US858178A - Car-seat. - Google Patents

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No. 858,178. PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

` F. H. HENRY.

GAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED Dzo.15.'19oa.

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PATENTED J-UNE'Z, 1907. F. H. HENRY. 'I

CAR SEAT.

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FEED H. HENRY, or PHILADELPHMLVANIA, AssIeNoE To .IoHN A. BEILL, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-SEAT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED H. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in reversible car seats in which the back is shifted from one side to the other without turning.

The main object of my invention is to so construct a car seat that the back can be pivoted at a fixed point and swung from one side to the other, the seat being shifted to helproper position simultaneously with the ac r.

A further object of the inventionis to utilize the foot rests as stops to limit the movement of the back.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1,

is an end view of my improved car seat, Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view on the llne 2 2, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, is a side view, partly in section; Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view on the line 4 4, Fig. l; Fig. 5, is a perspective View illustrating my invention applied to a seat structure having two pedestals; Fig. 6,

is an inverted perspective view of the seatof the structure illustrated in Fig. 5 Figs. 7 and S, are detached views of modifications of details of the invention; and Fig. 9, is a per,- spective view of the pivot rod box carried by the arms of the back section.

It will be understood that my invention can be applied to a car seat of the wall end type, or of the type in which .two pedestals are used. The latter construction is independent of the sides of the car. It will also be understood that while my invention. is particularly adapted for car seats it can be used for other seats where a shifting back is desired, without departing from the essential feature of my invention.

Referring in the first instance to Figs. l to 4, both inclusive, A is the pedestal and A is the wall end support carrying the car seat structure. The wall end support is shaped to conform to the sides of the car body and it will be understood -that the shape may vary according to the particular type of car body to which the seat structure is applied. The pedestal A has arms a, a, carrying the end plate A2. The wall end support A car- Iies a plate A3, connected to the wall end support by webs a. The pedestal and wall end support are connected by a cross member C having extended enlarged ends c c which are firmly secured to the plates A2 and A3 by screws, bolts or other fastenings. Thus making the car seat structure rigid and substantial. It will be understood that the form of connecting member may be modified without departing fromthe essential features of the invention. B is the seat section and D is .the back. This back is secured to an arm (E and E) at each end of the back, as clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 3, and these arms are pivoted at e, e, respectively, one being pivoted to the base of the pedestal A and the other being pivoted to the lower end of the wall end support, the two pivots being in line so that the back will swing properly from one position to the other. The arms E, E are connected together near the pivot point by bars F, F which form the f oot rests of the seat structure and I preferably so arrange these bars in respect tothe pedestal that they act as stops to limit the movement of the back.

In the construction shown in Fig. l, the foot rests are stopped by a single pedestal A, whereas in the construction illustrated in Fig. 5 both pedestals act as stops for limiting the movement of the back. I preferably shape the arm E as indicated in Fig. 3, so as to throw the pivot portion of the arm back of the lineof the projecting end of the car seat, but it will be understood that the shape of these arms may vary according to the type of seat used. y

In the types shown in Figs. 2 and 3, where a wallend support is used, the webs a of the wall end support A act as stops to limit the movement of the arm E and the seat is so proportioned that the two arms E, E will have. the same amount of throw.

In some instances, as shown in Fig. 7, stops c2 may be formed on the plate A2 to limit the movement of the arm E, either acting alone or in conjunction with the foot rests F, F. These stops may form webs to connect a face plate a3 to the seat structure, as shown in Fig. 8, when it is desired to place such a plate in front of the moving arm. This plate can be of any desired shape and ornamented in any suitable manner. In order to make the car seat comfortable it is necessary to shift the seat section B when the back is moved TOO from one position to another, and in order to automatically move this seat section I pivot levers I, I to the cross bar C, using pivot pins i, i in the form of screws or bolts which pass through slots i in the levers. Projecting from the short arms of the levers are pins i2 which enter slots t in plates l) secured to the underside of the scat section, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. The long arms of the levers I are connected to the arms E, E respectively, so that when the back D is moved from one position to the other the levers I will swing and slide on their pivots andwill shift the seat section automatically in the reverse direction to the movement of the back. The levers may be connected to their arms E, E in any suitable manner, the construction I prefer to use being clearly illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 9. The arms E, E are preferably enlarged at c2 and. a cavity formed in the arms in which rests a flanged box G, the flanges being secured to the arms in any suitable manner. Passing vertically through this box is a pin g, which is con'hned to the box and. passes through an opening in the end of the long arm of the lever I, as illustrated in Fig. 9, the opening being so shaped that while the back will swing on its pivot from one position to another the lever I will be caused to swing and slide on its pivot, the bar g being of sufficient length and the opening in the end of the lever I being so shaped as to accommodate the movement of the back.

In order to give the seat section the proper inclination I form projections n, n on each plate A2 and A3 and form depending flanges b2 on each end of the seat section which are cut away at each end as illustrated in the drawings, so that when the back section is in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, for instance, the front edge of the seat is raised as the flanges lf are resting on the projections n and the body of the seat is resting on a projection a. Then the bacl is shifted to the opposite side then the flanges b2 rest upon the proj ection n and the body of the seat is resting upon the projection n. In some instances it may be necessary to lock the seat section to the frame when in either of its two positions to prevent the rear end lifting should heavy pressure be applied to the front end of the seat, and in order to lock the rear end of the seat and prevent it lifting I form lipped lugs b3 on each end of each ll ange b2, which engage the portion c of the cross member C, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the lugs at the back of the seat engaging the cross member While the lugs at the forward end of the seat are free. It will be noticed in the type of seat illustrated that the plates A2 and A3 extend on each side of the seat section, so as to malle a neat finish and to hold the seat section against endwise movement, and the long arms of the levers I, I extend through slots m, m/ in these plates and the ends of the slots preferably act as stops to limit the movement of the arms, as indicated in Fig. 4.

Thus it will be seen by the above construction that I am enabled to make a very comfortable and easily operated car seat with very few parts and in which the back section is connected rigidly to arms which are pivoted to xed points at the base of the car seat structure, and my invention can be aplied either to the wall end support type, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, or may be applied to the double pedestal type as illustrated in Fig. 5. In this figure I have shown a modification of the side plates, in which the slotted extension is dispensed with and the foot rests act as the sole means of limiting the movement of the back section.

The seat section illustrated in Fig. 6 shows a type in which the locks are dispensed with.

The construction shown in the drawings is intended for a double car seat, but if a single seat is desired then a single shifting lever connected to one side arm of the back section may be used to shift the seat section, but I prefer to use the two levers, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

I claim 1. The combination in a seat having a shifting back, of a frame, a back section pivoted to the frame, a seat section movable on the frame, a horizontally arranged lever pivoted to the frame and connected to the back section and the seat section so that the seat section will be moved when the back section is shifted, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having arms pivoted to the frame and arranged to swing from one extreme position to the other, two horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame, a seat section movable on the frame, said levers engaging the back section and the seat section so that when the back section is shifted the seat section will be moved, substantially as described.

The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having arms pivoted to the lower end of the frame, said back section being arranged to swing on its pivots from one extreme to the other, two horizontal levers mounted on the frame, one lever engaging one arm of the back section and the other lever engaging the other arm of the back section, a seat section arranged to slide on the frame and engaged bythe levers so that when the back section is shifted the seat section will move in the reverse direction, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having arms pivoted to the lower end of the frame and arranged to swing from one extreme position to the other, a seat section arranged to slide on the frame, two horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame, said levers having long and short ICO IIO

arms, the long arms of the levers being conF nected to the back section and the short arms of the levers being connected to the seat section so that when the back section is shifted the seat section is moved a limited distance, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a seat, of a frame, a back section having arms pivoted to the frame near the floor, a seat section slotted on its under side, and two horizontally arranged levers having pins extending into the slots of the seat section, said levers being connected to the back section, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a seat, of a frame having a pedestal, a back section having arms at each side ivoted to the frame near the floor, two bars forming foot rests, one bar exten-ding on one side of the pedestaly and the other bar extending on the other side of the pedestal, both bars being connected to the frames of the back section near the pivot point, one bar contacting with the outer side of the pedestal when the back section is in one position and the other contacting with the outer side of the pedestal when the back section is in the opposite position, substantially as described.

7. The combination in a car seat, of a frame, a back section having arms pivoted to the frame near the floor line,l a seat section arranged to slide on theframe, two horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame and connected tothe arms of the seat section, slotted plates on the underside of the seat section, pins on the levers entering the slots in said plates, each lever being slotted for the passage of its pivot pin so that when the back section is shifted the levers will turn and slide on their pivots and shift the seat'section, substantially as described.

8. The combination in a seat structure, of a frame, a back section pivoted to the frame, said frame having projections at each edge, a seat section having flanges cut away near each end and arranged to rest upon the projections of the frame, horizontally arranged levers connecting the seat section with the back section and pivoted to the frame so that when the back section is moved the seat will be shifted, the iianges of the seat being so proportioned that when they are resting on the projections at one side of the seat structure they are clear of the projections on the opposite side, substantially as described.

9. The combination in a seat structure, of a frame having plates at each end, each plate having projections at each end, a seat section having flanges cut away near each end and so proportioned that when the flanges are resting on the projections at one side of the seat structure the ianges on the opposite side of the seat structure are clear of the projections, a back section arranged to be shifted from one position to the other, means for con- 'of the seat section to the'frame, substantially as described.

10. The combination in a car seat structure, of a frame having plates at each end and projections at each end of each plate, a seat section having flanges arranged to slide on the plates, the said flanges being cut away .v at each end and so proportioned that when the seat section is in one position one end of the seat section will be raised by the flanges resting upon the projections on the frame, lipped lugs on each end of each iiange, said lugs arranged to engage the frame at the depressed side or the rear of the seat, a movable back section, and means connecting the back section with the seat section, substantially as described.

11. The combination in a car seat, of a frame, a back section having arms pivoted to the frame near the floor line, a seat section arranged to slide on the frame, horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame andengaging the said seat section, a boX set in each arm of the said back section, and a pivot pin secured to the boX and passing through the opening in the end of the horizontal lever, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a car seat structure, of a frame consisting of a pedestal and wall end support, a cross member connecting the wall end support with the pedestal, plates forming part of the pedestal and wall end support, a back section having arms secured thereto, said arms being pivoted one to the base of the pedestal and the other to the lower portion of the wall end support, horizontally arranged levers pivoted to the frame and arrangedl to slide on their pivots, the long arms of the levers being connected to the arms of the back section, a seat section arranged to slide on the frame with which the short arms of the levers engage, stops on the vwall end Ysupport to limit the movement of the back section at that end of the seat structure, and stops on the pedestal section to limit the movement of that end of the back section, subrtantially as described.

13. The combination in a car seat structure, of a Aframe consisting of a pedestal and wall end support and a cross member connecting the two, a plate and webs connecting .the plate to the wall end support, a plate carried by the pedestal, projections on each end of each plate, a seat section arranged to slide on the said plates so that the front end of the seat will be raised higher than the rear end of the seat, a back section having arms, one arm being pivoted to the wall end support and the other arm being pivoted to the pedestal, the arm at the wall end support end of the seat being limited in movement by the webs connecting the plate with the wall end support, two horizontal levers pivoted to the cross member under the seat section, pivot name to this specification, in the presence of pins on the arms of the back section With two subscribing Witnesses. Which the levers enorme the seat section be- T f ing slotted, and piis Cori the levers entering FRED H' HEB lm" 5 the slots in the seat section, substantially as Witnesses:

described. WM. A. BARR,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my Jos. H. KLEIN.

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