Improvements in the Attachment of Cushions to Chairs, Seats, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Attachment of Cushions to Chairs, Seats, and
the like.
1, PERCIVAL PHILPOT, of 13, Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, in the City of
London, Manufacturer and Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
to be as follows:-
This invention is designed for the purpose of conveniently and removably
attaching cushions of various sorts to articles of furniture, more especially chairs,
and scats. It is immaterial what shape or kind of cushion is used and what part of
the chair or other article of furniture it is to be attached to. The invention may
be carried out as follows:
In the case of a cushion to be secured to the back of say an ordinary dining-
room chair, and where if some supporting device were not employed the cushion,
which would in this case generally be a soft one, would be apt to sag and bulge, I
prefer to employ a bar of any suitable material such for example as wood or iron
preferably perforated with holes and which is intended to be sewn or otherwise
secured to or in the cushion near one of its horizontal sides. To this bar are secured
any required number but preferably two spring clips which may be permanently or
detachably connected with the bar. The bar if outside the cushion may be covered
with ornamental material as also may the clips. The cushion being thus provided
with the necessary attachments can be hung upon the back of any chair ready for
use at a moment's notice and removed with equal facility the spring of the clip
being sufficient to securely hold it where required.
It will be understood that while I prefer to employ spring clips the same end may
to a certain extent be accomplished by simple hooks.
In some cases no stiffening bar is required and where this is the case the clips
may be secured to the cushion either by sewing or by other suitable means and may
be connected together or not as required. For instance, a more or less flexible rod or
equivalent may be let into the edge or other part of the cushion which while not
providing the rigid or powerful support of the bar previously described would
nevertheless assist in keeping the cushion in its proper position and shape. Any
required number of these attachments may be connected to the cushion according
to circumstances.
Dated this 18th day of December 1890.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Attachment of Cushions to Chairs, Seats, and
the like.
I, PERCIVAL PHILPOT, of 13, Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, in the City of
London, Manufacturer and Agent, 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 is designed for the purpose of conveniently and removably
attaching cushions of various sorts to articles of furniture, more especially chairs,
and seats. It is immaterial what shape or kind of cushion is used and what part
of the chair or other article of furniture it is to be attached to. The invention
may be carried out as follows :-

page_text: In the case of a cushion to be secured to the back of say an ordinary dining or
drawing room chair, and where if some supporting device were not employed, the
cushion, which would in this case generally be a soft one, would be apt to sag and
bulge, I prefer to employ a bar of any suitable material such for example as wood
or iron preferably perforated with holes and which is intended to be sewn or other-
wise secured to or in the cushion near one of its horizontal sides. To this bar are
secured any required number but preferably two spring clips which may be
permanently or detachably connected with the bar. The bar if outside the cushion
may be covered with ornamental material as also may the clips. The cushion being
thus provided with the necessary attachments can be hung upon the back of any
chair ready for use at a moment's notice and removed with equal facility the spring
of the clip being sufficient to securely hold it where required.
It will be understood that while I prefer to employ spring clips the same end may
to a certain extent be accomplished by simple hooks.
In some cases no stiffening bar is required and where this is the case the, clips
may be secured to the cushion either by sewing or by other suitable means and may
be connected together or not as required. For instance, a more or less flexible rod
or equivalent may be let into the edge or other part of the cushion which while not
providing the rigid or powerful support of the bar previously described would
nevertheless assist in keeping the cushion in its proper position and shape. Any
required number of these attachments may be connected to the cushion according
to circumstances.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig-is-a-front view of a cushion constructed according to this invention part
of the covering being removed the better to show the connection.of one of the clips
with the bar..
Fig. 2 is a back view of a portion of the same also with part of the cover
removed.
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Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3-of-Fig. 1.
Fig 4 is a perspective view of a clip independent of a cushion and adapted for
retaining an antimacassar or other such article of drapery on the back of a chair.
Fig. 5 is a front view of one form of rosette or artificial flower with which the
clip (Fig. 4).may_be_ornamented and
Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a front elevation-and-section of another such clip
the ornamentation of which is in the form of a bow.
Fig. 8 is an edge view of-a-form-of-clip adapted for attaching curtains or other
drapery to mantel boards, cornices and the like.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 A represents the cushion which may be of any desired shape
but preferably having its upper edge A¹ straight though my invention is readily
applicable to cushions having curved upper edges. B is the bar which is perforated
at B to. enable stitches to be passed through it so as to secure the bar B in its
proper position. C are the clips which are rivetted or otherwise secured to bar B
and which project out through the cover of the cushion and at the outside are
preferably covered with plush C' or other suitable material as shown at Figure 3.
The cushion A may be bordered-with-silk-cord_D_or_otherwise ornamented the
clips C in no way interfering with such ornamentation and if desired-loops-such
as D may be formed in the cord D at either side of the clips or the design may be
otherwise symmetrically treated.
The clips C are preferably inclined in the manner shown so as to conform to the
curvature of the back of the chair but if desired they need not be so inclined.
It will readily be understood that all that is necessary to secure a cushion such
as that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 to the back of a chair, seat or the like is to place the
clips C on to its upper edge or rail so that they may by their resilience grip and
thus prevent the cushion from falling or being accidentally pushed off.
The clip C shown in Figs. 4 and 7 is simply a piece of thin steel or other
suitable metal wound into the spiral form shown in Fig. 4. This clip as shown in

page_text: Fig. 7 is covered with plush or other suitable material C₁ and to this is sewn a
rosette E which may be in the form of a flower as shown at Fig. 5 or bow as shown
at Figs. 6 and 7 or of other suitable design.
For securing say an antimacassar on the back of a chair by one of the last
described clips the antimacassar is laid across the back in the usual manner and the
clip is pushed down on to it at the part where it rests on the upper rail or edge of
the chair back so that the antimacassar and rail are gripped by the clip.
Although only one clip may be used for securing each antimacassar it will be
advantageous to use two to prevent the sides edges or corners from drooping.
When using the last described clip for attaching a cushion to the back of a chair
it is simply made to grip the chair back and a portion say the edge, of the cushion
or cover.
The clip shown in Fig. 8 is one which may be used for securing cushions on to
the seats of chairs in place of the tapes now commonly used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A. clip for securing cushions and the like to furniture consisting of a bar such
as B carrying one or more spring or other clips or hooks substantially as
described.
2. The combination with a cushion or the like of a spring or other clip such
as B C substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
3. As an ornamental device for attaching a cushion antimacassar or other similar
article to a chair seat or the like the combination with a clip such as C of a rosette,
flower, bow or other ornamental device such as E substantially as described and
illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The ornamental spring clips E C' C substantially as described and illustrated
in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 292nd day of January 1891
PERCIVAL PHILPOT.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.