Improvements in or Applicable to Box Ottoman Couches.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Box Ottoman Couches.
1, CORNELIUS VINCENT SMITH, of 64 Osnaburgh Street, Regents Park, in the
County of London, Manufacturing Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has mainly for object an improved arrangement applicable to box
ottoman couches whereby the whole of the seat can form the lid instead of only a
portion of the same as hitherto.
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For this purpose the back of the seat or lid near each end is hinged to a block such
blocks being adapted to slide in grooves at the ends of the box.
A bar forming an arm rest is also hinged to the inside of the lid at each end the
other ends of the bars being pivotted or hinged in the said grooves at the front part
of the box.
By this arrangement when the lid is lifted the back portion thereof slides forward
and the said arm rests serve to keep the lid in its open position, and when the lid is
closed the said arm rests lie flat within the said grooves.
In the case of box lounges the arin rests are pivotted to the middle part of the end
of the box and lid respectively and are jointed in the middle to allow of the lid being
opened from either side, bars or rods, the ends of which are hinged or pivotted
respectively to the front and back parts of the box and lid, fit in the grooves at the
ends of the box when the lid is closed.
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Box Ottoman Couches.
I CORNELIUS VINCENT SMITH, of 64 Osnaburgh Street, Regents Park, in the County
of London, Manufacturing Upholsterer, 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 :-
This invention Has for object an improved arrangement applicable to box
ottoman couches whereby the whole of the seat can form the lid instead of only a
portion of the same as hitherto.
For this purpose the back of the seat or lid near each end is hinged to a block, such
blocks being adapted to slide in grooves at the ends of the box.
A bar forming an arm rest is also hinged to the inside of the lid at each end
the other ends of the bars being pivotted or hinged in the said grooves at the
front part of the box.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how
it can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a box ottoman couch provided with my
improvements.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 are views of some of the parts drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the couch with the lid open, and
Figure 6 is a similar view with the lid closed.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a is the well or box portion of the couch, b is the scroll, c is the armor back and d
is the seat or lid.

page_text: e, e are the blocks to which, at f, f, I hinge the back of the seat or lid d; this
will be most clearly seen by reference to figure 2 which is a perspective view of
part of the seat or lid d hinged as described to a block e having tongues a¹, al
on each of its sides.
9, 9 are the grooves in the ends of the box a in which grooves (a portion of
one of which is shown in perspective view at figure 3) the blocks e are adapted
to slide, the tongues a¹, a' fitting and working in the latteral grooves or guides h, h.
i, i are the bars or arın rests hinged at ; to the inside of the lid d and at k
inside the grooves g at the front part of the box. Figure 4 shews in perspective
view one corner of the well or box a with one of the bars i hinged in the
groove g.
By this arrangement, when the lid d is lifted, the back portion thereof, hinged
to the blocks e, e, slides forward and the arm rests i, i serve to keep the lid in
its open position, as shown in figures 1 and 5, and when the lid is closed, as in
figure 6, the arm rests i, i lie flat within the grooves g, g.
It will be observed that the head rest 6 and back c of the couch are entirely
independent from the seat or lid d and the space occupied is no greater than that
occupied by an ordinary couch while the entire well or storage space of the
box ottoman couch is free and as accessible as if there were no back or arm to
the couch.
It is much superior to the usual double frame arrangement which has proved
so defective in construction and so objectionable when in use in consequence of
the double frame after a short period of wear becoming distinctly and uncomfort-
ably felt when the couch is sat upon. My improved box ottoman couch provides
as comfortable a seat as a spring stuffed couch.
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. A box ottoman couch having its lid or seat hinged to blocks adapted to slide
in grooves in the ends of the well or box, a bar forming an arm rest being hinged
to the inside of the lid at each end and to the front of the box inside the said
grooves, substantially as hereinbefore described and for the purposes set forth.
2. The improved box ottoman couch hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 1ith N
L
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.