IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUSIC AND OTHER STOOLS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur William Lovell Reddie, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUSIC AND OTHER
STOOLS." A communication from abroad by Michael Hoffman Wilson, of
Brooklyn in the State of New York United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur William Lovell
Reddie at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd May
1881.
ARTHUR WILLIAM LOVELL REDDIE, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF MUSIC AND OTHER STOOLS." [A communication from abroad by Michael
Hoffman Wilson, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, United States of
America.]
This Invention relates more especially to a novel construction of music stools,
but may be applied to stools for other use.
The principal object of the Invention is to provide a stool which may be used
as a single stool by one person, or be so adjusted as to form a double stool, or
seats for two persons when desired.
The Invention consists essentially in the combination in a stool of two standards,
which may be secured together side by side, their adjacent faces or sides being
made to conform to each other to form a single column for supporting a single seat,
and which may be readily separated when desired to support cach a seat.
Each of the two standards has a screw threaded socket or fixed nut, and carries a
seat supporting screw therein, and one of the said screws has fixed to its head one
seat, while the other seat is adapted to be fitted upon the head of the other screw
when the standards are separated to form two seats, and to be fitted upon the top
of the first mentioned seat when the standards are secured together to adapt the
stool to a single person.
The screw threaded socket or nut in one standard is formed in a projection
which enters a corresponding recess or depression in the other standard when the

page_text: two are secured together, whereby the screw fitting into the said socket is brought
into the centre of the column formed by securing the two standards together.
Each standard is provided with a foot which projects under the other standard
when the two are secured together, and also with two or more other feet, which
together with the foot first mentioned serve to amply support either standard
independently of the other when the two are separated. To enable the feet which
project from the two standards, each under the standard to which it is not
attached, to be placed in a central position, and to permit them to cross each other,
each foot is "offset" laterally at its junction with the standard which it helps to
support.
The two standards are secured together by means of a screw fitting transversely
in one standard and held against longitudinal movement, and adapted to screw
into a hole in the other standard, and they may be connected by a chain or other
connection, flexible in all directions, which when the two standards are secured
together is concealed in a cavity or recess in their adjacent faces.
The stool will generally be used as a single stool, and hence it is desirable that
one screw should be in the centre of the column formed by securing the two
standards together.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Arthur William Lovell Reddie in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 28th October 1881.
ARTHUR WILLIAM LOVELL REDDIE, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF MUSIC AND OTHER STOOLS." A communication from abroad by Michael
Hoffman Wilson, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, United States of
America.
This Invention relates more especially to a novel construction of music stools,
but may be applied to stools for other uses.
The principal object of the Invention is to provide a stool which may be used
as a single stool by one person, or be so adjusted as to form a double stool or seats
for two persons when desired.
The Invention consists essentially in the combination in a stool of two standards,
which may be secured together side by side, their adjacent faces or sides being
made to conform to each other to form a single column for supporting a single seat,
and which may be readily separated when desired to support each a seat. Each of
the two standards has a screw threaded socket or fixed nut, and carries a seat
supporting screw therein, and one of the said screws has fixed to its head one seat,
while the other seat is adapted to be fitted upon the head of the other screw when
the standards are separated to form two seats, and to be fitted upon the top of the
first mentioned seat when the standards are secured together to adapt the stool to
a single person.
The screw threaded socket or nut in one standard is formed in a projection
which enters a corresponding recess or depression in the other standard when the
two are secured together, whereby the screw fitting into the said socket is brought
into the centre of the column formed by securing the two standards together.
Each standard is provided with a foot which projects under the other standard
when the two are secured together, and also with two or more other feet, which
together with the foot first mentioned serve to amply support either standard
independently of the other when the two are separated. To enable the feet which
project from the two standards, each under the standard to which it is not
attached, to be placed in a central position, and to permit them to cross each other,
each foot is "off-set " laterally at its junction with the standard which it helps to
support.
The two standards are secured together by means of a screw fitting transversely
in one standard and held against longitudinal movement, and adapted to screw
into a hole in the other standard, and they may be connected by a chain or other
connection, flexible in all directions, which when the two standards are secured
together is concealed in a cavity or recess in their adjacent faces.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents a front view, and Fig. 2 a
central vertical section of a stool embodying my Invention with the two standards
secured together; Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section upon the line x, x, of
Fig. 2; Fig. 4 represents an elevation of one standard and a vertical section of the
other standard when separated; and Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section upon
the line y, y, of Fig. 4. Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in
all the Figures.
A, A', designate two standards approximately semicircular in transverse section,
as seen in Fig. 3, and adapted to be secured together with their flat faces in
contact, as also clearly shewn in Figures 1 and 3, or to be separated, as seen in

page_text: Figures 4 and 5, when the stool is required to scat two persons. When the two
standards are placed together and secured, they form a single column, similar in
appearance to that of an ordinary stool.
As here represented each standard is composed of a hollow casting, and they may
be secured together by means of a screw a passing transversely through the
standard A' held against longitudinal movement, and adapted to engage with a
screw threaded socket b in the standard A, as most clearly seen in Fig. 2.
The two standards are each provided with two feet c, which are amply sufficient
to support them when together, but in order to afford each standard a stable
support when separated from the other, I provide each with a third foot d. The
foot d upon each standard projects under the other standard, and the upper end of
each foot & fits in a recess e in the flat face of the other standard, as clearly seen in
Fig. 5.
In order to enable both feet to project centrally from their respective standards,
and at the same time permit them to pass by each other when the stool is employed
as a single stool, I "offset" each foot d laterally in opposite directions at d', as
clearly seen in Fig. 5.
In the two standards A, A', are formed two screw threaded sockets or fixed nuts
B, B', which are clearly shewn in Fig. 2, and in these sockets or fixed nuts are
fitted two seat supporting screws C, C, also clearly shewn in Fig. 5. The stool
will generally be used as a single stool, and hence it is desirable that one screw
should be in the centre of the column formed by securing the two standards
together. In this example of my Invention the screw C, which fits in the socket
or nut B in the standard A, is the central screw, as seen in Fig. 2, and the nut B is
formed in a projection on the flat face of the standard A, which, when the two
standards are secured together, is received in a recess or depression f in the flat
face of the standard A¹. The screw C¹ fits in nut B' formed entirely in the
standard A. To the head of the screw C is permanently fixed a seat D, and D¹
designates in a second seat, which, when the stool is to be used as a single stool,
may fit over or upon the seat D, as seen in Fig. 2, but when the standards are
detached the one from the other may fit upon the head of the screw C. The head
of the screw C¹, as shewn in Fig. 2, has a transverse pin g, with which notches /
in, the central socket of the seat D¹ may engage, thus locking the seat and screw so
that they will turn together.
E designates a chain forming a flexible connection between the two standards
when detached the one from the other, but such connection might be dispensed
with if desirable. When the two standards are secured together the chain E is
received within coincident grooves i formed in the flat faces of the two standards,
and is thus concealed from view.
This improved stool is very advantageous, for the reason that when used as a
single stool the seat supporting screw used is in the centre of the column forined
by securing the standards together, and one very important advantage is that the
two standards are entirely self supporting when separated from each other, and
are connected, if at all, only by a chain or other connection, flexible in all directions,
and hence there is no danger of the connection between the two being strained or
injured by turning either of the seat supporting screws down hard, and thus
wrenching one of the standards.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention of "Improvements in
Music and other Stools," as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and
having explained in what manner-the same may be carried into effect, I wish it to
be understood that I claim,-
First. The combination in a stool of two standards adapted to be secured together
for supporting a single seat, and to be separated for supporting each a seat, substan-
tially as herein specified.
Secondly. The combination in a stool of two standards, each carrying a seat
supporting screw, and adapted to be secured together and readily separated; a seat
fixed to one screw, and a second scat adapted to fit upon the other screw when said

page_text: standards are separated, and to fit upon the first mentioned seat when the standards
are secured together, substantially as herein specified.
Thirdly. The combination in a stool of two standards adapted to be secured
together and readily separated, and two seat supporting screws carried thereby,
one of which is central in the column formed by securing the standards together,
substantially as herein specified.
Fourthly. The combination in a stool of two standards adapted to be secured
together and readily separated, and each carrying a seat supporting screw, and each
having a foot which projects under the other standard when the two are secured
together, substantially as herein specified.
Fifthly. The combination of the two standards A, A¹, each having a foot d
"offset" laterally at its junction with the standard, substantially as and for the
purpose herein specified.
Sixthly. The combination of the two standards A, A¹, each having a foot d and
a notch e for the reception of the foot on the other standard when the two are
secured together, substantially as herein specified.
Seventhly. The combination of the two standards A, A¹, each carrying a seat
supporting screw, and a screw passing transversely through one standard and
adapted to engage with a screw threaded hole in the other standard for securing
the two together, substantially as herein specified.
Eighthly. The combination of the two standards A, A', and the chain or
connection E adapted to be concealed in a recess or cavity between said. standards
when the two are secured together, substantially as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur William Lovell Reddie, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty sixth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eight one.
ARTHUR W. L. REDDIE. (L.S.)