Improvements in and relating to Reversible Seats for Out-door Use.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, RICHARD SUMMERS, of North Street, Scarborough, in the County of York,
Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a seat which can be attached to a chair, or form, or
to a suitable frame, for out-door purposes, which seat, upon being released from
superimposed pressure, tips up and turns over, thereby reversing the positions of
its surfaces, and in wet weather keeping dry that surface which is uppermost when
in use.
For this purpose the seat is constructed with two parallel sides, and is carried
upon two brackets which are beneath it when in use, and are fixed near its sides,
projecting downwards two or three inches. These brackets work upon two strong
pins or studs which are fixed within the side-frames of the chair, projecting
inwards, one at each side.
The aperture through the frame of the chair is also made with parallel sides
for the seat to work in easily.
The back part of the seat is suitably weighted so that upon being released it
swings downwards and the front part tilts over, until it rests upon the cross rail
at the back of the chair, at a slight incline, suitable for water to run off.
The seat would hang in a vertical position but for the distance it is held from
the points of suspension by the length of the brackets before mentioned.
The front part of the seat when in use rests upon the front bar of the frame
of the chair, which is provided with a strip of indiarubber to deaden the blow of
the seat falling upon it when about to be used, and a similar slip of indiarubber is
fixed upon the back of the frame for a like purpose.
Dated this 20th day of Wahmamy 1900
Improvements in and relating to Reversible Seats for Out-door Use.
I, RICHARD SUMMERS, of North Street, Scarborough, in the County of York,
Cabinet Maker, 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:-
This invention relates to a seat which is adapted to be attached to a chair or
form, or to a suitable frame for out door purposes, which seat upon being released
from superimposed pressure, tips up and turns over, thereby nearly reversing the

page_text: positions of its surfaces, and in wet weather that surface is kept dry which is
uppermost when in use.
In order to enable this invention to be fully understood, I will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a chair-frame, to which my rever-
sible seat has been adapted, the seat as shown being automatically tipped over to
shoot off wet, and the underside remaining dry, ready for use.
Figure 2 represents the underside of the tipping seat with pivots attached.
Figure 3 represents a front elevation of a chair with the tipping seat turned
down ready for use.
To the underside of the seat d two pivots b b are fixed the projecting pins of
which rest in holes in the side frames f of the chair.
At the back part of the seat is fixed a heavy bar a, which acts as a counter-
poise weight, and causes the seat to tip up and rest in the position shown at
Figure 1 the seat being stopped by the cross bar e at the back of the chair.
When in use the seat dis turned down in the direction of the arrows, and
rests upon the front bar e.
If the pivots bb were in line with the centre of the thickness of the seat, it
would stand vertically when released, but being fixed upon the face as shown, or
even removed further from the centre, causes the seat to turn over as represented.
Instead of the heavy bar shown, and acting as a weight, a heavy name plate
of cast iron may be screwed to the underside of the seat, which while acting as a
weight, could also be utilized for advertizing purposes.
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:
An automatically tipping seat, pivotted eccentrically of the thickness of the seat,
and weighted by means of a bar, rod, or cast-iron plate constructed, arranged, and
operating substantially in the manner described, and as represented in the
drawings.
Dated this 28th day of November 1800
WILLIAM J. BAKER,
Peasholme, House, Scarborough, Agent for the Applicant.