US1162540A - Sand or lawn chair. - Google Patents

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E. n. ADAMS. SAND 0R LAWN CHAlR- ICATION FILED A? I l 914. 1,162,540. Patented Nov. 30, 1915,

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SAND 0R LAWN CHAIR.

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SAND OR LAWN CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 30 19115.

Application filed May 20, 1914. Serial No. 839,816.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EGBERT D. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sand or Lawn Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sand or lawn chairs, the object of the invention being to provide a chair which will allow the occupant thereof to sit or recline with comfort upon a sand beach or lawn, and which will give proper support to the back of the occupant.

A further object of the invention is to provide a chair of this character having a shade canopy which may be employed or not as desired.-

A still further object of the invention is hich allows the seat and back to be ad usted to different angles as desired, and which may be folded in compact form for storage or transportation.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying 80 drawings in which v Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the chair set up and the canopy arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the device as arranged when the canopy is not in 85 use. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the chair as shown in Fig. 1 with the canopy and canopy frame shown in dotted lines as arranged in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the device folded for transportation.

Fig. 5 is a detail section showing a feature of construction. Fig. 6 is a detail section showing another feature of construction.

The chair comprises a main or upright frame composed of a pair of side standards 1 connected at their upper ends by a cross bar or rung 2 and adjacent to their lower ends by a cross bar or rung 3. To this main frame is pivoted a rear or brace frame consisting of a pair of bars 4, hinged or pivoted at their upper ends to the extended ends 5 of the cross rod 2, and connected adjacent their lower ends by'a cross bar or rod 6. The lower ends of the standards 1 and bars 4 project to a suflicient degree below'the cross ieces 3 and 6 to respectively provide short 'egs 7 and 8 which are adapted to pene- Ep provide a chair of the character described united at their outer ends by a cross bar or rod 10 and pivotally connected at their inner ends to the cross rod 3 inside of the stand-- ards 1. Extending continuously between the cross pieces 2 and 10is a strip 11 of canvas, ducking or other suitable material, said strip being of a width somewhat less than the distance bet-ween the frame bars and being doubled upon itself and stitched intermediate of its length to provide a hem 12 which-engages the cross piece 3, whereby said canvas strip is secured at the points of junction of the main and seat frames, the extremities of said strip being tacked or otherwise suitably fastened to the cross pieces 2 and 10. By this construction the portions of the canvas are divided into a backing section 13 and a seat section 14 which extend respectively along the main and seat frames and are sufliciently full and flexible to sag to a certain extent to give a cushioning support. In practice, the device may be employed with equal comfort and efficiency as a lawn chair or sand chair, for use at beaches, etc. In the use of the device for either purpose, the main and brace frames 1 and 4 are disposed in an erect position, the seat frame 9 let down to a substantially horizontal position and the brace frame 4 disposed to arrange the frame at the angle of inclination desired to give proper support to the back. The chair when thus set up may be employed to enable the user to either seat or recline with comfort on the lawn orbeach, the back resting against the canvas back section 13, ,as will be readily understood.

When in use as either a lawn or sand chair, the legs 7 and 8 of the frames 1 and .1 will rest upon the ground or enter the same or the bed of sand so as to give the set up frame structure firm and stable support. It

will of course be obvious that in employing the chair at a beach, the legs will' descend far enough to allow the seat section to be embedded in the sand and to be completely covered thereby, so that the occupant of the chair may sit or recline directly upon the sand and against the back section 13.

It is desirable to provide a device of the character described which embodies means for shielding the occupant from the sun, and which may also be folded in close compass for storage or transportation. In order to provide a shielding means, a canopy strip is secured at one end to the cross piece 2 and may form an extension from the canvas strip orapron composing the back and seat sections 13 and 14. To support this canopy strip when disposed for use Iprovide a canopy bracket or frame consisting of bars 16 hinged, as at 17 at their inner ends to the front faces-of the bars 1 and connected at their outer or free ends by a cross piece 18. The said canopy frame is adapted to be swung upward and outward at a suitable angle of inclination and to be connected with the'free edge of the canopy strip 15, saidstrip being provided for the purpose with fastening members preferably consisting of spring sockets 19 adapted to engage spring studs 21 on the crosspiece 18, whereby the canopy strip will be held extended from the back and seat sections of i depend at the front of the canopy frame and to give. an additional shading effect.

The centralcspring socket 19 'of the series on the canopy strip is adapted for engagement with a spring stud 21 on the canvas back section i 13, so that said canopy strip may be secured and held from flopping about under certain conditions, as hereinafter described.

The mode of use of the device will be readily understood. from the foregoing description, taken in conneetion'with the drawings, and it will be seen by reference to Figs.

In this position of the canopy frame the canopy may be drawn back'and allowed to hang pendant in rear of the canvas back section 13 or may be brought over upon said canvas back section and fastened to the stud 21'. In folding the device for storage or transportation, the free edge of the canopy strip is released from the canopy frame, and the latter swungdownward on the outside of the frame 1, while the seat" frame 9 is swung upward between and parallel with the frame bars 1, and the brace frame 4 swung inwardly .in parallel relation to the frame bars 1, the parts thus being.

folded compactly and substantially in the same plane, so that the device as a whole will not exceed in length, the length of the rcarried or stored When tion shown in Figs. 2 .and 3, the cross piece 18' of the canopy bracket or frame, formed by said cross piece and bar 16, will extend transversely beneath the bars 9 and serve as an auxiliary support to sustain the seat section of the chair and prevent undue clownward tilting of the same with respect to the back section of the chair, the advantage of which will be obvious.

Dowel pins 21 are provided upon the lower ends ofthe standards 1 to engage sockets or dowel seats 22 in the free ends of the bars 16, to hold the parts secured when the chair is folded and being carried.

I claim A chair of the character described comprising a pair of parallel standards having pointed lower ends adapted-to be embedded in the ground, cross bars extending between said standards respectively at their upper ends and at a point above their pointed lower ends, a brace formed of a pair of connected bars pivoted to the upper cross bar so as to fold parallel with and on the outer sides of the standards, a pair of arms pivotally connected with the lower cross bar so as to fold parallel with and upon the inner sides of the standards and so as to be swung outwardly to extend at a downward and forward angle from the said lower cross bar, a crossbar connecting the free ends of said arms, a strip of flexible material secured to the aforesaid cross bars and extending longitudinally of'the standards and arms, bars hinged at their upper ends to the standards so as to fold downwardly upon said stand- ,ards, and a rod connecting the' free ends of said arms and adapted to extend transversely beneath and form an auxiliary support. for the first-named arms when the bars are so folded.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

y EGBERT D. ADAMS. lVit'nesses:

' 'A B. REYNOLDS,

H. H. DERR.

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