An Improved Folding Garden Seat with Awning and Foot Rest.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Garden Seat with Awning and Foot Rest.
JOHN SHARP, Cabinet Maker, 11, Pine Avenue, Poole Road, Bournemouth West.
I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The end frame work consists of two princaples about 6 ft. 6 long leaning inwards
and crossing each other about 20 inches from the top end, and are held together
with a knob & pin or bolt or the like. About 20 inches from the bottom ends a
cross strip is fasten'd to them with screws or bolts, fitted to the top end of the
principals and running from end to end of the seat is a small roof and fasten'd
by means of a dovetail and pin arrangement or bolts.
Fitted to the underside of this roof is a spring roller to which is attatched a
canvas by means of a slot or pocket made across the centre of the canvas, leaveing
both ends of canvas free, one end of the canvas to span the back of seat the
other end to span the front of seat, and both to roll on the roller at the same
time, a pocket is made at both ends of the canvas through which laths or rods are
pass'd.
To the ends of these laths are fitted strips or rods, by means of a pin passing
through them and held in possition by means of hooks & eyes, the two laths
fitted to the back canvas is bolted to the back principals of the end frames about
8 inchs from the end of lath.
The two laths fitted to the front canvas are bolted to the bottom ends of the
back laths allowing them to project back about 15 inches from centre to the end
of this 15 inches the upright of the seat back is bolted and held in possition, the
bottom end of the back upright is again bolted to the back ends of seat.
The back, seat and foot rest is made of wood strips (or the like).
The foot rest is fitted to the bottom end of the front principals by bolts or the
like upon which it works as a centre.
The foot rest and seat is connected by means of an hinged lath or rod or the
like.
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The seat revolves upon a pivot or bolt or the like which is fix'd to the cross
rail of the end frames.
The back & seat and foot rest being connected I get a balanced weight upon the
pivot upon which the seat turns.
By the act of drawing down the seat to use the awning opens at the same time,
also the foot rest; by quickly pressing the front of seat it shuts up without assist-
ance by means of the spring power of the roller upon which the awning rolls.
It can be made both in wood and iron.
Dated this 28th day of May 1898.

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It is in the closed position, upon the foot-rest being pressed down by the foot the
seat will immediately open and extend the awning. To close it a sudden
smart pressure on the front of the seat will release the spring of the awning caus-
ing it to fold up and thereby close up the seat.
If preferable any other kind of roller or rollers can be used to wind the awning
upon, and the winding or rolling can be done by hand.
The back of the seat and the foot-rest are preferably made to balance each
other through the seat portion.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which:
- Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the seat opened ready for use.
Figs. 2 and 3 show diagrammatical end views of the seat as folded up and
open.
a a are the end supporting trestles, constructed preferably as shown, strengthened
by cross stays a¹, and connected at their upper ends by a small roof piece 6, under
which is placed the spring awning or blind c; d is a cross rail attached to and
placed between the legs of each of the trestles a. The seat rails e on which the
laths forming the seat are fixed are pivtted to the cross rails d. The seat rails e
are connected by one or more links or chains e¹ to the foot rest f pivotted at f¹
to the lower ends of the trestles a.
Towards the back ends, the seat rails are pivotted at g', to other rails g, to form
the back of the seat. The upper ends of these rails are pivotted at g² to one
end of the lever h, which at its other end is fixed to one end of the lath of the
awning or blind c. At a short distance from the lever his pivotted at h², to
one side of a lever ¹, fulcrummed at 3, to the trestle a, and fixed at its upper
end to the lath of the other end of the awning or blind.
The various pivot joints and fulcrums can be provided with tightening screws
if desired.
Supposing the seat to be in its closed position, all that is necessary to open it,
is to press down the front of the seat, or the foot-rest, and the seat will be ready
for use.
When it is to be closed a sudden sharp pressure on the front of the seat
will release the spring of the awning which will close up, thus operating the levers
which will close the other parts of the seat.
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:
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1. The improved combined folding seat, awning and foot-rest, substantially as
shown and described.
2. A folding seat in which the action of folding or unfolding the seat, foot-rest
and back, simultaneously operates an over head awning, to furl or unfurl it, sub..
stantially as shown and described.
3. A folding seat which is caused to close up by pressure on the front of the
seat, thereby releasing the spring of an overhead awning causing it to roll up and
operate levers to close up other parts of the seat, substantially as shown and
described.
4. A folding seat in which the foot-rest, seat, and back are joined to levers,
so that when the seat is opened out, the levers will unfurl an overhead awning,
substantially as shown and described.
5. In a folding seat the combination of the lath or rod e¹ for connecting the seat
and footrest, the pivotted seat back g, the levers h, h¹, all connected with and
operating the spring awning or blind c, substantially as shown and described.
6. In a folding seat the combination of the matter claimed in Claim, 5, with
trestles a, roof piece b, spring awning c, the cross rails d, and with or without
tightening screws to adjust the various pivot joints and fulcrums, substantially
as shown and described.