IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING CHAIRS
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Mar., 1887.
JOHN THOMAS MOORE 48 Cemetery Road Crewe Implement Factor do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING CHAIRS to be as
follows:-
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Arms or Levers are affixed to the back of the chair, arranged so as to permit the
chair back, to rest in any position from vertical to horizontal, thus being usable
as a chair or lounge. The two arms form the letter V the arm on the lower side
being shorter & pinned to the chair the outer arm slides along the back of the chair
the outer arm is kept in position by means of a rack or grip on the chair back.
Improvements in Folding Chairs.
JOHN THOMAS MOORE 48 Cemetery Road Crewe Implement Merchant do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING CHAIRS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
And in order that the working of this chair may be more fully understood I
submit drawings of some various forms in which this chair is made. Chair Fig. I consists
JOHN THOMAS MOORE 48 Cemetery Road Crewo Implement Merchant do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING CHAIRS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
And in order that the working of this chair may be more fully understood I
submit drawings of some various forms in which this chair is made. Chair Fig. I consists

page_text: of two long pieces of wood which form the back, (these pieces will in future reference
be termed the back,) two other pieces of shorter length cross & are rivetted to the back
(these pieces will be termed the front,) at the longer end of these shorter pieces, are
rivetted the arms or levers which support the back. These ends are fastened to the back.
The system of fastening adopted may be by means of ratchet teeth and pawl, screws,
pins, or other fastenings to or through the back, or some of the various forms of
wedging devices one of which is shown.
In action this grip (having the bottom front inside & top back inside, sloped or
bevilled off as see Fig. 9,) grips the back when upward pressure is applied to the ears in
which the back lever is rivetted and upon the point of contact these grips have with
the back depends the amount of inclination or slope in the chair.
The canvas, carpet, wood, or other material forming the seat is attached from a bar
connecting the upper part of the back to a bar or other connection in conjunction with
the pieces forming the front aforesaid.
If it is desired to dispense with the levers at the back of this chair the seat can be
made seperate from the front & fastened a few inches higher than the connection of
front & back, the inclination is obtained by means of a rack or notches under the seat
which rests on the front bar See Fig. II.
Chair Fig. III consists of back, front, and supporting levers as in Fig. I. At the
top of the back is rivettod a frame which forms the true back at the bottom of this
frame and jointed or rivetted to it, is a length of seating to this again is jointed
another length and again to this is jointed a shorter length which when turned up &
hooked to the true back as in Fig. 3 b. forms a seat & when extended as in Fig. 3 a
forms a bed.
By an improved arrangment chair Fig. I is provided with rockers as follows.
Instead of the front and back being rivetted together they are seperately rivetted to
the rockers the front resting on a spindle placed at a suitable height in the back of the
chair, this not only effectully converts it into a rocking chair, but the user has a
much greater sense of security by seeing the front rest on a spindle than the ordinary
connection by rivetts See Fig. IV.
If it is desired to dispense with the levers at the back of this chair a rack notches or
other device is used under the front side frames resting on the spindle as in Fig. IV
the inclination of the back being regulated thereby See Fig. V.
Fig. VI is similar to Fig. III as to my improved folding chair with rockers except
that a lever is rivetted or jointed to the back and regulates its height by means of a
rack or notches on the upper side of the lower end of the front, a cross bar connecting
these levers and resting in the notches aforesaid.
Figs. VII and VIII are similar to Figs. IV and VI in the method of adjusting the
back but have an altered framework as shewn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1st. The construction and arrangment for supporting and securing the back of
chairs as described in detail and shewn in Fig I.
2nd. The construction and arrangment of folding chairs, with the application of
rockers as described, and shewn in Figs. IV to VIII.
3rd. The construction and arrangment of folding chairs as described and shown
and the adaptation thereof for the purposes specified.
HOOR SHOUT HOC