Improvements in Seats.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1594
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats.
HENRY GEORGE WELLS 29 Hampden Gurney Street Edgware Road W.
Carpenters and Cabinet Makers. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
It consists of 3 pieces of board hinged together. When open forms a triangle, when
closed flies up perpendicular. No. (1) piece is hinged to No. (2) & mitred at the
joint to help form a support nearly equal lengths. No. (3) is hinged at the bottom.
When the seat is brought down horizontally No. (3) forms the principal support.
Attached to No. (3) support is a coiled spring which when the weight is off flies up
perpendicular pushing up the seat with it to a thickness of lin. .
The seat bracket can be fixed to a wall or counter to economise space.
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ML 1000
Improvements in Seats.
HENRY GEORGE WELLS 29 Hampden Gurney Street Edgware Road (W.)
Cabinet Makers etc. 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 :-
It consists of 3 pieces of board hinged together. When open forms a triangle.
When closed flies up perpendicular. No. 1 piece is hinged to No. 2 & mitred at the
joint to help form a support nearly equal lengths. No. 3 piece is hinged at the
bottom. When the seat is brought down horizontally No. 3 forms the principal
support. Attached to No. 3 is a coiled spring which when the weight is off, flies
up perpendicular pushing up the seat with it to a thickness of inch.
The seat bracket can be fixed to a wall or counter to economise space. If the
seat be required down for any length of time as in drawing, B, a piece of board.
No. 6. is shaped & fitted to No. 1. thereby the combined boards when the seat is
closed becomes flush with No. 3 except for sufficient space to allow No. 3 the
principal support to drop into, as shown in drawing (A) to the top of the principal
support No. 3.
A small wheel No. 4 made of any suitable material runs on a long
brass plate screwed on to No. 6 to facilitate the action which the principal support
has on the combined board (No. 1. & 6.)
When the operator pulls the seat (No. 1) down, the principal support drops into
the space allotted for it the said wheel (No. 4) also drops into a slot A No. 5 cut
out of (No. 6) board, which is cut at a certain angle to form a catch which holds
the seat (No. 1) down as in drawing (B) by this method the seat does not fly up
automatically when the person rises, but is held down at right angles as in
drawing (B) for use again without the trouble of pulling it down. When the user
wishes to close the seat all that is necessary is to give the seat (No. 1) a slight jerk
with the hand and the said wheel jumps out of the slot which forms the catch &
the seat closes of itself. The seat bracket made in this way can also be made to
work automatically when the person rises by having a piece of flat brass to slide
over the said slot worked by the thumb & finger like an ordinary bolt or A No. 7
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page_text: which covers up the slot & does not allow the said wheel to catch, thereby allowing
the seat to work automatically. If the operator requires the seat to catch as
drawing (B) all that is necessary is to draw the flat piece of brass back which forms
the bolt with the thumb & finger thereby exposing the said slot which forms the
catch to the said wheel & the seat remains down at right angles as drawing (B).
The simple action & dropping of the said wheel into the said slot does away with
all spring catches which are liable to get out of order.
The seat bracket is fixed with ordinary screws in a straight position as drawing (A)
to a wall, partition, or counter or any place where space is valuable. When the
seat is required for use, the hand is placed at the top of the seat (No. 1) and with
a slight pull it is brought down at right angles to form a comfortable seat like a
chair the operator then sits which keeps it down, and on rising flies back into a
straight position, as drawing (A) or as explained above by the use of the said bolt
the seat will remain stationary at the will of the operator. The scat when closed
as drawing (A) fitting so flat & compact with a good bold open space makes it
most useful for advertising.
If the seat be only required to work automatically it is quite unnecessary to
add (No. 6) board thereby doing away with slot & bolt & making the seat less
expensive.
The same idea made small as in drawing (C & D) padded and covered with
carpet can be fixed in church pews for kneelers. If the seat be required to be
portable by extending (No. 2 & 3) to form legs the seat (No. 1) is pulled down in
the usual way (No. 2 & 3) crosses like an ordinary camp stool making a firm &
comfortable seat. The seat can be made in iron if
necessary.
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
1. When the seat is opened it forms its own support & gathers it in when closing
itself, which enables it to be fixed in a very small space at the same time giving a
firm comfortable seat.
2. The useful & simple construction of the small wheel dropping into the slot
does away with all catches & springs which are liable to get out of order.
3. The bold front of the seat when closed fitting so compact makes a capital
advertising board for business purposes.
Dated this 11th day of December 1893.