US177891A - Improvement in chairs - Google Patents

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K CHAIR. I No.177,891 Y v Patented May 23, 11876.

NPETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED ST TES PATENT CFFIOE.

RUDOLPH SKOOG, OF BoSToN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELF AND J. F. MARLIARE, OF SAME PLAcE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,891, dated May 23, 1876; application filed April 12, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH SKOOG, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements i n Chairs, of which the'following is a specification In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a chair constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of thefoundationframe detached and uncovered.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of rattan, rattancovered, bent-wood, or other chairs, in such manner as to increase their strength and durability, and to enable them to be readily taken apart and packed in close compass for storage or shipment, thus obviating a great objection to rattan chairs-viz, the expense of transportation, which is a very considerable item of their cost, as the manufacture of rattan goods is confined to a very few localities, and they have often to be transported long distances.

My invention, therefore, consists in the peculiar construction whereby a rattan or other chair is made much stronger and more durable than heretofore, and is at the same time adapted to be readily taken apart and packed in close compass, as I will now proceed to describe.

In carrying out my invention I construct a chair in three general parts or divisions viz., a foundation-frame, A, composing at once legs and braces, the seat B, and the frame 0, composing the back and arms. The frame A is composed of four bent pieces, a, preferably of hard wood, each of which is bent so as to form three parts-via, a horizontal support, 1, for the chair-seat, and two combined braces and half-legs, 2 2. The pieces a are joined in such manner as to form the frame A, the half-legs 2 2 being nailed orotherwise securely connected together, as shown in Fig. 2, While the lower ends of the legs are strengthened by a +-shaped brace, l), which is attached to the legs by screws D. The horizontal portions 1 of the frame A are provided with orifices d d,

with holes to receive the doweled ends of the back and arm pieces. The frames A and U are preferably covered with rattan in any suitable manner, asshown in Fig. 1.

The frame A and the back and arms are connected to the seatB in such manner as to be readily detached. For connecting the frame A to the seat I employ bolts or screws E, which pass through the orifices dof the horizontal parts 1, and enter the bottom of the seat-frame, as shown in Fig. 1. Similar screws E are employed for holding the dowels of the back and arms detachably in the seat-frame. The arms are also connected to the back by screws -E.

From the foregoing it will be seen, first, that a chair is produced which is very strong and durable, the foundation-frame A being so constructed as to afford a great degree of strength; secondly, a chair is produced which can be taken apart into several pieces and closely packed, each piece being adapted to be packed in a nest or bundle with other like parts.

The chair is neat in appearance, and its cost of manufacture does not exceed that of those ordinarily made.

I claim- 1, A chair composed of a foundatiouframe, A, seat B, and upper frame 0, all detachably connected, substantially as described.

2. The frame A, composed of the bent pieces a, forming-legs, braces, and a foundation for the seat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATEIcK H. GAENEY, O. F. BROWN.

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