US1668386A - Wall seat - Google Patents

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May 1, 1928. 1,668,386

H. G. TALBOTT WALL SEAT med Feb.3. 1927 Z'Sheets-Shee. 1

Patented May 1, 1928.

HARRY G. TALBOTT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WALL SEAT.

Application filed February 3, 1927. Serial No. 165,554.

My invention relates to wall furniture and has for its Object to provide a seat adapt ed to support a single individual so arranged that when not in use it maybe folded up and slid into a cavity in the wall and wholly concealed from View by a sliding panel. A particular object of the invention is to provide a seat of this characterwhich will be simple in construction, easily operated to swing it from concealed position intooperat ing position, and amply strong to sustain I much more than the weight of anyindividual. V

A further object of the invention is to provide a swinging seat so braced against depression from horizontal position that its outer end may be left without a supporting leg. r

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction inwhich the seat audits bracing means maybe swung bodily into the cavity in which it is to be received and wholvention showing the seat in position for use.

Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view ot the construction shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 2 but showing the device of my invention in closed position.

Figure t is a front view of the device, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the moving parts of the device and one of the uprights in which the parts aremovable.

In the drawings 1 and 2 indicate vertical front boards and 3, 1- and 5 indicate cross boards connecting the vertical front boards 3 and 4c. These boards and cross boards are preferably extended upward and laterally to form rectangular spaces for panels 5. 6 and i 7 indicate side uprights extending rearward from opposite edges of front boards 1 and 2 at right angles thereto. The inner opposite faces of these side uprights 6 and 7 are alike in construction and description of one will be sufficient for bot-h.

In the inner faces of these side uprights are found grooves 9 and 10, the upper groove 9 extending from a point near the upper end of the upright downward with a slight inclination to the rear somewhat more than half the distance to the lower end of the upright terminating a short distance below the level of the lower edgeof cross board 4;. Groove 10 extends from a point about on a level with'the upper edge of cross board 4 downward to the lower end of the upright ata slight inclination to the rear and. is preferably parallel with. groove 9. At its front edge the upright is rabbeted to form a vertical guide way 11 extending from top to bottom of the upright. At the upper end of this guide way 11 apulley 12 such as is commonlyuse'd in. window. construction is set into the upright. At the rear of the upright near its upper end a similar pulley 13 is insetinto the upright.

v The guide ways 11 carry the edges of slid ing panel 14:. Chains 15 connected to the edges of the sliding panel pass over pulleys 12and are connected at their other ends with counter balance weights, (not shown);

17 indicates the seat of my device. At. its rear end this seat is provided with trunuions 18 extending into the grooves 10 and 7 arrangement being such that when the seat is swung upward it may be pushed downward so as to beback of the cross board 4;. The length of theiseat is such that when thus pushed down its upper, outer end will not be abovetheupper edge of cross board 4.

Tot-he rear; edge of the seat/17 slightly forward ot the trunnionslS is hinged at19 the lower edge of a brace board 20 which is provided near, its upper end with trunnions 21 which are movable in 'grooves 9. To the rear end of the seat- 17 are connected 1 chains 22 which lead over pulleys 13 to counterweights 23.

At the upper ends of grooves 9 are inset into the uprights 6 and 7 metallic stop plates 24 and at the upper ends of grooves 10 are inset similar metallic stop plates 25 these stop plates serving to stop the t-runnions 18 of the seat 17 and trunnions 21 of the brace board 20 respectively. e V

The seat 17 and the brace board 20 are preferably cut out slightly at these side edges as shown for convenience in swinging them into and out of position.

The seat 17 and the brace board 20 are each preferably formed of a single piece of strong material such as wood with the grain running vertically.

The front boards 1 and 2 and cross boards 3 and l with panels 5 are spaced away from the wall of the apartment in which they are to be used a distance corresponding to the width from front to rear of the uprights 6 and lVhen the seat is not to be used the front end of the seat is swung upward on its trunnions carrying the lower end of the brace board to the rear so that as the seat is swung into contact with the brace board the two will slide downward easily against the lifting force of the counterweights 23, into position in rear of the cross board 4 and the panel 5 below it. The sliding panel 14 may then be drawn up to close the opening through which the seatextended.

lVhen the seat. is to be used the sliding panel 14 is pushed down until its upper edge is at or below the upper edge of cross board 4 and the seat 17 and brace board are drawn upward and the seat swung outward and downward. As the seat reaches its horizontal position its under face rests at a point near its rear end upon the upper edge of the cross board t while the upper face of its rear end bears upward against the lower end of the brace board. The contact of the trunnions 18 of the seat with the stop plates 25 tends to hold the seat in horizontal position and the contact of the trunnions 21 of the brace board hold the brace board from further upward movement so that the contact of the lower end of the brace board with the rear end of the seat holds it firmly against being swung downward out of horizontal position.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. In wall furniture "the'combination of a pair of oppositely arranged uprights provided with two sets of ways in their inner faces, a cross bar connecting the front edges of the uprights at a height suitable to support a seat, the cross bar being so arranged as to have a substantial space behind it, a seat provided'near its rear end with trunnions extending into the forward set of Ways of the uprights, adapted to be moved into and out of the space behind the cross bar, and to be swung on its trunnions into horizontal position, a brace board hinged to the seat near its trunnions, said brace board he said brace board.

2. In wall furniture the combination of a pair of oppositely arranged uprights provided with two sets of ways in their inner faces, a cross bar connecting the front edges of the uprights at a height suitable to support a seat, the 'cross bar being so arranged as to have a substantial space behind it. a seat provided near its rear end with trunnions extending into the forward set of ways of the uprights, adapted to be moved into and-out of the space behind the cross bar, and to be swung outward on its trunnions into horizontal position, a brace board hinged to the seat near its trunnions, said brace board being provided with trunnions near its free end extending into the rear set of ways, stops at the upper ends of said second set of ways adapted to limit the upward movement of said brace board and a sliding panel for closing the space above the cross bar. 7

3. In wall furniture the combination of a pair of oppositely arranged uprights provided with two sets of ways in their inner faces so inclined that their upper ends are nearer and their lower endsare further from the front edges of the uprights, a cross bar connecting the front edges of the uprights at a height suitable to support a seat, the cross bar being so arranged as to have a substantial space behind it, a seat provided near its rear end with trunnions extending into the forward set of ways of the uprights, adapted to be moved into and out of the space behind the cross bar a brace board hinged to the seat near its trunnions, said brace board being provided with trunnions near its free end and extending into the rear set of ways, and stops at the upper ends of said second set of ways adapted to' limit the upward movement ofsaid'brace board.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aftix'my signature.

HARRY G. TALBOTT.

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