US436092A - Boot and shoe fitter s stool - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. O. WETHERELL.

BOOT AND SHOE FITTERS STOOL.

No. 436,092. Patented Sept. 9,1890

WITNESSES.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFOBD O. WETHERELL, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT AND SHOE FITTERS STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,092, dated September 9, 1890.

Application filed March 1, 1890. Serial No. 342,261. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WINFORD G. WETHER- ELL, of Fall River, county of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefullmprovement in Boot and Shoe Fitters I Stools; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompan ying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention relates to a stool for the use able form, which is shown as composed of a seat a for the salesman and supports or legs a a Projecting from the stool is a foot-board B, which preferably has its outer end and one or both of its sides recessed or made concave, as at b, to furnish a socket orbetter support for the foot of the customer, so that the same will not slip laterally while the boot or shoe is being buttoned or fitted.

The better to maintain the equilibrium of the stool, and so that it shall not tip should the customers foot be placed upon the board B when the seat a is unoccupied by the salesman, the front legs or supports a of the stool are extended forward well under the footboard to near its forward end. Preferably the foot-board B is hinged to the stool, or to a piece 0 secured thereto and projecting therefrom, as by hinges c, in order that the board may be arranged at the best angle to accommodate the customer and salesman, and in order that the board may be dropped or lowered, so that the stool shall not take up so much room when not in use. To support the hinged foot-board in the desired position, a catch is Fig. 2 shows,

In using the stool the salesman occupies the seat a, and the customers foot is placed upon the board B, either at its end or upon one of its sides, as is most desirable and convenient, when the buttoning or lacing of the shoe can be easily performed by the salesman and with comfortto the customer. After the boot or shoe has been secured to the foot the board B may be dropped or lowered and the'customers foot be placed upon the top surface, that the fit of the boot or shoe may be examined by the customer with still greater comfort, if desired.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1,. A boot and shoe fitters stool consisting of a stool-seat having the rear legs a and the front legs a inclined outwardly, as described, and the foot-board B, connected at one edge with the stool-seat overhanging the forward lyinclined stool-legs to equilibrate and prevent tipping of the stool, andhaving foot sockets or recesses round its outer edges for supporting the feet of the customer, substantially as described.

2. A boot and shoe fitters stool consisting of a stool-seat at, having front and rear legs, the swinging foot-board B, hinged at its inner .edge to a part of the stool and having foot sockets or recesses 19 in its outer edges for supporting the feet of the customer, and a hinged brace D for sustaining the foot-board in position for use, substantially as described.

3. A boot and shoe fitters stool consisting of a stool-seat a having front and rear legs a a the foot-board B, hinged to a part of the stool and having edge sockets or recesses b for supporting the feet of the customer, and a brace-arm D for sustaining the hinged footboard, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the stool A, having a seat a, a foot-board B, hinged to the stool and recessed at c, the front legs of the stool being extended well forward under the footboard, an arm D, hinged to the board and having a cross-bar D, and one or more stops E to receive the cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

WIN FORD G. WETHERELL.

Witnesses:

EDSON SALISBURY J ONES, HENRY J. STAPELTON.

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