Improvements in Chairs and Seats of all kinds.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 10th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Chairs and Seats of all kinds.
I, ROBERT HORSLEY GUDGEON, of The Piazza, Winchester, in the County of
Hants, Cabinet Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in chairs and seats of all kinds and consists
in constructing the seats so that they can slide and thus allow the occupants to move
them forward and backward as they may desire.
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In carrying out my invention I arrange the seat so that it can slide in
the frame of the chair or other article of furniture in such a manner that as the
occupant leans back the seat will be moved forward and vice versa.
Dated the 27th day of Febru 1890
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Chairs and Seats of all kinds.
I, ROBERT HORSLEY GUDGEON, of The Piazza, Winchester, in the County of
Hants, Cabinet Manufacturer, 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 relates to improvements in chairs and seats of all kinds, and
consists in constructing the seats so that they can slide forwards and backwards.
In carrying out my invention I arrange the seat so that it can slide in the frame
of the chair or other article of furniture in such a manner that, as the occupant leans
back, the seat will be moved forward and vice versa.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the frame of an arm-chair provided with
a sliding seat according to my invention:
Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line Figure 1 ; and,
Figure 3 is a section on the line y y Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a detail on a larger scale.
a indicates the chair-frame, and b, b the side-bars of the seat portion thereof, which
side bars have attached to or formed upon them flanges c.
d is a sliding-frame working between the bars b, b and running upon the flanges c, c,
the underside of the said frame being provided with longitudinal V-shaped guides d'
sliding upon corresponding projections d² secured to the flanges c, c, as clearly shewn
in Figure 4. This frame carries the upholstery of the seat of the chair, for instance,
as indicated by the dotted lines e, Figure 1, the dotted lines findicate the upholstery
of the back of the chair.
9, 9 are springs, which serve to normally maintain the seat in its rearward position
but which, when a person sitting upon the chair pushes the seat forward, as
indicated by the dotted lines in Figures 1 and 3, yield to allow of such movement
and when the person rises serve to return the seat to its normal position.
It is obvious that my improvements may be applied to dining-room, theatre and
other chairs and to railway and other seats with equal advantage,

page_text: 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
claim is :-
:-
1. A chair the seat portion of which is adapted to slide to and fro, substantially in
the manner described.
2. The manufacture and use of chairs provided with sliding seats, substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 26th day of November 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.