Improvements in and relating to Rocking Chairs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1894 -Accepted, 14th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rocking Chairs.
I, ALEXANDER PLANT of the Firm of H. & A. G. Alexander and Company,
48 French Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Chair Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises certain improvements upon and
connected with that class of rocking chairs which have a stationery basement
frame, and a rocking seat framne mounted above this, usually with castors under the
front sides of the basement frame and springs for giving resilient action to the seat
frame as well as a rocking action, and the improvements consist essentially in
mounting upon the frames of these chairs a rocking rest for the feet or legs
capable of lying at various angles to suit the position of the feet or legs either in
the sitting or rocking position with the legs up on the rest.
Under one construction and arrangement the improvements essentially consist in
mounting upon the said under stationery frame a reciprocating open frame, sliding
horizontally by swivelling centres preferably of metal, at its back and side edges,
in long grooved horizontal guide bars screwed to the inside of the lower frame
near the floor level with dipping or lateral grooved swivelling bearing bushes at
the front ends of the grooves of the guide bars, also preferably made of metal, so
that when this reciprocating frame is drawn out to the extreme front these
swivelling centres will drop into these bushes and secure the frame out in its
horizontal position, this frame resting on castors at the front end. On the front
end of this reciprocating and oscillating frame, a frame or board stuffed on the
upper side is mounted on hinges or equivalent centres near its centre, so as to
oscillate at any desired angle as a foot rest or foot-stool. Or otherwise the front
end of this frame may be raised on its back swivelling centres, and held up at a
considerable angle by a swivelling frame or links fulcrumed near its inside centre
with hooks on the rear ends of these links which when the frame is so raised are
hooked into lateral eyes projecting forward from the front rail of the rocking
frame under the spring seat so that the said hinged stuffed board or foot rest will
then be raised to near or a little below the level of the seat of the rocking frame,
and so answer as a rest for the legs to rest on at any desired suitable angle, and in
this position rock along with the rocking seat part of the chair, so that the limbs
resting on this stuffed resting part will rock along with the body of the person
resting on the rocking seat. The lower reciprocating frame may be drawn out to
any desired distance for the foot rest to suit the angle and distance the feet are
desired to be out from the chair; and its angular height may be varied by varying
and adjusting the length of the link frame or having different lengths of link eyes
for hooking these into, so as to vary the height of the board on which the limbs
rest and rock with the chair.
Dated 12th September 1893.
W. K. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rocking Chairs.
I, ALEXANDER PLANT, of the Firm of H. and A. G. Alexander and Company,
48 French Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Chair Manufacturers, 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 in
writing, that is to say:
:-
This invention has reference to and comprises certain improvements upon and
connected with that class of rocking chairs which have a stationary basement
frame, and a rocking seat frame mounted above this, usually with castors under the
front sides of the basement frame and springs for giving resilient action to the seat
frame as well as a rocking action; and the improvements essentially consist in
mounting upon the frames of these chairs a rocking rest for the feet or legs,
capable of lying at various angles to suit the position of the feet or legs either in
the sitting, or rocking position with the legs up on the rest.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference letters are
used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rocking chair showing my combination foot
or leg rest in its reciprocated or rolled in position.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the rest in its outward position as a foot rest.
Figure 3 is a like view showing the chair in rocking position and the rest in an
angled position as a leg rest. While
Figure 4 is a sectional side elevation of a rocking chair to an enlarged scale
showing the leg rest in position slightly reclined above the seat frame of chair.
Referring to these drawings:-The improvements essentially consist in mounting
upon the under stationary frame A a reciprocating open frame, sliding horizontally
by swivelling centres 6 preferably of metal, at its back and side edges, in long
grooves bor grooved horizontal guide bars screwed to the inside of the lower
frame A near the floor level with dipping or lateral grooved swivelling bearing
bushes at the front ends of the grooves b' so that when this reciprocating frame B is
drawn out from the position shown in Figure 1 to the extreme front these
swivelling centres b will drop into these bushes and secure the frame out in its
horizontal position as shown in Figure 2 this frame resting on castors 6* at the
front end. On the front end of this reciprocating and oscillating frame B, a
frame or board B' stuffed on the upper side is mounted on hinges or equivalent
centres near its centre at B³, so as to oscillate at any desired angle as a foot rest or
footstool. Or otherwise the front end of this frame may be raised on its back
swivelling centres b and held up at a considerable angle, as shown in Figure 3 or
slightly reclined as shown in Figure 4, by a swivelling frame or links C fulcrumed
at C₁ near its inside centre with hooks C on the rear end of these links C which
when the frame is so raised are hooked into lateral eyes C³ projecting forward from
the front rail of the rocking frame D under the spring seat D' so that the said
hinged stuffed board or foot rest B B will then be raised to slightly above or a
little below the level of the seat D' of the rocking frame D, as shown respectively
in Figures 3 and 4, and so auswer as a rest for the legs to rest on at any desired
suitable angle, and in this position rock along with the rocking seat part D D' of '
the chair, so that the limbs resting on this stuffed resting part B' will rock along
with the body of the person resting on the rocking seat D¹. The lower recipro-
cating frame B may. be drawn out to any desired distance for the foot rest to suit
the angle and distance the feet are desired to be out from the chair; and its
angular height may be varied by varying and adjusting the length of the link

page_text: frame C or having different lengths of link eyes C³ for hooking these into, so as to
vary the height of the board on which the limbs rest and rock with the chair.
In its disengaged reciprocated-in position the link frame C would have its
hook C disengaged from the eyes C³ and lie horizontally, being supported by the
transverse rib c which rests over the frame B.
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 I
claim is :-
:-
First. In rocking chairs, the fitting and use of a foot or leg rest frame which
slides on the basement frame and is capable of being drawn out to act as a foot
rest, or be held in any desired angled or reclined position to act as a leg rest,
substantially as herein described in reference to and by way of application shown
in the accompanying drawings.
Second. In rocking chairs, the combination and use of an open reciprocating or
oscillating frame, carrying a foot or leg rest, and capable of being held in any
desired angled or reclined position by a swivelling or link frame, substantially as
herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 12th day of June 1894.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Ageuts.