Year: 1896

page_text: GEORGE WYNNE COLE, Major General H.M., Indian Army of Arlesdene, Boscombe,
Bournemouth, in the County of Southampton, Hampshire, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1. This Chair may be made of pine, oak or teak wood or other durable material.
2. It consists of four principal parts vis.
a. Back.
b. Seat.
c. Fixed or draw-out Leg rest.
d. Long Arms.
The back, sent and leg rest are filled in with split cane interlaced and let into the
frames in the ordinary way.
3. The long arms are flat and joined behind the back by a transverse bar, by which
the angle required for sitting or reclining is regulated.
4. The back, seat and leg rest are joined by hinges to admit of their being folded
flat or at any required angle.
5. The back is bolted to a pair of trestles, which serve to support the long arins at
any required angle by means of fixed or sliding flauges.
6. In a compartment behind the back of the chair is a small sliding board held by
cleats, removable when required, to be fixed on the long arms for use as a table for
writing on or taking meals.
7. The chair can be folded flat so as to form a trestle bed and is provided with
bedding & pillow, mosquito curtains and rods, and also with adjustable book stand
and lamp bracket.
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way.
3. The long arms are flat and joined behind the back by a transverse bar, by which
the angle required for sitting or reclining is regulated.
4. The back, seat and leg rest are joined by hinges to admit of their being folded
flat or at any required angle.
5. The back is bolted to a pair of trestles, which serve to support the long arms at
any required angle by means of fixed or sliding flauges.
6. In a compartment behind the back of the chair is a small sliding board held by
cleats, renovable when required, to be fixed on the long arms for use as a table for
writing on or taking meals.
7. The chair can be folded flat so as to form a trestle bed and is provided with
bedding & pillow, mosquito curtains and rods, and also with adjustable book stand
and lamp bracket.
Folding Deck and Camp 181r.
I GEORGE WYNNE COLE of "Arlesdene" Boscombe, Bournemouth in the County of
Hants, Major General H.M. Indian Army 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:-
The subject of the invention is a folding deck and camp chair of improved construc-
tion so contrived and arranged as to be capable of being folded so as to form a lounge
or treatle bed.
In order nore clearly to explain the nature of the invention, I have annexed hereto
drawings illustrating the same, from which it will be seen that the principal parts of

page_text: the chair are the back, the sent, the long arms with transverse bar at the back and the
attachable leg rost. The entire framework of the chair is made of pine, oak, teak o
other suitable material, aud the back, seat and leg rest are filled in with split cane
interlaced and let into the framework in the usual way, or with other suitable
material,
Fig. 1. represents the invention arranged as a chair without the adjustable table
leg rest, brass bar and rackwork or slotted plates and runners.
Fig. 2 represents the invention arranged as a lounge, with the addition of a leg rest
aljustable table, brass bar and rack work, and also slotted plates and runners.
Fig. 3 represents the invention arranged as a bed with the leg rest attached, but
without the brass bar and rack work and also slotted plates and runners, the use of
which are dispensed with in this figure.
Fig. 4 represents the invention arranged as a bed fitted with curtains.
Fig. 5 represents the back of the chair.
Fig. 6 represents the seat of the clinir.
Fig. 7 represents the leg rest.
Fig. 8 represents the chair shewn in Fig. 1 folded (back view).
Fig. 9 represents the lounge folded (back view).
Fig. 10 represents the lounge folded (front view).
Throughout all the drawings the same letters indicate the same parts.
A. indicates the frame of the back of the chair.
B. the frame of the Beat.
C. the long arms with transverse bar at back.
D. the chair trestles to support the long arms.
E. the frame of the leg rest.
F. the mosquito curtains.
G. tho vertical rods for the curtains.
H. the horizontal rods for the curtains.
1. the mattress on the bed.
K. a short sliding band passing from pole to pole at the head of the bed to prevent
the pillow from falling.
1. the adjustable table shewn in Fig. 2.
P. is a bar which extends transversely between the long arms C, when the invention
is arranged as a lounge only.
R. plates fastened on the frame of the back of the chair, and provided with teeth
which engage the bar P when the invention is constructed as a lounge, as shewn in
Fig. 2.
S, plates ench provided with a slot a, fixed to the undersides of ench of the long
arins C, when the invention is constructed as a lounge as shewn in Fig. 2.
T, connecting plates, capping the ends of the trestles and each provided with a
runner which engages either one of the slots & when the invention is constructed
as a lounge as shewn in Fig. 2, or the hinges j, as the invention is arranged in
Fig. 1.
This arrangement of the rack-work transverse bar, and slotted plates enables the
slope of the chair back to be varied at will when the invention is constructed as a
lounge. I do not however confine myself to this method of adjustment, any other
equivalent device could be employed, as hereinafter described.
a, is the part of the back filled in with interlaced cane, or other material.
b, the part of the seat so filled in.
c, the sockets in the long arms C for fixing the vertical rods G to carry the mosquito
curtains F.
d, the connecting screws for affixing the leg rest to the chair.
e, the part of the leg rest filled in with interlaced cane or other material.
f the bed trestles to support the bed.
The trestle/represented at the left end of Figs. 2 and 3 is hinged only to the long
arms C and not to the back of the chair which is left free so as to be adjusted to the
required angles for sitting or reclining as shown in Figa. 1. and 2,

page_text: 7, the stays attached to the legs to ke
h, the hinges joining the seat to the back.
i, vertical bars or chains pivoted at each of their ends to the long arms C and the
seat B, which serve to lift the latter so that it may rest against the chair back when tho
chair is being folded up, and to draw-down the seat when the chair is being
opened out.
j, strong hinges coupled to connecting plates T capping the upper ends of the
trestles D, which may be fastened to the lower sides of the long arms Cat option, as
shewn in Figs. 1 and 8.
k, wooden transverse bar connecting the long arins O at the back of the chair, on
which the end of frame A rests, by bevelled edges when the chair is arranged as in
Figs. 3 and 4.
, wooden or metallic stays fastened on the sides of the back of the chair A in the
form shown in Fig. 1 to support long arms C at the required angle as a chair, as
shewn in Fig. 8 and the detail in connection therewith.
When the form of chair shewn in Fig. 1 is intended to be used as a bed, two bed
trestles must be added to form an adequate support, as shewn in Fig. 9.
With respect to the dimensions of the parts I find it convenient to make the frame
of the upper part of the back 30 inches x 20 inches.
The frame of the seat 18 inches x 18 inches.
The frame of the leg rest 18 inches x 16 inches.
The long arms 58 inches x 3 inches; but the parts may be made of other suitable
dimensions.
The long arms may be flat and are joined at the back by a transverse brass or iron
bar adapted to engage a rack fitted to each side of A, the frame of the back of the
chair, by which the required angle for sitting or reclining is regulated when the chair
is arranged as a lounge, as shewn in Fig. 2.
The back and seat are joined together by hinges to admit of their being folded flat
or at any required angle.
The seat and leg rest are joined together by connecting screws so that the leg rest
may be removed when not required for use.
The back A is bolted to a pair of trestles D which serve to support the long arms C
at any required height by means of connecting plates capping the upper end of each
trestle, which are provided with a runner which engages the corresponding slot 8 in
the slotted plates S fixed to the undersides of each of the long arms C, when arranged
as a lounge as shewn in Fig. 2. The trestles D may also be secured to the undersides
of the long arms C by means of connecting plates T and strong hinges j only when
And in this formn the brass bar and rack-work
arranged as a chair as shewn in Fig 1.
may be dispensed with at option, the required angle of the chair being regulated by
the wooden transverse bar & resting on stays on each side of the back of the chair ag
shewn in Fig. 8.
The trestles D lie flat between A and B, the frames of the back and seat of the chair
on the inner sides, and C(the long arms) on the outer sides, when the chair is folded as
shewn in Figs. 3 and 4, as a bedstead, and are therefore imperceptible in those figures
although shewn in Fig. 9.
In a compartment behind the back a small adjustable table is held by cleats, and is
removable when required to be placed on the long arms, on which it is adapted to slide
for use for writing reading or taking meals.
The chair can be folded so as to form a trestle bed, and may be provided with
bedding, pillow, mosquito curtains and rods, and also with adjustable book stand and
lamp bracket.
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 folding deck and camp chair constructed substantially as above described
and illustrated.

page_text: 2. The folding chair, substantially as shewn and described with reference to
Fig. 1.
3. The folding chair or lounge adjustable by means of the mack R and bar P
substantially as shewn and described with reference to Fig. 2.
4. The folding chair adjustable and capable of being converted into a bedstead
substantially as shewn and doscribed with reference to Figs. 3 and 4.
5. For use in a folding ebnir or lounge the ruck and har device substantially as
shewn and described.