Improvements in and relating to Elastic Supports or Pads for Furniture.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Elastic Supports or Pads for
Furniture.
I, GEORG UHLMANN, of Kötschenbroda, in the Kingdom of Saxony and
Empire of Germany, Merchant, 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 object of the present application for Letters Patent consists in an improve-
ment in or applicable to furniture. This improvement consists in the adaptation
of elastic pads such for instance as felt, india-rubber, cork or the like which are
shaped to correspond with the section of the feet of the furniture and are secured
thereto by means of a clip or the like with the aid of a recess or cut-out piece.
By means of this arrangement the floor is protected and the furniture can be
moved from place to place with the minimum amount of noise. The accompanying
drawing shows by way of example one system of carrying the invention into
effect.
Figures 1 to 12 represent the lower part of the foot of a piece of furniture to
which a piece of felt or the like is secured by means of a clip, whilst in
Figures 13 to 16 a fastening of the piece of felt or the like is effected by means
of-a recess formed on the foot and in which
"Figures 2, 4, 6 and 8 show sections on the lines x and x x and y y and y¹ y¹ of
the Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7, and
Figures 14 and 16 are views from below of Figures 13 and 15.
Figures 17 and 18 show the clips in plan and
Figures 19 and 20 show a fastening screw in side view and from above.
According to Figures 1 and 2 a clip b is secured upon the round foot of a piece
of furniture such as a table or chair or the like by means a wood screw e secured to
it by adjustable projections h (Figures 19 and 20) by bending them over. This
clip possesses as shown in Figure 17 claws at its circumference, which are bent
round as soon as the cylindrical piece of felt a is placed upon the clip; the felt is
in this manner firmly attached to the foot.
The angular foot of Figures 3 and 4 is provided in the same manner with a
prismatic piece of felt a with the aid of clip b which in this case possesses the
form shown in Figure 18.
For the purpose of securing the felt a to the round or angular foot such as
shown in Figures 5 to 8 the felt a is secured in the clip 6 by bending round the
points of the latter after which both these parts are secured by means of a wood
screw d to the foot of the piece of furniture. The clips e illustrated in Figures 9
to 12 are formed as sheaths with a bent-in edge and fit exactly upon the round or
angular foot for which they are designed. The securing of the felt a to the foot is
arranged in such manner that the clip e pushed over the correspondingly cut felt a
is secured to the foot of the piece of furniture by means of side screws f. The
under part of the feet of Figures 13 to 16 has a cut-out piece g which corresponds
to the size of the piece of felt a; into this recess g the felt is pressed and for the
purpose of more firmly fixing it a glutinous matter may be applied between the
two substances.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
In furniture the arrangement of elastic pads or pieces secured to the under part
of the feet substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
-drawings.
Dated this 21st day of March 1896.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.