Improvements relating to Protective Coverings for Garden and other Exposed Seats.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1891-Accepted 22nd Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Protective Coverings for Garden and
other Exposed Seats.
I HENRY JAMES CARLYLE SOMMERVILLE of 52 Queen Victoria Street, City
of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient protective
covering for seats exposed to inclement weather, such for instance as garden,
tramway, omnibus and like seats, whether double or single or having fixed or
movable back rests.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to have the protective seat covering of a
suitable flexible waterproof material mounted upon a spring roller and disposed
beneath the seat in any suitable position. The roller upon which the flexible
covering is mounted has adapted thereto a spring whereby the covering may, by
means of a ratchet wheel and pawl be retained in an extended position until released
by the removal of the pawl from the ratchet by means of a button, cord or
equivalent device, or said covering may be retained by the weight of the person
using same, and released when such weight is removed, or the covering may be
extended or returned to the normal position by means similar to those adopted by
some railway companies for the blinds of passenger carriages.
I may under some circumstances arrange the roller and mounted seat covering
at the side of the seat so that said covering may be drawn over the seat laterally
and advertisements or announcements, painted printed or otherwise, may be exposed
on said seat covers.
Dated this 16th day of Santember 1800.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said H. J. C. Sommerville.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Protective Coverings for Garden and
other Exposed Seats.
I, HENRY JAMES CARLYLE SOMMERVILLE of 52 Queen Victoria Street, City
of London, Engineer, 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:-
My invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient protective cover-
ing for seats exposed to inclement weather, such for instance as garden, tramway,
omnibus and like seats, whether double or single, or having fixed or movable
back-rests.
In carrying out my invention, I prefer to have the protective seat covering of a
suitable flexible waterproof material mounted upon a spring roller and disposed
beneath the seat in any suitable position. The roller upon which the flexible
covering is mounted has adapted thereto a spring, whereby the covering may, by
means of a ratchet wheel and pawl, be retained in an extended position until released
by the removal of the pawl from the ratchet by means of a button, cord, or
equivalent device, or said covering may be retained by the weight of the person
using same, and released when such weight is removed, or the covering may be
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page_text: extended or returned to the normal position by means similar to those adopted by
some railway companies for the blinds of the passenger carriages.
I may under some circumstances arrange the roller and mounted seat-covering at
the side of the seat, so that said covering may be drawn over the seat laterally, and
advertisements or announcements painted, printed, or otherwise may be exposed on
said seat covers.
Two examples of carrying my invention into practice are shown in the annexed
drawings.
Figure 1 is a side view of a chair or garden seat A with the front legs B set at a
distance from the front of the seat C to allow of the covering carrier or bracket D
to be fixed at that part so that when the cover E is rolled up by the action of a
spring in the roller F it will not interfere with the comfort of a sitter. The
cover E is of the full width of the seat and its length is such that it can be drawn
from the roller to cover the seat C only, as in full lines or be drawn up to extend
over the rigid back as in dotted lines, in either position it can be fastened by the
end being looped over the stud G or H as desired.
According to Figure 2 which is an end elevation of a reversible back seat such
as on some kinds of tram cars, the strain of the spring in the roller can be removed
from the cover E and be thrown upon the pawl and ratchet J appliances and its
release can be accomplished by pressure on the button K. The cover under this
arrangement need only be drawn over the seat C without requiring fastening as by
the previous arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Providing the under portion of an exposed seat (garden or other) with rolled
up canvas which can be withdrawn and spread over the seat proper to protect it
(when not occupied) from dust, rain, and snow, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with an exposed seat of a protective cover which can be
unrolled and be drawn and secured over and be released for securing under it said
cover being arranged under the front, the side, or the back to be drawn therefrom
when required, as hereinbefore described.
TOOT
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said H. J. C. Sommerville.