US816974A - Folding seat for metal beds. - Google Patents

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' PATENTED AFR. 3, 1906.

M. FAAS.

FOLDING SEAT EUR METAL BEDS.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.15, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1905.

2 SHEBTSwSHBBT 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FOLDING SEAT FOR NIETAL BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed April 15,1905. Serial No. 255,763.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN FAAs, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Seats for Metal Beds, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to seats for use with beds; and the object is to provide a folding seat which may be mounted removably on the rail of an ordinary metal bed. The seat may be attached in a moment to the rail of the bed and may be shifted along the same to any oint desired. When not in use, it may be foilded down out of the way and when in use will be supported on a leg or legs which rest on the floor.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a vertical mid-section of the device, taken at line in Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a plan showing the mechanism as it appears with the seatboard omitted. Fig. 3 is an elevation as seen from the right in Fig. 1 and showing the folding leg. Fig. 4 is an illustrative detail view.

The rail It of a metal bed is an angle-iron or has an inverted- L shape in cross-section, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the seat-clip 1 is adapted to be mounted adjustably and removably on the iiat horizontal member of such a rail. This clip has at one side two retaining-lugs 2, which take under the inner margin of the horizontal member of the rail It, and at the other or outer side it has two hinging-lu s 3, by which the clip is hinged to a suitable ge-piece 4, secured to the seat or seat-board 5. As these metal-bed rails vary somewhat in width and it is desired to provide for this dierence, the clip has a pendent lip 6 on its outer edge between the hinging-lugs 3, and through this lip is driven a screw 7, which may be set in so that its end is nearly in contact with the outer face of the pendent member of the rail.

The seat-board 5, which may be square, round, or of any contour desired, is supported when raised on a leg 8, the preferred form of which is seen in Fig. 3. This form is somewhat like that of the letter X and it is. hinged at its upper end to lugs 9, secured to the seat-board. When the leg is in its upright supporting position, pins or projections 10, Fig. 1, on the respective hinge-bosses 11 of the leg come to engage recesses at 12 in the iianges of the hinging-lugs 9. This is permitted by making the holes in the said hingebosses slightly elongated, thus providing for a little endwise play on the hinge-bolt 13. The Object 0f this device is t0- hid the ieg in as upright position.

To fold the seat to the position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the seat-board is lifted a little, so as to disenvage the projections 10, the leg swung inwar and the seat-board allowed to drop. To prepare the seat for use, lift the seat-board to a position a little above the horizontal, allow the leg to swing into an upright position, and then let the seat down to a level. The seat-clip 1 may have, and preferably will have stop-shoulders at 14, Figs. 1 and 2, for the bosses on the hinge-piece 4 to im inge on when the seat-board is raised a litt e above the level. This device limits the too great rise of the seat.

The clip 1 may be applied to the rail R as indicated in Fig. 4 and when once in place must be lifted in the manner shown in this figure in order to remove it. When on the rail, it may be moved along the latterto any point desired.

The leghS may have a stop-shoulder 15 to bear on t e flange of the lug 9 and hold the leg in the position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1 when the seat is folded.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A folding seat for the purpose specified, having a clip provided with two retaininglugs to take under the inner margin of the rail, a body portion disposed between said lugs, to rest on the rail, hinging-lugs on said body portion, a seat-board coupled to said hinging-lugs, anda supporting-leg hinged to the under side of said board.

2. A folding seat for the purpose specified, having a clip provided with two retainingluUs to take under the inner margin of the rail, a body portion disposed between said lugs, to rest on the rail, hinging-lugs on the outer margin of the body portion, a pendent lug 6 between said hinging-lugs, a screw 7, in said pendent lug and adapted to be set against the rail, a seat-board hinged to said hinginglugs, and a supporting-leoV hinged to the under side of said seat-boar 3. In a folding seat, the combination with the hinged seat, provided with hinging-lugs 9 on its under side, of the-leg 8, hinged ltherel Iii. Witness Whereol havehereunto signed to, said leg having a hinge-boss 11, provided myname, Jhis 12th day of April, 1905, in the with e slot for the hingebolt, a' projection 10k presence of two subscribing Witnesses. to engage a recess in the lug 9, anda stopv MARTIN FAAS 5 shoulder 15 to en age said lug when the'leg is, Witnesses upright, and the 'nge-bolt 13, substantially HNRY G.V HOSE, as set forth. Y WILLIAM J. FIRTH.

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