Improvements in Saddles and Seats.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1890.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles and Seats.
I GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole and Company of 13 & 15 Finsbury
Street in the city of London Merchants Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in saddles and cushioned seats which I
form of steel or other suitable sheet metal imparting flexibility in such a manner
that when sat upon the seat gives to the weight of the sitter or rider and returns to
its normal state as soon as the weight is removed. The seat may be stamped out in
one piece or in sections and put together in any suitable manner.
It may also be padded, lined, covered or framed as desired, with any suitable
material.
Dated this 25th day of July 1889.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles and Seats.
I GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole and Company of 31 Spital Square
in the city of London merchants & manufacturer 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 improvements in saddles and seats which I form of steel
or other suitable sheet metal imparting flexibility in such a manner that when sat
upon the seat gives to the weight of the sitter or rider and returns to its normal
state as soon as the weight is removed. The seat may for various purposes be
stamped out in one piece or in sections and put together in any suitable manner it
may also be padded, lined covered or framed as desired with any suitable material.
It is obvious that any improved hollow flexible seat or saddle may be stamped out
of sheet steel or other flexible metal in a variety of shapes or forms and covered with
leather or other material to represent the ordinary upholstered seats in use for
example when used for a chair seat it is stamped out in a hollow form in the desired
size and shape and when mounted on the chair frame and when sat upon it gives
to the weight of the sitter but returns to its normal shape when the weight is removed
namely the spring or springs in the ordinary chair in use are dispensed with the
flexibility of the metal forming my improved seats serving the purpose of said springs.
And in order that my Invention may be easily understood and readily carried into
practice I will proceed to fully describe the same with reference to the Drawings
hereunto annexed in which the same letters of reference denote corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a front view of an easy chair having my improved metallic seating and
cushioning applied thereto. a is the frame of the chair, b my metallic back
cushioning secured to said frame by means of flange 6 of the cushioning and nails 6'
driven through holes in same. is my metallic seating and 63 my metallic arm
cushion both secured to the frame a in a similar manner to that employed to secure
cushioning b as described.
Fig. 2 is a side and Fig. 3 a top view of fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a front view of a row of my improved seats joined together, 6 and 63 in
which representing a pattern stamped out in the metallic surface in imitation of
tufting or other upholstering.
Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a side view of my improved metallic saddle for a child's toy horse and
Fig. 7 a front view of same.
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page_text: My improved metallic seats and cushioning may thus be used for stools, easy
chairs, couches, saddles and a variety of other kinds of spring seating and
cushioning.
When my Invention is applied to a horses saddle it is stamped out in the desired.
shape or shapes and mounted upon a padded metallic or other frame fitting the
horses back this padded frame being secured to the horse by means of the usual
belly bands.
When applied to childrens toy horses (figs. 6 & 7) my metallic saddle is stamped
out and mounted directly upon the horse itself.
When these metallic seats, cushions and saddles are covered with leather or other
suitable material it will be readily seen that the flexible metal will impart such an
amount of consistency that the thinnest material may be used for the covering thus
effecting a great saving in cost as well as producing an elegant and durable
article.
These metallic seats cushions and saddles may also be stuffed or padded with
any suitable material in order to regulate or somewhat counteract their flexibility when
required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
A new or improved spring seat, cushion or saddle stamped out of sheet steel or
other suitable sheet metal in which the flexibility of the metal gives to the weight or
pressure of the sitter or rider and causes the sheet cushion or saddle to return again
to its normal shape when the weight or pressure is removed such metallic seat
cushion or saddle having a continuous or unbroken surface for painting or covering
with leather or other suitable material in imitation of the ordinary upholstered
seating, cushioning or leather saddles in use all substantially in the manner and for
the purpose as described in the foregoing specification and represented in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of April 1890.