GRIFFIN No. 1A Hoxton Street London N. in the County of Middlesex
Chair Manufacturer 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 taking of an ordinary chair or couch consisting of back frame seat front
legs and side pieces and folding the same so they occupy less space and more
convenient of transit.
I take an ordinary chair or couch consisting of back frame seat front legs and

page_text: cross rails and hinge or pivot the back part of the seat to the inside of the back
frame at the usual height the pivot or hinge being below the seat allows the seat
to fall down towards the lower part of the back frame and in front of it.
At the front of the seat on the underneath side I pivot or hinge at the top two
front legs which are connected by a cross bar or rail.
I take two stretchers or arms one for each side of the chair one end I pivot to
the back frame above the seat the other end to the front leg below the seat outside
the chair in such position that it allows the chair to fold.
On the cross bar or rail which connects the front legs I pivot or encircle a
stretcher or stretchers the other end of such stretcher or stretchers being notched
or shaped in such manner as to hold on to the cross bar which connects the back
frame below the seat so fixing the chair in position when opened for use.
When using two stretchers I connect them by a turned rail so they keep in better
position.
This chair the seat falling down towards the front allows of having an upholstered
back.
Sometimes to vary the chair and have no arms I connect the back of the seat
to inside of back frame by placing the pivot or hinge above the seat instead of
below as before described which allows the seat to fold upwards in front of back
frame.
I then take two shaped rails or side pieces one for each side one end of which
I pivot to the inside of the front leg the other end to the inside of the back frame
both ends being below the seat and in such position as to allow the chair to be
folded.
A stretcher is fastened or pivoted to the underneath of the seat at the back the
other end being provided with a hook or shaped to take the front rail or another
rail which connects the 2 shaped side pieces so clasping it to keep the chair rigid.
Under the seat on each side I place brackets either wood or metal which when
the chair is opened press against the back legs to make the chair also rigid.
In the drawings which accompany this Specification Figure 1 represents the
chair open AA are the back legs continuous from top of chair to the bottom or
ground part B is the seat pivoted to the legs A A below the seat are bracket
marked. 3. CC are the front legs connected by a rail. DD are the arms or
stretchers one end of which is pivoted to the back legs A A the other end to the
front legs CC the top end of stretcher or arm being above the seat the lower end
of stretcher below the seat and on the outside of the chair E E are two stretchers
connected by a cross rail one end of stretchers connected loosely to front rail the
other end having a hook or shaped end to grasp the rail F.
F is a cross rail connecting the back legs A A. No. 3 is a bracket which
supports the back of seat is fastened by screws to seat the other part pivotted to
back legs A A. 4 is a plate or cap fastened on under side of seat at front and
pivoted, to top. of feet C. C.
.
Figure 2 is the above chair folded for transit.
Figure 3 is the bracket before mentioned as being fastened to seat and pivoted
to the back legs A A below the seat B.
Figure 4 is the plate or cap marked 4 in Figure 1 as fixed to underneath front
of seat and pivoted to top of front feet CC.
Figure 5 is the chair described as having the back of the seat pivoted above
instead of below as before described thus allowing the seat to fold upwards against
the front of the back a. The seat being the same as in Figure 1.
The front
legs C being connected by a cross rail on which is clasped or threaded 2 side rails
or shaped pieces marked d and connected near the front by rail E. The stretcher F
is pivoted to underneath back of seat and a book or shaped end clasps the rail E
two small brackets marked and represented in Figure 7 are fastened to the
underneath side of D D having a flange piece 1. which presses against the back
legs when the hair is open is represented in
Figure 8 which is a metal casting having hole K for pivoting back of seat to

page_text: back part Hi being fastened to the underneath part of seat 1 being a flange which
when the chair is opened presses against the back legs and makes it firm.
Having now fully described the nature of my invention I claim
The arm D and the pivoting of same to back leg above the seat and front leg
below the seat.
The pivoting the back of the seat to back frame below or under
the seat. To using the above to an ordinary chair the back being in one framing
as shewn in Figure 1.
I also claim in Figure 5 the cross rail. E the bracket Fig. 7 the bracket &
pivoting piece 8 and the using of these same to ordinary chairs or couches the
backs being entire.
L 11th of A1001
THOMAS GRIFFIN,
No. 1A, Hoxton Street, London, N.