Improvements in Lounging Chairs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1899-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
Improvements in Lounging Chairs.
I, GEORGE KELLY, of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Inventor and Mechanic,
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 fol-
lowing statement:-
My invention relates to a novel form of lounging chair; and the object is to'
provide a simple, convenient and comfortable device of this character.
To this end the invention consists in certain features of construction and
combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described
and claimed.
The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known
to me, but many changes in the details might be made within the skill of a good
mechanic without departing from the spirit thereof, as set forth in the claims
at the end of this specification.
The same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.
In the drawings:.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved lounging or rocking chair.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.
1 denotes the chair proper, which is mounted on the rockers 2-2.
3 represents a counter-balance weight which is vertically adjustable on the
back of the chair to correspond to the weight of the occupant.
4 denotes the seat, and its forward edge extends beyond the line of the front
legs, as shown.
5 denotes the leg section hinged to the seat-section, and its forward end is
provided with semi-elliptical springs 6-6, to which the axle 7 is fixed.
8-8 denote the supporting wheels journaled on said axle, so as to permit of
an easy reciprocating movement of the leg section 5 when the chair proper is
oscillating.
9-9 denote the transverse parallel rods, which are connected at their opposite
ends to the spokes of the wheels 8-8 on opposite sides of the axles, and beneath
the leg-section 5, to limit the oscillatory movement of the wheels in either direc-
tion, and thus prevent the chair tilting too far backward or forward.
The chair and its hinged section are suitably and comfortably upholstered, and
may be finished up in various styles and materials to conform to the sales market
governing this class of furniture.
As hereinabove stated, various changes may be made in the details, as for
instance, the wheels may be dispensed with, and in lieu thereof, only a segment
or quarter circle of the wheel used to support the leg-section during its oscillatory
movement.
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 combination with the rocking chair. of the leg-section hinged thereto.

page_text: the supporting axle, springs and wheels, and the transverse parallel limit rods
connecting said wheels, substantially as specified.
2. The combination with the rocking chair, of the leg-section hinged to the
chair in the same plane with the seat section, wheels supporting the free end of
the said leg-section, and a transverse brace rod connecting said wheels, as, and for
the purpose set forth.
Dated this 25th day of July 1800
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.