US47542A - Improved chair and cradle - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEOEGE W. HAWK, OF CHICAGO, rLLmoisj Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,542, dated May 2, 1865.

To alZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. HAWK, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Convertible Baby Chair and Cradle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my said invention consists in so constructing the parts composing a cradle that by an easy and simple rearrangement thereof the cradle is converted into a chair.

To enable `those skilled in the art to understand how to construct and use my invention,

I will proceed to describe the same with particularity, reference being made in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical central section thereof, taken at the line win Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 represents a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in the different figures denote corresponding parts of my invention.

A A represent the cradle, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 1, B B being the rockers thereof, the upper parts thereof being pivoted to the straps b, the other end of which is pivoted to the side walls of the cradle, as shown.

C C represent either end of the cradle. The cradle is constructed in two parts, as shown, connected at the top by a hinge, a, o representing two pins projecting in opposite directions from each of the said parts of the cradle, which serve to support the parts of the bottom of the cradle. The said parts of thebottom are also fastened together at the center by means of a hook and loop, as hereinafter more fully described. By simply unhooking said last-mentionedhook the parts of the chair may be turned up about the hinge a into a vertical position, as indicated by the dark dotted lines in Fig. 1, the two ends of the cradle meeting at the top, as indicated in Fig. 3, the said ends being so cut out as, when arranged as shown, to form the hole C', above which the head and arms of the child when in the chair project. After the cradle has been converted, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. l, into a chair, the rockers B B may be brought up into the position shown by the red dotted lines inA Fig. 1, which thus form a tabletop for said chair, as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the two parts of said table being held in position by means of the hook and staple e e, or by any other suitable device. or projections c, hereinbefore mentioned, serve as feet or supports for the chair. The bottom of the cradle is constructed `in ve separate parts, hinged or connected together, so that when the cradle is converted into a chair the several parts of the bottom may form the Walls, bottom, and seat o f the chair, making a close box-chair, keeping out the cold and protecting the child.

The manner in which the parts are arranged in the chair is shownin Fig. 2.

The part marked H represents one-haltl of the bottom ofthe cradle, the part marked F E being in that case folded back upon the part H, and the part G, together with the part D, arranged as shown by the dotted lines .from the other part of said bottom.

The part marked F is pivoted or hinged at f, and the part E is hinged toF at g. At the outer edge ot' the seat D there is a groove, and upon the -upper edge of E there is a corresponding lip, which enters into said groove, when the hook and staple hold` the parts securely together, and thus the parts D E F G H form a close chair, as aforesaid. When the chair is arranged or converted into a cradle, the table B B is broughtdown to the position indicated by the dark dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the hook d detached from itscorresponding loop or staple and the chair opened and arranged as shown by the full lines `in Fig. 1. The parts E F are then folded back upon the part H and the seat D broughtdown to the position shown by the dotted lines, bringing the outer edge of D in contiguity with H, when a hook upon H is hooked into the staple upon D, and the bottom is thus securely ar-` ranged and the Vcradle is completed. The rockers B B are secured in their various positions by means of pins or other suitable devices entering the side A and the ends C.

I represents a revolving hoop suspendedl above the chair, as shown, fromwhich various toys may be suspended by cords, as shown, and said cords should be of `such length as'to In this form the pins allow the 105s to hang just above the surface ers B B, operating substantially as and for of the table. The same device may also be the purposes herein shown and described. used upon the cradle to support a net or can- 2. Constructing the bottom of the cradle of opy, if desired. ve parts, D E F G H, when arranged and Having described the construction and operoperating as and for the purposes specified ation 0f my convertible baby chair and cradle, and shown.

I will now specify what I claim and desire to Gr. W. HAWK. secure by Letters Patent. Witnesses? '1. The combination and arrangement of the Y .W. E. MANS, two sections A A, the ends C C, and the rock- L. L. COBURN.

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