US107869A - Improvement in nursery footstools - Google Patents

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LEVI BURNE L L, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

y Letters Patent No. 107,859, ma cantera, 1,870.

` ',IMPRovEMEn-rin NURSERY Foors'rooLs.

, The Schedule raten-edito in these Letters Patent and making part of the Eame- Beit known that'I, LEVI BURNELI), of Milwaukee,

" l in the county of Milwaukee and State ot' VVisconsiu,

have `ii` 1ver1ted a newand improved Nursery Footstool; and I do herebyder'zlare` that the following t is afnll, clear, 'and exact description thereof, which will enable others skiliediin `the art to make and use thesanie, reference `being had tothe accompanying drawingY forming part of this specification This invention relates to' improvements in foot.

stools, Vand consists in a combination, with a bascplate, preferably mountedonfshort legs, of an upper plate, hinged to it at or' near oneedge, or toa piece rising a little above it,.and supported at the opposite edge by springs or other elastiesupport, considerably higher than `the hinged edge, thereby constituting a` graduated springing stoot-0111` which the mirsemay` place her footzwl'lileholding an infant, and trotit `with an easy anduniform motion, not attainable when imparted when the. feet resten the tloor.

, Figurel is an endieleigationof my improved stool,

` Figure 2 is a side elevation.

'Siuiilar letters of reference `indicate corresponding partswv A is the baseplate, preferably mounted on short i legs, B,and having a` slightrib, C,4 running across the top at one edge.` v

D is the top plate.

It is hinged at E to the rib (l,

or it may be hinged tothe upper edge of A, and at or near 4the edge opposite to E.

Springs, F, of any kind, may be introduced between the-'base and top, as shown, raising it at that edge.A

considerably higher than the other, so that a person sitting in a chair, and placing the feet on D, may" have a simple and edicieut means of working the kn'esup and down, with a uniform, elastic, and easy motion, for the entertainment ot' children, which motion will be entirely free fr oin the jolting common to such movements when the feet rest on the iioor, thereby providing an article which 'will be of great service in the nursery. t

The action of vthe springs Vwill vary as the feet are placed nearer to or further from the hinges, and the stool is, therefore, adaptedfoij strong or weak per SOUS.

rEhe parts here shown may-be upholstered and orv -uamented as may be preferred, according to the char acter or style required.

Having thus described my invention,l

I claim as 'new and desire toseoureby Letters Patent- I A nursery stool, composed of the base-plate A andtop I), hinged together, provided with the springs,

and all arranged substantially as specified. Y

Witnesses: LEVI BURNELL. Y Gr E. WEISS,

- EDWARD SIMPSON.

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