Improvements in Music and other Stools.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 19th Sept.. 1889-Accepted. 26th Oct.. 1889
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Music and other Stools.
I, CHARLES HENRY HARE, of High Street, Aston, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to music stools and other stools, and it has for its objects
novel methods of construction by which the height of the stool may be readily and
quickly varied as desired, and also by which such stools may be packed into very small
space for convenience of carriage or storage.
Supposing that my invention is to be applied to a music stool the seat of
which can be readily raised or lowered to] any desired height, I take four
legs of metal tube connected together at a suitable distance apart by a sufficient
number of stays at the front, back, and sides. The lower ends of these legs are
preferably bent or spread out in order to give greater steadiness and stability.
At the upper ends of the legs I arrango and fix a líorizontal frame, preferably cross
shaped, the outer ends of which are fitted into or upon the upper ends of the legs to
which they may be fixed by ornamental screws or knobs, and at the centre of the
frame I make a vertical socket, through which passes freely a strong vertical rod or
bar fixed to the bottom of the moveable seat, which may be of wood or other suitable
material. The height of the seat can therefore be varied and adjusted by raising or
lowering the rod or bar in the socket, and it is then fixed in the desired position by
means of a strong screw provided with a handle or knob at its outer end and screwed
through the side of the socket.
The bar or rod is preferably flattened at the side against which the point of the
screw presses, and this flat part is provided with a series of holes or depressions of
suitable shape, into which the point of the screw enters and prevents the possibility of
any accidental slipping down of the bar and seat.
The seat may be covered with cloth or otherwise made as ornamental as desired, and
it may have a back provided with a metal or other rail. The bar is preferably
attached to the lower side of the seat by means of a metal frame screwed to the latter
into which frame the upper end of the bar is fitted and firmly fixed.
Where it is desired that a stool of the kind described, whether with or without an
adjustable seat, shall be capable of folding into a small space, I fix the side stays
rigidly to the legs, but I hinge the front and back stays at their ends to the legs.
I connect together the tops of the two legs upon each side by means of a horizontal
bar fixed to them, and preferably continued backward and curved up, and I fit the
seat upon these bars to which it is then attached by means of screws screwed into it
from below through holes in the horizontal bars.
A brass or other ornamental crossbar or tube may be fixed upon the upper turned
up ends of the horizontal bars to complete the back. This crossbar or tube may be
fixed in any convenient way, preferably by fitting the turned up ends of the bars
described into holes near its ends, and passing a central bolt or wire through the tube
or bar and through transverse holes in the turned up ends which enter it, ornamental
brass or other nuts or knobs being screwed upon the ends of the bolt or wire and
holding the whole firmly together.
When it is desired to fold the stool together into a small space, the back brass tube
is removed and the seat unscrewed, and the two pairs of legs can then be folded up
against each other.
If the seat is made adjustable in height as described, the frame containing
the vertical socket first described, instead of the seat itself, is screwed to the
horizontal bars.
Dated this 20th day of January 1980

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Music and other Stools.
I, CHARLES HENRY HARE, of High Street, Aston, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement and accompanying drawings (that is to say):
My invention relates to music stools and other stools; and it has for its objects novel
methods of construction by which the height of the stool may be readily and quickly
varied as desired, and also by which such stools may be packed into very small space
for convenience of carriage or storage.
The accompanying drawings are in illustration of my invention.
Supposing, first, that my invention is to be applied to a music stool the seat of which
can be readily raised or lowered to any desired height. Figure 1 is a side view,
figure 2 a front view, and figure 3 a horizontal section of the stool.
I take four legs of metal tube a, a, a, a, connected together at suitable distances
apart by a sufficient number of stays 6 at the front, back, and sides. The lower ends
of these legs a are preferably bent or spread out as shewn in order to give greater
steadiness and stability. At the upper ends of the legs I arrange and fix a horizontal
frame c preferably cross-shaped (as shewn in figure 3) the outer ends of which are
fitted into or upon the upper ends of the legs a to which they may be fixed by
ornamental screws or knobs as shewn, and at the centre of the frame I make a
vertical socket d through which passes freely a strong vertical rod or bar e fixed
to the bottom of the moveable seat which may be of wood or other suitable
material. The height of the seat f can therefore be varied and adjusted by raising or
lowering the rod or bar e in the socket d, and it is then fixed in the desired position
by means of a strong screw g provided with a handle or knob at its outer end and
screwed through the side of the socket d..
The bar or rod is preferably flattened at the side against which the point of the
screw presses and this flat part is provided with a series of holes or depressions
of suitable shape, into which the point of the screw g enters and prevents the possibility
of any accidental slipping down of the bar e and seat f
This method of adjusting and fixing the position of the seat, may be varied more
or less, as for instance in the manner shown in figure 8, in which the bar e has
ratchet shaped teeth upon one side, into which engages the detent p which is pressed
against the teeth by a spring. By.pushing down the handle or lever r the detent p
is released from the teeth and the bar e and seat can be lowered to any desired
height.
The seat may be covered with cloth or otherwise made as ornamental as desired,
and it may have a back at i provided with a metal or other rail h. The bar e is
preferably attached to the lower side of the seat by means of a metal frame
screwed to the latter, into which frame the upper end of the bar e is fitted and firmly
fixed.
Where it is desired that a stool of the kind described, whether with or without
an adjustable seat shall be capable of folding into a small space, I use the method
of construction and arrangement shewn in figures 4, 5, 6, and 7, figure being
a front view with the seat removed, figure 5 a side view, figure 6 a side view
shewing the stool folded up, and figure 7 a plan. I fix the side stays b rigidly to the
legs a, but 1 hinge the front and back stays 1, 1 at their ends to the legs at o. I
connect together the tops of the two legs upon each side by means of horizontal bars i, i,
fixed to them, and preferably continued backward and curved up as shewn, and I fit
the seat upon these bars to which it is then attached by means of screws screwed
into it from below through holes in the horizontal bars i.
A brass or other ornamental crossbar or tube h may be fixed upon the upper turned
up ends of the horizontal bars to complete the back. This crossbar or tube may be
fixed in any convenient way, preferably by fitting the turned up ends of the bars

page_text: described into holes near its ends, and passing a central bolt or wire through the tube
or bar and through transverse holes in the turned up ends which enter it, ornamental
brass or other nuts or knobs being screwed upon the ends of the bolt or wire and
holding the whole firmly together.
When it is desired to fold the stool together into a small space, the back brass tube h
is removed and the seat f unscrewed from the bars i, i and the two pairs of legs a, a,
can then be folded up against each other, as shewn in figure 6.
If the seat is made adjustable in height as described, the frame c (figures 1, 2,
and 3) containing the vertical socket first described, (instead of the seat itself), is
screwed to the horizontal bars i, i.
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:-
1. The combination of the legs a, cross frame c, socket d, sliding bar e, seat fand
fixing device g, substantially as described and shewn in figures 1, 2, and 3.
2. The combination of the legs a, a, stays e, hinged to the legs at o, bars i, i,
and seat, substantially as described and shewn in figures 4, 5, 6, and 7.
3. In combination with the legs a, hinged stays 1, and bars i, i, as shown in
figures 4, 5, 6, and 7, the frame c, socket d, sliding bar e, seat fand fixing device g
shewn in figures 1, 2, and 3, substantially as described.
4. In combination with the legs a frame c and socket d, the toothed bar e, spring
detent p and handle or lever r, substantially as described and shewn in figure 8.
Dated this 19th day of September 1889.
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Patentee.