US247847A - Benjamin - Google Patents

Description

(Model.)

E B. C. ODBLL.

CONVERTIBLE NURSERY CHAIR.

I No. 847,847.l Patented out. 4,1881.

UTTED STATES PATENT EFrcE.

CONVERTIBLE NURSERY-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,847, dated October 4, 1881,

Application filed October l5, 1880. (Model.)

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN C. ODELL, ot' Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Convertible Chair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specitioation.

This invention is in the nature ofan improvement in convertible chairs; and the invention consists in a convertible chair constructed with avertically-adjustablepush-handle with wheels Xed to the lower ends of its bars, ahiuged footrest with rollers secured to the ends otits supporting-bars, pivoted legs hinged to a base which is combined with and carries on its upper surface rockers fixed to the seat of the chair, and an adjustable back-panel, in combination with the push-handle of the chair.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l represents a side View, partlyin section, of my invention when used as a high chair; Fig. 2, a front view ot' same; and Fig. 3, a side view, partlyin section, when the device is used as a carriage.

Similarletters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures. 1

A represents the base ot' my chair, and it may be of any desirable shape and size. At the rear of this base are formed two slots, a, with pins b inserted through the sides of the same; also, to this base, and near its rear side, are hinged the front legs,B, of the chair. To these front legs, near their upper ends, are pivoted rear legs, C. To the front side of the base A are hinged the supporting-bars D of the footresto. Near the outer extremities ot' these bars areixedoneormorerollers,d. Passingthrough the slots a in the base A are the bars E, which, with the stretcher-s c, constitute the push-handle of the contrivance. These bars are fitted to have a vertical sliding movement within the slots a, and to the lower ends of these bars are secured, by means of `an axle or otherwise, wheels F.

Upon the upper surface of the base Aare placed and secured rockers G, fixed to the seat f of the chair. These rockers may be held to the base by coil-springs g, which will also assist the rocking movementof the chair; or they i may have any other suitable aixing device secured to them for that purpose.

To the back posts, H, of the chair, and between them, is pivoted at its lower side an adjustable panel, J. This panel, when between the back posts or vertical, forms a rest for the back ot' the occupant, but when it is swung back so that its upper side is supported by the bars E of the push-handle it forms an inclined continuation of the seat of the chair, tra-nsforming the chair into a couch.

Mychair being constructed substantially as above described, it is operated as follows: When the chair is upright and in position to be used as a high chair, it is supported by the lower ends of the pivoted legs B and G, as are the ordinary chairs having` crossed and hinged legs. When in this upright or highest position the legs are secured to the baseA by any suitable catch, as at h, Fig. 1, and the bars E ofthe push-handle are then vertical,or nearly vertical, with the wheels F raised from contact with the door. rIhis raised and vertical position ofthepush-haudleismaintained bynotches formed in the edges of the bars, which notches interlock with the pins b in the sides of the slots a, or by means of the stretcher e', resting on the base A; and also, when the chair is in this raised or highest position, the supportin g-bars D of the foot-rest c, together with the roller or rollers secured thereto, are inclined somewhat from the vertical between the front legs, B, in which position they maybe held in any suitable manner.

To lower the chair that it may form a trundle or carriage, the catch h is detached, the front and rear legs, B and C, spread outward, front and rear, and the wheels F at the ends of the bars E of the push-handle are brought in contact with the floor, forcing the hars of the push-handle to assume an inclined position back of the chair, with the wheels F centrally beneath the legs of the chair and chair-seat, in which position the wheels and push-handle are retained by the notch l in the bars E ofthe push-handle, these notches interlocking with the pins b through the sides of the slots o. When the legs B and C are spread outward to transform the chair into a carriage the supporting-bars D of the foot-rest @,withits wheel or wheels affixed, are inclined outward from the IOO front of the chair or its base A, in which inclined position they are retained by any suitable device, and when these bars are in this inclined position the wheel or wheels d and the Wheels F are in contact with the Hoor, thelegs B and G being raised from it, offering no obstruction to the free trundling or Wheeling ot' the chair. The legs of the chairare held in this raised position by any suitable catch, as at on.

\Vhen the ehairisinits lowest position,form ing a carriage, the adjustable panel J can, ifdesired, be turned backward from between the back posts of the chair, withits upperside resting against and supported by the bars E ot' the push-handle, and its lower side secured to the back post by pivots which admitot` its turning. When in this position the ehairis transformed into a couch, upon which the occupant may reeline. Vhentheehairisinitselcvatedorhighest position this adjustable panel is whollyhetween and parallel with the back posts, and acords the ordinary back-support. YVhether the chair he in its lowest position, as a carriage, or resting upon its legs in its elevated position, as a high chair,is immaterial to the workingor rocking ofthe chair upon the base A, it being equally useful as a rocking-chair in either position.

Frein the foregoing' it will be seen that my chair combines together in a simple and useful manner at high chair, carriage, rocking# chair, and couch, and, if you please, cradle, since the. chair may beroeked on its base when the panel .lis thrown out in themannerbefore described.

To the arms ot' the chair is attached, in any desirable manner, the play-table and guard L.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a convertible chair, ot' the base A, having slots a and pins I), bars E, having notches l and carrying the wheels F, pivoted legs B C,and thefoot-rest-supporting bars D, hinged tothe base A and carrying the wheel d, as and for the purpose described.

2. In a convertible chair, an adjustable back panel pivoted to the back posts ot' the chair, in combination with the cross-bar of an adjustable push-handle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a convertible chair, the combination, with hinged and pivoted legs to support the chair in its highest position, of the hinged footrest-supporting bars D, having wheel d and the push-handle bars E, having wheels F, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a convertible chair, the combination ot' a base, rochers placed thereon, an adjustable panel, and an adjustable push-handle, whereb; the chair may be transformed into a cradle, substantially as described.

BENJAMIN (j. ODELL.

NTitiiesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, G. M. PLYMPTON.

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