Improvements in Garden or other Seats and Forms.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garden or other Seats and Forms.
I, HUGH GEORGE GALLOWAY, of the National Bank, High Street, Lochwinnoch,
Renfrewshire, Bank Teller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a garden seat or other seat or form
with a back support which may be readily collapsed for storage.
The improved seat or form is composed of the usual seat board which is supported
at or near each end by a pair of upright leg supports the rear leg of each pair
being extended upwards to carry a back supporting board. The horizontal
member connecting the upright legs is pivoted or carried in bearings secured to
the under side of the seat so that the legs may be folded under the seat whilst the
upward extension of the rear upright legs and the back support are at the same
time brought down to the level of the seat, the back supporting board being jointed
to the uprights to permit of its folding down longitudinally and parallel to the
seat. In this folded or collapsed position the seat occupies but little space and a
number of such seats can be readily stowed in a small building.
When the seat is in use the upright legs are brought to bear against stops on
the underside of the seat and they are retained in position by spring or other
catches or holders, or they may be so held by struts jointed to them and to the
under side of the seat.
OT1007
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank and Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
I, HUGH GEORGE GALLOWAY, of the National Bank, High Street, Lochwinnoch,
Renfrewshire, Bank Teller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
-
This invention has for its object to provide a garden seat or other seat or form
with a back support which may be readily collapsed for storage.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a back elevation of a garden seat
constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 is a side elevation of the
same and Figure 3 is a back elevation showing the seat as partially collapsed.
As represented in these drawings the improved seat or form is composed of the
usual seat board A, which is supported at or near each end by a pair of upright
leg supports B, B1, the rear leg B of each pair being extended upwards at B₁ to
carry a back supporting board C. The horizontal member D connecting the
upright legs B, B, is pivoted or carried in bearings E secured to the under side of
the seat so that the legs may be folded under the seat whilst the upward exten-
sion B¹ of the rear upright legs and the back support C are at the same time
brought down to the level of the seat, in the manner indicated at Figure 3, the
back supporting board C being jointed at c to the uprights B₁ to permit of its
folding down longitudinally and parallel to the seat. In this folded or collapsed
position the seat occupies but little space and a number of such seats can be readily
stowed in a small building.
When the seat is in use the upright legs are brought to bear against stops F
on the underside or back of the seat, and they are retained in position by spring
or other catches or holders, or they may be so held, as shown, by struts G jointed
to the under side of the seat, and formed with hook ends g engaging with studs on
the legs 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:-
A garden or other seat or form having a back support jointed to the leg supports
and adapted to be collapsed with the legs substantially as described.
1
1000
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank and Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant,