US1376380A - Armrest - Google Patents

Description

B. F. PEASE.

ARMREST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY a, 1920.

1,376,380, I Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEASE, OTE CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, TO THE OHO TRUSS CO., OF CENCENNATI, OHO.

ARMREKST.

Specicatcn of Letters Patent.

Application f lefl May 8, 192i). Serial No. 379,913.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, BnNJgni .N FRANKLIN Pease, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the coun'l'v of `flamilton and State of Ohio, havey invented new and useful iinrest, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to arm rests particularly designed for use in connection with crutches and the like, one of the objects being to provide an arm rest. which can be applied readily to its supporting structure, the said arm rest, whether padded, provided with springs, or of any other construction being attached firmly without the necessity of utilizingl a plurality of fastening devices along` the side of the crutch top or by using` other tedious and expensive means of fastening.

A furth r obj ect is to provide an arm rest which can be easily made, the parts of which are held together securely, and which in no sense detracts from the appearance of the crutch.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds` the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.k

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forni of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure l is a longitudinal section through the top piece of a crutch and through the arm rest secured thereon.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fie'. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the arm rest detached.

Fig. 4t is an end elevation.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates an arcuate metal base bowed transversely and provided, at its ends, with tongues 2 for the reception of screws or other suitable fastening means indicated at 3. The pad or cushion to be used in connection with this strip l is made up of an elongated strip of leather l secured within housing 5 of suitable fabric, there being a padding arranged along one side of this strip and which also housed within a fabric the padding being indicated at 7.

i outer covering preferably of leather and whichhas been indicated at 8, is stretched over the fabric 5 and the padding therein and has its longitudinal end edges inturned and sewed together, as indicated at 9. Thus it is possible by stitching these edges, to draw the leather tight over the parts inclosed thereby.

rhis strip l is adapted to rest in the re-V cessed upper face of the crutch top A. and the tongues 2 are adapted to lap and be secured to the ends of the crutch top.

It is to be understood that other means may be provided than those illustrated for attaching the arm rest to the crutch top.

Obviously by providing an arm rest such as described, the parts can be assembled readily and held, together eiiiciently. The only fastening means, in the forms shown,

`are located at the ends of the crutch top.

The sides of the rest will be substantially flush with the sides of said top and the entire struct-ure will present a neat and attractive appearance.

The strip l is preferably made of resilient metal and as shown particularly in Figs. l and 2 has its intermediate portion spaced from the crutch top. The covering 8 ex- 'le between this resilient strip and the crutch top and rests on said top. When considerable pressure is exerted downwardly against the arm rest the strip l will expand slightly so as to have a slight movement toward the crutch top, giving a spring cushinning effect.

What is claimed is:

1. An arm rest for crutch tops comprising a longitudinally bowed transversely arched strip, a flexible strip, a pad upon the flexible strip and secured thereto, a covering extendaround the pad and flexible strip and means for securing the edges of the covering together under the bowed strip and throughout the' length of the covering, said conrefted edges of the covering being normally spaced from the bowed strip.

2. An arm rest for crutch tops and the like. including a transversely arched resilient strip having its lower surface concaved from side to side, a cushion extendingtherealong, a. liexible covering extending around the cushion and having its edges extended across the concaved face of the arched strip and spaced from said face, and means for fastening said edges together.

8. The combination with a crutch top, of a transversely arched resilient strip mounted on said crutch top and having its lowervface concaved transversely and spaced therefrom,

a cushion extending along said stripa ilexi-V ble covering housing the cushion and having its edges inturned between the crutch top and the concaved face of the arched strip, and means for fastening said edges together toconstitute a yieldable support for engaging the crutch top.`

V4f. The combination with a crutch top,k of

au arm rest secured thereon and includingV a resilient strip mounted for limited spreading movement, a pad on said strip7 a ieXible covering extending over the pad and having its edges inturned between said strip and the crutch top, and means for fastening said Y edges together to hold them normally spaced as myV own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN FRANKLN PHASE.

VVitn'esses:

. I. M. PEASE,

W. J. GRUBER.

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