Improved Means for connecting the Legs of Bent Wood Furniture.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for connecting the Legs of Bent Wood Furniture.
I, LEON ADOLPHE CAMBIER, of Ath, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Furniture
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to an improved means for connecting the legs
of bent wood furniture; the object being to hold and retain the legs in their
proper relative positions.
According to my invention, instead of a hoop-shaped connecting piece closed
on itself and situated in one plane as heretofore commonly employed for this
purpose, my connecting piece consists of two lengths of wood bent to a U-shape
or curve of a width at the bent end equal to about the distance between either
pair of legs. These two U-shaped pieces or frames are crossed so that their
planes intersect each other about centrally and the ends are fastened to the
back and front legs respectively of the chair, table or other article of furniture
beneath the seat or top by means of screws, bolts, or other suitable fastening
device. They may also be pinned one to the other at the centre of the sides.
Instead of simply crossing the two frames or connecting pieces, they may.
be entwined with each other at the sides.
The bending of the two U-shaped pieces is so arranged or effected that the free
ends have a tendency to spring apart to a width greater than that to which they
have to be restricted when secured to the article, and in consequence of this
and also of the fact that they are either crossed or entwined one with the other
they form a connecting piece capable of staying and retaining the legs of the
furniture in their proper relative position in a firmer, stronger and more lasting
manner than is possible with a simple ring as heretofore employed.
Dated the 17th dex of March 1899
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Means for connecting the Legs of Bent Wood Furniture.
I, LEON ADOLPHE CAMBIER, of Ath, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Furniture
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to an improved means for connecting the legs

page_text: of bent wood furniture; the object being to hold and retain the legs in their
proper relative positions in a most reliable manner.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood by one skilled in
the art to which it appertains, I will now proceed to describe the same in detail
and for that purpose reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings,
whereon.:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair provided with my improved con-
necting pieces, and
Figure 2 is a plan, partly in section, of a somewhat modified form of the
connecting pieces.
According to my invention, instead of a hoop-shaped connecting piece closed
on itself and situated in one plane as heretofore commonly employed for this
purpose, my connecting means consist of two lengths of wood a and b bent to
a U-shape or curve of a width at the bent end equal to about the distance
between either pair of legs d. These two U-shaped pieces or frames a and b
are crossed so that their planes intersect each other about centrally and the
ends are fastened to the back and front legs respectively of the chair, table or
other article of furniture beneath the seat or top by means of screws c, bolts,
or other suitable fastening device. They may also be pinned one to the other
at the centre of the sides.
Instead of simply crossing the two frames or connecting pieces a and b, they
may be entwined with each other at the sides, as illustrated in Figure 2.
The bending of the two U-shaped pieces a and b is so arranged or effected
that the free ends have a tendency to spring apart to a width greater than that
to which they have to be restricted when secured to the article, and in conse-
quence of this and also of the fact that they are either crossed or entwined one
with the other, they form a connecting means capable of staying and retaining
the legs of the furniture in their proper relative position in a firmer, stronger
and more lasting manner than is possible with a simple ring as heretofore
employed.
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:-
The improved means for staying and retaining the legs of chairs, tables and
other articles of bent-wood furniture in their proper relative position, which
means consist of two lengths of wood (a and b) bent to a U-shape or curve,
crossed or entwined one with the other and fastened to the front and back legs
respectively of the said furniture, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated the 20th day of November 1899.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.