An Improved Noiseless Pad or Shoe for the Legs of Chairs, Tables, and other similar Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Noiseless Pad or Shoe for the Legs of Chairs, Tables,
and other similar Articles of Furniture.
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I, GEORGE COTTON of Middlewich, Cheshire, Draper do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the application of a pad or shoe to the legs of
chairs, tables, stools or other articles of furniture for the purpose of deadening the
sound in moving such articles about the floor of an apartment and consists of a
socket or shoe formed say of india-rubber and capable of fitting on to the end of
the leg and which being of an elastic nature will hold itself in position or may
be secured to the leg by a screw or in any other convenient manner. Instead of
india-rubber the improved pad or shoe may be made of leather or other suitable
material which will be practically noiseless in moving the chair or other article
across the floor as hereinbefore described.
Dated 1 8741 1....
1. 1000
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Noiseless Pad or Shoe for the Legs of Chairs, Tables,
and other similar Articles of Furniture.
I GEORGE COTTON of Middlewich in the County of Chester, Draper do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
atatement:
The object of this invention is the application of a shoe or pad to the legs of
chairs, tables, stools and other articles of furniture for the purpose of deadening
the sound in moving such articles about the floor of an apartment.
On the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a chair with my improved shoes or pads shewn
applied thereto.
Figs. 2 and 3 are side sectional and inverted plan views respectively of one form
of my improved shoe or pad illustrating one of the methods I employ of attaching
the same to the leg of a chair, stool or table.
Figs. 4 to 12 are similar views of other forms of the shoe or pad the method of
attachment being the same as that shewn in Figs. 2 and 3.
In all the views a is my improved shoe or pad composed of india rubber, cork
or other similar material and by preference formed as a socket or ferrule as
illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 so as to be capable of fitting on to the prepared end of
the leg b.
This shoe or pad is secured in position by means of the screw screwing into
the leg 6 through the hole d. The head of this screw as it is tightened up abuts
against a washer or disc e placed within the shoe in the process of its manufacture
and which screw-head is arranged to lie within the recess f so as not to affect the
wearing down of the shoe or pad.
This shoe or pad being of an elastic nature may hold itself in position and
instead of the screw and washer, pins or pegs fastened in the pad might be
employed.

page_text: Instead of the shoe or pad being socketed as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 the
same may be formed with a convex or rounded end capable of fitting within a
concave or corresponding rounded recess in the leg of the chair or other article
of furniture as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 8.
The improved shoe may also be arranged with a shank or staple fitting
into a hole in the leg bas illustrated in Fig. 7 or may be left plain and flat so as
to simply abut against the underside of the leg as illustrated in Figs. 10, 11,
and 12.
This improved pad or shoe may be triangular, round, square or of any other
suitable shape in outward configuration and may be made of leather cork or any
other suitable elastic material which will be practically noiseless in moving the
chair or other article of furniture across the floor as hereinbefore described.
The improved washer e which forms an abutment for the screw c constitutes an
essential feature of my invention as by its use I obtain a more rigid surface against
which the screw head may bind itself and I also considerably increase the durability
of the shoe or pad.
Having thus 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
claim is
1. The improved shoe or pad composed of india rubber, leather, cork, or other
suitable material attached to the legs of chairs, tables, stools and other similar
articles of furniture for deadening the sound in moving such articles substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved shoe or pad provided with an internal washer forming an
abutment for the head of the screw which serves to secure the shoe or pad to the
article of furniture to which it is applied substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 30th day of April 1891.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.